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New eco-mortgages designed to cover the cost of sustainable construction could be available to projects making use of concrete forms.The lending from BuildStore aims to ensure householders do not have to cover the capital costs of sustainable construction up-front.Instead, an extra amount can be added to the mortgage to provide the funds, based on the level of eco-friendliness incorporated into...
The economic recovery of the UK could be built on a foundation formed by concrete tamping.According to the Construction Products Association (CPA), the best way to drive towards the recovery is by maintaining public sector spending on building projects above 2.25 per cent of the nation's gross domestic product.This could see spending maintained on concrete tamping and construction in areas...
Basement floor slabs - one of the construction materials covered by guidance under the PassivHaus energy efficiency scheme - could be fitted with lightweight tamp beams to smooth over their concrete encasement.Speaking at the PassivHaus UK conference this week, Chris Huhne, secretary of state for energy and climate change, noted the impact that warmth and illumination have had on homes...
As the Green Deal sees concrete tools put to work in retrofitting properties nationwide for improved energy efficiency, the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) warns that focus must be given to making sure competent professionals carry out the work.Director of external affairs Brian Berry says: "It is important that those charged with carrying out the energy efficiency improvement work are...
The publication of a ten-year strategy to enhance car parking in Chichester could have concreting tools at the ready for builders in the region.Chichester District Council explains that it does not intend to do more than is necessary to deliver a good quality of parking facilities.However, it believes that 60 more spaces are needed in Midhurst and 500 car parking...
With National Poetry Day approaching on October 7th, the Chartered Institute of Building is calling for examples of when concrete forms, sunlight in a new structure or the growth of a property from among the scaffolding has inspired an artistic response from those involved in its construction.A selection of poems are due to be published on the institute's website on...
A Cockermouth pub was able to make use of concrete tamping to lay a flood-proof floor after its previous wooden floor was destroyed in November, reports the Morning Advertiser.The Bush, in the centre of Cockermouth, is in a conservation area, which led to the local council objecting to the idea of using concrete tamping to lay a new waterproof floor...
Construction professionals' worries about the chances of another harsh winter could be allayed using concrete frost blankets.With concrete frost blankets in place, cementitious surfaces can be protected against the elements while they are left to set.This could help to bring peace of mind to individuals and companies whose operations in recent years have been disrupted by extremes of temperature.Ernst &...
The possibility of using fly ash in place of Portland cement could see concrete forms become a little greener in the future.Eco-conscious construction resource Sustainable Build notes that existing concrete has some environmental credentials - not least because it is itself hewn from the ground as part of nature.But scientists at Louisiana Tech University have developed a method of using...
Future concrete tamping operations could be affected by the Environment Agency's publication of a quality protocol for fuel ash.As a bound application of pulverised fuel ash, a byproduct of the coal-fired power plant industry, the material is sometimes used as a cementitious element in concrete.This can see it added to Portland cement, as a raw material in kiln feeds or...
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New eco-mortgages designed to cover the cost of sustainable construction could be available to projects making use of concrete forms.The lending from BuildStore aims to ensure householders do not have to cover the capital costs of sustainable construction up-front.Instead, an extra amount can be added to the mortgage to provide the funds, based on the level of eco-friendliness incorporated into...
The economic recovery of the UK could be built on a foundation formed by concrete tamping.According to the Construction Products Association (CPA), the best way to drive towards the recovery is by maintaining public sector spending on building projects above 2.25 per cent of the nation's gross domestic product.This could see spending maintained on concrete tamping and construction in areas...
Basement floor slabs - one of the construction materials covered by guidance under the PassivHaus energy efficiency scheme - could be fitted with lightweight tamp beams to smooth over their concrete encasement.Speaking at the PassivHaus UK conference this week, Chris Huhne, secretary of state for energy and climate change, noted the impact that warmth and illumination have had on homes...
As the Green Deal sees concrete tools put to work in retrofitting properties nationwide for improved energy efficiency, the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) warns that focus must be given to making sure competent professionals carry out the work.Director of external affairs Brian Berry says: "It is important that those charged with carrying out the energy efficiency improvement work are...
The publication of a ten-year strategy to enhance car parking in Chichester could have concreting tools at the ready for builders in the region.Chichester District Council explains that it does not intend to do more than is necessary to deliver a good quality of parking facilities.However, it believes that 60 more spaces are needed in Midhurst and 500 car parking...
With National Poetry Day approaching on October 7th, the Chartered Institute of Building is calling for examples of when concrete forms, sunlight in a new structure or the growth of a property from among the scaffolding has inspired an artistic response from those involved in its construction.A selection of poems are due to be published on the institute's website on...
A Cockermouth pub was able to make use of concrete tamping to lay a flood-proof floor after its previous wooden floor was destroyed in November, reports the Morning Advertiser.The Bush, in the centre of Cockermouth, is in a conservation area, which led to the local council objecting to the idea of using concrete tamping to lay a new waterproof floor...
Construction professionals' worries about the chances of another harsh winter could be allayed using concrete frost blankets.With concrete frost blankets in place, cementitious surfaces can be protected against the elements while they are left to set.This could help to bring peace of mind to individuals and companies whose operations in recent years have been disrupted by extremes of temperature.Ernst &...
The possibility of using fly ash in place of Portland cement could see concrete forms become a little greener in the future.Eco-conscious construction resource Sustainable Build notes that existing concrete has some environmental credentials - not least because it is itself hewn from the ground as part of nature.But scientists at Louisiana Tech University have developed a method of using...
Future concrete tamping operations could be affected by the Environment Agency's publication of a quality protocol for fuel ash.As a bound application of pulverised fuel ash, a byproduct of the coal-fired power plant industry, the material is sometimes used as a cementitious element in concrete.This can see it added to Portland cement, as a raw material in kiln feeds or...
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