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Sound-absorbing carpets
Carpet maker Desso has introduced SoundMaster, a high performance carpet backing that is claimed to improve acoustic performance by 60% when tested to ISO 354 – measurement of sound absorption in a reverberation room
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Composite windows
The Parkside Group has launched Alu-Timber, a range of aluminium and timber composite windows, doors and framing systems
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FeaturesDual shower
Rada has added to its Sense range of digital water control systems with the introduction of the Sense Dual Shower T3
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Safety flooring
More than 1,000m2 of Altro Mirica and Suprema flooring have been installed at Lutterworth High School in Leicestershire
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FeaturesSeamless lighting
Whitegoods has supplied integrated lighting for this modern cricket pavilion designed by architect John Pawson, for St Edward’s School in Oxford
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Aluminium frame system
Technal, the architectural aluminium specialist, has launched its Modal facade system for low-rise buildings
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FeaturesAluminium cladding
James & Taylor has supplied the aluminium cladding for the exterior of Jamie Oliver’s first independent restaurant in Canary Wharf
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FeaturesPutting on the glitz: Brass cladding
More and more architects, enamoured of the golden lustre of brass, are choosing it as a cladding material, while others love it just because of the way it weathers
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Brick slips
Hanson has launched the Structherm Fastbrick, an a insulated real brick slip cladding system that aims to combine the advantages of modern construction techniques with the appeal of traditional brickwork
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Fibre cement cladding
Marley Eternit’s Natura Plus fibre cement cladding has been used on the 3 Assembly Square building in the Cardiff Bay Waterfront
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What it costs: Tiled cladding
Tiles, shingles and slate can provide traditional and thermally efficient covering for external walls. Peter Mayer of BLP Insurance considers the options
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Movers and makers
Solar Gard, which makes solar control films, has launched the Capsol audit tool, which measures the impact of solar gain on office buildings. Capsol, and Solar Gard’s complementary consulting service, can be used to predict the results of retrofitting solar control window film
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FeaturesPanel system
Eurobond’s composite panel system has been used on an £11m “Lifestyle” building at Stoke-on-Trent college’s Cauldon Campus
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FeaturesTextured panels
DuPont has launched a range of decorative panels with 3D patterns for interior decor
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Prefabricated walls
Szerelmey has launched a lightweight prefabricated wall structure combined with external stone cladding that it says speeds up construction and cuts costs
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Movers and makers: January 15 2010
Latest news from the world of construction product manufacture
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Aluminium ceiling panels
Aluminium panels from Hunter Douglas have been used for the internal and external ceilings at the redeveloped Chelmsley Wood Shopping. About 800m2 of Hunter Douglas 300c Linear aluminium panels were specified
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FeaturesWorcester Library and History Centre's roof
The Worcester Library and History Centre’s geometrically complex roof needed to bring light into the building as well as get air out. Luckily, a powerful parametric model came to the rescue, as Stephen Kennett discovered
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FeaturesStructural decking
RigiSystems’ Ziplok standing seam profile has been used on the roof of the £27m Peak indoor sports complex at Stirling sports village