All Features articles – Page 405
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The testing of Kenneth Shuttleworth
How they made it It wasn’t easy, but a combination of 21-hour days and a decent helping of luck combined to make the man we know today.
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Saving St George
Purcell Miller Tritton’s lavish £22m restoration has returned Liverpool’s grade I-listed St George’s Hall to its glorious past – just with fewer prisoners and hopefully more tourists.
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Country focus: France
With President Sarkozy newly instated, Patrick Leniston, country manager for EC Harris in France, reports on the construction issues that may affect the country’s future leader
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Coming to a universe near you
The Peter Harrison Planetarium is about to bring the mysteries of the cosmos to Greenwich park
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Welsh wins keep Bovis on top of contractors table
Business barometer — Cardiff malls keep Australian firm clear of second-placed Laing O’Rourke
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Pootling along
Activity in March may have been less buoyant than a month earlier but it’s still running along quite nicely. Civil engineering continued to dominate, putting the residential and non-residential sectors in the shade. And, according to Experian Business Strategies, order books were healthy
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Should RICS withdraw its threat of legal action against the government over HIPs?
Ruth Kelly’s embarrassing climbdown over HIPs hasn’t stopped RICS from threatening to take the government to court.
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Turf’s up
TigerTurf has made artificial turf for sports, leisure and landscaping in the UK since 2001.
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Splash out
Architect Feilden Clegg Bradley recently completed the £6m Formby pool in Lancashire. Part-funded by the Land Trust, the building had to reflect its woody surroundings, so sustainably sourced timber was used for large parts of the structure, including its roof and supporting columns.
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Spinning lights
Lighting designer iGuzzini has launched two products: Tecnica and Deep Surface.
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Twist-and-lock light
Ansell Lighting has launched Twistlock, a range of luminaires designed to ease lamp replacement and to cater for halogen lamps and LEDs.
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Waterproof tubular light
Pracht Lichttechnik and Sill Lighting UK have joined forces to launch a waterproof tubular light fitting called Tubis.
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Lens for recessed luminaire
Zumtobel has launched a lens for its semi-recessed luminaire, Mellowlight IV.
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Through the looking glass
Mirona, launched by Schott, is a decorative glass that switches from transparent to reflective according to the lighting conditions.
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Great leaps forward
Taking a break from Blair, here are Alistair King’s top 10 technological developments
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North London fashions
Various Kingspan insulated panels have been used at the Harringay shopping park, an £8m retail development in north London.