These presentations on 11 November and 15 December will review the main changes that have been made to development management and development planning.
While measurement remains a core skill for the Quantity Surveyor, as a profession we need to evolve the technique if we are to continue to lead this vital function.
Developing policy for the reduction of the carbon emissions due to buildings requires models for energy usage that incorporate social, behavioural, and environmental factors in addition to the physical properties and technical specifications of the buildings. Life course epidemiology as applied in building science, where energy usage is treated as analogous to poor health outcomes, provides an alternative approach for the construction of causal models that allow for complex interactions between