All Building articles in 2008 Issue 21 – Page 8
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Features
Cost update: May 2008
Manufacturing input costs surge as oil and import prices drive inflation higher, although material cost pressures continue to ease, report Máren Baldauf and Jay Kotecha of Davis Langdon
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Brickmakers suffer as deliveries drop 13% in three months
Rumours of three-day weeks surface as ‘double whammy‘ of oil price rises and a drop in new housing starts hits manufacturers
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New York spends $5m on safety inspectors after 13 fatalities
New York’s mayor is to spend $5.3m (£2.7m) recruiting construction safety inspectors for the city after accidents that have resulted in 13 deaths this year.
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Government may announce more than 10 eco-towns
Communities department rethinks programme, amid fears sites will not survive planning process
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Taj Mahal design for £1bn Dubai 'EcoStar'
The family of a deceased Bristol businessman hopes to build his dream project – a £1bn star-shaped town powered by five 650ft wind turbines with a full-scale replica of the Taj Mahal in the centre.
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APC Trainer on... Design Economics and Cost Planning (T022)
For QSs working in private practice, design economics and cost planning are issues that come up all the time, so in your APC exam, expect a grilling on this...
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Coded message
The goverment has bought out a new technical guide to clarify the code for sustainable homes, but it still has gaps