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Miller cracks the Code for Sustainable
Homes
27 Oct 09
Miller Homes is conducting an unusual experiment in Basingstoke.
It is constructing six houses to each of the six levels of
the Code for Sustainable Homes, to work out how much it costs
to build them - and what consumers are prepared to pay.
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Modular building firm
secures £3.5m of extra Bank of Scotland funding
26 Oct 09
Modular building firm Calsafe Group has secured a £3.5
million increase in its working capital facility with the
Bank of Scotland.
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Off-site specialist reports the smallest
drop as other mid-sized contractors feel the heat
23 Oct 09
Three firms posted falls in turnover and profit this week
with off-site specialist Caledonian posting the smallest drop,
with turnover down from £139.7m to £135.3m in
the year to 3 January.
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Spotlight: on cladding
23 Oct 09
The lead time for cladding has fallen more than any other
trade package this quarter and is at its lowest level since
our records began 10 years ago. Brian Moone (Building magazine)
looks at the risks of driving lead times too low.
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Energy standards for homes to fall
short of Passivhaus
23 Oct 09
Proposed overhaul of Code for Sustainable Homes would set
higher energy limit than German method.
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Contractors wanted for mobile classrooms
deal
15 Oct 09
Suffolk County Council is looking for a contractor to provide
modular and portable buildings to act as temporary classrooms
while construction work on schools in the borough takes place.
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£140m Glasgow framework agreement
up for grabs
9 Oct 09
Glasgow City Council has issued tender documents for a framework
agreement covering a range of activities including supplying
prefab buildings, worth between £90m and £140m.
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Construction of Tesco's first 10,000
sq ft modular store underway
6 Oct 09
Prefabricated units will be delivered before the end of October
2009 and the store is set to open in late November 2009
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Shard project chief: above ground
by Xmas
1 Oct 09
Shard has insisted that the iconic skyscraper will be visible
bove the ground by Christmas.
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Interserve wins £20m contract
for module evaporator plant
24 Sep 09
Interserve has won a £20 million deal to build an evaporator
plant at Sellafield. Interserve will build 14 modules which,
when connected, will construct a large evaporator plant called
Evaporator D.
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Portakabin
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29 Sep 09, Portakabin |
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Buildoffsite
Stakeholder event, Presentations
now available
8 October 2009, London
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Forthcoming events |
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Renewable
energy technologies - An introduction to delivery
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Discovering
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