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Raising the rafters: Building a timber-framed tower
23 Apr 2010
Timber-frame buildings’ reputation has been through the mill recently. But one international team has a vision for wooden structures that reach to the sky. The only thing now, says Thomas Lane, is to make sure they don’t burn down
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ISG builds student residence in Notting Hill
15 Apr 10
ISG has successfully negotiated its second student accommodation scheme for The Blackstone Group, taking a £14 million project to build a Nido student residence in Notting Hill.
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UK housebuilding market expected to returns to growth in 2010
15 Apr 10
According to a new report from MTW Research, the UK housebuilding market will rise by 154,000 homes in 2010, though housebuilder expenditure remains under tight control as social housing investment slows and business confidence returns slowly.
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ALUCOBOND photovoltaic façade reduces energy consumption of buildings by utilising natural light
01 Aprr 10
Architects and city planners are under increasing pressure to balance, form, function and sustainability within their designs. By using ALUCOBOND® photovoltaic, they can achieve this balance without having to make compromises in any one area and set new standards in sustainable building design.
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PassivSystems works with ModCell to target the Building Schools for the Future programme
08 Mar 10
The Government’s Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme is the biggest-ever school buildings investment programme, with the aim being to rebuild or renew every school in the UK.
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EU Funding for Innovation
12 Apr 10
EU funding is all about helping business to be come more profitable through innovation and getting somebody else to mitigate the financial risk
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Cost model: Off-site manufacture
26 Feb 10
Park Plaza has built a 1,000-bedroom hotel and conference centre in the middle of one of London’s noisiest roundabouts. But it was delivering the project in just 24 months that kept the construction team suitably stressed
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