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News Release from: CIRIA
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Building In The Face Of Climate Change
CIRIA, in partnership with The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Sustainable Development Round Table, is presenting the series of events 'Building in the Face of Climate Change'.
Recent severe weather conditions have caused significant damage to many buildings, structures and construction projects The storms of 1990 alone, for example, resulted in insured losses of £2.1 billion
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 1 Apr 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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CIRIA, in partnership with The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Sustainable Development Round Table, is presenting the series of events 'Building in the Face of Climate Change' in order to raise awareness within the construction industry about climate change.
Forthcoming workshop programme 23 March 2004 What does climate change mean to the construction industry? (Cambridge).
6 April 2004 How to avoid project delays in severe weather conditions (March).
22 April 2004 Residential development and the changing climate (Ely).
6 May 2004 How to deal with weather-related damage (St Neots).
20 May 2004 Low energy buildings (Huntingdon).
10 June 2004 Development and flood risk - guidance for the construction industry (Peterborough). Request free introductory details about products from CIRIA ...
For further information, visit www.ciria.org, or to register, contact Environment Programme Team, Box ET1001, Cambridgeshire County Council, Castle Court, Cambridge CB3 0AP (T) 01223 717957/ 717701; (E) ept@cambridgeshire.gov.uk.
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