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NewsNew register to monitor building control
Government consultation paper calls for better record keeping in local authority building control offices
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Trade body investigates UK cement market
High prices and supply shortages prompt British Aggregates Association investigation
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Ikea鈥檚 flatpack homes to go ahead despite Cabe hostility
Gateshead scheme wins planning approval regardless of watchdog鈥檚 鈥榮ignificant reservations鈥�
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Engineers campaign to become a protected species
E-petition 8th most popular on government website
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FeaturesMaximising daylight: Working on sunshine
Daylight improves productivity and wellbeing in the workplace, so theoretically it could help the brainwork at Edinburgh University鈥檚 new science facility. But how do you get a good helping of daylight in grey Scotland? Jan-Carlos Kucharek reports on an innovative brise-soleil
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Windpost-free blockwork: Tackling the block
There鈥檚 never been much call for change in the world of blockwork. But now a small contractor from London has found a way to make walls more elegant, stronger and cheaper.
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NewsBetter regs body urges delay of energy ratings
The Better Regulation Commission calls on ministers to delay implementation of home energy performance certificates
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NewsMaterials giants create OCV Reinforcements business
Owens Corning and Saint-Gobain have merged their reinforcement arms to create new global company
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NewsBlowing in the wind
The Joseph Rowntree Trust鈥檚 pioneering development 鈥� the pre-fabricated city-centre apartments for single people at affordable rents (CASPAR) housing scheme in Leeds 鈥� will be demolished.
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FeaturesEnergy rating issues: The window 鈥� a 21st century solution
Last week 星空传媒 revealed that air-conditioned buildings could face a D rating when non-residential energy certificates are introduced next year. So does this mean the end of air-con? Or will tenants simply ignore the certificates when choosing their offices?