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Interserve wins £20m contract
for module evaporator plant
24 Sep 09
Interserve has won a £20 million deal to build an evaporator
plant at Sellafield. Interserve will build 14 modules which,
when connected, will construct a large evaporator plant called
Evaporator D.
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UK firms bid to build
American homes
23 Sep 09
A delegation from the US has visited manufacturers throughout
the West Midlands to boost trade links with Structural Insulation
Panel (SIP) makers across the region.
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First edition? Inventor attempts to
'print' building
17 Sep 09
Pavilion near Pisa is first building to be constructed using
Enrico Dini’s ‘structural ink’ technology
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Skanska HCA pitch will involve Swedish
Modernahus model
17 Sep 09
Skanska is pitching for a place on the Homes and Communities
Agency’s partnering framework with a sustainable housing
concept borrowed from its Swedish parent.
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Crossing new boundaries
16 Sep 09
A cross laminating panel system, hidden behind the brickwork
and plaster that forms Norwich Academy is an unusual, yet
efficient framework.
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CCG buys industrial site for £4.7m
to boost off-site manufacture
16 Sep 09
CCG Group has bought a distribution warehouse in Cambuslang,
South Lanarkshire, for £4.7m.
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Gatwick Airport tenders £15m
car park job
16 Sep 09
Gatwick Airport is inviting contractors to bid for a a multi-storey
car park contract. Various design options will be accepted
including concrete on steel frame or precast concrete.
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Durkan builds the UK's most sustainable
school
15 Sep 09
The construction includes laminated timber panels, which were
precision-engineered off-site before installation by a specialist
manufacturer.
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Flexible vision for new Dubai hospital
24 Aug 09
A new modular 250-bed cancer hospital
on the Rashid Hospital campus in Dubai combines the latest
philosophies in healing environments with functional flexibility.
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Cladding on London flats to channel
wind
19 Aug 09
The 14-storey Kinetica building currently
taking shape in Dalston, east London, has been designed to
channel wind to it four wind turbines with the help of some
specially developed cladding.
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Buildoffsite members' news |
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First
theatre training centre in the north of England is completed
– and using recycled building modules
24 Sep 09, Foremans
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UK’s
largest acute admissions unit is now one of the highest performing
emergency care services in the country
7 Sep 09, Yorkon |
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Yorkon
awarded £2.8m health building contract in Wales
14 Aug 09, Yorkon |
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