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I know this is a very old thread, but having only just noticed it I have to add my bit. I absolutely detest this scheme on aesthetic, cultural and community grounds. How does the Battersea powerstation (BPS) at about 1/10th the scale manage to look…
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last night's talk at the bUIlding Centre on cross-laminated structural laminated timbers was very good and left all of us convinced they are the way of the future for suitably-sized projects, even doing away with columns and grids, and savi…
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- Designer/ Builder
Comment Wall (2 comments)
- At 9:04am on July 23, 2009,
Allan Curtis said…
- Sue, thank you for your kind comment, pleased to hear you like our work. Look forward to meeting up later today (23rd). Regards Allan
- At 2:03pm on July 16, 2009,
Su Butcher said… - Hi Sue, that's great news - I'm looking forward to it.
Its going to be an eventful afternoon.
So far I'm meeting at least seven long-standing virtual connections whom I haven't seen in real life before, plus someone I was at college with about 12 years ago and havent' seen since! As I'm going to have to leave sharpish I'm going to try and get there very early...
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I would welcome any comments or contributions to how we can apply lean principles to the construction process in UK, given the the structure and system that we are operating in (please see the attached report on a recent visit to Japan)
Built Environment networking breakfast at Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA)
January 20, 2010 from 8am to 10am
Our next Built Environment networking breakfast will be held on January 20th at 8.00am at RIBA HQ in Portland Place, the home of UK architecture, and now host to the Business Junction's members and guests from the sector for our first event of 2010.…
New blog post. PA Group are to offer free asbestos awareness training to new and current clients.
Construction Blogs - via Melstarrs
Links for December 28th through December 29th
These are my links for December 28th through December 29th: BRE Trust reveals the results of DEC data analysis – ‘Energy used in public buildings accounts for 4% of the UK's carbon emissions. Design standards are improving, but we need to demonstrate that this is resulting in improved building performance. This study found that the DEC [...]Links for December 18th from 17:15 to 17:15
These are my links for December 18th from 17:15 to 17:15: When this gaseous burp explodes in the desert air, we’ll still have the Burj Dubai | Simon Jenkins | Comment is free | The Guardian – "The most mesmerising thing about Dubai is not its present but its future. Will it be Machu Picchu, Angkor [...]Links for December 11th through December 17th
These are my links for December 11th through December 17th: Is global warming unstoppable? – Another nutty theory or not?: "Garrett says his study's key finding "is that accumulated economic production over the course of history has been tied to the rate of energy consumption at a global level through a constant factor." That "constant" is 9.7 [...]London 2012: Olympics a massive opportunity to learn how to set targets
Long-time friend of the blog, Andrew Kinsey, Senior Sustainability Manager at the Athletes Village for Bovis Lend Lease, kindly invited myself and a few colleagues to have a nosey around the Athlete’s Village back at the beginning of November. We had fantastic luck with the weather as you can see from the picture, which is a view [...]Housekeeping
So I’m almost totally moved into the new pad in London and can’t quite believe I won’t be trekking up to Leeds every weekend any more. The upside is that all my books, files and clothes are now in one place, if not yet quite organised. In the spirit of spring cleaning which moving house always [...]© 2010 Created by John Cave
