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Wasting money

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Two VAT tribunal cases have provided an insight into how the UK government will implement the landfill tax, introduced in 1997. It is clear that landfill tax may be payable even when waste is subsequently used for positive purposes. However, the length of time the waste is stockpiled may have an impact on whether it is regarded as a taxable deposit. The case of Taylor Woodrow Construction Northern Ltd vs The Commissioners of Customs and Excise indicates that a developer or contractor can remove as much contaminated waste from a site as it wants, if this makes development easier.

United Kingdom, Laws, regulations and rules, Column, Environmental policy, Sanitary landfills

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Private lessons

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Architects Terence O'Rourke project architect Jane Lock-Smith maintains that it is the private finance initiative (PFI) aspect of the UK's first PFI school has which has made relationships between herself and the contractor so harmonious. The school is the 1,200-pupil Sir John Colfox School, Dorset, England, which will be ready for occupation in Jun 1999. Lock-Smith explains that as contractor Jarvis Facilities Management will have to maintain the school for thirty years it has no interest in compromising on design or quality of materials.

Innovations, Contracts, Design and construction, Schools, Architects, Local finance, Facility management industry, Facilities management services, Dorset, England, Terence O'Rourke, Jarvis Facilities Management

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Second nature

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A new, 1.5 million pounds sterling headquarters for a UK housing association in Beaconsfield, England, uses natural light and ventilation systems despite being on a town-centre site. A particular problem associated with designing the building was the need to accommodate a ceiling height of 3.6 mt required for natural ventilation. It is expected that the housing association will save 10,000 pounds sterling per year on running costs because of the building's low energy requirements.

Energy use, Buildings and facilities, Offices, Housing authorities

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