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    Cost model: Social housing

    2006-08-11T00:00:00Z

    Our series on projects worth less than 拢1m returns with an in-depth look at affordable homes. Max Wilkes of Davis Langdon explains what kinds of schemes the Housing Corporation wants for its money, and breaks down the costs

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    Cost model: Mixed-use city-centre schemes

    2005-12-09T00:00:00Z

    Mixed use is increasingly the name of the game for town-centre developers. But can uses such as retail and residential really mix? Simon Rawlinson of Davis Langdon examines the practicalities and costs of mixed-use city-centre schemes

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    Cost model: Affordable housing

    2004-02-13T00:00:00Z

    Planning guidance on affordable housing quotas in private schemes has got developers and contractors scratching their heads and crunching their numbers. Here, Davis Langdon & Everest eases their pain 鈥�

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    Cost model: Urban design and infrastructure

    2003-10-10T00:00:00Z

    Proposals for new communities in the South-east, and the redevelopment of existing urban sites will require large-scale investment in site infrastructure. In this month’s cost model, we examine the cost and value drivers associated with infrastructure and site amenities

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    Cost model: High-rise housing refurbishment

    2002-12-13T00:00:00Z

    The government is reappraising the UK’s social housing in order to meet its decent homes target by 2010. Here, Davis Langdon & Everest examines the costs, key issues and associated problems of refurbishing a tower block

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    Cost study: Coin Street housing

    2002-03-15T00:00:00Z

    Haworth Tompkins’ design for Coin Street on London’s South Bank has been hailed as a new model for high-density inner-city housing. In this project review Coin Street Community Builders, Haworth Tompkins Architects and Davis Langdon & Everest look at the project’s design costs

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    Cost study: Housing for young people

    2001-10-12T00:00:00Z

    Harlow Foyer, a Housing Forum demonstration project for housing young people, used timber-frame construction and partnering principles to come in on time and on budget.

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    Cost model: Procuring social housing

    2001-04-06T00:00:00Z

    The Housing Corporation is pushing housing associations into adopting the partnering and prefabrication ethos of the Egan agenda. Davis Langdon & Everest looks at how they are responding to the challenges of smart procurement, with case studies from two pathfinding schemes

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    Cost study: Day centres and sheltered housing

    2000-06-23T00:00:00Z

    How much should a PFI care home cost? This study looks at where the money went on a 拢2.19m design-and-build contract for two day centres and sheltered housing for 50 elderly people in west London. Compiled by ECD Architects and Head Projects

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    Cost model: Urban design and infrastructure

    2000-01-14T00:00:00Z

    Infrastructure and public realm projects are a key component of the strategies to regenerate urban districts drawn up by Lord Rogers’ taskforce. Davis Langdon & Everest, with urban designer EDAW, examine the funding, procurement and cost of the schemes that will bring people back to the city

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    Cost study: Sustainable low-energy housing

    1999-08-06T00:00:00Z

    Sixteen sustainable low-energy houses and flats were constructed in Glasgow for 拢60,900 each. This low capital price was achieved despite building in sophisticated environmental features that will significantly cut whole-life costs.

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    Cost study: Council housing refurbishment

    1999-01-22T00:00:00Z

    A deck-access council-housing block in Hackney, east London, has been radically refurbished by being chopped into three free-standing blocks

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    Cost model: Town-centre housing

    1998-12-31T00:00:00Z

    Planning policy for housing is being revised to encourage residential development on urban brownfield sites. As a result, more housebuilding is likely to be directed towards existing urban centres. In this cost review of high-density residential, Davis Langdon & Everest provides an overview of development issues and costs for both ...

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    Cost model: Student residences

    1998-12-31T00:00:00Z

    Davis Langdon & Everest examines student residences

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    High Quality Residential Apartments - Cost model, March 1997

    1998-12-31T00:00:00Z

    1996 saw the long-awaited return of activity in the housebuilding market. Housing starts and land prices rose in response to demand. In this model, cost consultant Davis Langdon & Everest examines the specification and costs of high-quality apartment developments

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    Nursing Homes - Cost model, September 1995

    1998-12-31T00:00:00Z

    The average age of Britain’s population is rising. To cope with this demographic shift, new private nursing homes are being built. In the latest in the series of cost models, QS Davis Langdon & Everest examines a 拢1.5m nursing home in Surrey.