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Construction With Old Tyres

Constructing buildings from old tyres is not a new thing. The technique has been developed over the last 30 years in the United States but the first building made from car tyres in Britain is now under construction near ...

30 May 2003

Building Airtightness – Urgent Reminder

From 30th September 2003, all new commercial and public buildings with a gross floor area of 1000 m2 or more must meet the new airtightness standard of 10 m3h-1m-2. This is covered by Part L2 of the Building Regulatio...

29 May 2003

Living, Working, Learning - Underground

Lincolnshire architect, Jerry Harrall, is conducting an experiment to prove earth sheltered buildings can provide a viable and sustainable alternative to existing building construction without the need for additional hea...

29 May 2003

Housing prices – North eases, South falls

Property analyst, Hometrack, has reported in it’s May market survey that housing prices have remained stagnant in one quarter of the northern counties with the others slowing sharply. The South continues to fall bu...

28 May 2003

Colchester’s ‘Jumbo’ To Become Penthouse

The Colchester skyline is dominated by a much loved, but now empty Victorian water tower nicknamed, Jumbo. Controversial work to transform Jumbo into a luxury penthouse building is expected to commence before the years e...

28 May 2003

Taipei’s World Trade Centre Nears Completion

It’s not due to open until next year but already 90 floors of the 101 floor “Taipei 101” skyscraper are built. When complete it will add 200,000 sqm of office space to the Taiwanese capital and the g...

27 May 2003

Bovis Homes Wins Greeenleaf Award

The greenleaf housing awards are organised by the New Homes Marketing Board in partnership with the Daily Mail and the main sponsor, Hanson. The prestigious Hanson Award – for the finest greenleaf example of the...

27 May 2003

£400m Loan for the Completion of Chunnel Track

A loan by the European Union of £400 million will help complete the connection of high speed track between London, Brussels and Paris - striking another 15 minutes of time from the trip to both cities. An agreement be...

27 May 2003

Turning Papermill Waste into Construction Products

A new research programme of aims to develop innovative construction products using waste from papermills. Work will concentrate on three principal groups of product: renders, blocks and clays; wood based joinery and indu...

26 May 2003

Clement Windows Group Launches New Part L Steel Window

Initial concerns over the tightening of Part L of the building regulations (Heat loss through buildings) have been alleviated by the recent launch of what is possibly the world’s first Part L compliant steel window...

26 May 2003

Bechtel Look for UK Assistance to Rebuild Iraq

On April 17, Bechtel was awarded the contract by USAID for the emergency repair and rehabilitation of the Iraqi infrastructure. Initial funding is for $34.6 million, but could extend to $680 million over 18 months. Th...

23 May 2003

Lafarge in Bangladesh Cement Joint Venture

World leader in building materials, Lafarge have announced the formation of a joint venture with Cementos Mohlins to build a cement plant in Chhatak, in Bangladesh. Lafarge and Cementos Mohlins will own 60% of the joi...

23 May 2003

Westbury Persist with Loss Making Prefabricated Home Business

Despite having posted its second straight year of losses, Westbury has decided to persist with its prefabricated homes business. The business called Space4 registered an operating loss of £3.5 million in the fin...

23 May 2003

Aggregate from Recycled Building Materials to be Used for Pipe Bedding

Water companies across the UK are to commence trials using recycled aggregate materials for bedding clay pipes. The aggregate material is made from crushed construction waste to a size of less then 20mm. This size has...

23 May 2003

Plans for Under Road Ducts for Cabling and Utilities

The UK Department of Transport is drafting a new streetworks bill that could force contractors to lay cable and utilities ducts under busy streets. The move is to reduce the congestion brought about by the digging up of ...

23 May 2003