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One of Europe’s largest indoor play centres takes shape Sutcliffe Construction is constructing a £3.5m indoor children’s adventure park at Stockeld Park near Wetherby in Yorkshire, set to be one of Europe’s largest, with a floor area of nearly 1,900 sq m. Designed by Corstorphine + Wright, the timber-framed Playhive will feature a series of themed adventure zones in a doughnut-shaped building with a 10m-tall tower at its centre.
Cemex launches cyclist warning system
Graphene-enhanced concrete promises material and cost savings
Cemex has teamed up with FHOSS Illuminated Safety Solutions to launch a new cyclist warning system that aims to save lives when commercial vehicles turn left. The system is fitted with a Gobo lens, which projects an image onto the road, to give an alert when a manoeuvre is about to take place.
Graphene-enhanced concrete has been used to lay the floor slab of a new gym in Amesbury, Wiltshire, in what its developers claim is a world first. ‘Concretene’, produced in joint venture between the University of Manchester and alumni-led construction firm Nationwide Engineering, requires 30% less material and removes all steel reinforcement.
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