Management and innovation in the sustainable built environment. Amsterdam, 20-23 June 2011

Posted on: 29 July 2011
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This site presents papers from a conference on management and innovation for a sustainable built environment, held in Amsterdam on 19-23 June 2011. Topics covered include: Building economics; organisation and management in construction; building research and education; culture in construction; recognising innovation; informality and emergence in construction; global construction data; management for sustainable design and construction; economics of the built environment; whole life cost-benefit-modelling; collaboration and integration in design and construction; socio-technical systems; innovation in construction: theories and best practice. The link  provides an author index together with a search facility allowing you to search by author name or a word from the title or abstract.

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Implications of the Affordable Rent Model in London

Posted on: 8 July 2011
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This report from the London Assembly’s Planning and Housing Committee sets out a number of issues relating to implementing the Affordable Rent Model in London. The new model gives housing associations the flexibility to raise rents for new tenants to provide funding for new affordable homes now that government grant has been reduced. The Committee found that raising enough income through higher rents to build new affordable homes and setting rents at levels people can actually afford will be particularly difficult in London, where rents and need are already so high.

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The future of private finance initiative and public private partnership

Posted on: 1 July 2011
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RICS has published new research looking at the future of public private partnerships (PPPs) in the UK, Australia, Canada, the USA and India. The research was carried out by the University of Ulster and the University of Aberdeen and examines the impact of the financial crisis on PPPs and their role over the next 10 years. The report shows that PPPs have transcended international borders and different government structures to support of economic growth. Although the financial crisis has had an impact on their use they will continue to be an important way of providing infrastructure over the next decade. This will be particularly important if Governments continue to reduce direct spending on infrastructure through austerity packages. The report argues that certain steps need to be taken to address problems with current PPP systems and help establish them as an effective tool for infrastructure delivery.

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