All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 1277

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    My working life

    2001-07-27T00:00:00Z

    Julia Pallister is sales and marketing director of Prowting Homes Central.

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    Under the influence

    2001-07-27T00:00:00Z

    Building Homes looks at the increasing politicisation of planning and its implications.

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    Green living with Gusto

    2001-07-27T00:00:00Z

    Gusto Construction is selling its own brand of sustainable, green living to Nottinghamshire homebuyers with its 24-unit Millennium Green development at Collingham.

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    Laing first with Jamera package

    2001-07-27T00:00:00Z

    Laing Homes is set to build the first British houses to use the complete Jamera system of thin-joint solid walls plus reinforced aircrete floor and roof elements being marketed by Celcon.

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    Domestic science

    2001-07-27T00:00:00Z

    What are companies that dictate product design doing in homebuilding? It's all to do with finding out the needs of homebuyers.

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    David Curry MP

    2001-07-27T00:00:00Z

    David Curry, Conservative minister for local government and planning from 1993-1997, and himself a returnee at the election, ponders the Westminster tea leaves to predict the future for housebuilding in the brave new political world.

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    Watt heads up Church crusade

    2001-07-27T00:00:00Z

    Persimmon is aiming to more than double the unit output of acquisition Charles Church under the leadership of new chairman Steve Watt.

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    UK steel frame heads for China

    2001-07-27T00:00:00Z

    A regional government in China is set to order thousands of steel-frame prefabricated homes from British manufacturers.

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    Wilcon rises to emergency challenge

    2001-07-27T00:00:00Z

    Four new homes burnt down by vandals in Thamesmead, south east London have been rebuilt by Wilcon Homes in only 15 days.

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    Building Homes Datafile

    2001-07-27T00:00:00Z

    The MarketThe monthIn spite of falling volumes homebuilders are keeping the market happy by reporting increased profits on the back of big house price rises. The market accepts volumes may fall further over the next year, and the economy may weaken, but sees house prices still rising as demand outstrips ...

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    Premium price for factory build

    2001-07-27T00:00:00Z

    Sunley Estates has proved that the general public is not only willing to buy factory-built new homes, but will pay a premium for them.

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    Bolt-on wanderers

    2001-07-27T00:00:00Z

    Could steel-frame technology from Australia and New Zealand revolutionise UK homebuilding?

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    BedZED popular with homebuyers

    2001-07-27T00:00:00Z

    The Peabody Trust's first zero energy development is proving popular with homebuyers.

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    Chris Bazlinton

    2001-07-27T00:00:00Z

    New housing and planning minister Lord Falconer will have been receiving memos and briefings on his new domain. Here's how one advisor might have put across his view of the problems facing social housing.

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    Younger buyers back prefabrication

    2001-07-27T00:00:00Z

    Skills shortages, speed of build and growing public support encourage industry to adopt timber frame.

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    Tide begins to turn against uPVC

    2001-07-27T00:00:00Z

    A quarter of homebuilders are planning to go back to timber frame windows, although the majority are still using uPVC.

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    Accoustic tests to add cost and risk

    2001-07-27T00:00:00Z

    The proposed revisions to Part E of the Building Regulations have major implications for housebuilders, with acoustic testing of homes prior to completion likely to result in costly failures.

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    Public wants more details about home construction

    2001-07-27T00:00:00Z

    The buying public wants homebuilders to provide more information about how new homes have been constructed - and it doesn't want to have to ask housebuilders to provide it.

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    Webwatch

    2001-07-21T00:00:00Z

    Waste Management is becoming an increasingly important part of facilities management, as regulations governing recycling, waste emissions and sustainable development start to take hold. FB digs the dirt on sites to help facilities professionals reduce waste and adopt recycling in the workplace.

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    Workplace update

    2001-07-21T00:00:00Z

    The director general of the Business Services Association surveys the scene.