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Local Environmental Quality Survey of England 2014
Posted on: 13 November 2014
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The Local Environmental Quality Survey for England (LEQSE) is an important report that tells us just how clean our country is in a scientific, statistically robust way. LEQSE offers a reliable picture based on evidence gathered by our survey team throughout the year and going back more than a decade. According to this year’s LEQSE, 89% of sites across England are either at or above an acceptable standard for litter. There has been a 4% improvement since the survey started in 2001 but no marked improvement since last year.
Universal Credit and rented housing
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These guides explain what Universal Credit means for landlords, local authorities and tenants.
Adjacent Planning and Building Control Today: October 2014
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Published by the National House Building Council, his issue looks at topics including planning and development, BIM, building control, safety in construction, and energy efficiency.
UK Lease Events Review
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This Lease Events Review for the year 2013 and the half-year to June 2014, produced by IPD, provides empirical evidence on the likelihood of different lease events and outcomes. The analysis for the end of 2013 is based on a sample of over 90,500 leases, held in the IPD UK Annual and Quarterly Property Universe. The lease events section of this report examines the influence of three key types of lease event on the property investment market: lease expiries, break clauses and changes in rental conditions upon lease renewal.
CPD videos on timber in construction
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Swedish Wood has launched the second in its RIBA CPD programme. This new Timber Cladding module is presented as three films, each relating to a RIBA Work Stage.
In the first film, covering RIBA Work Stage 1: Core Objectives, Charles Barclay, of CBA Architects, takes viewers round his award-winning Walk Barn Farm and discusses the importance of specifying and detailing timber cladding correctly, as well as presenting a showcase of recent European cladding projects.
In the second film, covering RIBA Work Stage 2: Concept Design and Outline Specification, industry experts explain the different cladding types and how to design, fix, coat and maintain timber cladding, as well as exploring sustainability and procurement issues and pre-painted exterior cladding.
The third film, covering RIBA Work Stage 4: Technical Design, provides design details for external timber cladding, including technical details for installing different types of timber cladding, such as corners, cavities, structural supports and battens, as well as the relevant Standards and Regulations.
The first module, Timber: the Building Material of the Future, Timber Cladding is also available.
UK Economic Outlook November 2014: Getting the balance right in the UK regions
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This publication looks in detail at the current evidence on regional differences within the UK economy, and discusses policy proposals which might contribute to a more balanced pattern of economic growth.
BIM Toolkit
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The BIM Toolkit was presented publicly for the first time at NBS Live in early November 2014 by members of the core team. Details of the event and the toolkit are available online.
The Great Halls of China? Meeting planners’ perceptions of Beijing as an international convention destination
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This research, published in the Journal of Convention & Event Tourism (Vol.15 Issue 4, 2014), focused on meeting planners’ perceptions about selecting Beijing as an international convention destination. Twenty-three convention destination site selection criteria organized into five categories were identified. It was found that, with respect to Beijing, the importance of site selection criteria has changed since the late 1990s, with meeting planners now attaching more weight to the quality of convention services, quality of convention planning assistance, and city image. The meeting planners who had previously held international conventions in Beijing attached greater importance to research and development cooperation opportunities and choice of accommodations than those who had not. They rated Beijing’s performance lower on the convenience of the application process (required by Chinese governments) and government support. It was concluded that Beijing needs to improve most on the quality of convention services and convention planning assistance, and by relaxing government policies related to the holding of international conventions.
Government launches new congestion-busting guidance
Posted on: 12 November 2014
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New guidance that will help reduce congestion and speed up the completion of road works has been published by the Department for Transport. The 7 traffic advisory leaflets provide cost-effective and time-saving tips for utility companies and highway authorities who need to carry out work on our roads.
Herbert Girardet on Regenerative Cities Part 1
Posted on: 12 November 2014
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Besides being the author of 11 books on the subject, Herbert Girardet is also co-founder of the World Future Council. But now he’s left the concept of sustainability behind, moving on to define a new, more dramatic concept: the idea of regenerative cities. This is the theme of his new book Creating Regenerative Cities. The first half of the book sets out the problem, the idea of Petropolis. In this first part of a two-part interview he talks about the concept of regenerative cities, the existing state of affairs defined by Petropolis, and urban metabolism. The second part of the interview can be viewed here.
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