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Bovis Homes goes green as profit rises
Bovis Homes has set itself stiffer green targets in the wake of an environmental review last year. The housebuilder has introduced policies, procedures and systems to cut energy consumption and minimise waste. The move was described in the company results for the year ending 31 December 1999, when the group ...
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Features
Do the public really have a say?
Public consultation is becoming a political imperative when it comes to new building schemes. But do current methods really get the community involved or merely pay lip-service to the democratic process?
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Comment
Taking the high ground
First person The government's attitude to housing is truly radical in that it recognises the benefits of high-density living.
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Flight plan
Regional airport terminals now put a premium on image to attract customers. But at the same time, design teams must deliver highly complex functional buildings on a tight budget.
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Rooftop drama
Walsall's bus station was meant to fuel the town's regeneration but four months after its planned opening date, contractors are still working to correct its sagging roof. What went wrong?
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The Inflatable Café
How do you put a concrete and plastic structure in an area of outstanding beauty without spoiling it? Well, you could bury it, make it invisible, or blow it up it to resemble a cloud floating on a hill. Or all three
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Lifting The Lid On Roofing
The roofing industry does not have the best reputation for safety or quality workmanship, but how can it improve its image when main contractors keep insisting on lowest price?
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Features
Power pack
A new roofing product from Germany may come in rolls, but it's not like any other roofing membrane. Thanks to built-in photovoltaic modules, it also generates electricity.
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Charted Territory
Ove Arup's Columbus is billed as a project document management system but, apart from the nifty viewing facilities, it hasn't really discovered anything new yet.
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Home From Hell
The combination of an incompetent trainee surveyor, two wrongly issued certificates and a difficult "domestic" client resulted in 11 years of legal and financial nightmares.
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Cases In Point
Court cases challenging adjudications often focus on whether or not the adjudicator had jurisdiction. Maybe it is time to allow the adjudicator to have some say in deciding his own jurisdiction.
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Rules For Taking Penalties
The Scottish Law Commission is proposing to move the goal posts over penalty clauses by removing the traditional link with pre-estimates of damage.
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Novation without tears
Novation of the consultant's appointment can offer real benefits to a client, but it must do the work to make it work. Otherwise, it can end up with legal nonsense that risks being thrown out of court.
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Know Your Limits
Limited liability partnerships protect individuals from expensive claims. But that is not the only way they differ from traditional partnerships. Why should you consider switching sides?
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Features
Materials whole-life costs
Building Performance Group's guide to building components' lifespans and life costs tackles domestic kitchen units.
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Tracking system
Recruitment consultant Richard Milsom on the strategies his firm uses to find the leaders of tomorrow.
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News
Top housebuilders in e-commerce talks
City bank Shroders behind hush-hush plans to allow major players to sell homes on-line.
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Wembley issues council with planning ultimatum
Stadium chief Bob Stubbs says it will take Brent to public inquiry if it misses 19 March deadline.
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Prescott sets new target for SE homes
The Thames Gateway, Ashford and Milton Keynes will be the focus of major housing developments after deputy prime minister John Prescott announced specific homes targets for the South-east.Prescott said 43 000 homes were required in the next five years.In a statement to the Commons, he said: “The Thames Gateway will ...