Public Sector Building in July 2010
St Theresa School in Holland features on the front cover, a primary school and community centre with a rounded facade of tanalised E pressure-treated timber from Arch Timber Protection.
Up for discussion in this month's issue is how improving soil quality can reduce the cost of brownfield site generation, as put forward by Paul Mathers, programme manager for landscape and regeneration, WRAP.
Public Sector Building Magazine's July 2010 issue
Mark Weston from Dell takes a look at the latest digital technology to aid teaching in schools, and how they could affect school budgets, teachers and pupils as traditional teaching methods come into question with spending cuts at the forefront of everyone's mind.
Simon Osbourne, specification channel manager from Baxi Group, explains why 2010 is the year for microgeneration technology to become the focus in social housing.
Simon highlights the incentives and measures that will encourage wider adoption of low and zero carbon technologies in UK homes.
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Correct door protection can reduce costs
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Julian Lewis, director at East Architects, discusses how the quality of public spaces can play a part in creating substantial economic, cultural and social benefits for Local Authorities. -
Drainage infrastructure needed to prevent flooding
Steve Voller, operations director at Bentley says that if local authorities want to avoid the pain and cost of more flood disasters, they need to ensure drainage infrastructure is mapped.
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