22nd April 2008
Industry expert calls for property health check
The credit crisis has forced most home owners to review their financial commitments,
resulting in borrowers renegotiating mortgages, rescheduling loans or switching
banks. Now, as the financial slowdown affects almost every market, property
expert Peter Folwell is calling on commercial and retail owners to conduct
a property health check...
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7th April 2008
Race to comply with environmental legislation leads to a scramble for services
New legislation requiring commercial properties to produce Energy Performance
Certificates comes into effect on 6 April 2008 and will see the owners
of over 440,000 buildings scrambling to get an EPC issued by a small number
of assessors by the end of the year...
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2nd April 2008
Travel misery caused by roadworks could be radically reduced
Travel misery caused by roadworks could be radically reduced, claims underground
survey company, ElectroDetection. Anyone trying to negotiate public roads
or footpaths to get to work, home or school knows the disruption caused
by more than two million holes dug in the roads every year to repair or install
pipes and cables....
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28th March 2008
World records tumble on Plowman Craven measured track
Plowman Craven were recently commissioned to measure the new Manchester velodrome surface to make it ready for world record claims at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships that began yesterday, March 26.
The 3D team scanned the track and created a computer model which accurately measured the 250 metre black datum line marking the edge of the track. Precise measurement is vital to ensure the track complies with UCI requirements...
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The Independent talks to Plowman Craven
Plowman Craven was recently featured in The Independent's surveying supplement. MD Simon Barnes talks about the effect of technology, in particular laser scanners and the way they have changed the way we measure everything....
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Forensic secrets uncovered at Plowman Craven
An expression so harrowing that it's thought to have inspired Edvard Munch's famous painting The Scream was one of the sights to greet Plowman Craven's Duncan Lees as he used laser scanners and modern visualisation techniques to unlock ancient secrets for The History Channel's...
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Plowman Craven present at 3D Laser Scanning for the Built Environment
Duncan Lees will be presenting at 3D Laser Scanning for the Built Environment
Methods and Applications: A 1 Day Workshop on Wednesday 14 May 2008, Design
Centre, University of Birmingham. Duncan's talks will be...
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Cycle to Cannes
It would be challenging enough in a car, but in support of selected charities, Plowman Craven's Vern Horsley and Dave Rogers will be donning their lycra and lights and cycling from London to Cannes for MIPIM 2008...
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Join us in Cannes
If you are interested in joining us at MIPIM please visit www.plowmancravenevents.com to register. The events site has details on our yacht hospitality and daily networking bike rides...
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Plowman Craven present at SPAR 2008
Simon Barnes CEO will be presenting at SPAR 2008 on an innovative use of 3D Scanning...
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BBC Children in Need
The
theme of this years BBC Children in Need Appeal is Do Something Different,
which is exactly what BBC Breakfast presenters Chris Hollins and Carol
Kirkwood intend to do by cycling from Glasgow to Edinburgh on a tandem
later this week...
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RICS Honours Plowman Craven Evans Cycles Race Team
Plowman Craven Evans Cycles Professional Cycling Team were awarded with the "RICS Sports Team of the Year 2007" at the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors Sports Awards on the evening of the 28th June. Presenting the awards was Graham Chase, RICS President 2006/2007...
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Eurosport and Plowman Craven bring Tour to life
Plowman Craven, Europe's leading mapping and measurement company have formed an exciting partnership with British Eurosport to provide detailed 3D maps of the UK stages of this year's Tour de France...
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Plowman Craven Open Scottish Office
All of the services offered by Plowman Craven are now available from their Scottish base covering not only Scotland but the North of England. This will benefit clients by allowing faster response times and enabling smaller commissions, hitherto uneconomical to undertake from Harpenden, to receive the same careful, professional attention enjoyed throughout the south...
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Plowman Craven Nominated for the Herts Business Mega Growth Award
Tonight Plowman Craven Directors and their VIP guests will be attending the annual Hertfordshire Business Awards dinner. Simon Barnes, Managing Director confirmed...
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Counter Terror World Exhibition
Providing complete measured solutions for total peace of mind, Plowman Craven offers a powerful weapon in the battle against terrorism....
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