The programme advises designers and contractors what to consider when specifying and installing water systems such as spray taps, shower units and toilet flushing systems. It also focuses on the Legionnaires' outbreak of 2002 at the Barrow-in-Furness Arts Centre, including the legal consequences for the architect.
In this programme we look at the impact of flood risk on the value and insurability of property.
Unlocking the value of the UK's waste will require investment of at least ten to twenty billion pounds in infrastructure over the period to 2020.
This programme aims to help those who wish to understand more about how the environmental performance of construction products should be calculated.
Against a backdrop of site footage, Amazonails founder, Barbara Jones explains the various preparations made before the first bale is secured to the ladder plate and the process of laying the wall begins in earnest.
This programme tracks developments from ironwork to steelwork.
Dominated for more than 100 years by light industry, the 2.5 km2 site was contaminated and its waterways choked. Beginning with the ODA's head of infrastructure, Simon Wright, we learn about the scale of the task faced by Atkins, the firm charged with leading what was to become the most comprehensive enabling works ever undertaken in the UK.
Developed by a wide range of industry representatives over a ten-year period, its assessments are becoming an essential benchmark for many civil engineering projects large or small and this programme looks at some of the main components of the scheme.
Craig White of White Design and ModCell – one of the firms behind the BaleHaus – explains the difference in ethos between traditional straw bale construction and the semi-industrialised panelised technology used by ModCell.
This programme will explore various soil types and strata build-ups.
This programme takes a look at how the NEC3 Engineering and Construction Contract, and in particular its programme, can help site teams achieve higher levels of success.
Graham North, national treasurer of the party wall surveyors' group Pyramus & Thisbe, explains the protocol required for the appointment of a surveyor or surveyors, how notice of work should be served, and how an 'award' is created and what it contains – including the all-important conditions survey.
