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  • News

    Low flow shower

    2009-04-17T00:00:00Z

    Tap and shower maker Deva has added the Tahi shower to its water-saving Satinjet range

  • News

    Multi-room ventilation

    2009-04-17T00:00:00Z

    Itho Ventilation has introduced the Cas Eco 2 range of roof ventilators that offers central extract ventilation from areas such as wet rooms and bathrooms in domestic and commercial buildings

  • News

    Colourful lighting

    2009-04-17T00:00:00Z

    Aura Corporation has introduced five body colours to its Signature range of luminaires for domestic and commercial applications

  • News

    Preventing legionella

    2009-04-17T00:00:00Z

    Pegler Yorkshire has introduced the Prestex circulation valve which is designed to help prevent legionella bacteria from breeding in domestic hot and cold water systems

  • ACO Building Drainage has added a range of products to its wetroom drainage portfolio
    News

    Wetroom products

    2009-04-17T00:00:00Z

    ACO Building Drainage has added a range of products to its wetroom drainage portfolio

  • Comment

    Salmond fishing

    2009-04-17T00:00:00Z

    This is an open letter to Scottish first minister Alex Salmond to express my concern at the lack of direction from the government in addressing the pressing concerns of construction in Scotland

  • Comment

    Pull together

    2009-04-17T00:00:00Z

    The current market conditions are forcing clients and their supply chains to review costs and tender processes. However, as an industry we must resist any return to adversarial, lowest price procurement processes

  • Comment

    Iconic architecture

    2009-04-17T00:00:00Z

    Building (13 March, page 38) says the era of the icon is over and predicts more modest buildings post-recession. But you interview only architects. Why not some of the clients?

  • The white brick “prow” of one of the residential wings
    Features

    Edward Cullinan's Stonebridge estate: pride of place

    2009-04-17T00:00:00Z

    Edward Cullinan’s mixed-use Hillside Hub completes the overhaul of a north-west London estate that John Major once avoided for fear of being shot. Dan Stewart finds it a reformed character

  • Gurjit Singh
    Features

    The guts of the UAE: developer Gurjit Singh on Abu Dhabi

    2009-04-17T00:00:00Z

    As Abu Dhabi prepares for next week’s Cityscape conference, top developer Gurjit Singh tells David Rogers why the emirate’s grand plans are still going swimmingly when so many in the world are dead in the water

  • News

    Balfour boss makes a million

    2009-04-17T00:00:00Z

    The pay of Ian Tyler, the chief executive of Balfour Beatty, broke through the £1m barrier last year

  • News

    Wyllie gets 9% raise

    2009-04-17T00:00:00Z

    Andrew Wyllie, the chief executive of Costain, took home a total of £723,634 last year – a 9% rise on last year’s figure of £663,679

  • News

    Notts firms profit falls

    2009-04-17T00:00:00Z

    Turnover at Nottinghamshire civil engineering and building company North Midland Construction fell 4.3% from £211.3m to £202.2m in the year ended 31 December 2008

  • Public space around the Neptune Inn
    News

    Get inn

    2009-04-17T00:00:00Z

    Civic Architects and design firm Colour: Urban Design have won a competition in Burnley, Lancashire, to redesign a public space around the Neptune Inn

  • Housing
    News

    Housing starts on HCA land plummet by 72%

    2009-04-17T00:00:00Z

    Numbers drop to 3,144 despite housing agency bringing forward £650m from future budgets

  • News

    Mortgages rise

    2009-04-17T00:00:00Z

    The number of mortgages approved in February rose to 24,300, 4% more than January according to the Council of Mortgage Lenders

  • News

    Travellers site

    2009-04-17T00:00:00Z

    Architect Fereday Pollard has produced a number of concept designs for a “model” inner-city site for the travelling community

  • News

    Sainsburys in Buxton

    2009-04-17T00:00:00Z

    DLG Architects has submitted a planning application for a 66,456ft2 retail-led regeneration scheme in Buxton, Derbyshire, promoted by Sainsbury’s and Zurich Associates

  • News

    Solihull redevelopment

    2009-04-17T00:00:00Z

    Solihull council has given the green light to the first phase of the redevelopment of The Green, a 39-acre business park in the town, designed by Aukett Fitzroy Robinson

  • News

    Lovell’s in Aylesbury

    2009-04-17T00:00:00Z

    Social housing specialist Lovell has been selected by the Vale of Aylesbury Housing Trust to carry out £2.5m of external housing improvement works to homes in the Aylesbury Vale