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  • Chantry Hall

    5 October 2011

    Phase one consists of a mix of two storey 2 and 3-bedroom affordable and retirement houses. The homes were required to achieve level three in the Code for Sustainable Homes, and the excellent acoustic, thermal and air tightness characteristics inherent with this type of construction contributed greatly towards this.

  • The technology test

    02/09/2011

    Finding the right IT solution for your organisation can be a minefield. Lydia Stockdale discovers how it can be done

  • Parkwood Extra Care Scheme: Residential Development

    5 October 2011

    Rising up to 4 storeys high, the project is made up of a mix of 1 and 2 bedroom self-contained apartments for rent with extensive communal areas. The Rå build method of construction with solid external walls, cavity separating walls, and PCC plank separating floors was the preferred approach, with an insulated external render. Approximately 110,000 H+H UK aircrete blocks were used in the build.

  • Ribbon Court Care Home

    5 October 2011

    The four-storey development comprises 50 one and two-bedroom apartments for residents with special care needs, where the on-site amenities include consultancy rooms, activity rooms, communal lounges, a hairdressers, café restaurant, landscaped garden and a waterfall in the reception area.

  • Carving a new future

    05/08/2011

    Landlords in Wales have successfully helped unemployed people into new jobs. Could the government’s new work programme now thwart their efforts?

Resources

  • Dealing with disputes

    15 August 2011

    The standard process for resolving construction disagreements isn’t always the most appropriate, explains Tom Wrzesien, a dispute resolution specialist at law firm TLT

  • Lending laws

    09/12/2011

    Follow these simple rules to ensure negotiations with lenders go smoothly, says Nnenna Morah

  • Ageing sustainably

    18/05/2012

    By 2020 China will have more than 260 million people over the age of 65. Here, Jess McCabe gets a glimpse at how the country plans to house some of them in a giant, retirement eco-city

  • The sale of the century

    14/10/2011

    The government wants to make right to buy popular again, but details on the proposal are sketchy, says Sarah Lines, social housing lawyer with Cobbetts LLP.

  • Special agents

    19 July 2011

    Is your organisation ready for the introduction of new rights for agency workers, asks Siobhan Fitzgerald, lawyer at TLT

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