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AIMC4 consortium to construct energy
efficient homes that achieve Level 4 through using fabric
and primary building services alone
30 Nov 09
The AIMC4 consortium has been created to build innovative
homes that will achieve energy level 4 of the Code for Sustainable
Homes without relying on renewable technologies.
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New free air cooling
technology used at £30m Teesside centre
26 Nov 09
IT services supplier EDS is using Flakt Woods technology at
its new £30 million data centre in Teesside to help
the company to leverage "free-air" cooling.
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Kevin McCloud unveils protoype straw
house
19 Nov 09
House with prefab panels infilled with straw bales could help
UK meet its carbon reduction targets if used widely in housebuilding.
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Part L change could spell end of steel-framed
windows
19 Nov 09
Move about the end of historic building exemption in Building
Regulations, due to come into effect next April.
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Commonwealth Games village factory
to be built
18 Nov 09
Construction of the Commonwealth Games Village will involve
the off-site assembly of timber-framed houses.
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Thurston Building Systems buys Ultra
Secure Products' assets
4 Nov 09
Wakefield-based modular building manufacturer Thurston Building
Systems has secured a deal to purchase the assets and intellectual
property of rival company Ultra Secure Products, which fell
into administration.
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Sisk erects Weston-super-Mare pier
steel frame
3 Nov 09
John Sisk & Son has started to erect
the frame of the new Pavilion building on Weston-super-Mare.
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A pre-fabrication solution
2 Nov 09
BSS Industrial has partnered with key manufacturers across
the industry to provide a new flexible off-site prefabrication
solution.
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Free guide to the mounting and dismounting
28 Oct 09
The correct mounting and dismounting of
rolling element bearings can save time and dramatically increase
the life of bearings, as well as maximising the availability
of critical plant and machinery by avoiding costly breakdowns.
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Miller cracks the Code for Sustainable
Homes
27 Oct 09
Miller Homes is conducting an unusual experiment in Basingstoke.
It is constructing six houses to each of the six levels of
the Code for Sustainable Homes, to work out how much it costs
to build them - and what consumers are prepared to pay.
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Off-site
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Yorkon
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16 Nov 2009, Yorkon |
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