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Go tell it on the mountain
Roofing The supply of Welsh slate is safe for now, but nervous specifiers would do well to check out the alternatives. Stephen Kennett looks at the best slate from Canada and Spain
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Twist and shout
The standing-seam roof at Liverpool South Parkway interchange curves in three dimensions. 黑洞社区 it required close co-operation between architect Jefferson Sheard and envelope specialist Lakesmere.
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FeaturesMayne event
Here鈥檚 the latest design by Californian practice Morphosis and its Pritzker-winning boss
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FeaturesYou can't have it all
Barratt chief executive Mark Clare is adamant that the government鈥檚 targets for fewer carbon emissions and more homes are contradictory. He tells Sarah Richardson why
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FeaturesSlate in Shetland
About 1,800m2 of natural blue/grey slate roofing from Burlington was used on the new Shetland Museum and Archives building.
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Steel roof tiles
Lightweight roof systems maker Decra has introduced a steel version of the traditional Roman clay tile. Each tile weighs 5.4kg/m2, which Decra says is less than one-eighth the weight of a traditional clay or concrete tile.
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Clay plain roof tiles
Imerys Roof Tiles has introduced a large clay roof tile measuring 20 脳 30cm, which it says offers the versatility, design flexibility and appearance of smaller tiles, to create natural looking roofscapes cost-effectively.
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Roof verges
Manthorpe鈥檚 Smart Verge Linear Dry Verge is a dry-fix system for finishing the verge of a roof.
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Roofing membrane
Marley Waterproofing has introduced a roofing membrane called Uniply PVC to the UK.
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Flame-free welders
Roofing membrane specialist Icopal has launched a range of application tools to compliment its Fire Smart waterproofing solutions range.
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Prefabricated roofing membranes
Roofing membrane maker Protan has launched ProFab, a bespoke roofing solution, aimed at the off-site construction market.
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Green roof system
Waterproofing specialist Axter has introduced Hydropack, a sedum green roof system that is supplied fully grown.
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FeaturesThree-part harmony
Mixed tenure high-density housing underpins the whole sustainable communities agenda - but can you really engineer social harmony? Richard Fairhead, project director at architects 3DReid explores the realities of getting people with a mix of incomes and lifestyles to co-exist side by side
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FeaturesIt's a people thing
Chris Oliver outlines the borough of Barking and Dagenham鈥檚 enterprising efforts to connect its inhabitants with the opportunities springing up around them
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FeaturesAfter the flood
黑洞社区 on the Thames Gateway鈥檚 floodplain involves risk, but with careful planning this can be minimised
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FeaturesHe鈥檚 cracked it
Paul Andreu鈥檚 Beijing theatre has been dubbed the Egg. But how do you get into it? And what do you see when you do?
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FeaturesThe fit-out philosophers
8build was formed by senior managers at ISG who spent years observing the follies and failings of the traditional industry 鈥� and set out to solve them with their own company. Katie Puckett finds out more about their thinking
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FeaturesHow hard can it be?
We can all recognise great leaders, but it鈥檚 a bit trickier working out what makes them special. PLACE, a new training programme, set out to discover whether the leadership X-factor existed in construction and found that four names kept cropping up. Lucy Handley spoke to each of them