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FeaturesTemporary catering facilities: Fast food in tricky situations
Peter Caplehorn of Scott Brownrigg explores the options for specifiers organising temporary catering facilites.
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Belfast is booming
All sectors of the construction industry performed strongly in April, but what really catches the eye is the surge in activity in Northern Ireland, according to Experian Business Strategies鈥� survey
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FeaturesExperimenting with friends
Although launched nearly three years ago, Facebook has in recent weeks overtaken Friends Reunited and MySpace as the UK鈥檚 biggest social website. Mark Leftly spent a day investigating this latest alternative to work vital tool for networking 鈥�
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FeaturesShould Hips come into force on August 1?
Yvette Cooper today confirmed the Hips start date despite a shortage in energy assessors but should she have put the date back further?
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FeaturesFollow the team leader
好色先生TV users are getting used to recycling their waste, but what about the people who construct it? British land is one client that knows the benefits from meeting sustainability targets and feels a responsibility to take a lead
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About WRAP
WRAP works in partnership to encourage and enable businesses and consumers to be more efficient in their use of materials and recycle more things more often. This helps to minimise landfill, reduce carbon emissions and improve our environment.
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FeaturesBetter by design
Designing out waste at the very start saves time and money, and it鈥檚 green
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FeaturesFirst word
reducing waste and making use of recycled materials is no longer the preserve the minority. In fact, the uk鈥檚 biggest construction project is leading the way, says david higgins, chief executive of the Olympic delivery authority
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FeaturesStay ahead of the rules and regs
Construction might be ahead of the game, but with waste mired in a legal minefield, make sure you know what your obligations are By Joe Griffiths, a partner in Manches
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FeaturesBehind the wall
Her majesty鈥檚 prisons are already great at recycling. now they鈥檙e setting ambitious targets on waste reduction and building materials
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Balancing the books
Help is at hand for sites seeking waste-neutral construction 鈥� a free, web-based toolkit to measure waste and recycling
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FeaturesComing around again
Prodded by the government, clients and the spiralling cost of landfill, contractors are getting better at recycling. we report on efforts to tackle aggregates, timber, plastic, plasterboard and glass
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The right tool for the job
How many recycled products have you specified on that project? how could you use more? wrap鈥檚 recycled content toolkit can tell you. Here, three users explain how it works
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FeaturesA look inside Terminal 5
Progressive waste management at The largest construction site in europe could make a huge dent in the industry鈥檚 waste footprint. was the opportunity missed at T5, or did it blaze a trail?
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FeaturesDazzling achievement
Martin Spring heads to the Wirral to see how Wallasey鈥檚 pioneering solar school is holding up, 46 years after it was built. Then, on page 50, find out how the 21st century does solar in the first of a series on renewable technologies
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Cost update: June 2007
In this quarter鈥檚 update, Peter Fordham of Davis Langdon reports on the soaring consumer prices index, the rising cost of construction materials and the latest pay awards for workers
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Features鈥榃e鈥檙e going to tell people this is what happened to us...
...and watch out, because it could happen to you, too鈥�