• 03 October 2013

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02 October 2013

Best new building in Britain plus construction jobs for Graduates

From Buildingtalk Editor, Howard Chapman…. At the weekend I visited the new Serpentine Sackler Gallery in London’s Hyde Park. Designed by Zaha Hadid, this most beautiful of carbuncles, built on the face of an old 1805 munitions store in Hyde Park, is my nomination for the best new building in Britain (BBB) in 2013. Email[…]

  • 02 October 2013

27 September 2013

Seminar on Ductal Ultra-High Performance Concrete at the Building Centre, London

Join Armourcoat at the Building Centre in London on October 23rd at 6.00pm for a ‘Concrete Innovations’ Seminar on Ductal® Ultra-High Performance Concrete (UHPC). Guest speakers include RCKa architect Dieter Kleiner, responsible for the stunning Ductal®-clad TNG Youth Centre – a £3.5m new-build youth centre in the London borough of Lewisham. The project has recently[…]

  • 27 September 2013

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17 September 2013

House building boom underway plus biggest rise in construction orders since 2005

House building boom underway plus biggest rise in construction order books since 2005 The big rise in house building is beginning to fuel significant growth right across the construction sector. A jump of 33% in industry new orders during the April-June period was the biggest increase since records began in 2005 and means medium term[…]

  • 17 September 2013