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Local Growth Fund (Housing Infrastructure): prospectus
Posted on: 24 April 2014
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This prospectus sets out the detail on how to access the £50 million part of the Local Growth Fund in 2015 to 2016. The Fund is designed to help speed up and restart housing developments between 250 and 1499 units that have slowed down or stalled. It aims to support housing schemes which are important for local growth and meet local priorities.
Government sustainability policies: A manifesto for mitigation
Posted on: 24 April 2014
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With 13 months to go before the next general election, the parties are busily finalising their manifestos. Meanwhile the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warns that we must mitigate or face the worst consequences of climate change. This article from Melanie Thompson of Get Sust! reflects on the construction industry’s frustrations, vented at Ecobuild in March 2014, and concludes that if we don’t lobby hard now, we won’t get the manifestos we, and the planet, need. The article includes links to background information and presentations from Ecobuild.
RICS UK Construction Market Survey: 1st quarter 2014
Posted on: 24 April 2014
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The UK private housing sector is driving a construction industry revival, although skills shortages threaten the pace of recovery, according to the latest Construction Market Survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. The survey, which covers the first quarter of 2014, explains that the speed at which confidence is returning to the market is revealed by the fastest rate of growth in workloads since the Construction Market survey began in 1994.
Crossrail as catalyst
Posted on: 23 April 2014
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Future of London has published a report which examines how London communities can grasp the regeneration potential of Crossrail stations and of future infrastructure projects. Presentations are also available to two seminar held earlier in 2014. The first seminar, “Maximising Crossrail: The experience so far” held on 30 January 2014 , and the second, “Maximising Crossrail: Is collaboration the catalyst?”, held on 25 February 2014.
Innovations in energy management of existing buildings
Posted on: 23 April 2014
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The Technology Strategy Board has announced ten winning projects, set to receive overall funding of £4 million to stimulate innovations in energy management of existing buildings. Details of the projects can be found here.
Infrastructure 2014: Shaping the competitive city
Posted on: 23 April 2014
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The quality of infrastructure systems, including transportation, utilities, and telecommunications, is the most important factor influencing real estate investment and development decisions in cities around the world, according to a survey of public sector and private sector leaders conducted by the Urban Land Institute and Ernst & Young.
NBS National BIM Report 2014
Posted on: 23 April 2014
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This annual document is described as the most comprehensive and trusted report on BIM, its use and adoption, drawing on over 1,000 responses from across the industry. This year’s highlights include: awareness of BIM is now at 95%; over half of respondents now use BIM; and 93% predict adoption by 2016.
CIL and Section 106 obligations: Where are we now
Posted on: 23 April 2014
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Changes to the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) and section 106 regimes announced in February 2014 will not lead to more homes being delivered, according to a survey of developers. This presentation was presented at a seminar on 27 March 2014.
Landscape futures
Posted on: 22 April 2014
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Videos are now on YouTube of the first two Landscape Futures debates, held in Sheffield and Birmingham. The Sheffield debate was on the subject ‘Making the World we Want’. A challenging talk by Jonathon Porritt of Forum for the Future opened the series, arguing that the sustainability imperative must be integral to land use planning, and asking whether landscape education was equipping tomorrow’s professionals to work with the global challenges we face. Pam Warhurst responded by focusing on local scale activism, and the power that communities have to shape their landscapes, in this instance through urban food growing in Todmorden. The Birmingham debate asked the question ‘How can we build beautiful places?’
Analysis of development trend and operation models for midscale hotels in China
Posted on: 22 April 2014
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The midscale hotel market in China has begun to receive attention from many international and domestic hotel brands. This article discusses the development trends and operation models for midscale hotels in China.
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