Recommended wiring guidelines

Posted on: 14 May 2013
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The aim of these CEDIA Recommended Wiring Guidelines is to provide homeowners, builders, electricians and developers with guidance for the installation of the cabling infrastructure that is important to support today’s digital and connected lifestyles.

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Roadmapping workshop for construction research & innovation in the transport sector. London, 17 April 2013

Posted on: 3 May 2013
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The National Platform for Construction, via the MBE KTN and Transport KTN, convened a workshop that brought together construction professionals, academia and the wider supply chain to produce a roadmap for research and innovation in the UK transport sector. The workshop formed part of UK engagement with a new European Construction Technology Platform (ECTP) initiative “reFINE” (Research for Future Infrastructure Networks in Europe), with the view to provide UK input into the reFINE roadmap that aims to shape calls in the forthcoming Horizon 2020 research fund in 2014.

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Delivering buildings that are truly fit for purpose. Liverpool, 11-12 April 2013

Posted on: 24 April 2013
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This technical symposium, organised by the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers, aimed to highlight the latest practice and research and provide a glimpse of future developments across the world with regard to reducing the energy dependence of buildings whilst maintaining lifelong performance. Papers and presentations are available online.

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Building producers in a resource efficient world. London, 17 April 2013

Posted on: 24 April 2013
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UCL’s Institute for Sustainable Resources, in partnership with the Alliance for Sustainable Building Products (ASBP), hosted this seminar for policy makers construction professionals, product manufacturers and suppliers. As the most significant consumer of the Earth’s natural resources, the construction sector will need to get ‘more from less’ if it is to respond to the increasing pressures of cost, availability and environmental impact. The ASBP believes that this will require a move away from commodities, generic materials to a value added model, which encourages and rewards product innovation and intelligent design, for both resource efficiency, as well as building performance. In this seminar, a panel discussed physical resource limits, options for reduction and reuse and examples of current best practice and how it can be encouraged. Presentations are available online.

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Dealing with difficult demolition wastes

Posted on: 19 April 2013
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This new BRE guide gives practical guidance on waste management routes and how to improve reuse, recycling and recovery of difficult demolition wastes. Price £40

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The Low Carbon Routemap for the Built Environment

Posted on: 15 April 2013
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The Green Construction Board has developed the Low Carbon Routemap for the Built Environment to serve as a visual tool enabling stakeholders to understand the policies, actions and key decision points required to achieve the UK Government target of 80% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions in the built environment against 1990 levels by 2050. The Routemap also sets out actions, together with key performance indicators that can be used to deliver and measure progress in meeting the 2050 target. The Routemap covers both infrastructure and buildings sectors, and addresses segments of operational and capital (embodied) carbon emissions.

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CEEQUAL Sustainability Assessment and Awards Scheme 2013

Posted on: 8 April 2013
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CEEQUAL is the evidence-based Sustainability Assessment and Awards Scheme for civil engineering, infrastructure, landscaping and the public realm, and celebrates the achievement of high environmental and social performance. CEEQUAL’s Outstanding Achievement Awards were presented on 11 March 2013. The Outstanding Achievement Awards acknowledge projects or contracts that have demonstrated pinnacle best-practice performance in any of the twelve sections or sub-sections of their CEEQUAL Assessment. Details of winners, and highly commended, are available under the following sections: Project and contract management; Land use; Landscape; Ecology and biodiversity; Historic environment; Water resources and the water environment; Energy and carbon; material use; Waste management; Transport; Effects on neighbours; Relations with local community and other stakeholders.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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