These will be the biggest cities by 2100 and they aren't the places you think!

According to the United Nations, in 2050 the world’s population is expected to be around 9.8 billion, which is expected to grow to an astonishing 11.2 billion people in 2100. Back in 2010, Tokyo, Japan had the biggest population of any city on the planet with a population of over 36 Million ... http://talk.build/blogs/15/326/these-will-be-the-biggest-cities-by-2100-and-they-aren-t-the-pla

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SIKA PRESENTS CHEQUE FOR £8,000 TO BRITISH HEART FOUNDATION

Sika is delighted to have presented the British Heart Foundation with a cheque for £8,000 at their Preston office on 24th January 2019. Having raised funds through the annual Sika Cycle Charity Event, Dragan Maksimović, of Sika, was on hand to present the cheque on behalf of the company, ... NULL ["_locale":protected]=> NULL ["_isTranslated":protected]=> bool(false) ["_translatable":protected]=> array(0) { } ["_urlVariable":protected]=> string(1) ":" ["_urlDelimiter":protected]=> string(1) "/" ["_regexDelimiter":protected]=> string(1) "#" ["_defaultRegex":protected]=> NULL ["_variables":protected]=> array(3) { [1]=> string(7) "user_id" [2]=> string(7) "blog_id" [3]=> string(4) "slug" } ["_parts":protected]=> array(4) { [0]=> string(5) "blogs" [1]=> string(3) "\d+" [2]=> stri

The time may come when “similar” is not good enough

At the risk of stating the obvious, most construction projects are usually won or lost on price. It seems that we have reached a situation where cost will frequently succeed over the highest possible quality in a very competitive market place, but you can hardly blame contractors, architects or any other construction professional – it has been that way for years and it’s unlikely to change – or could it? Allegations and unfounded rumours linked to the dreadful Grenfell Tower tragedy have led to speculation that someone chose to save money by agreeing to install inferior cladding. Only a long and detailed investigation will prove if that is true or not but if I was a betting man then I strongly suspect that all the rules and regulations were properly met at the time – so where does it leave us. Right now wherever you go in the construction market this tragedy is the big elephant in the room and no one, understandably, wants to talk about it until more is known. But one thing is f

HIT THE RIGHT NOTE WITH ACOUSTIC TESTING

The importance of acoustic sound testing in a space should never be underestimated, especially when it comes to open-plan commercial offices writes Genghis Akay, Director at Planet Partitioning. With substandard acoustic performance one of the cardinal errors of a poorly-designed office, how ... http://talk.build/blogs/15/357/hit-the-right-note-with-acoustic-testing

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