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November |
Comprehensive Spending Review - Assesing the Impact |
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Kate Orviss, Partner at infrastructure law firm Pinsent Masons LLP, looks at the impact on education of the Comprehensive Spending Review. |
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November |
Delivering the Schools Programme after the capital spending review |
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If the announcement in July by Michael Gove and the result of the Government ‘s spending review did one thing for the schools programme, apart from the obvious, it stimulated a healthy debate about the future design, delivery and impact of school buildings among all the stakeholders. |
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October |
Standardisation in Schools |
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Attend any forum during a school design process; school consultation, residents open evening or client design briefing, and mention the word ‘standardisation’ and the reception ranges from icy to violent! |
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September |
Involving Pupils in School Design |
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It’s not always the case, but sometimes a glass ceiling can be a positive thing. Especially when it’s designed by students and is a quite literal roof to their £30 million new school facilities. |
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September |
Breeam Doesn't Cost the Earth |
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Environmental standards are being raised. The Building Regulations Part L target will be tightened this year and increasing numbers of Local Authorities are setting high BREEAM standards as planning requirements within their Local Development Frameworks. |
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September |
Awaiting the verdict. |
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It seems like such a long time ago that we watched the emergency budget with collective baited breath. |
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June |
Education and Construction
What Lies Ahead ............. |
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So the public spending cuts are underway, the BSF Programme is in tatters, Local Authorities are reeling and schools and colleges are still falling down. |
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June |
Education Under a Coalition |
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We are beginning to see the flesh on the bones of the new Coalition Government’s approach to education. |
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June |
BREEAM - You Don' Have to Buy points |
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The last few years has seen a deluge of legislation and initiatives aimed at creating more sustainable buildings. |
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May |
Landscaping in schools |
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Landscaping and extensive school grounds provide children and young people opportunities for healthy exercise, creative play and a unique connection with the natural world. |
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May |
Building For Education is what we're all about. But What about Education For Building?
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In a survey last year, the CIOB reported that there are still too few skilled workers in the UK construction industry. |
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April |
The thing about concrete is ........... |
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The thing about concrete is, it’s like chocolate. Too many air bubbles in it and you get Aero, and it breaks down. What you need is Dairy Milk.’ |
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March |
External wall insulation ticks all the boxes
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The UK is serious about addressing the challenges we face in preventing runaway climate change by putting in place the necessary measures to create a sustainable low carbon economy in the time-frames required. |
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