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Features
Faith in pod
Prefabrication is being held up as the answer to any number of housing problems, but are housebuilders ready to embrace the technical changes necessary to make it happen?
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FeaturesA life more ordinary
One year after resident Debbie Norris moved into her factory-built semi – a scheme dreamt up by Wimpey, the Guinness Trust and Britspace to prove that modular was a good way to build a new home – she had a few bones to pick with representatives from the alliance. But ...
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Curtain walling and cladding
There are seven key points that need to be taken into careful consideration when specifying a curtain walling/cladding system, says Peter Claridge of Davis Langdon Schumann Smith. Here's what to watch out for …
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FeaturesModels of efficiency
The scions of The Peabody Trust might have been doing some head-scratching after approving the designs for its most recent modular housing scheme at Raines Dairy in Stoke Newington.
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FeaturesTapping in to timber
Factory build doesn't mean homes have to look standard and samey, as Sunley Homes and Environ Country Homes are proving.
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NewsFinishing touches
This prefabrication special watches a four-bedroom showhome go up in six weeks and takes a look at energy-efficient timber frame
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Features
Lifetimes costs: wall claddings
The range of wall claddings available is huge, and in deciding which to specify you must take into account their varying durability and whole-life costs. Peter Mayer of the Building Performance Group examines softwood, plastics and high-pressure laminates
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Under pressure
Specifiers of curtain walling will be feeling the effects of the new Part L of the Building Regulations, which requires that it undergoes rigorous air-leakage testing and boasts super-low U-values. And then, of course, there's Parts A and E to consider …
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NewsCladded value
This month’s round-up of pannelling, frames, supports and boarding is an indispensible read, with a vast array of the innovative products used on the latest projects. Plus find out who’s behind the magnificent glazing on the new Greater London Authority building
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The only way is up
Construction output is predicted to increase in the next three years, according to two new reports – just so long as the government sticks to its spending plans
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Prefabs with a difference
Just when you thought prefabricated buildings were all the same… We check out another Peabody Trust modular innovation and a timber-framed, environment friendly enclave in Kent
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NewsBanner sale heralds D-Day for private housebuilders
Future of Ward Homes, Cala Homes and Linden Homes in balance as backers consider whether to sell up.
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Comment
Of apes, men and swine
This is a view of the ugly face of construction, where the strong shaft the weak, the weak detest the strong and nobody is on anybody else's side
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NewsDoubts surface over funding of Laing Homes buyout
Venture capitalist 3i 'unconvinced' that £400m management buyout is best way to dispose of housebuilder.
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Features
Storm warning
Clients are increasingly refusing to accept that extreme weather is an excuse for handing over a building late. At the same time, the weather is, as you may have noticed, becoming more extreme. Matthew Richards reports on a troubled outlook for Britain's contractors
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Contractors warned over use of non-English speakers
Construction Confederation says non-English speaking workers may pose threat on dangerous sites.
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NewsSwiss giant ABB puts UK subsidiary on the market
Swiss engineer puts M&E contractor ABB Building Systems up for sale to concentrate on the power industry.
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Comment
Who prepares wins
Mediation might promise much but, without careful preparation, there will be too much to cover and the process dissolves into a futile slanging match