More Focus – Page 354
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Market forecast: Infrastructure explosion
Davis Langdon looks at the state of the construction economy, including energy price rises, the Olympics, current public spending and the exploding infrastructure sector. Plus, why everybody’s talking about oil …
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Hot topic: Impact of oil prices
Following on from last week’s energy issue, Davis Langdon examines the impact of oil prices – and therefore petrol prices and transport costs – going through the roof
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The response
From Jersey to Carlisle, readers have been sending in their support for ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø’s Reform the Regs campaign. Backing has come from across the industry. Here, we publish a selection of readers’ letters.
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The father trap
As if babies didn’t create enough havoc in the lives of their dads, they are now threatening to disrupt their employers, too. The government wants to give new fathers three months’ paternity leave on £106 a week. But in the macho world of construction, how many would actually ...
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Carbon copy
After making a splash with BedZed, Bill Dunster is taking the sustainability mission to the next stage, tackling everyday housing as well as homes of Chinese bourgeoisie.
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Costs: Coated steel claddings
Coated steel cladding provides a cost-effective weathering envelope for buildings. Peter Mayer of ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø LifePlans examines the specification options and their whole life costs
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The Dynamos
Your typical construction chief executive rises at 6am, goes for a run, eats a bowl of bran flakes, then has a day at work, an evening with clients and a couple of hours answering emails before retiring at 1am. Where do they get the energy from?
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Cost model: LIFT healthcare schemes
Primary healthcare is undergoing a quiet revolution, creating a network of one-stop shops. Simon Rawlinson of Davis Langdon examines the LIFT initiative and the new wave of healthcare buildings it is funding
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Little Marvels: on-site renewable energy
The government is convinced small-scale renewable energy will be a key force for reducing carbon emissions, and it's using everything from cash to planning policy to boost its use. Climate change consultant ESD looks at nine technologies that could be eligible for grants
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Exhausting our energy
Changes to the energy efficiency regulations may be crucial, but the sheer frustration of waiting for them is increasingly wearing the industry down. In the second part of our Reform the Regs campaign series, Alex Smith examines the trouble with Part L and talks to the initiative’s latest supporters
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Just the job: Dave Hampton, Carbon Coach
Just the job Dave Hampton explains why he left the directorship of a consultant to become a ‘carbon coach'
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Malcolm Wicks
The energy minister knows a crisis is looming – what he doesn’t know is how to find a quick fix. Instead, he’s looking at all the long-term options – such as wind farms in the South-east and plans for a new generation of nuclear plants.
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City of the sun
The spirit of Linz’s SolarCity, where 1317 new homes are sustained by solar energy, is encapsulated in its district centre.
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Fuel alert
Ever since Hurricane Katrina, fuel price hikes have been hitting construction sites across the country – ratcheting up the cost of transport, site work, aggregate and products.