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'Don't use showgirls to sell roof tiles'

One of the UK's largest industry exhibitions is issuing a new code of conduct over the use of "promo girls".

Last year, UK Construction Week, held at Birmingham's NEC, faced criticism over the use of lightly clad women to staff an exhibitor's stall.

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Living Walls - need installers

Hi all

Garden Beet supplies livng wall systems - we do not install - - please make contact if you are interested in installing our products   - we need Safety Health and Enviornmental Systems in place as well as current CSCS card.

thanks Felicity Water

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Building-in a wood fired outdoor oven

Installing a Primo 60 outdoor oven

 

It's heavy

The oven can either be used free standing or built in. I am going to build my oven into the walls I am constructing along the edge of my terrace, so it will be a while before I'm ready (more on this a

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Maintaining the width of a double faced random stone wall during build

If you've ever built a random stone retaining wall you've probable constructed an internal skin in either hollow concrete block or a single skin of engineering type brick.

Construction is relatively easy using this method. Build up the block work or

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Building a Jencks/Wilkie type landform...in miniature!

I am doing some research on the ins and outs of building a series of either; wide, circular terraced steps covered in lawn or a banked (440mm total height) mound also covered in lawn. The back will be planted up to/not seen so can be steeper.

With the

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How To achieve excellence in construction with Mark Gregory updtae

 

we have had a great response with bookings on the BALI North West event ,how to achieve excellence in constructon, hosted by award winner Mr Mark Gregory 24th November ( please visit the events page of LJ for full details ) half of the places were  

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landscape construction books?

I'm just after a book for landscape construction reference and wondered if anyone owns or has read any of these? If not, are there any others you might reccomend?

 

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/search/ref=sr_nr_scat_271761_ln?rh=n%3A271761%2Ck%3ALandscap

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rendered walls

Can I pick your brains? On houses, render always stops before the ground with a stop bead, and this seems to make sense so that the dpc isn't bridged. But in gardens, walls are commonly rendered from the ground up (including gardens I've designed in

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Tree house construction training

True treehouses and raised platforms can be built in an infinity of ways and for almost an infinity of budgets.  Bolted into the tree, raised up on legs, supported by cable systems or a combination of these.

I've enjoyed building a few small ones but

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Fire Pits

I have been doing a lot of research on fire pits.

 

In this country we seem to be way behind the drag curve on using them in designs. America definately leads the way and uses them a lot. Obviously could be to do with location in the states and the wea

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How to build a sleeper retaining wall

Sleeper retaining walls have been topical of late but for all the wrong reasons.

When used effectively i.e. in the right place for the right application, old railways sleepers can be a strong ornamental feature for creating vegetable beds or formal

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