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Recycling Ratio Raised
Flooring company Altro has introduced recycled PVC to its Altro Walkway and Altro Impressionist safety flooring, adding an extra 10% recycled content to the recycled glass already used in all its safety flooring products.
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Archive TitlesPiling on the pressure
Upgrading a school in the heart of Westminster presented several groundworks challenges, not least the proximity of a major Tube line. Stephen Cousins reports on some innovative piling and propping techniques
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Archive TitlesMore member reports please
I just thought I would write to say what a good article Meet the Members is (CM July/August).
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Archive TitlesThe last word on safety?
A lengthy government report on health and safety has received a lukewarm reception from the industry. Elaine Knutt asks construction firms to fill in some of the gaps and put forward their own ideas. Illustrations by Spencer Wilson
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Archive TitlesA good place to train
The 拢48m restoration of the grade II-listed Roundhouse railworks complex in Derby has been completed by Bowmer & Kirkland.
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When the going gets tough get a new image
Two contractors have used slack periods in the recession to refocus their activities in preparation for better times
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Archive TitlesPowering the future
Combined heat and power systems are becoming increasingly common as organisations tune in to their economic and environmental benefits. Tom Fern of the Combined Heat and Power Association reports
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Archive TitlesFirst-Class cycling venue is on track
As the concrete contractor, we鈥檙e the biggest contractor on the Velodrome site now, have been for the last six months and will be for another three or four. I have four foremen on site and I鈥檓 controlling most of the men working on site at the moment.
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Tips of the Trade covering underfloor heating, by Mapei
1. Heated screeds often need stress relief joints
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Archive TitlesConstruction is but a small part of our job today
CIOB President Li Shirong鈥檚 call for a debate regarding the term 鈥榗onstruction manager鈥� and the recognition it is given is timely (CM June).
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Concrete Floor Support
Metsec has launched a new lattice beam designed to support poured concrete floors and give longer spans, greater fire performance and maximum flexibility for routing services.
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Will OFT 鈥榙eal鈥� tackle competition issue?
This morning I saw a copy of Construction News trumpeting the launch of the impressively titled UK Construction Industry Competition Law Code of Conduct. It follows the Office of Fair Trading鈥檚 inquiry after 112 construction companies were accused of anti-competitive behaviour last April.
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Common sense needs to prevail on planning
Well done Chris Blythe on a few words of common sense in a world that seems to have retreated from reality and substituted well-meaning legislation for a cold acceptance of everyday life and its inherent unpredictability (CM, July/August).
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Clause For Concern
Case - William Hare v Shepherd Construction and C R Reynolds v Shepherd Construction 鈥� TCC - June 2009
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Archive TitlesRecession offers the chance to rethink our city planning
There has been more construction in Britain in the last decade than at any time since the 1950s and 1960s, when tower blocks, flyovers and arterial roads sliced through cities and communities.
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Archive TitlesCementing a place in Olympic history
This is my first proper job since college. I studied bricklaying for two years at Epping Forest College, then I went to Waltham Forest Direct and asked if I could get a job on the Olympics. Luckily, two weeks later they let me know there was a job vacancy on ...
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CDM poll shows lack of faith
A survey of dutyholders under the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007 found that 54% are not confident that colleagues in their organisations understand their responsibilities.
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Safety culture needs buy-in from everyone
When CM visited the Olympic Park last month, the evidence of efforts to reduce accidents was everywhere. Whiteboards showed each subcontractor鈥檚 weekly score on health and safety compliance, other boards listed workers鈥� comments on PPE and safety measures