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Dubai needs to halt all new home construction for one or two years to avert an economic disaster brought on by continued oversupply, according to one of its biggest builders. “We’re entering a crossroads now,” Damac Properties PJSC Chairman Hussain Sajwani said in a Bloomberg interview. “Either we fix this problem and we can grow […]
Driven by a growing population and intensifying urbanisation, the construction of high-rise buildings has increased considerably in recent years – more high-rise buildings are now being constructed than at any other time. Joe Bradbury of buildingspecifier.com investigates: Across the UK as a whole, there are currently over 270 existing high-rise buildings and structures, of […]
A project to create a high quality meeting room and classroom within the new Upper School of the prestigious École Jeannine Manuel School in London has been completed using the complete fire resistant, timber frame glazing system Promat SYSTEMGLAS® Ligna. The school, which is a co-educational, French bilingual, international school for 3-18 year olds, was […]
Rinnai, a UK leader in the manufacture and supply of heating & continuous flow hot water delivery systems and units for residential and commercial sites, has announced that it is planning on doubling its size within 10 years. The announcement, made by Managing Director Tony Gittings at a major event held at Skinners Hall in […]
The Village Green Medical Centre in Great Denham was built in 1994 using a modular building system for the speed of construction benefits. Planning authorities agreed to the project on the condition that the building would eventually be over clad with a finish that would blend in with the surrounding residential area. Today the building […]
Midlands businesses encouraged to grasp multi-billion-pound investment opportunities at MIPIM 2020 Businesses across the Midlands are being encouraged to take part in the Midlands UK delegation at this year’s MIPIM (Cannes, 10-13 March 2020), the world’s largest property event. Billions-of-pounds’ worth of investment is agreed each year at the international property and real […]
In an interview with ‘Development Finance Today’, Innes Smith, chief executive officer at Springfield Properties (pictured above), highlights the future challenges facing housebuilders, how Springfield Properties incorporates modern methods of construction and the current state of development funding. How do you assess the current development funding space as an experienced housebuilder? Is it difficult to […]
Court Collaboration’s application for the 51-storey One Eastside was deferred by the city council’s planning committee. It was confirmed Birmingham Airport still maintain their objection that construction cranes could pose a danger to airplanes flying on a newly established flight path and have sought a further assessment. The £160m development, on the former college and […]
By JP Casey As the offshore industry’s carbon footprint continues to grow, more subsea companies are looking to partial and total electrification as a means to cut costs and reduce environmental impacts. JP Casey looks at four electrification projects in the subsea sector. In 2017, Oil & Gas UK reported that the UK offshore […]
A ‘whole door system’ which combines secure locking with failsafe emergency evacuation features has been introduced by GEZE UK to meet the rigorous PAS 24 standard. The Slimdrive SL NT PAS 24 System achieves outstanding security – one of the best on the market, whilst still meeting ever-greater demands of building requirements. The system enables […]
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