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FeaturesIs Foster on the eve of dominance or decline?
Britain鈥檚 greatest architectural practice is planning a massive expansion. But what does it mean for the man who founded the business, the global brand and, of course, the buildings?
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FeaturesSorry, but these rules don鈥檛 work
Quantity surveyors are piling pressure on the Home Office to rethink the laws that are keeping foreign workers out of the UK 鈥� and sending some badly needed ones back home.
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FeaturesLife, or something quite like it
Second Life is the virtual world that has its own businesses, currency and an exchange rate with real money. And where there鈥檚 real money, developers are never far behind. Katie Puckett steps 鈥榠n-world鈥� as Katarina Rockett (she鈥檚 the one with the red bunches) to investigate the world鈥檚 first virtual construction ...
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FeaturesDrainage channel for patios
Manthorpe has launched a drainage channel for patios and driveways.
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FeaturesStainless steel sinks
Carron Phoenix has launched a range of stainless steel sinks called Zeta. They have 180mm deep bowls and a draining board and sit 4mm off the work surface.
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FeaturesWalk-in shower enclosures
Aqata has brought out a range of walk-in shower enclosures called Minimalist.
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Pleased to meet you ...
Anyone in doubt about the value of eavesdropping should read this tale of how an overheard remark at a lunch led to a close working relationship between Gladedale Homes and HawkinsBrown.
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FeaturesThe attainment of zero
Housing The industry clearly has a lot of work to do to achieve carbon-free homes by 2016. Jan-Carlos Kucharek looks at four projects that are working out how it can be done
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Heat exchanger for flats
Alfa Laval has launched a heat exchanger to transfer heat from a district system to the local hot water supply in flats.
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Home networking system
Network solutions company Emitex has upgraded its home networking chassis to make it easier to install.
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Stainless steel sinks
Carron Phoenix has launched a range of stainless steel sinks called Zeta. They have 180mm deep bowls and a draining board and sit 4mm off the work surface.
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Smart showerhead
Upmarket bathroom fittings maker Hansgrohe has brought out a shower unit called Raindance AIR Showerpipe.
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Circular extractor unit
Danish ventilation specialist XTP Design has brought out a motorised extractor unit for kitchens and bathrooms.
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Smoke and heat alarm
Aico has launched a smoke and heat alarm system with a remote control switch.
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Smoke extraction system
星空传媒 services provider Colt International has developed a smoke extraction system that allows a greater escape distance from apartment doors to staircases in residential blocks.
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FeaturesFloor-standing condensing gas boiler
Boiler manufacturer Potterton has launched a floor-standing condensing gas boiler with an integrated hot water cylinder.
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FeaturesThe end of the hole-in-the-wall gang
Cavity walling may have been the preferred option for housebuilders over the course of the 20th century, but that鈥檚 all changing now. Peter Caplehorn of Scott Brownrigg considers the advantages of the cavity-free wall
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FeaturesStars of the tiny screen
Video entry systems aren鈥檛 just for posh flats. Oliver Ashbee of the Entryphone Company explains how it鈥檚 supplying social landlords and commercial clients, too.
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FeaturesSpotlight on archaeology
Gordon Malcolm from the Museum of London Archaeology Service and Paul Barker from Gardiner & Theobald examine the effect of archaeological digs on the construction programme
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That time of year
Perhaps unsurprisingly, growth in construction activity slowed down considerably during December, particularly in civil engineering. But, as we approach spring, the Experian Business Strategies survey has detected the first signs of new growth