Extra safety work delays reopening of Dartford's Orchard Theatre
A raft of extra work is being carried out before a town theatre can finally reopen after new fire safety changes in the wake ...
No bids received from contractors to take on crumbling concrete work
An initial marketing programme failed to attract bids from contractors for the almost £2m job to replace RAAC roofing panels ...
Researchers made crack-resistant concrete using fibers from cheap carpet scraps
Researchers have found a way to use waste carpet fibers to create stronger and more durable crack-resistant concrete.
Families protest over Raac homes worth 'peanuts'
Campaigners protesting at Holyrood have said they will be left with homes worth "peanuts" after the discovery of Reinforced ...
'We could be left with peanuts for our RAAC homes'
Homeowners in Aberdeen have complained they could be left with "peanuts" due to the discovery of Reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC). Law student Hannah Chowdhry, 20, bought her house in the ...
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San Diego life science research campus features color-changing, coffered façade
With steeply graded window panels made of glass fiber reinforced concrete, Torrey View’s coffered façade emphasizes depth and ...
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Amrit Bharat station scheme: Southern Railway’s upgrades underway at Thanjavur station with durable GFRC panels
Amrit Bharat Station Scheme, the station is seeing the installation of Glass Fiber Reinforced Concrete (GFRC) panels, which ...
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No bids for West Lothian crumbling concrete works as contracts taken into new year
Plans to replace roof panels built of crumbling concrete in council ... A West Lothian Council spokesperson said: “We are ...
Port Taranaki strengthens main breakwater wave wall
Port Taranaki is strengthening the wave wall of its main breakwater to better protect vessels and people and help prepare the ...
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Work to begin to remove RAAC from Bearsden Community Hub
WORK to remove potentially dangerous concrete from a popular community hub is set to get underway this month – more than a year after it ...
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Demo buildings prove alternative construction is possible
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Rieder uses glass fibre-reinforced concrete for curving office facade
Promotion: Austrian facade brand Rieder has created a custom frontage for the One City Park office building in Bradford, which was designed by UK architecture studio Sheppard Robson. A gridded facade ...