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| Model Behaviour |
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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.
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| Ballymore's Wood Wharf Unveiled |
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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.
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| A Jack of All Trades |
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'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.
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| €2bn Bray Town Centre Gets Green Light |
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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.
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