All Public buildings articles – Page 5

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    Wall impact protection

    2009-03-13T00:00:00Z

    Construction Specialties has introduced a customising service which enables its CS Acrovyn wall impact protection sheets to be cut into eye-catching shapes and patterns

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    Hand dryers

    2009-03-13T00:00:00Z

    Dyson has reduced the carbon footprint of its Airblade hand dryer.

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    Doorset with minimum door swing

    2009-03-13T00:00:00Z

    Doorset maker Leaderflush Shapland has designed a doorset solution for the single-room pilot ward project at Hillingdon Hospital in Uxbridge, Middlesex.

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    Bathroom solutions

    2009-03-13T00:00:00Z

    The problem of designing and providing a cost-efficient, accessible toileting or bathing facility in hospitals, nursing homes and elderly persons homes is simplified with a new approach from Manchester company Total Hygiene.

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    Wiring accessories

    2009-03-13T00:00:00Z

    MK Electric has developed a collection of products dedicated to healthcare environments.

  • Grimshaw’s £71m conversion of an Edwardian office block for the London School of Economics
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    Cost model update: Public sector

    2009-02-20T00:00:00Z

    With the construction market in reverse and tender prices in freefall, it’s crucial to have the latest building costs. This update has been compiled by Max Wilkes and Simon Rawlinson of Davis Langdon

  • Heating specialist Jaga has launched a radiator specifically for use in the education sector
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    Radiator for schools

    2009-02-13T00:00:00Z

    Heating specialist Jaga has launched a radiator specifically for use in the education sector

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    Lockable sockets

    2009-02-13T00:00:00Z

    MK Electric has launched a range of lockable switches and sockets suitable for applications where control of supply is necessary such as public areas and schools and colleges

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    Low flow taps

    2009-02-13T00:00:00Z

    Douglas Delabie has uprated its Tempo Stop basin tap to make it more water efficient

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    External light fittings

    2009-02-13T00:00:00Z

    Lighting manufacturer Erco has launched the Powercast range of projectors and floodlights for use in outdoor applications such as accent lighting on signage through to floodlighting of facades and atriums

  • Aura Corporation has provided an Actulite polarised daylight lighting system to classrooms at Alderwood Pupil Referral School in Ipswich
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    Daylight lighting systems

    2009-02-13T00:00:00Z

    Aura Corporation has provided an Actulite polarised daylight lighting system to classrooms at Alderwood Pupil Referral School in Ipswich, a school for children with social, emotional and behavioural difficulties

  • Cladding panels from Marley Eternit have been used on the Donaldson College in Linlithgow, Scotland’s national school for deaf and speech-impaired children
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    Cladding panels

    2009-02-13T00:00:00Z

    Cladding panels from Marley Eternit have been used on the Donaldson College in Linlithgow, Scotland’s national school for deaf and speech-impaired children

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    Illuminated bollards

    2009-02-13T00:00:00Z

    Zumtobel has launched the BEGA 7785, a lighting bollard that also doubles up as a seat

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    Atrium glazing

    2009-02-13T00:00:00Z

    One of the key features of the new £23m state-of-the-art learning facility at the North Glasgow College Campus is its large central atrium which allows natural daylight to penetrate into the building

  • Defra’s offices in Alnwick
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    Big ambitions: Defra's Alnwick HQ

    2009-01-16T00:00:00Z

    When designers began working on Defra’s offices in Alnwick, they thought a BREEAM ‘excellent’ rating an exciting enough challenge. But then BRE went and introduced ‘outstanding’…

  • Kier Group has brought festive spirit to Parliament Square by decking out a crane on its UK Supreme Court site in Christmas lights
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    Merrily on high

    2008-12-19T00:00:00Z

    Kier Group has brought festive spirit to Parliament Square by decking out a crane on its UK Supreme Court site in Christmas lights.

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    Modular schools

    2008-12-05T00:00:00Z

    A new sixth-form centre at the Alperton Community school in Brent, north-west London, has been constructed entirely of pre-owned modular buildings

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    LED lighting

    2008-12-05T00:00:00Z

    Lighting designer and supplier Havells Sylvania has added to its Concord portfolio with the launch of Planate – a range of slim modular LED panels designed to provide a high-quality alternative to fluorescent lighting solutions

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    Performance doorsets

    2008-12-05T00:00:00Z

    Leaderflush Shapland’s Plasform Unique, Plasform Original and Plasform Extended Performance doorsets have been used on a new extension for the Gloucestershire Royal hospital

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    Door closers

    2008-12-05T00:00:00Z

    Geze has developed the TS 3000 EC door closer specifically for the education environment