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News Headlines
Heathrow East Fastracked for Olympics

Phase 1 of new terminal fastracked for 2012 Games.

Convention Centre to be Completed

Jim Mansfield allowed to complete partly built centre.

Low Carbon Scheme Launched

New grants for construction of A2 rated housing.

Cork Docklands Boosted by O'Callaghan Build

O'Callaghan plans ‘large scale’ development at the Docks.

Sustainable Building   Law & Finance
Model Behaviour   A Risky Business
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The holistic approach contained within the NEAP for non-dwellings will require a lot more than simple hand calculations to determine energy performance, writes David McEwan.



 

 
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The new government contracts came into action in February '07 but there are still question marks surrounding them with the risk firmly placed in the contractor’s court writes Des Wallace.

Property
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Ballymore's Wood Wharf Unveiled

Rogers Stirk Harbour’s masterplan for Wood Wharf, a mixed-use scheme in the London Docklands has been unveiled as it goes to planning.

The 7ha riverside project is a joint venture between Sean Mulryan’s Ballymore Properties, British Waterways and the Canary Wharf Group.

It will include six buildings containing 454,000sq m of office space, six residential buildings with up to 1,668 homes, which will range in height from 206m to 33m.


The project also includes a new high street, a 120 room waterfront hotel and a new canal with moorings.

Timber   Property
A Jack of All Trades   'Take up Healthy, Lease & Sale Negotiations Protracted'
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Previously regarded as the material of housebuilders only, timber-frame has established itself as an efficient jack-of-all-trades writes Philip O’Mahony of the Irish Timber Frame Manufacturers Association.

 
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Dublin’s industrial market performed well in Q2 2008 although demand is weakening. This is in the context of lower economic growth and tighter lending, according to CB Richard Ellis Q2 Report.

Projects
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€2bn Bray Town Centre Gets Green Light

The revised proposals for the €2bn mixed used Bray Town Centre development have been given the go ahead by Bray and Dun Laoghaire Rathdown Councils.

The development comprises of retail, offices, and leisure facilities in a new town centre area, which includes a sea front residential neighbourhood and community lands, as part of the revised plans.

Developers behind the scheme, Pizarro Developments lodged a revised application in October 2007 to include provision for the Luas line, a GAA pitch and schools.

In addition, the scheme incorporates a public transport bridge to link to the proposed LUAS line and bus services to Bray DART station.