All Building articles in 15 October 2010 – Page 4
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NewsLondon to get one-person flats
Housebuilders in London are likely to be allowed to build one-person microflats, the Greater London Authority told a public inquiry into the London Plan this week.
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Features
The tracker: That sinking feeling
Construction workload is expected to keep falling over the next three months, but the pace of decline should begin to ease, according to Experian Marketing Information Services
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Libeskind returns to University of Essex
Architect Daniel Libeskind has been chosen to design a landmark building for Essex University.
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Comment
Disarming deathtraps
Jennifer Deeney’s tragic story makes sobering reading, as does Tony Bingham’s article on the wall collapse (1 October). They emphasise the fact that freestanding walls can be deathtraps.
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CommentHansom: Strange days indeed
Nothing is as it seems this week, what with resurrected chief executives turning up at race courses, bestiality taking place in the workplace and well-known architects running away to sea
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Enforcing liquidated damages: A shade of grey
A recent case involving a breach of contract has put into doubt the black and white principles behind enforcing liquidated damages
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Hot water cylinders for heat pumps
McDonald Engineers says it has become the first UK manufacturer to launch an off-the-shelf hot water cylinder specifically designed to work with heat pump technology.The ECOflow unvented cylinder for heat pumps is a response to the growing demand the firm is receiving from heat pump installers for an off-the-shelf product ...
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FeaturesGovernment cuts: Find out where the money is currently spent
Here we show government spending by department, including capital funding, and where it’s expected they’ll be forced to make savings
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Contractors drink the dregs as state work starts to dry up
Business barometer: Kier tops work table again, but with vastly reduced value
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FeaturesComprehensive spending review: George's marvellous medicine
The construction industry will need more than a spoonful of sugar to help the chancellor’s medicine go down. Here we sum up where we are now and our panel of experts tell us what they’re expecting on Wednesday
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FeaturesEco co-housing schemes: Give it a spin
The UK has begun experimenting with co-housing schemes that aim to slash emissions while encouraging a more sustainable lifestyle - as you can imagine, communal washing machines that run on harvested rainwater are de rigueur
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Carillion wins Dubai towers
Carillion has won a £124m deal to build two 45-storey residential towers in Dubai for Emaar Properties PJSC
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NewsYou can’t ditch the indispensable
We’ll soon know whether the government intends to sell off ConstructionSkills. Whatever happens, our industry will still insist on a levy to pay for training, says Sir Michael Latham
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CommentConstruction in Cairo: Scaling the stone towers
The construction industry in Cairo has tended to stick to concrete buildings of a similar form and size, says Paul Scott. Now this seems to be changing in interesting ways …
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CommentQuentin Shears: Thinking inside the box
I’ve never been entirely sure what management consultancy is. My only hope was that nobody else knew either
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NewsRICS QS boss fears ‘irrelevancy’
Warning that global drive could make organisation irrelevant to some members
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NewsNew Homes Bonus to penalise regeneration
Proposed incentives to encourage councils build more houses will discriminate against the redevelopment of existing estates, writes Joey Gardiner.
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Wood pellet boilers
Windhager’s VarioWIN wood pellet boiler is now available with a compact 45 litre balance tank which brings the output down to 1kW to suit low energy demand buildings such as homes.
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Biomass boiler
Woodpecker is this month launching a 150kW biomass boiler suitable for public and commercial buildings as well as housing associations.