Entries for September 2007

Complaints over sharp practice by solar panel salesmen retrofitting existing housing stock have risen sharply in England.

Eighty four per cent of construction professionals think that the construction industry does not understand the Government’s Part L legislation.

A countryside development is described as a showcase for energy efficiency.

The Academy for Sustainable Communities is warning that there could be be significant labour shortages among building professionals within five years.

Walt Patterson, a former nuclear physicist published a distillation of some 35 years of thinking and writing about electricity and energy policy.

Newcastle College will be appointing an architectural practice to provide a detailed design for a new college at Skelmersdale and Ormskirk Campus. 

Worcestershire County Council is building one new school and extensions to three existing schools in Worcester and Kidderminster.

Wakefield Metropolitan District Council is looking for a housing developer for the Girnhill Estate.

Merthyr Tydfil CBC School Support is looking for a contractor to build Ynysowen Primary School, a new school for 315 pupils.

The London Development Agency (LDA) is also setting up a panel of property consultants