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Sustainable Housing: Principles & Practice
Sustainable Housing: Principles & PracticeEdited by Brian Edwards and David TurrentTaylor & Francis Books拢30Sustainable is used here as much in the sense of self-sustaining communities as of green technologies. Brian Edwards, professor of architecture at Huddersfield University, defines sustainable housing as "housing that meets the perceived and real ...
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Scotland cost forecast
Scottish output soared last year – especially in private commercial – and although new orders are down slightly in 2000, they are forecast to pick up strongly in the second half.New ordersFresh orders for new construction work won by contractors fell in 1999 in England and Wales, according to ...
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Just the job
Social research consultant Helen Bidwell meets everyone from drug users to local residents – but, as yet, no celebrities.
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Appointments
HousebuildersHousebuilder Charles Church has appointed Matthew Nash as sales manager for the area covering Hertfordshire, Essex, Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire.John Homer has been promoted to area construction manager at Twigden Homes. He will be responsible for the East and West Midlands.Dean Dye, Jason Towers and Brian McDougall have been promoted to ...
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Roving union officials set to inspect any site
Contractors alarmed at Prescott-backed plan to give unions swingeing safety powers.
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Arup picks wobbly bridge solution
Engineer Arup has chosen its preferred solution to curb the wobble on the Millennium Bridge across the Thames. The preferred solution, to be revealed in a report next week, is understood to consist of a passive damping system mounted beneath the deck of the 拢18m bridge, plus secondary bracing added ...
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Ken's half way house
Ken Livingstone has threatened to veto housing schemes unless half of the units are affordable. And he means it. But with the best will in the world, can housebuilders rise to the challenge?
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'The most energy efficient building ever'
Bennetts Associates' 拢22m Wessex Water headquarters is such a triumph of green design that it's better than the BRE's idea of as good as it gets. 精东影视 was given a sneak preview.
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Renaissance man
Meet Jon Rouse, the new chief executive of CABE: bureaucrat, scuba diver and Kylie Minogue fan.
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Now arrived from Brussels
The big red-tape machine in Brussels is still churning out directives for our benefit. But do they work? And are you affected?
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Glowing panes
The brief: design a glass wall for the Science Museum's Wellcome Wing to cast a blue glow from outside, in any conditions, with no moving parts. Was it even possible?
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Feeling the pinch
Can you lift another builder's design or design features into your building? Yes, you can just so long as you copy the ideas and not the expression of those ideas.
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Indecent proposals
Ann Minogue's column on the new standard form of subcontract for use on government work the GC/Works Subcontract challenged the Constructors Liaison Group to a tempered debate. It begins here.
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All gas and gaiters
So, the fuel crisis gives contractors the chance to secure extensions of time, does it? No, it doesn't, because the truck drivers' actions do not clearly come under "relevant events".
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As bad as all that?
Prime contracting is the MOD's attempt to apply Rethinking Construction. But contractors have complained loudly that it transfers too much risk to them. So, is it going to be Egan-compliant?
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Maximum effort
The latest in this series for small and medium-sized firms explains how better financial management procedures can maximise your profit.
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E-cruitment
Chrissie Chadney, human resources director of Willmott Dixon, explains how she used the web to recruit IT trainees.
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Appointments
Contractors Engineer and contractor Black & Veatch has appointed Doug Smith managing director of its European infrastructure business. He also becomes managing director of its UK business Binnie Black & Veatch.EBC Group has appointed Richard Smith area director for Reading. Nigel McArthur has been promoted to director responsible ...
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Wasted opportunities
Architects and developers are forming an orderly queue to put the boot into English Partnerships for its timidity, lack of leadership and inexperience which, they say, are jeopardising the urban renaissance.
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It's all about respect
Enthusiasm, professionalism, and a love of punk rock just the qualities you'd expect from Ian Eggers, CIOB 精东影视 Manager of the Year.