Mining the Information Channel. Some of the UK's biggest companies are now using a system which streamlines project management and data sharing

Article Abstract:

Building Information Warehouse is an application service provider for the UK construction industry and operates the Information Channel to help share data and ultimately operate, maintain and improve a project or facility. Some features of the Information Channel include: project calendar, batch document loader, requests for information, and a project milestones system.

Services, Information services, Application service providers

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Time to end blacklisting

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The construction industry introduced excluded materials lists in the late 1980s to prevent the use of certain potentially harmful materials. The lists initially included products such as asbestos and high alumina cement, but recent lists require the exclusion of materials including acrylic primer, sodium chloride and Iberian slate.

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Adaptability and durability

Article Abstract:

Brick was the favored building material in England during the 1930s. Historians have incorrectly labeled the decade as a time when new building materials came into vogue, including glass and steel. A number of brick buildings built in the 1930s have recently been refurbished.

Usage, Bricks

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