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Priory Green Turns Blue With H&R Johnson

The Priory Green Estate, in Kings Cross, London N1, has recently undergone a large regeneration programme, improving internal and external conditions for its residents. Transferred from Islington Council to the Peabod...

15 Mar 2005

Marley's Plain Tiles Are The Right Design For Changing Trends

The changing trends and design preferences of society, such as the increasing demand for natural looking roofing material has lead to many changes within the roofing industry. In addressing the changing trends and suppor...

15 Mar 2005

Online Tools of Trade From Marley

Specifying and building the correct roofing system is a fundamental consideration of any building project. To ease this process, Marley Roofing has launched three new specification programs on its website, enabling speci...

15 Mar 2005

Marley Dry Fix

Changes in density and style of housing, as a result of planning guidelines such as Planning Policy Guidance Note 3, Housing (PPG3), has resulted in taller buildings and in turn steeper roof pitches. In helping developer...

15 Mar 2005

Raising The Roof With Colorcoat Armacor® by Corus

The CNC Building at Sunseeker International in Poole, Dorset, has been constructed to house a new hull making facility. The steel clad roof, finished in Colorcoat Armacor in Goosewing Grey, was chosen by architects, Brya...

13 Mar 2005

Raising The Roof With Colorcoat Armacor® by Corus

13 Mar 2005

Elphinstone Nominated for Scottish Property Awards

Elphinstone are delighted to be among the finalists nominated in Cannes on Thursday 10th March 2005 for "Property Week's" Scottish Property Awards. The Scottish Property Awards aim to recognise the professi...

13 Mar 2005

Builders Support Senate Passage Of Bankruptcy Bill

The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) today applauded Senate passage of S. 256, the “Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention Act of 2005,” noting that the measure contains two beneficial provisions for home bu...

13 Mar 2005

HDD setback at Georgia’s Kura River will not delay pipeline completion, says BTC

As the BTC management explained in one of its recent news bulletins, for the Kura River West crossing in Azerbaijan, the oil pipeline is being taken under the river in a small shaft or micro-tunnel. The 46 in dia. pipeli...

13 Mar 2005

16 Homebuilders Named in Insurance Investigation

The Denver Post reported last week that several national homebuilders have been named by Santa Ana, California-based First American Title Insurance for participating in an alleged kickback arrangement. The names were mad...

13 Mar 2005

Call Centre First with Corus

The first ever new build call centre in Barrow-in-Furness has been constructed using Celestia® by Corus. The call centre has been designed and built for United Co-op Travel Group subsidiary, Barrow Travel and will ac...

11 Mar 2005

Colour Solutions by Corus Help Cut Patients’ Recovery Times in Milton Keynes

Certain colours have always been associated with specific moods and emotions and this basic principle has played a fundamental role in the design of the brand new £12 million Milton Keynes Treatment Centre. Incorpo...

11 Mar 2005

H & R Johnson Specified In Manchester Leisure Centre

The newly refurbished Forum Leisure, Wythenshawe, designed by Ellis Williams Architects on behalf of Manchester City Council and constructed by main contractors Laing O’Rourke, has made extensive use of ceramic til...

11 Mar 2005

Single Block Solution For House Builders

The recent Government revisions to Part E and Part L of the Building Regulations have proven to be an opportunity for builders using Thermalite’s popular Shield block. For this reason, Thermalite, the UK’s le...

11 Mar 2005

New standard for Innovative Dwellings

A new Loss Prevention Standard (LPS) for Innovative Dwellings*, is now ready to be trialled by housing manufacturers following extensive consultations with major stakeholders over the past year. The LPS 2020 standard was...

11 Mar 2005