Living on their wits
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About 600 out of the 10,000 UK patents a year relate to building and civil engineering. Only 5% are successful. UK inventor Barry Richardson has invented a wood treatment process which lasts a lifetime and a self-sufficient house for windy areas. The wind turbine is in the roof. Glickman runs a successful company for concrete pave inventions. Six of his projects are under licence with 40 companies in 15 countries. Gordon Gutteridge has invented a flat-pack temporary building system for use on building sites and a solar pump for developing countries. Dowling is working on an upsidedown golf caddie.
Publication Name: Building
Subject: Construction and materials industries
ISSN: 0007-3318
Year: 1993
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Sunley outlook for Scotland
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Sunley Turriff Holdings acquired Lilley Construction (Scotland) in Jan 1993. Lilley is a top civil engineering company and will provide a Scottish base for Sunley. Two hundred jobs will be lost. Sunley has 12 subsidiaries and has made a profit of 1.5 million pounds sterling for the year up to Sep 1992. Chief Executive Nigel Linstead became mgr dir and chief executive of Bernard Sunley and Sons in 1985. It was acquired by Lonrho and merged with Turriff Construction in 1991.
Publication Name: Building
Subject: Construction and materials industries
ISSN: 0007-3318
Year: 1993
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The battle for brownfield
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The planning system with regard to brownfield sites in the United Kingdom is considered.
Publication Name: Building
Subject: Construction and materials industries
ISSN: 0007-3318
Year: 2000
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