All Features articles – Page 339
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Wood and cement blocks
A wall form system of interlocking recycled wood and cement blocks from Durisol has been specified by Atlantic Developments for a new apartment scheme in the coastal town of Ilfracombe.
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Water-saving basin tap
Douglas Delabie has developed the TempoStop basin tap, which has been designed to use only four litres of water per minute.
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Gulf State Building awards 2008
The first Gulf States Building Awards were held last week at a glittering evening ceremony in Dubai’s Madinat Jumeirah hotel, where the award-winners hobnobbed with top English rugby players
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Just landed: Jon Emery moves to Dubai
Jon Emery spent 19 years at Hammerson before announcing a shock departure this summer to join the board of major UAE shopping mall developer Majid Al Futtaim. He landed in Dubai in October…
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The work starts here
On-site trailblazers such as Skanska, lend lease and Hammerson have already made strides towards reducing construction waste, through a variety of different approaches. Graham Ridout reports
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Soft option: free technology tools to help firms with the waste management task at hand
By joining the drive to halve waste sent to landfill, construction companies have committed themselves to improving their waste management. here are two free software tools that can help firms get to grips with the challenge
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Bank with a plan: Lessons to be learnt from HSBC's experience of waste management
It is still early days for site waste management plans – swmps – but efforts by banking giant HSBC are providing some valuable lessons
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Time to go Dutch?
The UK’s performance on construction waste compares poorly with countries such as the Netherlands, where sending site waste to landfill has been outlawed by Michael Willoughby
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Counter pressure: How some big name retailers are driving waste management measures
Charging for carrier bags is by no means the only contribution retailers are making to waste reduction. As major clients to the construction industry, they are helping drive improvements in waste management too
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Battle lines: The Ministry of Defence is a somewhat surprising waste management champion...
Defence Estates, the MoD’s property arm, is so far ahead of the waste management game that its main concern in meeting government targets to halve site waste is knowing where more can be cut, by Penny Barratt
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Drawing out waste: Architects have a special role to play in managing waste
Architects have been brainstorming with cost consultants to design out waste on live projects – and that’s been drumming up new ideas that could transform the industry by will Jones
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About WRAP
WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) helps individuals, businesses and local authorities to reduce waste and recycle more, making better use of resources and helping to tackle climate change. This helps to minimise landfill, reduce carbon emissions and improve our environment.
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The right way to go
Minister for construction ian pearson throws his support behind the halving waste to landfill effort
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The tracker: Plumbing new depths
The slowdown continues to eat into firms’ workloads and order books, with the activity index for September falling to an all-time low, according to Experian Business Strategies
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Where it hurts – where is the downturn doing most damage?
Emily Wright and Muireann Bolger assess the pain region by region – with only the city of Durham showing any signs of good health
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Riding it out – sectors thriving in the crunch
The world will always need GPs’ surgeries, colleges and, it seems, luxury hotels. Muireann Bolger looks at three sectors that might provide shelter from the storm
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Country focus: Czech Republic
With the strengthening of the Czech koruna and increased expenditure on the part of high-income groups, will foreign investment come at a price? Miroslav Vasko of EC Harris, Prague reports
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Boris Johnson’s redistribution of London infrastructure cash
The glad tidings are that Boris Johnson has just given Crossrail a fiscal injection. Unfortunately £3.5bn worth of other transport projects around the capital have been sacrificed to do so. Olivia Boyd looks at where that leaves the industry …
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How bad can it be? The nineties recession vs the noughties crunch
Remember 1991? For those now starting their careers, it may have been a time of cartoon turtles and spinning hedgehogs, but for older workers it was all about a recession that left the industry on its knees. Emily Wright spoke to both old and young to find out how they’re ...
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Gloomwatch - Building's industry panel assesses the downturn
In the past few months, the construction industry has become an anxious and uncertain place. To help us make sense of it, we’ve asked a student, a subcontractor, a small builder, an architect, an entrepreneur, a forecaster and a consultant to form a panel.