Article from BD, 19 December 2008
So change has come — how many end-of-year reviews will be using that phrase? Those of us starting 2008 with grand hopes and visions for the embedding of sustainable design and construction principles in the UK ran into the stark reality of a full blown downturn by the autumn. The [...]
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Sustainable review of 2008
Battle’s blog
I had an excellent chinwag with Guy Battle, founder of engineer Battle McCarthy at the Building Sustainability Awards on Tuesday. He’s been getting more interested in online as a form of communication and sharing ideas. I’m glad to report he’s taken the first step by starting a blog, and has immediately jumped into some meaty [...]
CESPecial Assignment
Just been at a Saint-Gobain roundtable / high-end focus group high up in 30 St Mary Ax (the Jerkin). The French manufacturing group was founded - almost incredibly - to supply glass for the Hall of Mirrors, Versailles in 1660 which now owns Jewson, British Gypsum and Artex among others. UK Chief Exec, Roland Lazard, reckons that makes them [...]
