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Logging on

Dec. 1, 2004

Andrew Leech finds that the timber frame industry is pulling out all the stops in producing accurate timber frames through its investment in high tech machiner…

The insulation game

Dec. 1, 2004

Insulation manufacturers are confident they will meet proposed changes to Part L. Tim Palmer reports on the latest wall and floor solutions, designed to avoid …

Peter Russell - Charlton Homes

Dec. 1, 2004

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Lie of the land

Dec. 1, 2004

A new report on land use planning in Scotland is calling for serious reform if the country's housing needs are to be tackled. Jim Ross, managing director of Ca…

Scots free

Dec. 1, 2004

The Scottish housebuilding market has its own set of planning and land use challenges, some similar to those in England, others rather different. Here Bruce Wa…

Off-site benefits

Dec. 1, 2004

[MMC-IMG=1185-A=Left] Patrick Dormon, md of Space4, Westbury's off-site manufacturing brand, offers some advice on the advantages of implementing and marketing…

Domus turns copper to gold

Dec. 1, 2004

[MMC-IMG=1183-A=Left] Cala's Domus development at Newhall in Harlow, Essex features a bullet-shaped “Copper Sun Mill” apartment building and barrel-vaulted zin…

in the pipeline

Dec. 1, 2004