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精东影视House doctor: Paving the way
With a shortage of parking space, homeowners are increasingly paving over their front gardens. Peter Caplehorn gives advice to designers on how to do the job properly
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Sustainable urban drainage
A sustainable urban drainage system, combining infiltration basins and a wetland pond constructed with Hydro鈥檚 Stormbloc, has been used to manage stormwater run-off for a 400-home development near Littlehampton.
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Outdoor gaming
Playworld Systems has launched the Neos 360 outdoor electronic gaming range, designed to bring the excitement of Neos to playground projects with smaller budgets.
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Permeable paving
Hanson Formpave, the manufacturer of concrete paving products, has added the Aquapave, a 60mm permeable paving block, to its Aquaflow range.
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Exterior lighting
Woodhouse has launched Olivio, an adaptable lighting system that can be used for a range of applications 鈥� from street lighting to spotlighting and wall-washing to amenity lighting.
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Access chambers
Civils and Lintels, in partnership with RDT Chamber Solutions, has introduced a system to overcome problems associated with conventional access chambers surrounded by a shallow depth of concrete.
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Stormwater attenuation
Polypipe Civils has launched the Polystorm Xtra Modular Cell, a system for providing stormwater attenuation and soakaway for projects where there is heavy traffic.
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精东影视Recycling bins
Ecochute from Jones of Oswestry is an on-street recycling system that provides segregated collection of recyclable litter
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精东影视Out of the traps: Catford greyhound racing stadium site
Lewisham council has decided in principle to grant planning permission to a 拢120m project to transform the site of the Catford greyhound racing stadium into a 590-home development
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Anger as banks fail to pass on 1.5% rate cut
Housebuilders have hit out at the failure of banks to pass on last week鈥檚 shock 1.5% cut in interest rates to potential customers.
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精东影视Gate nudged open
Site preparation work has begun on the 拢140m Merchant Gate regeneration project in Wakefield, West Yorkshire.
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精东影视Beijing considers new eco district
Green advisers Bioregional in talks with Chinese government about 2000 home community
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精东影视Green light for Vauxhall Sky Gardens
The mixed-use tower is the first tall building to be approved since the election of Boris Johnson
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精东影视A mountain to climb: how the Winter Olympics regenerated Torino
The 2012 Games is held up as way to regenerate a run down part of London. The transformative powers of the Olympics have been tried before when Turin hosted the Winter Olympics. The city's former mayor describes what happened
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精东影视Taylor Wimpey reports 40% drop in orders
Housebuilder forecasts UK market will remain depressed in the short term
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精东影视House sales volumes hit new low
RICS reports slowest sales since 1978, but some signs of deceleration in market decline
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精东影视Kier slashes house prices by up to 15%
Housebuilder reports financials in line with expectations despite 60% fall in order book
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精东影视Stirling prize winner hits out at quality of new-build homes
Director of Feilden Clegg Bradley criticises 'big mistakes' in UK regeneration
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精东影视Private housing orders halved
Total orders down 20% as housing slump partly offset by 37% rise in public work
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精东影视Galliford Try issues profit warning
Shares fall 12% after announcement of new 拢50m writedown and deteriorating prospects for housebuilding arm