Fire safety costs see Durkan record another loss

Exceptional items drag down numbers after operating profits increase

Profit at Laing O’Rourke doubles but building safety defect provisions head north again

Firm hails improved bottom line and record order book but contractor sees exceptional items hit £48m

Here’s What You Should Not Put Near a Radiator in Your Home

The post Here’s What You Should Not Put Near a Radiator in Your Home appeared first on UK Construction Blog. Radiators are one of the relatively few fixtures in your home that can’t really be moved at all. As a result, other items in your home will often be placed against them without much thought, but this isn’t always a good idea. There might not always be an immediate danger to these practices, with water-heated […]

Library’s ‘beating heart’ to get a fresh chapter

In Portland, Ore., described as the “beating heart” of the Multnomah County Library system, the new Operations Center keeps more than 500,000 catalogue items in motion. The post Library’s ‘beating heart’ to get a fresh chapter appeared first on Construction Specifier.

RIBA to move collections to temporary home in Kew

The Architects’ Journal RIBA to move collections to temporary home in Kew The RIBA has signed a deal to move the four million items in its historic drawings and archives collection to the National Archives in Kew, south-west London, while it seeks a permanent new home for the collection The post RIBA to move collections to temporary home in Kew appeared first on The Architects’ Journal Richard Waite

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