All articles by Thomas Lane – Page 4
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NewsBAA rejects T5 agreement for T5c
Airport operator to switch procurement method on T5 second satellite building
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NewsWhy HSE must blitz home improvements
The workers injured in the Clapham housing collapse were lucky - two thirds of construction deaths occur on small sites
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NewsClapham house collapse caused by human error
The HSE is carrying out an investigation into the housing collapse that injured three people
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NewsBuilding a nuclear future - what next?
Now the government has finlly committed itself to nuclear it needs to demonstrate it believes in renewables and energy conservation
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News2008 Preview: Regulations
Look out for the consultation on a code for sustainable non-dwellings and a shake-up of building control
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NewsCameron's renewables plan will put wind up Labour
David Cameron's brilliant proposal for boosting domestic renewables could force Labour to adopt the policy for itself
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NewsSustainable housing products
The way you build a home goes half way to making it sustainable. The other half is its M&E and water harvesting. Alex Smith looks at how the homes in the BRE innovation park used new technology to tackle both
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Halcrow to keep London Eye open for 20 years
Refit of prime tourist attraction will be led by Halcrow Yolles and is expected to be completed in 2011
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NewsGreen standards to be reformed
BRE’s widely used BREEAM environmental rating system and the principal method of calculating Part L compliance are to be overhauled to take account of the drive towards zero-carbon buildings.
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Features‘Imagine that you are on level 80 and you want a sandwich. How long will that take you?’
… and other logistical nightmares that might arise when you start building the tallest skyscraper in western Europe between a train station, a bus station, several busy roads and a hospital. Thomas Lane watches work finally get started on the Shard
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FeaturesUncharted territory
The UK Green Building Council wants to create a road map towards a sustainable environment. Paul King, its chief executive and a man of impeccable green credentials, will be in the driving seat – or should that be bike saddle?
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NewsCouncils face loss of building control
Government proposals for self-certification could spell end of regulation by local authorities
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NewsEnforce the regs - now or later?
The government is proposing to toughen up building regulations by extending the period building control can prosecute. Fair enough, but there is an anomaly.
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NewsCrisis calls for measured response
Flood defences are only part of the answer. Design and drainage play their part, too.
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NewsExploding pipes belong to the age of steam
The proposed district heating systems in the UK are very different to the one that exploded under the streets of New York.
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The cosmic bungalow
Hydrogen is the basic building block of matter. When it fuses with itself, it releases enough energy to light the universe. When it combines with oxygen, it releases enough energy to heat a small house in the Black Country. Is it the answer to all our problems?
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Features… and cut!
The politicians may want to reduce domestic carbon emissions to zero, but it’s the physicists and engineers that will decide whether it can be done. Thomas Lane took a trip to Watford to look the latest technology in the latest prototypes
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Industry swings behind energy tests for new homes
Government reports wide support for 2016 zero-carbon target and compulsory assessment
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FeaturesWestfield at White City: Westway to the world
Need any more evidence of Westfield’s massive ambitions? How about these 14 cranes looming over west London, and the huge mall rising around them. Or the fact that it ditched its contractor to take on this monster of a project by itself.