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Posted on: 30 March 2012
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The presentations from the Constructing Excellence Members’ Forum on BIM held on 14 March 2012 are now available to download. The presentations include: Delivering the Government BIM Strategy; Open BIM v Closed BIM; Creating BIM libraries; Manufacturer’s perspective; Interactive session and action planning; and BIM training and support.
Soft Landings Guidance
Posted on: 29 March 2012
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BSRIA has published a free to download guide to twelve Core Principles that define a Soft Landings project. The Soft Landings Core Principles have been developed by BSRIA working with the BSRIA Soft Landings User Group. They have been written for construction clients and their professional teams to inform Soft Landings project processes. Soft Landings is the cradle-to-occupation process for the graduated handover of a new or refurbished building, where a period of professional aftercare by the project team is planned for at project inception and carried out for up to three years post-completion.
National BIM Library
Posted on: 29 March 2012
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The National BIM (Building Information Modelling) Library, developed and managed by NBS for the UK construction industry, is a free of charge online resource enabling construction professionals to locate and download generic and proprietary BIM objects. This service aims to host a comprehensive range of systems and products such as walls, windows, doors, foundations, cladding and roofs, with many more to come to become the primary source of standard and proprietary BIM objects. By also publishing property set definitions for all systems and products, NBS will help establish a common approach to quality standards across the construction industry, with a view to encouraging consistency and collaboration.
Whole-life carbon footprint measurement and offices
Posted on: 22 March 2012
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This report, published by the British Council for Offices, is intended to be useful to all those who own, build, let and/or occupy commercial real estate. The report explains what a whole-life carbon footprint is, which is part of a new set of European standards for the sustainability of construction. Using this standard, the report clarifies how a whole- life carbon footprint is calculated, and explains which sources of data may be used. To illustrate the methodology given, the report provides examples of whole-life carbon calculations for four different office types found across the UK: Central London air-conditioned offices; Central Business District Regional City air-conditioned offices; Central Business District Regional City non air-conditioned offices; Out-of-Town Business Park air-conditioned offices. Publications are available on request to students.
Building Energy Efficiency Policies Database
Posted on: 21 March 2012
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International Energy Agency (IEA) has launched the Building Energy Efficiency Policies (BEEP) database, which will act as a global one-stop shop for buildings energy efficiency policies. Policy makers, industry and researchers worldwide will be able to access this database and look at effective policies which are being implemented. These policies include: Buildings Energy Codes, including minimum energy performance requirements that focus on achieving Zero Energy Buildings; Buildings Energy Labels which increase awareness about energy consumption in the buildings sector; and Incentives schemes for capacity building, technical assistance and raising awareness.
Get Britain Building
Posted on: 21 March 2012
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A £420m fund to Get Britain Building was announced on 21 November 2011 by the Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister as part of the Government’s Housing Strategy for England. The programme aims to unlock stalled sites with planning permission to support construction activity and restart work on sites delivering more than 15,000 new homes. It is intended to address difficulties in accessing development finance faced by some housebuilders and to help bring forward marginal sites by sharing risk. The fund was increased by a further £150m to £570m on 19 March 2012. With the additional investment, the Homes and Communities Agency has now shortlisted 224 schemes that will be invited to take part in a thorough due diligence process. These schemes underwent an initial assessment by the HCA, looking at value for money, deliverability and fit with local priorities. Details of the scheme and the shortlisted sites are available online.
Zero Carbon Performance: cost-effective concrete and masonry homes
Posted on: 20 March 2012
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This document is intended to act as an update to the research document, ‘Achieving Code Level Five with Concrete and Masonry’, which is included, as an appendix, in this downloadable version, for reference. Zero Carbon Performance summarises the key design decisions reached by the design team for the original study and updates the fabric specification to take account of new Fabric Energy Efficiency Standards (FEES) and the revised definition of a zero carbon home.
Zero Carbon Hub Annual Conference 2012. London, 2 February 2012
Posted on: 13 March 2012
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Building on the success of the 2011 event, the 2012 Conference attracted a strong line up of speakers from across the housing sector, energy and finance, with encouraging levels of support from sponsors, exhibitors and delegates. The theme of the 2012 Conference was ‘Progress towards 2016’ and the agenda was structured to shed light not only on the valuable progress that has been made, but also, crucially, what we need to do now to maintain momentum in the remaining years up to 2016. Key sessions of the day included a consideration of higher level policy on zero carbon homes by Stewart Baseley, HBF, and Mark Clare, Barratt Developments. Further sessions covered the link between policy and delivery, consumer focus and practical delivery, each drawing on insights from professionals involved in housing policy and the planning, design and construction of homes. A video review of the day is available here on the above , while presentations can be found online.
Innovation in construction. London, 11 January 2012
Posted on: 13 March 2012
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The speakers at this event examined the drivers behind the accelerated evolution of the construction industry and looked at the innovative technologies and processes pushing it forward. Presentations and audio recordings are available online.
12th International Conference on Durability of Building Materials and Components
Posted on: 3 February 2012
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12th International Conference on Building Materials and Components was held in Porto, Portugal on 12-15 April 2011. This conference, which take place every three years, aims to bring together those concerned about durability of building materials and components and thus provide a forum for discussion of the most recent research and practice in this domain. The conference proceedings of over 2,000 pages are available online.
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