‘Construction Project’
A Buildingtalk guide
Start with the news release
Stannah Lifts and art deco development from
Stannah, which we summarised at the time by saying "Stannah complete major lift refurbishment project at Gunnersbury Court, an art deco style 1930s private housing development.".
Several months prior to that,
we featured the news release Basement solution to shoe-box homes from
Concrete Centre: "Guy Thompson, head of architecture and sustainability at The Concrete Centre, believes the provision of basements would help counter RIBA criticism of 'shameful shoe-box homes'.".
In September 2011, we covered the news from SAS International
- take a look at SAS International for acoustics at Dublin Airport
which says: "SAS International worked with architects Pascall + Watson to design the acoustic ceiling solutions for the new Terminal 2 at Dublin Airport, Ireland.".
Take a look also at the news release from Panel Systems, Aluminium and Trespa faced panels for school,
as well as Geberit pipe fittings specified for safety from Geberit,
and Keen cyclist launches pothole repair product from Ronacrete.
Latest stories...
ITRADA wood species App for iPhones. (September 2011)
TRADA Technology, on behalf of TRADA, has developed a mobile application for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad devices, to be launched at Timber Expo 2011.
Eleven IronmongeryDirect staff achieve GAI passes (September 2011)
The IronmongeryDirect team achieved various levels of accreditation from the Guild of Architectural Ironmongers (GAI).
Causeway at ICE BIM 2011 (September 2011)
Causeway is sponsoring and exhibiting at the Institute of Civil Engineers ICE BIM 2011 conference, including 'Becoming BIM Proficient'.
Technical mortars used to renovate River Medway (September 2011)
Saint-Gobain Weber Five Star repair concrete and high-build properties of weber.cem HB30 mortar enabled renovation an old river sluice facility on the River Medway.
Sto acoustic ceilings at Turner Contemporary (September 2011)
David Chipperfield's Architects specified Sto's seamless acoustic ceilings at the Turner Contemporary in Margate, Kent.
Light levels increased and energy consumption cut (September 2011)
A variety of luminaires and lighting controls from Cooper Lighting and Safety, installed at the offices of the Irish planning board, have boosted light levels and cut energy consumption.
Range of new urban noise management tools. (September 2011)
Bruel and Kjaer have created a wide range of tools for planning, assessment and noise control,to help those involved in managing urban noise,
Maccaferri reinforced soil solution (September 2011)
Maccaferri complex reinforced soil structure spans drainage culvert as part of the Inverness Parks Farm distributor road project.
Further reading
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Role of archaeology in construction projects
Helen Martin Bacon, principal archaeologist for Wardell Armstrong, looks at the consequencies when important archaeological remains are uncovered during construction.
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Jackson Construction project with Wrenbridge
Jackson Construction has secured a 3.9 million pound project with commercial property developer Wrenbridge, to create a new industrial warehouse unit on Morley Way in Peterborough.
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