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IT security and physical access control set for full convergence

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Physical, proximity smart card-based access control systems are to become fully integrated with IT identity management solutions in order to make both sets of systems faster and easier to use, industry experts forecast.

Convergence eliminates the need for users to remember and carry separate cards or other devices for opening doors, logging onto computers, and accessing cloud-based applications.

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Work on office-led regeneration project in London reaches final stages

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A construction company has started working on the latest stage in the Development Securities and SWIP Property Trust’s final phase of its office-led regeneration project in London, a news report in the local media was able to reveal.

The new 167,000 sq ft 11-storey building, on the site of 12 Hammersmith Grove, includes speculative Grade A office provision, retail space and additional public realm works adjacent to Hammersmith tube station and opposite the Lyric Square in the centre of Hammersmith.

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New defence rehabilitation centre set to be built near Loughborough

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A new Defence and National Rehabilitation Centre is set to built near Loughborough following an investment estimated at around £300m.

The new facility will take over the services currently delivered at Headley Court and will be roughly four times larger than the current site. The Ministry of Defence argued that it will "improve and advance the cutting-edge treatments already available to injured members of the armed forces".

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Plymouth College of Art opens new £6m workshop

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The Plymouth College of Art has recently inaugurated a new £6m state-of-the-art workshop block that was built on an area of vacant land within the heart of Plymouth’s busy city centre. The four-storey building will provide 3,444m2 of specialist workshop space and will house ceramics, glass and digital design workshops, as well as student workstations, communal hubs and display areas.

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New multi-million pound primary school to be built in Dorset

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Construction work on a new multi-million primary school in Dorset has recently started, with the main development works set to be completed by spring 2015, a news report in the local media could recently reveal.

ISG is the main contractor for the Pimperne CE VC Primary School project. The £3.9m building will provide single-storey accommodation for pupils aged 5 to 11 and will include classrooms, a multi-use hall and outdoor hard and soft play areas.

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