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Market forecast: Tender prices head up
Tender prices are continuing to soar, especially in London, but the rise in the cost of building is set to slow over the next year
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Features‘Developers use appeals to blackmail the council’
And that has to stop, says Katrine Sporle, the head of the Planning Inspectorate. It’s just one of her prescriptions for the ailing system. But is she right? In the second of our series of articles on planning, David Blackman tries to find out
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FeaturesNarrow site access: How do you get a four-bedroom house through this door?
Imagine getting all the materials for a four-bedroom house with nanny flat through a standard-sized doorway on a busy London street (yes, that one on the left). Tricky, no? Now imagine doing it against the wishes of some mightily cheesed off and powerful neighbours. Thomas Lane reports on a project ...
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FeaturesGordon Brown wants 3 million new homes by 2020.
If they are ever to be built, Britain’s planning system needs radical change. The planning white paper, now out to consultation, aims to streamline applications. But critics claim it does little to stop councils playing politics with housing.
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FeaturesGuess who just upped their street cred
You’d expect the winners of the Housing Design Awards to be ambitious schemes. But you may be surprised to learn they’ve been built by the biggest mass developers and the smallest social landlords. Martin Spring celebrates some of the best entries and, on page 50, revisits a trailblazing former winner.Photographs ...
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FeaturesShady business
When NHS Local Improvement Finance Trust (Lift) Building Better Health and Southwark council decided it wanted its £7.7m Sunshine House child development centre on Peckham Road to be naturally ventilated, architect Allford Hall Monaghan Morris thought it was a good idea to use brises-soleil to block out some of the ...
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FeaturesNo smoking signs
Firesafe has introduced a range of “no smoking” signs and a fireproof cigarette bin, to help businesses adapt to the smoking ban.
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FeaturesPlume management kit
Buderus has introduced a plume management kit for use with its domestic, gas-fired, wall-hung boiler range.
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Slip-resistant ground covering
Stirling Lloyd has launched a range of pre-formed slip-resistant coverings for stairways, ramps, vehicular routes or walkways where fully bonded systems cannot be used.
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Navigational tool for fire-fighters
Notifier, a maker of fire alarm technology, has unveiled Onyx Firstvision, a navigational tool for firefighters.
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Hybrid fire detection solution
Fire Detection Products is offering a hybrid fire alarm system, designed for sites in which it is difficult to install cables.
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Gas interlock system
Caledonian Control Technology (CCT) has launched a safety control for commercial kitchens, which prevents gas from being turned on if the ventilation system is not operating correctly.
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Escape route sign
Zumtobel Lighting has launched an illuminated escape route sign called Puresign. It features a silver anodised frame, which measures 306 × 156 × 28mm, and comes with a selection of pictographs, back-lit by LEDs.
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Flush-fit consumer units
Hager has launched a range of flush-fit consumer units for solid and partition walls, which it says are fast to install.
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The sound of silence
David Holder from CMS Acoustic Solutions explains how his company seeks to cut noise transmission on projects from modern apartments to schools for the deaf
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FeaturesWhat to remember: CDM regulations
To explain the revised CDM regulations, guidance with information on each team member’s responsibilities is available on the internet.
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FeaturesOhio silver: Coop Himmelb(l)au
Austrian architect Coop Himmelb(l)au has added sweeping glass walls, a jutting roof and a whole lot of metal to a Midwestern art gallery