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CommentIf at first you don’t succeed: Adjudication
Adjudication works best when each chunk is bite-sized, but that doesn’t mean you can keep bringing the same piece back again until you get the decision you want
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Much obliged: Infrastructure contributions
Many local authorities are demanding standard infrastructure contributions when they are not due at all. So can developers question this?
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CommentBeing a sport
Cricket and rugby have much to teach construction. Not least, as the last Ashes test so abundantly demonstrated, how to lose with dignity
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CommentBuilding buys a pint … for 39 essex street chambers
This is my first Building Buys a Pint, but I learn quickly: if you want to get a group of people together and talk about something other than work, don’t pick barristers or a bar which one of the senior partners part-owns
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FeaturesGateway to the world: Thames Gateway Forum 2009
The Thames Gateway Forum in November is attracting delegates from France to China, as global investors eye up opportunities in the South-east’s fastest changing region. You should really be there too …
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FeaturesThe way of all quangos
The Tories are rekindling that age-old election pledge: to burn down the quangos. We’ve heard it all before, but is it any different this time? And if so, which ones would be for the pyre?
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NewsHigh-performance membranes
Lethame House, a new luxury housing project by Apex Developments in Strathaven, near Glasgow, is using three DuPont building membranes to help it exceed the thermal and airtightness standards set by the regulations
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Insulated panels
Innovaré Systems is providing its large format i-SIP structural insulated panel system for a new accommodation block at Ashdown Forest visitors centre in East Sussex
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Double-glazed sash windows
The Sash Window Consultancy claims to have come up with a solution for upgrading traditional sash windows in listed and period properties that is accepted by local authority conservation officers
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Bricks for refurbishment
Manufacturer Ibstock is extending its traditional range of bricks, which is designed to offer a wide choice of sizes, colours and textures for most refurbishment projects
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Double pan roof tiles
Russel Roof Tiles, part of Cemex UK, has launched Derwent II, a concrete roof tile which it claims offers a cost-effective alternative to clay tiles
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Slate-effect metal roofing
Steadmans has launched Meta-Slate, a BBA-approved slate-effect metal roofing sheet system that combines the appearance of natural slate with the advantages of a lightweight metal roof
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High performance windows
Sheerframe HED windows have been used to meet level three of the Code for Sustainable Homes on a housing development in Freckleton near Preston
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Traditional bricks
Blockleys Brick has added to its traditional range of stock bricks with two new colours
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NewsSealed double-glazing
Carey Glass has supplied more than 8,000m2 of Vista Therm low-emissivity insulating glass and Solar Neutral 71/43 glass for new-build flats in the Chelsea Bridge Wharf development
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NewsClay roof tiles
Marley Eternit has expanded the colour choice of its Hawkins clay plain tile range with the introduction of Heather Blend
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The tracker: Vital signs
The rate of decline continues to slow, especially in the residential sector, but, with demand weak and jobs uncertain, the prognosis still isn’t great. Experian Business Strategies studies the charts
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NewsBono Happold: Buro Happold structure for U2 tour
Buro Happold designed this moving video screen for U2’s 360 degree tour, which kicks off this week
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NewsThe Grimdex: 7
Building’s seven-strong Gloomwatch panel rate their mood from 0-10, with 10 the most unhappy. The average is that month’s “Grimdex” forecast
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