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Building value from knowledge

  • Planning policy - Radical or reckless? - Building surveying

    23 July 2010

    The planning community is embracing change yet again - and is braced for the uncertainty that change creates. Is 'localism' the triumph of democracy or a nimby's charter?...

  • Smart materials - Tomorrow's world, today - Building surveying

    20 July 2010

    Kevin Tinkham gives an overview of 'smart materials' used in the built environment, initially focusing on energy efficiency and occupier comfort. Mention the word 'materials' to people in...

  • Conservation - Down on the farm - Building surveying

    19 July 2010

    Robin Miller reports on the conservation and extension repair of a 16th century farmhouse. Burrow Farm nestles into the south-facing contours of the beautiful, undulating Somerset landscape close...

  • Smart materials: intumescents - Paint on the protection - Building surveying

    16 July 2010

    How intumescent materials are crucial for passive fire protection, by Chris Mahony and Kevin Tinkham. We ask many things of our structures in the modern built environment, e.g....

  • Precedent summons - Building surveying

    13 July 2010

    An example summons that could be used in Party Wall disputes. Once the complaint is made a magistrate, or a justices' clerk, may issue a summons (s.51 MCA) requiring...

  • Precedent party wall complaint - Building surveying

    13 July 2010

    An outline form for a party wall complaint. The complaint is a brief summary of the facts on which the case is based, and the statute under which the...