Public opinions on alternative lower carbon wall construction techniques for UK housing

Alternative Dispute Resolution in the Uk Construction Industry

Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) has attracted a great deal of attention amongst the legal and construction professions of the UK construction industry since the mid1980s. Not only does ADR provide an opportunity to resolve disputes more efficiently than the traditional methods of arbitration and litigation, but it also provides increased scope for the involvement of non-lawyers. Constructi...

Setting the carbon footprint criteria for public construction projects

This paper describes a method for controlling the growth of the carbon footprint of buildings during the preparation, design and procurement stages of construction projects. The process utilizes prevailing cost estimation techniques. As an outcome, new indicators for carbon efficiency and carbon economy of buildings are proposed. They have been developed together with the city of Espoo in a res...

Public Housing: An Introspective Study on Public Housing and Its Effects on Health and Well-being

Public opinions on disclosure of tobacco components

This study aimed to explore public views on disclosure of tobacco components in an effort to develop a comprehensive regulatory system facilitating implementation of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) Articles 9 and 10 in Korea.In all, 1200 representative Koreans 19 years old or older were enrolled and information on their general characteristics, smoking status, awareness of th...

Public opinions on community water fluoridation.

BACKGROUND Community water fluoridation (CWF) is currently experiencing social resistance in Canada. Petitions have been publicly registered, municipal plebiscites have occurred, and media attention is growing. There is now concern among policy leaders whether the practice is acceptable to Canadians. As a result, this study asks: What are public opinions on CWF? METHODS Data were collected in...