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Posted on: 16 October 2014
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How can cities adapt the forms of tall building design to avoid homogeneous skylines?
Posted on: 15 October 2014
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This is the latest in a series of monthly videos from the Council of Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat.
Asbestos – Part 2: Where to find asbestos in buildings
Posted on: 13 October 2014
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This blog discusses how to identify asbestos and where it may be discovered in buildings.
NBS Sustainability Report 2014
Posted on: 13 October 2014
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Personal commitment far outweighs regulations, client demands and company policies as the main driver of sustainability, according to the latest Sustainability Report published by NBS. Sustainability’s battle for hearts and minds across the UK construction industry appears to be won, with this second NBS survey of consultants, clients and contractors finding that almost four fifths consider personal beliefs and values as their primary motivation for delivering sustainable buildings.
Competence in construction
Posted on: 7 October 2014
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A new Council governing a new approach to skills and training is a key proposal in this report, commissioned by the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) to fulfil part of the Action Plan in the industrial strategy for construction, Construction 2025. According to the CITB, the report aims to “help the industry with its thinking about what competence is and means, and how it is assessed and recorded.
What is best value in public sector building construction?
Posted on: 7 October 2014
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Although the lowest bid procurement philosophy has formed the basis of procurement in public sector building construction, for a long time it has arguably resulted in low-quality construction work. In response, construction stakeholders have sought to explore alternative procurement philosophies. One such philosophy is ‘best value’. In this study undertaken in Korea, the authors explore what is best value in public sector building construction. The literature is used to extract best value criteria that are then ranked by a selection of managers involved in procurement of public buildings. Best value was found to be categorised against six main criteria whose relative weightings vary with building type and, by implication, building functionality.
Asbestos – Part 1. Is asbestos really a problem in buildings?
Posted on: 6 October 2014
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The author of this blog argues that the answer to the article title is quite simple, asbestos is not a problem in buildings as long it is identified, managed and controlled.
Planning and Building Control Today
Posted on: 1 October 2014
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The July 2014 issue of this journal is available online with a particular focus on BIM.
Arup thoughts
Posted on: 1 October 2014
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Founded in 1946 with an initial focus on structural engineering, Arup first came to the world’s attention with the structural design of the Sydney Opera House, followed by its work on the Centre Pompidou in Paris. Arup has since grown into a truly multidisciplinary organisation. Most recently, its work for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing has reaffirmed its reputation for delivering innovative and sustainable designs that reinvent the built environment.
Build offsite
Posted on: 29 September 2014
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Build offsite, an industry-wide campaigning organisation promoting greater uptake of offsite techniques, have now established a twitter channel @buildoffsite
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