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NewsHousing stats: New build sales, starts and completions in September
Housing registrations in September fell 12% below August’s
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Evelyn Grace: The school of hard knocks
A month after it won architecture’s highest accolade, the RIBA Stirling prize, the Evelyn Grace Academy in Brixton is still making headlines.
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NewsGalliford Try rows with subbies over athletes village
Culture secretary and ODA boss insist scheme is on track despite time lost on final two plots
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Helical wall tie
Ancon has launched a wall tie for use in timber-frame construction called TIM6
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Render for pebble dash
Saint-Gobain Weber has introduced a new one-coat render suitable for use with pebble dash
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Self-cleaning coating
Alcoa Architectural Products has launched a self cleaning coating that can be added to its cladding panels
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Fibre cement cladding
Marley Eternit’s Natura rainscreen cladding was using for the a regeneration project in West Yorkshire
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External wall insulation
Alumasc’s Swisslab external wall insulation was used in a refurbishment of Tarmac’s UK headquarters in Wolverhampton
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CommentWonders and Blunders with Karen Kirkham
Karen Kirkham uses her daily commute to size up passing buildings. She finds Battersea Power Station has a dignity even in decay whereas the MI6 building is indestructibly pompous
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Inbox: Trials and tribulations
The problems facing the industry this week are low margin rewards, high prices for utilities, fierce competition in the UK from overseas companies and the technicalities of BIM
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NewsGoing for green: Student complex awarded highest ever BREEAM rating
The accomodation complex scored 95.05%
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NewsMorgan Sindall wins land scheme
Morgan Sindall has been appointed as the partner on a £200m regeneration scheme in Basingstoke.
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Housebuilders Salary Survey 2011: The results
Compare average salaries between regions, job titles and see whether they have gone up since last year
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FeaturesSteel insight: Structural steelwork
Structural steelwork accounts for about 70% of multi-storey building frames built in the UK. Steel Insight will appear quarterly to provide a source of reliable information for users of this key material
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CommentOral agreements: All mouth no trousers
It’s easy for two parties to get dug in over quite trifling sums. Here’s a case in point that revolved around the question of oral agreements - only the lawyers enjoyed it
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CommentWhat's a clause intended to do? It may take precedence over its wording
Don’t rely on legal wording without considering the context of a clause, as a judge may look at its purpose instead
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FeaturesFree school conversions: Making the switch
The government went out of its way to make it easier for free schools to be formed in non-school buildings by easing planning laws. So now that they’ve opened their doors, do they actually work? Take a look at two very different conversions…
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FeaturesCladding: Facing the future
The cladding market is being tested by the influx of new regulations and cost pressures. The good news is that facades can now be designed on a more human scale, says Stephen Ledbetter, director of the Centre for Window and Cladding Technology