...Chris James Roberts; David John Edwards Purpose This research examines the implementation of repair, maintenance and improvement (RMI) works in privately rented property and the role of local authorities to deliver works in default to ensure the health and well-being of rental tenants. Prevailing...

... Local authorities Design for adaptability Office design Space planning Buildings are often considered to be the static elements within the wider continuously evolving environment. The buildings in the UK are exceptional consumer of resources and are responsible for almost half...

... of this paper is to present the findings of a study conducted on a complaint received by the Local Authority in Selangor, Malaysia, about the impact of adjacent new construction works on the conditions of existing buildings in the neighbouring vicinity. Design/methodology/approach The sample case study...

...) during construction. A questionnaire survey of occupants of recently completed speculatively built houses. A total of 200 questionnaires were distributed in eight housing developments completed 9‐15 months previously. Semi‐structured interviews with six building control inspectors, both local authority...

... © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 --> Flooding Local authorities Sustainable development Keywords: Flooding, Local authorities, Sustainable development Although local planning authorities are taking on board the message about not developing inappropriately...

... on local authority maintenance costs reflect global costing without including social environmental and technical factors common to local authority estate (Holme, 1985). This paper sets out to develop a bridge for the existing gap by exploring the characteristics of the tenants of some LA housing...

...Hilary Davies Government funding is directed towards the refurbishment of run‐down high‐rise blocks and estates of local authority housing through Estate Action. While glossy annual reports advertise excellent results,what independent evidence is there to support the policies recommended by PEP...