More Focus – Page 395
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Seven steps to curtain walling heaven
Malcolm Dobson, technical director of Technal, gives his tips on what to look out for on site to ensure the perfect curtain walling installation
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Cement: Mixmasters
Those fighting construction’s never ending war against cock-ups on site have just been handed a powerful new weapon: cements that have been precisely blended to do the job that they’re supposed to
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Concrete: Freeflow
The architect for this museum in Lincoln wanted a concrete that would be quick and easy to pour, yet have a finish sensitive enough to record the texture of a leaf. Here’s how he found it
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Gyvlon: Crackdown
Any firms interested in finding a flooring material that is faster and greener than traditional screeds, doesn’t need reinforcement and won’t shrink may be interested in Gyvlon …
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Bernard Kasriel: Realpolitic
Bernard Kasriel, chief executive of Lafarge, talks about environment-friendly technology, negotiating with suspicious governments and the delicate business of digging enormous great holes
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Plasterboard: Hush hush
Changes in planning policy have elevated plasterboard from a way to subdivide a room into a vital tool of government policy. But only if it passes stringent acoustic tests. So how is the next generation is meeting the challenge?
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Roofs: Powersharing
The roofing industry is being crowbarred away from its traditions by a mixture of government regulation and market imperatives. Luckily, this process is being helped by an evolutionary leap in materials technology …
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Walker’s big score
The thing is, there must be 50 ways to screw up a £1bn project, and if you can think of 25 of them, you’re a genius. We talk to a man who’s trying to do even better than that …
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Local lowdown: Central Scotland
Robert Smith of Hays Montrose says that, in central Scotland, PFIs are leading the way
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How’s this for an executive box?
In a backlash against Brookside-style housing, Stock Woolstencroft has designed a model high-density apartment scheme with a splash of colour that also regenerates a historic area of north London suburbia.
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Slow but sure
In this month’s Tracker, Experian Business Strategies reports that growth in the industry is expected to continue over the next three months, albeit at a slower rate than before
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Specifier Products
The latest window and door solutions, including new doors for a venerable institution in Cambridge, fire station entrances that fly open in seconds and some eye-catching coloured glazing
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How to specify a doorset
Ensuring all the components of a doorset combine to give the required performance on site is a major challenge for any specifier. Here we outline how current ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø Regulations apply to an internal door
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Hounded out
Cats and dogs can Britain’s favourite pets, but if you live in council accommodation you’d probably have to make do with a bird or fish.
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Gunite wins Little Britain
The Little Britain Challenge Cup attracts 2,500 sailors and sees concrete firm Gunite win the main event.
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Spinning yarns
Rain may have stopped play at a David Wilson Homes’ sponsored cricket match but it didn’t dampen the spirits of the has-been cricketers booked for the event.
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Waste not, want not
Council nimbyism and short-sighted government policy is in danger of turning Britain into a fly-tippers paradise. If the UK is to deal with its growing mountain of rubbish thousands of waste treatment facilities will have to be built by 2020, says Nigel Mattravers.