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Tag: building codes

Posted inArticles

Engineering reloved buildings: the inside story

by Willow Aliento – Reloved Buildings, TFE Special Report 7 November 20199 November 2019
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Posted inConstruction & Development, Government/Regulations

Why some fear and “naming and shaming” could be a good thing for buildings

by Willow Aliento 13 November 201714 November 2017
Posted inSpinifex

Better buildings offer shortcut to a brighter energy future

by Suzanne Toumbourou, ASBEC 11 July 201721 August 2017
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Posted inGovernment/Regulations, Housing

Increase in residential energy standards off the cards for 2019

by Cameron Jewell 29 June 201730 June 2017
Posted inConstruction & Development

The technical and cultural factors that caused the Grenfell disaster

by David Thorpe 19 June 20173 July 2017
Posted inMaterials, Sponsored

The facts on fire risk and exposed insulation in industrial buildings

by Sponsored: Kingspan Insulation 9 March 20179 March 2017

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