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HS2 Growth Taskforce: The challenge
Posted on: 24 October 2013
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Set up by the Secretary of State for Transport in June 2013, the HS2 Growth Taskforce’s initial report sets out the key areas on which its final report will focus. It will provide recommendations to Government early next year.
City transformations
Posted on: 24 October 2013
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Urban Age, an international investigation of cities jointly organised by the London School of Economics and Deutsche Bank’s Alfred Herrhausen Society, has chosen to hold its twelfth conference on 24-25 October 2013 in Rio, a Brazilian city that is both investing and reflecting on the long-term impacts of intense urban change. Over 70 speakers from 40 cities and 20 countries will be joining local urban experts, policymakers, investors, NGOs and academics to discuss these issues, with a view to improving our understanding of how to design, manage and live in more equitable urban environments. LSE Cities has published a newspaper to coincide with this event.
Offsite construction key to major UK Passivhaus refit
Posted on: 24 October 2013
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The use of prefabricated elements is helping to minimise disruption to residents and control costs on one of the UK’s largest Passivhaus retrofits. The Parkview Hub development, on London’s Thamesmead estate, is being refurbished by Gallions Housing Association to the Passivhaus Institute-certified EnerPHit standard.
Improving collaborative construction contracts
Posted on: 24 October 2013
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Encouraging and improving collaborative working in the UK construction industry has been a recurring theme for some years. While the benefit of collaboration is now widely acknowledged in the industry, few projects are actually adopting collaborative working methods. This article considers how best to improve collaboration in the UK construction industry.
Local authority parking enforcement
Posted on: 24 October 2013
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The House of Commons Transport Select Committee has published its findings from a recent inquiry looking at local authority parking enforcement in England, This report provides an overview of the key issues in parking enforcement. The Committee outlines the regulatory framework for parking enforcement; discusses the motivation for enforcing parking restrictions, the impact of these restrictions on town centres and local businesses, and the controversial subject of revenue raising; and provides more detail about the civil enforcement process, including the issuing of penalty charge notices, representations to local authorities, and the appeals process.
Using dispute boards in construction projects
Posted on: 24 October 2013
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This article argues that the major advantage of dispute boards over other methods of dispute avoidance and alternative dispute resolution is that they aim to reduce the incidence of disagreements and claims becoming disputes.
Towards a quantifiable measure of resilience
Posted on: 24 October 2013
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The objective of this paper is twofold. First it illustrates and discusses some of the challenges related to the measurement of resilience by reviewing some of the most recently published and grey literature on resilience in relation to food security. Second it proposes a new framework that addresses some of the concerns and limitations of resilience measurement identified in that literature.
British Institute of Interior Design
Posted on: 24 October 2013
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The British Institute of Interior Design (BIID) has announced a merger with the Interior Design Association (IDA). The IDA, the business association for designers working in the commercial sector, will be incorporated into the BIID, the Government-recognised professional institute for the interiors sector. This significant merger will create one leading body for interior design that will set national professional standards, promote learning and debate and champion the value of interior design on the national and international stage.
Shelter Policy blog
Posted on: 24 October 2013
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This blog is written by people in Shelter’s policy and campaigning teams in England. The aim is to promote discussion on housing policy issues, and the bloggers do not necessarily represent the views of Shelter.
Community Infrastructure Levy
Posted on: 24 October 2013
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This map will allow users to click on individual Local Planning Authorities (LPAs) and see which stage of Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) the LPA is at and, if published, what the proposed maximum rate is per square metre.
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