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Roof lights
Glidevale has introduced the Sunscoop, a discreet way to increase natural daylight in dark rooms and passages.
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Ventilation tiles
The new Redland ThruVent tile has been developed for high-level roofspace ventilation, mechanical extraction and soil ventilation.
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Semi-gloss finishes
Ward Insulated Panels has launched an eco-friendly, natural colour coated system for its range of wall and roofing panels.
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Curved silver roof
A curved silver roof from Ash & Lacy has been used to top a new sports hall at St. Bede鈥檚 school in Cambridge.
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FeaturesAir-tight container
Protan UK was established in June 1996 as a subsidiary of Protan AS, Norway.
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FeaturesMeet the new ministers: Supernanny and Shriti the shriek
So Fortuna鈥檚 ever-whirling wheel has brought two new politicians to look after our industry. At first sight they seem like standard issue New Labour middle managers. Probe a little deeper into their biographies, though, and they鈥檙e about as similar as Mary Poppins and Lady Macbeth.
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FeaturesGolden wonder
It鈥檚 the gold roof on Rafael Vi帽oly鈥檚 Colchester visual arts centre that will wow the visitors 鈥� but the real marvel was getting it up without touching the topsoil.
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FeaturesProcurement: Develop and construct
Simon Rawlinson of Davis Langdon describes a new twist to this procurement route that combines elements of two-stage tendering and collaborative working
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FeaturesBAA the economy class client
BAA was the client that revolutionised construction to deliver Heathrow Terminal 5 on time and budget, but the cultural change that has followed its takeover by Spanish contractor Ferrovial has left many observers wondering whether that revolution is now over.
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FeaturesMarket forecast: Orders holding up
Despite the pessimism all around, most contractors have strong order books and there are few reports of projects being cancelled or delayed. Peter Fordham of Davis Langdon reports
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FeaturesAbsolutely Fabio
Fabio Capello picks his first England team on Wednesday, and although he wouldn鈥檛 share his thoughts on selection with 星空传媒, there鈥檚 an Irish bricklayer who looks just like him 鈥� and he was happy to tell Katie Puckett what he thinks of Frank Lampard 鈥�
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FeaturesPilot project
BAA used Terminal 5 to test-fly a number of exciting, but highly experimental practices. As Thomas Lane discovers, they all took off 鈥� then suffered very different fates
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FeaturesQuite a departure
It鈥檚 finally here, and it鈥檚 quite unlike any other airport experience in the world. Over the next five pages, Martin Spring imagines what passengers will make of Richard Rogers鈥� monumental Heathrow Terminal 5. Then, on page 50, we ask whether this groundbreaking project really has changed the construction industry for ...
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FeaturesCole Thompson Anders scheme gets go ahead in East London
Architect Cole Thompson Anders selected to work on a project in Forest Gate, East London
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FeaturesGoing bananas on the DLR
When Consarc Consulting Architects set out to design a 鈥榣andmark鈥� station for the Docklands Light Railway in a dreary part of east London, it took the unusual approach of topping it with a 32m white banana. And the even stranger thing, writes Martin Spring, is that it works 鈥�
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FeaturesEco-friendly flooring: Down to earth
What you see before you is not a luscious field but an eco-friendly carpet. And judging by the way the industry is heading, very soon all your flooring could be as green as grass.
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FeaturesConquistadors in Kensington
While French firms were dazzling us with their hefty turnovers, the Spanish have sneaked in and established themselves as the next big thing in European construction.