What is an arbour?
An arbour is a light, largely open garden structure with a roof, built as a sheltered seat — from a plant-covered trellis frame to a freestanding octagonal pavilion.
What is a performance-based contract?
A performance-based contract sets out the result to be achieved rather than the activities to be carried out: the contractor decides how to reach the agreed performance.
What is Best Value Procurement?
Best Value Procurement is a tendering method in which the lowest price does not decide, but the demonstrable expertise of the contractor and their grasp of the risks.
What is a predella?
A predella is the low horizontal base of an altarpiece, usually painted or carved with small narrative scenes; also the raised step on which an altar stands.
What is a public land use charge (precario)?
A public land use charge — precario in the Netherlands and Belgium — is the fee a council levies for occupying public space with a scaffold, skip, hoarding or terrace.
Repairing wood rot in a window frame: the complete guide
Repairing wood rot in your window frame with hardener and epoxy? Full step-by-step guide, costs, curing times and the mistakes to avoid.
Building a wood store: build your own log store and dry firewood properly
Building your own wood store? Sizes, siting, drying time by species, moisture under 20% and cost per m³. Everything for dry firewood this winter.
What is a Prairie house?
A Prairie house is a low, emphatically horizontal dwelling with wide eaves and an open plan around a central hearth — the type developed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
What is a prachtwijk?
Prachtwijk was minister Vogelaar’s term for the forty Dutch priority neighbourhoods that received extra investment from 2007 for housing, work and safety.
What is a public-private partnership?
In a PPP a public body and private companies deliver a project together and share the risks. In construction this usually takes the form of a DBFM contract.