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Active fire protection: What’s the best way to do it?

2010-04-16T00:00:00Z

Wales is on the brink of becoming the first region in the UK to demand active fire protection in all new homes, but how should it be done?’

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Aluminium radiators

2010-04-16T00:00:00Z

Vasco has launched three designer aluminium radiators in the UK

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Biomass pellet boiler

2010-04-16T00:00:00Z

Viessmann has launched the Vitoligno 300-P biomass pellet boiler with outputs from 4kW to 48 kW and an operating efficiency of up to 86%

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Hybrid ventilation system

2010-04-16T00:00:00Z

Passivent has launched the iHybrid domestic ventilation system, which it claims uses 55% less electrical energy than a conventional mechanical system

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Mechanical ventilation

2010-04-16T00:00:00Z

Vent-Axia has added the Sentinel Kinetic Plus to its range of residential mechanical ventilation with heat recovery systems

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Rodent control

2010-04-16T00:00:00Z

Vermend has launched the Rat Blocker, a system for preventing rat invasion via sewage outlets in domestic and commercial properties

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Dimmer switches

2010-04-16T00:00:00Z

MK Electric has added dimmers suitable for use with dimmable compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) to its Logic Plus range

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Arabtec takeover abandoned

2010-04-16T00:00:00Z

A deal that would have involved an investment fund linked to the Abu Dhabi state taking a controlling stake in Dubai contractor Arabtec has been abandoned at the eleventh-hour.

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Simons restructures to make top directors more ‘hands on’

2010-04-16T00:00:00Z

Retail specialist Simons Group has streamlined its senior management structure in an attempt to bring its top directors closer to its clients.

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Telford optimistic

2010-04-16T00:00:00Z

Telford Homes said year-end results would exceed expectations after achieving better than expected sales this year

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Balfour’s £300m job

2010-04-16T00:00:00Z

Balfour Beatty has beaten Wates to the £300m Ealing ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ Schools for the Future scheme, ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ understands

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Battersea revived

2010-04-16T00:00:00Z

The redevelopment of Battersea Power Station, designed by Rafael Viñoly, has been given the green light from English Heritage

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£149m housing job

2010-04-16T00:00:00Z

Renfrewshire council has awarded Apollo, Wates Living Space, Connaught and Carillion Planned Maintenance a £149m contract to upgrade energy efficiency, safety and facilities in 13,000 council properties.

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Home sales rising

2010-04-16T00:00:00Z

Sales activity in the housing market is rising at its fastest rate since May 2007, according to an RICS survey

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Nuclear reactor deal

2010-04-16T00:00:00Z

A joint venture between Atkins and Faithful + Gould has won a €150m (£132m) deal to design a nuclear fusion reactor in the south of France

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McAlpine set to clinch Milton Court job

2010-04-16T00:00:00Z

Sir Robert McAlpine is set to grab the £150m Milton Court scheme, one of the biggest contracts being tendered in the City of London market

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Latest construction appointments - 16 April 2010

2010-04-16T00:00:00Z

EIC has appointed chartered quantity surveyor Robert Duggan commercial head of its mechanical, electrical and building fabric business

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Shadow minister defends safety self-inspection plans

2010-04-16T00:00:00Z

The Tory shadow business minister has responded to criticism of his plans to privatise health and safety inspections.

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UAE mall developer looks to UK for £1bn-plus framework

2010-04-16T00:00:00Z

Jon Emery, former director of Hammerson, who now runs the construction programme of Dubai-based Majid Al Futtaim Properties, has called on UK contractors not to shy away from bidding for a new £1bn-plus framework to build 10 large shopping centres in the Middle East.

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Unite's Bob Blackman to retire

2010-04-16T00:00:00Z

Bob Blackman, national secretary for construction at union Unite, has announced his retirement after 12 years in the job.