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Low-energy lighting
Zumtobel has launched the Panos Infinity LED downlight range. The minimalist design features a luminaire efficiency of up to 77 lumens per watt. As a result the LED technology is claimed to outcompete traditional compact fluorescent lamps in terms of efficiency and lighting quality.The luminaire鈥檚 luminous flux in excess of ...
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NewsLED lighting
Trilux has launched the Neximo suspended luminaire, which incorporates LED technology to make it more energy efficient. Suitable for commercial applications, the unit has a tapering body section with a depth of 25mm. It uses 22 LEDs to emit light directly to the desktop, and its indirect wide distribution - ...
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NewsThe Shard: A record high
Renzo Piano鈥檚 skyscraper takes the Canary Wharf Tower鈥檚 title as London鈥檚 tallest building
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EDF to name Hinkley Point team next month
EDF will select a preferred bidder for the 拢180m earthworks contract for its planned Hinkley Point nuclear power station before Christmas, write Joey Gardiner and David Matthews.
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Durable timber
Exterior screens made from Accoya wood have been used to manufacture the exterior screens of the University of Florida鈥檚 entry into this year鈥檚 Solar Decathlon Europe 2010 event.The design is based on a traditional 鈥渃racker house鈥�, which were prevalent in late 19th century Florida.It features a covered open porch with ...
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Two more senior figures walk out on Davis Langdon
A further two senior staff members have left Davis Langdon in the latest round of high-profile departures since the QS was bought by US engineering giant Aecom.
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NewsIrish crisis spreads to UK as McCabe suspends site work
Irish contractor stops work on UK sites as it awaits decision from banking rescue fund
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NewsCapita and DTZ sign up for free schools programme
Consultants join law firm Dickinson Dees in taking roles on first wave of controversial scheme
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Multi-service chilled beams
Active multi-service chilled beams from Trox have been installed in a six-storey office development in Cardiff to help cut energy use. The 3 Assembly Square development sitsopposite the National Assembly for Wales鈥� Senedd building. The multi-service chilled beams incorporate a lighting management system, including PIR sensors, to optimise energy consumption ...
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NewsBritish architects targeted by Chinese fraudsters
Broadway Malyan and Aedas among those to have identities faked by firms bidding for work in China
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NewsMelbourne office by Wilkinson Eyre Architects: Uni glow
Wilkinson Eyre Architects and the Melbourne office of Sinclair Knight Merz have been appointed to design a building for the Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne, Australia. A six-storey block will 鈥渇loat鈥� above a retained street-level Victorian facade. The development will form part of the university鈥檚 Hawthorn Campus.Send your project ...
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NewsBalfour eyes new-build social housing after 拢7m Rok buy
Deal for collapsed firm鈥檚 work comes as administrator confirms Mears snapped up key Bristol contracts
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Gleeson snaps up more land as house sales soar 47%
Sales at Gleeson have risen by almost half since July and private completions have grown by more than a quarter since the same time last year, the housebuilder said in an interim statement to the City last Friday
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NewsHCA boss: social housing funds on ice till 2012
There will be almost no new funding for social housing for 18 months, the new chief executive of the Homes and Communities Agency has admitted in her first major interview.
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Kier buys PV firm for 拢2.4m
Kier has snapped up green energy specialist contractor Beco in a deal worth 拢2.4m
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Bovis wins 拢150m Regent鈥檚 Place deal from British Land
Bovis Lend Lease has beaten off competition from Mace and Sir Robert McAlpine to win a 拢150m deal to build the second phase of British Land鈥檚 Regent鈥檚 Place scheme in London.
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Rok's collapse threatens bid for 拢130m housing scheme
A 拢130m housing PFI scheme in Oldham could be derailed following the Rok collapse.
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NewsMitie acquisitions boost half-year profit by 12%
Company posts strong results despite plans to close engineering services in Scotland and South-west
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Taylor Wimpey secures 拢100m as part of refinancing deal
Taylor Wimpey has secured 拢100m from the fund management arm of the Prudential, which moves it closer to the 拢350m it needs to raise to complete a refinancing deal announced last week