Any colour as long as we're in the black
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Taylor Woodrow Homes California offers purchasers of its homes the opportunity to customize their home to their specific requirements. Customers are able to meet directly with an architect if they wish, or they can choose to use the standard options system, which offers fully designed and priced variations to each standard house design. They may also suggest any custom options that will not have a negative impact on the structural integrity of the house. The company's houses are quite large, making them ideal for the options system, although the system would also be effective for smaller homes.
Publication Name: Building
Subject: Construction and materials industries
ISSN: 0007-3318
Year: 1998
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Local area networking: local labour and businesses don't always measure up to the demands of the regeneration projects that were supposed to help them
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Managers of regeneration schemes say that it is difficult to get local labour employed on a site and even more difficult to find local contractors, who find that employing newly trained local labour can adversely affect productivity. Local firms often do not have the capability to take on larger contracts, but Mike Harry, director of Inner City Employment believes that local firms should be given the skills to make them attractive to main contractors.
Publication Name: Building
Subject: Construction and materials industries
ISSN: 0007-3318
Year: 1995
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Starting blocks: it took inventor Kirpal Singh Sihra more than 20 years to crack the problem of mortar-free bicks
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Kirpal Singh, an inventor, has developed Sihralox, an interlocking blockwork system which can create wals and beams with no requirement for bonding or fixings. The three dimensional interlocking network uses a twisting joint that locks the system together. It can be easily dismantled and recycled and has be ability to incorporate weather seals. It would not require specialist skills to assemble.
Publication Name: Building
Subject: Construction and materials industries
ISSN: 0007-3318
Year: 1996
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