All articles by Thomas Lane – Page 22
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Insurers call for urgent probe into timber-frame fire risk
Hard evidence of method’s vulnerability triggers calls for better practice and tougher regulation
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Features
Rehousing animals: First catch your vole
The London Gateway port will handle 3.5 million containers a year and is a huge construction undertaking. But an added complication is the relocation of thousands of animals that inhabit the area - at a cost of £50m
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Comment
The fire alarm is ringing
It’s official: if a timber-frame building catches fire, it will suffer more damage than if it were built using other forms of construction
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Archive Titles
Timber frame buildings more susceptible to fire damage
Government statistics for England reveal that one in eight fires on half-completed buildings are timber frame
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Timber frame Glasgow flats destroyed in major fire
The half-built four-storey development caught fire in the Yoker area of the city
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Minister seeks to bring forward regs update
ɫTV regulations minister Andrew Stunell has shocked builders by saying he wants to bring the planned revision of the ɫTV Regulations forward by a year to 2012
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Developers to pay into offsite energy fund
Housing minister says fund will enable developers to meet carbon reduction commitments
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Features
The SAP affair: Part L compliance software
Forget house prices, where you’re going on holiday and the benefits of cosmetic surgery - SAP is what everyone’s talking about at parties right now. This crash course in sustainability software explains why
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Features
Kazakhstan: ɫTV the world's largest tent
In the capital of Kazakhstan, Buro Happold, Foster + Partners and developer Sembol have built the world’s largest tent. And their heroic attempts to heave that 90m mast upright are enough to make fair-weather campers weep
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Comment
Foster opens up a bright spot in Kazakhstan
This distant cousin of the UK’s Millennium Dome should meet more appreciation from the locals
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Features
2012 countdown: The aquatics centre
Since the aquatics centre’s 160m-long roof was lowered into place last year, work on the Zaha Hadid-designed venue has continued to power ahead
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Features
2012 countdown: The velodrome
The plan with the velodrome was to make it as lean as a racing bike, says Chris Wise, one of its designers
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Features
Aldar’s Abu Dhabi HQ: One last spin of the wheel
Aldar’s Abu Dhabi headquarters is one of the final feats of jaw-dropping construction machismo we’ll see from the UAE for a while, says Thomas Lane. And it gives us plenty of reasons to mourn their passing …
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Features
In pictures: Low-profile living
This New Forest residence makes a minimal impact on the environment and the view. Of course, that doesn’t have to mean going without a swimming pool. Thomas Lane goes down to the woods to investigate
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Comment
New government, new regs?
As in previous years, the flow of green legislation seems unstoppable. There is, however, a new government, which begs the question: “What is it going to do with the zero-carbon agenda that was the brainchild of the Labour government?”
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Features
Embodied energy: The next big carbon challenge
Reducing the amount of embodied energy in building materials won’t be easy – but it’s essential
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Features
The big brother houses: monitoring residents' energy use
Housebuilders can specify all the green technology they want, but what happens when human beings get left in charge of the thermostat? Buro Happold installed sensors to find out, then told Thomas Lane what they discovered
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Features
Upgrading old windows: Old panes, new gains
Improving the performance of old windows is a key part of the strategy to upgrade the UK’s inefficient building stock. But how best to go about it? Thomas Lane made inquiries
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Talks to begin over code level seven
The communities department is planning talks with volume housebuilders about adding another, more demanding level to the Code for Sustainable Homes
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Comment
The 2010 ɫTV Awards: Projects shortlist showcase
Hard not to have a wiggle in your walk when you see the cornucopia of building projects shortlisted for the 2010 ɫTV Awards