All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 179
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Steel yourself for trusses
Metsec has supplied 32 long span lightweight steel trusses, plus zed purlins and C-sections, for the roof of a major development in Chelmsford.
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Sink or Swim
After the floods this summer many questioned the sense of building new homes on flood plains. In fact, says Will Rogers, sustainable sites in flood risk areas such as the Thames Gateway are being lost while local authorities struggle to keep up with government guidance
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Singin’ in the rain
Price Homes has installed Wavin Plastics’ StormLine rainwater system on its latest housing scheme in Burridge, Southampton.
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Perfect pitch
Eurocell has launched the IQ750 modular low pitch conservatory roof system with 750mm glazing bar centres.
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Picture this: a new roof in minutes…
ViewMaster software gives tenants a kerbside look at how re-roofing options will look with Redland products.
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X marks the spot
Identifying contaminated land isn’t always easy. But there’s more and more help available
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Mapping out the market
The pressure is on to come up with well-informed regeneration policies that are relevant for each individual housing market. But what if your analysis of the market is wrong? Richard Donnell looks at a new approach
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Tools for the job
Infrastructure is often neglected, but it can be crucial to a successful regeneration
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What’s working - industrial sites
Can the dirt, grime and decay of industrial sites provide a good basis for mixed-use development? Josephine Smit finds out
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Just when we need more homes the market slumps
When my father came to this country to escape from war and poverty, he lived in what was effectively a home in multiple occupation.
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How can we tackle the remaining non-Decent homes?
The government pledge to bring all affordable homes up to a decent standard by 2010 is an ambitious task.Many have already been improved under the Decent Homes programme, but a number of estates have yet to be tackled. Among them are the “worst of the worst” – places where it ...
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What’s going on in government
Gordon Brown’s Queen’s Speech did not contain many surprises.
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The tide turns for the gateway
After 20 years of dither, it’s just possible that things are looking up for the biggest regeneration project of all time: the Thames Gateway. On the eve of the Thames Gateway Forum, David Blackman looks at how vital elements of the scheme are finally falling into place, and Julian Anderson ...
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This month: Timber-frame fire, Gateway shortfall, Urban Splash quits EP race and more
The number of completed homes in the Thames Gateway falls thousands of units short of government targets, figures seen by Regenerate reveal.
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Same difference
How can developers build more homes, improve design quality and meet the need for variety? By using standard housetypes that embrace diversity