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NewsSustainable Manufacturer or Supplier of the Year
This category was won by a carpet tile maker that has made excellent use of cutting edge technology (literally). Sponsored by Marks & Spencer
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NewsSustainable Housebuilder/Housing Provider of the Year
A company that is seeking to make excellence ordinary won the prize in this category. Sponsored by Saint-Gobain and Isover
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NewsA word from our sponsors
ArupArup is proud to be partnering the first UK Green Building Council annual conference and Sustainability Awards. Continuing to adjust the way we work as an industry is vital to ensuring that we deliver thriving communities able to face future economic and environmental challenges. At Arup we don’t just talk ...
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NewsSustainable Designer of the Year
As you give, so shall you receive, and Feilden Clegg Bradley has won this keenly contested category, partly because of its willingness to share its knowledge with rivals
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NewsEveryone is involved
In a couple of weeks, the world’s leaders will arrive in Copenhagen to negotiate a deal to limit global carbon emissions
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Features
Movers and makers: 13 November 2009
H+H UK has published a simplified factsheet on the acoustic specifications for schools
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FeaturesAcoustics: The sound of silence
A study at an Essex secondary school revealed a significant boost to pupil concentration when acoustics were improved
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NewsAluminium cladding
James & Taylor is providing the cladding for the £40m Aquinas College in Stockport, Cheshire
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Sound-reducing carpets
Carpet maker Desso is introducing its SoundMaster carpet backing, which it says can make a 60% improvement in the acoustic performance of floor coverings
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Polychromatic cladding
Schüco International has supplied vibrant polychromatic glass in an aluminium facade for an extension to Clapham Manor primary school in east London
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Hygienic wall coverings
Flooring and walling products maker Altro has added to its hygienic wall cladding range with Altro Whiterock Satins
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NewsFireproof partitioning
About 350m of Avanti’s Solare partitioning system have been installed at the £30m library and student support services at Canterbury Christ Church University
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Wireless light switches
MK Electric has created a version of its Masterseal range that makes use of the company’s Echo self-powered wireless and battery-free switch technology
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NewsOff-site manufacturing
Terrapin’s off-site building technology has been used to construct a children and family centre at Bishop Tufnell school in West Sussex
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Natural ventilation
Window systems from Technal have been used at the Jordanhill secondary school in Glasgow, where they are have to offer natural ventilation as well as meeting safety, acoustic and visual requirements
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FeaturesGlobal infrastrucure financing: Where to find $35,000,000,000,000
That’s one prediction for the amount that will be spent on global infrastructure over the next 20 years. But with bank financing having fallen by up to 85% in the UK alone, where is the money going to come from?
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FeaturesNuclear programme: The age of proliferation
Programme update: Over the next two decades, the nuclear industry is set to provide 64,000 man-years of construction-related work – enough to keep a lot of companies very busy indeed. David Rogers and Thom Gibbs look at who’s best placed to make the most of the bonanza
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Infrastructure market overview: The road ahead
Sector overview Infrastructure has been one of the few bright spots in the construction market over the past year – but will it last? Simon Rawlinson of Davis Langdon makes some predictions for the next four years
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FeaturesAluminium facade panels
This residential complex in London used almost 5,000 anodised aluminium rainscreen panels
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FeaturesCostain's Andrew Wyllie: Who wants to be glamorous anyway?
With £2.5bn of orders on its books, Costain’s move towards sectors such as waste, oil and roads seems like an inspired decision. Andrew Wyllie, the man who made it, tells Sarah Richardson where the contractor is heading next