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PropertyWire
Posted on: 24 October 2013
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PropertyWire is aimed at key business decision makers from industries such as estate agencies, property development and construction, surveying, architecture to a broad range of readers who just have a general interest in bricks and mortar. The website provides rich news content from around the globe. Updated on a daily basis, Property Wire is already staking its claim as a major player in the disseminating of real estate related information to its visitors.
e-architect
Posted on: 24 October 2013
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Provides daily news of world architecture.
Barbour ABI
Posted on: 24 October 2013
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Barbour ABI has over 80 years experience in gathering, processing and delivering insight and intelligence on the built environment. Its construction database helps identify industry trends and potential new customers. It tracks UK construction projects, including every planning application, and our UK-based research team verifies, tracks and updates construction projects by communicating with key industry professionals.
The spatial effects of high speed rail: Capturing the opportunity
Posted on: 22 October 2013
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This study paper provides an overview of the activities conducted so far on the project, including a Scoping Paper, a Call for Evidence, a series of workshops in a variety of city-regions in order to explore local and regional issues, and a concluding Symposium in London. It reviews these activities and outlines the messages emerging from them for policy-makers and the Government. The Commission claims HS2 can be a catalyst for regional development only if accompanied by smaller transport-improvement schemes.
The CONCERTO Augmented Reality App
Posted on: 22 October 2013
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The APP shows you the way to energy efficiency measures and renewable energy solutions. Create energy efficient buildings and even an urban neighbourhood in an interactive 3D environment! Your goal is to decrease the red CO2 bar as you install innovative technology in the 3D environment. CONCERTO is a European Commission initiative which aims to demonstrate that the energy-optimisation of districts and communities as a whole is more cost-effective than optimising each building individually, if all relevant stakeholders work together and integrate different energy-technologies in a smart way.
5D BIM: Today’s workflow for cost certainty
Posted on: 22 October 2013
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This video presentation, focuses on what 5D means to a quantity surveyor, the methodology they use and the skills they need.
The “Bedroom Tax” in Scotland
Posted on: 22 October 2013
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Kenneth Gibb, University of Glasgow housing economics professor and director of the Centre for Public Policy, was commissioned by the Scottish Parliament’s Welfare Reform Committee. The outline how tenants are choosing to respond to it by paying it, by seeking DHP support, by trying to get off benefits and by terminating their tenancies and looking to other housing providers and solutions rather than downsizing.
Silver linings. The active third age and the city
Posted on: 22 October 2013
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Building Futures, the think tank of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), has published a new report exploring some of the economic and social changes that a dominant ageing population will bring in the next 30 years. The report describes a future where people may choose luxurious, international retirement lifestyles or live with their generations of their families in one grand design. It adds that our beleaguered high streets could take on a new lease of life, with health hubs, child care facilities and universities and. our coastal towns, traditionally favoured by older generations but currently facing big social and economic challenges, could all be transformed by a more active retired population.
Grown in Britain: Creating a sustainable future for our woodlands and forests
Posted on: 22 October 2013
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This report was commissioned by the government as an action plan to establish an enduring and robust framework for a sustainable future for the UK’s woodlands and forests.
Spotlight on Morocco: Marrakech’s luxury hotel market
Posted on: 22 October 2013
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This article explores what effects increased visitation and other changes in the market are likely to have on the demand/supply balance in Marrakech’s luxury hotel sector. We also provide a performance forecast up to 2016.
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