All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 1412
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New benefit regime may cut funding for wardens
Wardens could be at risk unless changes are made to the transitional housing benefit funding regime for supported accommodation, the government is being warned
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Housing funding claims based on 'flimsy evidence'
Many local authorities have been basing their bids for government housing funding on "flimsy" tenant participation evidence, it was disclosed this week
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Transfers
As the pace of stock transfer speeds up, can we look into the crystal ball and predict what the social housing sector will look like in a decade? Housing Today listens to some forecasts
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Moving into the spotlight
Housing is still not top of the political agenda, but MP Andrew Love wants to change that
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Think-tank to re-examine the role of social housing
A major new inquiry to tackle social housing's identity crisis is to be launched by an influential think-tank with close links to New Labour
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Top job will not hit top of the scale
Audit Commission unveils 'substantial package' for chief inspector
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Brown raises stakes on housing benefit reform
Ambitious plans to scrap housing benefit for working families and replace it with a new tax credit system are set to fan the flames of the welfare reform revolt
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Agreement on single tenancy
The housing lobby has reached a consensus on the issue of a single tenancy by dropping the most controversial aspect of the idea
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RSLs may outstrip LAs as landlords within 10 years
Transfers of council stock to registered social landlords under the New Labour government could exceed Conservative targets, according to leading experts in the field
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Research round-up
A computer that can lay out a plantroom, a network that lets occupants vote for the conditions they want, and a guide to services for architects. These and other treasures are on the way from the building services research community, finds the Building Services Journal's trawl of current projects.
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In pod we trust
So says Taylor Woodrow, which is fitting prefab bathrooms in less time that it takes to have a bath in one. Josephine Smit puts a toe in the water.
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Wicket peeper
The MCC has dispelled its 'Old School' image at Lord's with the opening of the futuristic NatWest Media Centre a semi-monocoque aluminium 'spaceship'?
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You were great until we moved in . . .
If selling your dream homes raises buyers’ expectations higher than you can deliver then the nightmare is about to begin - for both parties. But deliver service in line with your stated policy and even the odd remedial job will fail to awaken negative thoughts.
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Glowing going gone
Low quality, cheap fittings are threatening the UK's emergency lighting market. David Wright talks of tough measures to stop cowboys.
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Gigabit of what you like
Gigabit Ethernet lans will bring data to the desktop super fast. But they will push existing cabling networks to the limit.
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Margins for error
Clients are seriously questioning the way buildings are designed to cope with future loads. Does spare capacity provide the answer, or are there other ways services can adapt to changes in building use?
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Performance enhancers
Clients need to make informed comparisons of firms when shortlisting contractors. Andrew Brister looks at moves to make the job easier.
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Double take
BT has refurbished an existing data services centre in Hertfordshire to accommodate its data processing and communications facility. The brief was to design the essential services without a single point of failure, with on-line maintainability and a high level of energy efficiency. How was this achieved?
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For a few dollars less
Legal reforms mean that the Sheriff's office offers a quick, cheap way of bringing those bad debtors to book
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Fault detection and diagnosis
The BRE has developed a set of computer-based tools for the management of heating, ventilating and air conditioning systems. How can designers and facilities managers use them to improve the performance of buildings?