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Insulated wall panels
SpeedDeck Building Systems has added two new thicknesses to its Vitesse architectural wall range to provide enhanced U-values and thermal efficiency
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Aluminium-timber facades
Senior Aluminium Systems (SAS) has launched a new facade range called Hybrid
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FeaturesSteel cladding
Corus Colors has introduced the next generation of its pre-finished steel roof and wall cladding system
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CommentWonders & blunders
IM Pei’s Suzhou Museum is a masterly modern take on Chinese traditional buildings, says Pak Hung Lai, whereas the Shanghai Convention Centre is just, well, balls
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The Great Leap Forward: China Olympics special
Chinas written history goes back 5,000 years, so you cant really talk about the birth of a nation, but thats essentially whats happening. Everywhere you look, cities are being rebuilt and reorganised. They are now bristling with hypermodern towers, studded with shopping malls and linked by a host of new ...
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Housing target must increase by 100,000 a year, says watchdog
Government advisers urge expansion in housebuilding despite price falls
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Mergers contribute to housing association expansion
Associations grow by half but efficiency claims hard to prove
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NewsBarratt makes 1,000 staff redundant
Troubled housebuilder tells staff it is shedding 15% of 6,500 workforce, closing two divisions and merging eight others
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Three vie to build Birmingham library
Carillion, Laing O'Rourke and Sir Robert McAlpine on the shortlist for £193m library
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NewsCampaigners slam government decision on crane register
Calls for national register of tower crane to improve safety standards have been formally rejected
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London mayor plans 10 'low carbon zones'
Boris Johnson says zones will provide less polluting energy from local renewable schemes
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NewsOlympic Village new-build down a quarter to 3m ft²
Changes to the residential units of the Olympic Village have cut build estimate by 1m ft²
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NewsGalliford Try shares leap as profits on target
Housing market downturn fails to dent profits as contractor says £60m-plus target will be met
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NewsSarkozy announces new nuclear reactor
France is to build its 60th nuclear reactor with aim of becoming net exporter of electricity
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NewsClimate fears halt coal plant construction
US judge revokes construction permit for not limiting carbon emissions, in landmark ruling
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NewsPathfinders demolish more homes than they build
MPs' accounts committee says it is unclear what benefits government's housing regeneration initiative has brought