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The basic design of the British Film Institute's 20 million pounds sterling millennium project Imax Cinema in Waterloo, London, England, is a glass drum with a grey, metallic roof with a slight pitch. Avery Associates' innovative design for the cinema has presented a number of technical challenges, but the project is on schedule for completion in Mar 1999. Most of the challenges are associated with the network of tunnels over which the cinema is being constructed.

United Kingdom, Investments, London, England, Design and construction, Buildings and facilities, Motion picture theaters, Movie theaters, British Film Institute

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Steeling time: Engineer Whitby and Bird can now check its steelwork drawings in one day rather than six weeks, thanks to its clever adaptation of a standard steel-cutting software program

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Whitby and Bird, engineers, have developed in-house software based on STRUCAD, used by steelwork fabricators. It has been adapted to run within AutoCAD software, and Whitby can now produce detailed drawings which can be instantly used to control steel cutting and drilling. It allows the company more flexibilty with the easy accommodation of design changes, and it has saved time.

Electronic computers, Electronic Computer Manufacturing, Computer-Aided Design, Usage, Software, Computer aided design, Engineers

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Researcher to test for gaps in smoke seals

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Timber research organisation, TRADA, has launched a study into the durability of smoke seals on fire doors. The two-year, government-funded project, will investigate the possibility of weakening of the seal as a result of door usage. The report will examine seals which have been in use for up to 30 years. The seals are currently tested to BS476: Part 31.1 when new.

Research, Safety and security measures, Adhesives and sealants industry, Doors

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