Making the peace

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Housing developers in England are starting to follow Scotland's lead in improving noise insulation in buildings, following a rise in complaints from dwellers about poor noise insulation. Floating floors are best insulated against noise transmission, with guidelines for floating floor construction changing under the new governing Approved Document. The document also requires renovated buildings to be noise insulated. Recommended forms of insulation include using a soft-covered concrete base or a timber floor with pugging as well as a floating layer.

Methods, Innovations, Equipment and supplies, Dwellings, Noise control, Architectural acoustics, Flooring, Floors, Building insulation

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Place ache: sick-building syndrome has puzzled buildilng scientists for more than a decade. The latest research reveals that the causes are more complex than originally thought, but guidelines on how to avoid SBS are already being drawn up

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Sick building syndrome (SBS) has become a major concern for builders, occupants and manager, and despite 10 years research, building scientists are still puzzled by the cause. Its is thought that there are some links with environmental factors and recommended ways to cure the problem include rapid resonses by a building to demands for change from its occupants, combining automatic and manual systems, minimising unexpected demands on management resources and higher levels of integration.

Commercial and Institutional Building Construction, Office Buildings, Prevention, Office construction, Sick building syndrome

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Pumping in millions

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Wates Leisure is investing 5.8 million pounds sterling in the conversion of a listed Victorian pumping station in Surbiton, England, into a fitness centre. The work, being under taken by sister company Wates Construction South, has been very challenging. The building is situated over a deep reservoir, and has extremely solid walls made from concrete, steel and brick. One of the main problems has been waterproofing the basement.

Investments, Health clubs, Design and construction, Leisure industry, Wates Leisure

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