All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 1407
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Housing's new power brokers - Part 2
After the shake-up in Government, Housing Today asks whether Nick Raynsford will bring a new vision to social housing
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Ousting of 'homes for votes' council chief cost £100k
The debacle over the ousting of a council chief for his part in the Westminster "Homes for Votes" affair cost the public purse more than £100,000, it has been revealed
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Housing's new power broker - Part 1
It's all change at the top in the housing world this week. Housing Today speaks to the new chief inspector of housing about the challenges of his new job
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Under pressure
Engineers Ove Arup & Partners went to great lengths to design energy efficient ventilation at Nottingham University's new campus. Was it the wind cowls, or did low pressure drops make the difference?
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Party pooper
The town house may be back in fashion, but staggered terraces can lead to water penetrating party walls.
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Finishing school
The concrete panels behind the brick facade of a new student hostel weren’t just quick to build. They are also so smooth they can be finished in a coat of paint.
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Details
Think you know how to lay bricks and blocks? Well, think again, and this time around, think lean. Traditional masonry construction can benefit from an injection of efficiency.
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What a difference a day makes
At 7 am only the foundations of this Dutch house are in place - by 5pm the site foreman can lock the front door of a home with all the brickwork completed.
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A view from the committee room
Lord Rogers hit the headlines, but many more people have contributed to the taskforce’s report. Its deputy chairman Anthony Mayer talks to Chris Bazlinton about some of the recommendations closest to his own heart.
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Permeable ceilings for energy storage
Exposing the underside of floor slabs can make the office below more comfortable and save energy. Open slabs absorb heat from the office at high level, helping to keep occupants cool. However, exposing the slab is difficult to achieve in existing buildings. Are perforated ceilings the answer?
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Cardiff shows satisfaction sells
Prototype poll of Cardiff Bay’s buyers shows huge potential of referrals.
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Cost Model: Structured Cabling
In this latest cost model, the Cost Research and Engineering Services Departments of Davis Langdon & Everest and Mott Green & Wall examine the capital costs of structured cabling installations. A number of recent commercial projects have been examined to establish benchmark costs for IT installations.
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Smart housebuilders will empower their buyers
House buyers may not put the number and position of electrical sockets at the top of their requirements when buying a home, but when questioned two years after moving in, more than 50% say they are frustrated at not having enough outlets.
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Brave new world German timber frame
Earlier this month German housebuilder Huf Haus put the finishing touches to its first UK homes. Karin Stockerl of University of Sussex's Science and Technology Policy Research looks at what makes its, and other German timber housebuilders', products so good.
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Brands focus on service
It might be a notoriously price sensitive market, but some lintel manufacturers are determined to make their brands the must-haves on more than cost alone.
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Log book initiative comes to boil
Benchmark scheme aims to reduce annual £4m-£5m cost of call-outs.
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Quick off the blocks
A trial on seven houses at a site in Cambridgeshire is showing big blocks going up at least 20% faster than conventional ones.
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Appliance of science
One exhibit in the under-construction Explore@Bristol provides much more than a learning opportunity, it is the centre of the building's air conditioning system.
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Let's get specific about fan power
So you're working to an energy efficient brief. You've specified condensing boilers, a free cooling cycle and waste heat recovery. But have you thought about fan power?
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A year in the making, the work of more than 60 people, cost to the Treasury of more than £300m a year. Was the Urban Task Force’s final report worth the wait?
“It won’t be the work of a group of luvvies sitting in a room off the Kings Road.” That was how Martin Crookston, Urban Task Force member and director of planning and design consultant Llewelyn-Davies, sought earlier this year to allay housebuilders’ fears about the coming of the taskforce’s final ...