The design is clean and simple, and the colour theme works for me, though it could have blue used as a bit deeper (more hue) to give some depth to the design. overall I think the page has a logical structure, though I would like to see that logo on the top header-space in some form, as this page distantly reminds me of those pages you get when you typo an URL and get a page which has all these links and adventisements, and no actual header except some random text. The navigation works like a charm.
The pdf-icons looks a bit crappy, compared tothe site around them. I also despise links having >>. It always looks sloppy and horrible. Maybe an icon or a good 'ol "»" would make it better?
As for some development ideas.. maybe the use of orange as a background colour for the submenus that slide out (and white texts) would bring the header/navigation area more together. Also styling the search-form to have rounded edges would make a whole lot of difference to the look of the site too :)
Don't have nothing else sensible to say, as I don't know much about the client or the brief you got. But these are something that I'd change, so that a good design won't be ruined by trivial details.
Good job on the redesign.
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