All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 240
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Archive TitlesIt could be you
A death in the workplace can land directors in the dock. Does your business take all necessary precautions?
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Scotland sets 15% emission reduction target
Scotland has set strict targets by announcing a 15% reduction in carbon emissions on all new developments, regardless of size.
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In the mix
I read your article on mixed-tenure schemes with interest (Regenerate, February, page 28).
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Policywatch: What’s going on in government
Now that Gordon Brown has put his 11th and final Budget to bed, Treasury officials and mandarins from the various Whitehall departments are thrashing out what, in effect, is likely to be the chancellor’s legacy to himself. From here on – leadership contests aside – all roads lead to this ...
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Knowledge to overcome fear
With the initial findings of the Commission for Racial Equality’s formal investigation being issued this month, the effect of physical regeneration on community cohesion has been highlighted once again.
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Is there a doctor in the house?
... And if there isn’t, you might have to get one. Regeneration consultant URS outlines how developers can meet demands to build health and education facilities alongside new homes
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Five tips for top training in urban design
No course will make you an urban designer overnight, says Scott Elliott Adams, but the right approach to training can be a rewarding experience
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Cross-subsidy: Take your partn
Bristol council’s plans to re-build 658 homes looked doomed until it found a private sector partner. Nigel Sweeting of Turner & Townsend explains how the deal was done
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Corrections
The New England Quarter in Brighton, which is the location of the City Point development, was masterplanned by Urbed, and not Edaw as stated in our January issue.The upcoming scheme pictured on page 9 of the February issue of Regenerate was incorrectly labelled as being in Rotherhithe. It should have ...
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lessons from the coalface
It is 10 years since the National Coalfields Programme was set up to rescue areas hit by pit closures. English Partnerships, which ran it, reveals what it has learnt
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Products — frame, cladding and flooring
The sustainable houseStewart Milne Group is to use its timber frame technology to build a demonstration house that meets level 5 under the new Code for Sustainable Homes. The house will be built at the BRE Innovation Park and will be launched at the Offsite2007 event there in June. BRE ...
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What’s working — City living
Three different formulas for city living: a high-rise block for the elderly, microflats for the young and a mix of first-time buyer flats and family houses.
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‘We want to have our cake and eat it’
DCLG director Richard McCarthy has a lot on his plate: Communities England, independent reviews, the planning white paper … But, as he tells Josephine Smit, that won’t stop him piling on the challenges for developers.
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Digest This month’s news round-up takes in buying up brownfield, overbids and overcrowding
Ask Developments’ specialist low-cost apartment arm, Abito, is to develop its first scheme in the capital, having acquired a site in Greenwich. The company is aiming to build several hundred small apartments for first-time homebuyers on the site, selling at prices of around £150,000. Abito managing director Les Lang said: ...