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Attitudes of Europeans towards tourism
Posted on: 5 April 2013
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The latest issue of Visit Briain’s monthly publication Foresight looks at the results of a survey undertaken by the European Commission that studied the attitudes of Europeans towards tourism. This article considers what the latest findings tell us about the holiday habits of Europeans and how they are responding to the current economic situation.
The global conversation begins: Emerging views for a new development agenda
Posted on: 5 April 2013
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The failure of the Millennium Development Goals to take disaster risk into account is considered a major gap in the current development framework around the globe. This is one message to emerge from this report, presented by the UN, which documents initial findings from consultations around the world on the post-2015 Development Agenda.
Lakanal House verdicts
Posted on: 5 April 2013
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Following serious failings highlighted during the Lakanal House fire inquest, a number of life safety recommendations have been identified. The need for clearer guidance around the fire protection of materials added during building renovations was just one of the recommendations made last week by Coroner Frances Kirkham after the inquest on the fire at the Lakanal House block of flats in Camberwell, London.
Heritage Law Update
Posted on: 5 April 2013
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This briefing note identifies the principal changes to the Heritage Protection Regime since May 2010 and lists those proposals which are intended to be implemented shortly. Readers seeking a comprehensive review of the current system are referred to the English Heritage ‘Guide to Heritage Protection in England’ which is a helpful on-line source. This note relates specifically to the situation in England.
Specification for information management for the capital/delivery phase of construction projects using building information modelling (PAS 1192-2:2013)
Posted on: 4 April 2013
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This Publically Available Specification (PAS) specifies requirements for achieving building information modelling (BIM) Level 2. The requirements within this PAS build on the existing code of practice for the collaborative production of architectural, engineering and construction information, defined within BS 1192:2007. PAS 1192-2 focuses specifically on project delivery, where the majority of graphical data, non-graphical data and documents, known collectively as the project information model (PIM), are accumulated from design and construction activities. The intended audience for this PAS includes organizations and individuals responsible for the procurement, design, construction, delivery, operation and maintenance of buildings and infrastructure assets.
Conservation Covenants
Posted on: 4 April 2013
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A conservation covenant is a voluntary agreement between a landowner and responsible body (charity, public body or local/central Government) to do or not do something on their land for a conservation purpose. This might be, for example, an agreement to maintain a woodland and allow public access to it, or to refrain from using certain pesticides on native vegetation. These agreements are long lasting and continue after the landowner has parted with the land, ensuring that its conservation value is protected for the public benefit. Conservation covenants are used in many other jurisdictions, but do not exist in the law of England and Wales. Instead, landowners and responsible bodies are relying on complex and expensive legal workarounds, or the limited number of existing statutory covenants that enable certain covenants to be enforced by specified bodies (for example, the National Trust). The Law Commission has published a consultation document on this issue and welcomes comments by 21 June 2013.
Visit Britain Business Plan 2013-2014
Posted on: 4 April 2013
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Visit Britain has published its latest Business Plan, outlining its priorities for the year ahead.
Shared space project
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The village of Poynton in the UK has undertaken one of the most ambitious experiments to date in this type of street design, whose most prominent advocate was the Dutch traffic engineer Hans Monderman. Variations on the shared-space model have been implemented in other European cities since the early 1990s, but never before at such a busy junction. A film is available, documenting conditions before and after the change.
NBS Videos from Ecobuild 2013
Posted on: 4 April 2013
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During Ecobuild 2013, NBS (National Building Specification) hosted a series of BITESized talks in its auditorium. These 15 minute talks were delivered by a host of leading authors and high profile guests, covering a wide range of topic areas such as the power of CPD, sustainable design, sustainable construction, BREEAM, careers advice, and a large number of items talks on BIM.
Mainstreaming Innovation
Posted on: 3 April 2013
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A consortium of nine Scottish universities, led by Glasgow Caledonian University, will deliver a joint one-year pilot project “Mainstreaming Innovation”. The project aims to reduce carbon emissions through research and application of integrated sustainable infrastructure in the existing built environment that could be replicated on existing and new building estates (e.g. housing, education, healthcare and other building estates). It is a follow-up of the project CIC Start Online whose focus was on sustainable building design and refurbishment. The ouptuts of the CIC Start Online project can be searched through Knowledge Base on the project website which will remain accessible. The project will support development, testing and application of innovative low carbon technologies for improving: landscaping and biodiversity; energy efficiency in existing buildings; energy generation from renewables, storage and decentralized systems; water harvesting, saving, recycling and flood prevention; waste reduction, reuse and waste-to energy; low and zero carbon transport; and ICT/BMS systems for monitoring, reporting and management of low carbon infrastructure.
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