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FeaturesDe-coding BIM
Building information modelling could be applied to save time and money on every government project within five years. But few people are using it and many don’t even know it exists. Here are seven key ways BIM will affect you and your work
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CommentAn education
Half-term hols will come as a relief after the excitement of Tim Byles leaving, the education secretary displaying an appalling lack of handwriting skill and a sports day-style event that ended in tears …
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NewsMitie profit up 10% as energy services boom
Revenue and profit at Mitie have increased 10% as growth in its energy services business has taken off.This part of the outsourcing company now accounts for 34% of revenue, according to its preliminary results to 31 March 2011. It said that most of its contracts now include some kind of ...
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NewsLondon developers are on a roll
What happens to the developers today happens to construction tomorrow, so they say, and if true, then it might be not as bad a year as many fear.Several London focused developers outperformed the FTSE 100 this week with a flurry of good news. Minerva confirmed that it was in takeover ...
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CommentAdjudication: The good book
We’ve had 475 judgments since adjudication first came in and it’s a very different beast today. So the second edition of Peter Coulson’s tome on the subject is a must-read
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Glazing beyond Part L
This system exceeds Part L requirements and lets high levels of light into buildings
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Interlocking slates
Marley Eternit’s interlocking slates were used on a 110-home housing development
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NewsModular PV system
Renewable energy specialist Siliken has launched a modular PV system designed for installation onto domestic roofs.
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NewsConstruction’s green investment to increase by 17%
Businesses will get greener over next three years, says survey
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NewsLend Lease to complete halted Olympic village block
Firm lined up by ODA to work on N14 block after contractor P Elliott went into administration
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NewsTata Steel to cut 1,500 jobs in UK as steel demand drops
Demand currently at two-thirds of 2007 level
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NewsNew Stratford Campus Library: A literary makeover
Hopkins Architects’ design is intended to reinvigorate the University of East London’s campus
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FeaturesThe better homes lab
Designing energy-efficient homes is the easy bit - making sure the dwelling performs as expected is more tricky. That’s why forward-thinking housebuilders are embarking on some serious research. Alex Smith verifies the results
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FeaturesPart L in practice
It was always going to be a big ask to meet the new energy performance and carbon reducing standards. But this project team seems to have found some (not too expensive) answers
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Integrated PV
Marley Eternit is set to launch an integrated PV product that it says is the first on the market to be compatible with fibre cement slates.