http://www.4dld.com/index.html4D Newsen4dld.comCopyright 2005 Bill Ambridge2007-05-21T11:49:36+01:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 Sat, 26 Apr 2008 10:47:24 +01004dld.com4D News2007-05-21T11:49:36+01:00http://www.4dld.com/page32/files/a47f308971665221044f62013e2435fa-20.html#unique-entry-id-20http://www.4dld.com/page32/files/a47f308971665221044f62013e2435fa-20.html#unique-entry-id-20
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The text of Michele's letter was:

Sir

We have no right to just bleat on about the destruction of tropical rain forests (and how they should be preserved in order to save the planet). We have already destroyed our own temperate forests on a massive scale and now continue with the insidious loss of the urban treescape on our own doorstep. 

England has the lowest percentage of tree cover in Europe and the rate of loss of large urban trees is not yet realised but is great cause for alarm. It amounts to an estimated loss of more than 20% per decade i.e. none left in 50 years?

Urban trees are removed primarily through fears of litigation and the harm that they might cause to property in the future due to possible subsidence or leaves clogging gutters or people or trains slipping on them. Before instigating the removal of urban trees, it is time that insurance companies, lawyers and local authorities consider opposite views and accept their benefits, particularly in relation to physical and mental public health and the mitigation of the heat island effects.

Urban conurbations are major producers of harmful emissions. We need tree-lined roads and a significant 'green' infrastructure, so that emissions are dealt with at source and not left to chance. We should do our bit on our own doorstep rather than hope that our emissions might float off to be absorbed at some point in the future.... in a tropical rain forest on the other side of the planet perhaps?]]>4dld.com4D News2007-05-08T12:15:14+01:00http://www.4dld.com/page32/files/afd860e713350e76c4f67c0a9a78ea1c-19.html#unique-entry-id-19http://www.4dld.com/page32/files/afd860e713350e76c4f67c0a9a78ea1c-19.html#unique-entry-id-19
Click here to read the letter, and here to read the original article.]]>4dld.com4D News2007-03-08T15:37:00+00:00http://www.4dld.com/page32/files/ff130e9a2af3cf0e8c8708aaa61f987d-18.html#unique-entry-id-18http://www.4dld.com/page32/files/ff130e9a2af3cf0e8c8708aaa61f987d-18.html#unique-entry-id-18
]]>4dld.com4D News2006-06-15T11:17:47+01:00http://www.4dld.com/page32/files/8a3680524156720a73ee2e56f50167e3-17.html#unique-entry-id-17http://www.4dld.com/page32/files/8a3680524156720a73ee2e56f50167e3-17.html#unique-entry-id-17La Corbinerie' car park. Next up is a new clinical block for the hospital. Here are a couple of preliminary photos:



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Quality in Construction Awards Article]]>4dld.com4D News2006-03-09T15:44:44+00:00http://www.4dld.com/page32/files/4f8aeee59d18f927271e33e1711723d4-15.html#unique-entry-id-15http://www.4dld.com/page32/files/4f8aeee59d18f927271e33e1711723d4-15.html#unique-entry-id-154dld.com4D News2006-03-01T15:42:13+00:00http://www.4dld.com/page32/files/9d954358d30f0048379146dc7da05f40-14.html#unique-entry-id-14http://www.4dld.com/page32/files/9d954358d30f0048379146dc7da05f40-14.html#unique-entry-id-144dld.com4D News2006-02-01T11:25:35+00:00http://www.4dld.com/page32/files/a52f8e991db828a0c8fd86f6e841bf27-13.html#unique-entry-id-13http://www.4dld.com/page32/files/a52f8e991db828a0c8fd86f6e841bf27-13.html#unique-entry-id-134dld.com4D News2005-12-16T15:47:06+00:00http://www.4dld.com/page32/files/df254d95edff3200b5420bcb7eadeb11-12.html#unique-entry-id-12http://www.4dld.com/page32/files/df254d95edff3200b5420bcb7eadeb11-12.html#unique-entry-id-12
4D are pleased to be taking Speedwell Technical College and Brislington Enterprise College into detail design starting early next year. The architects are Wilkinson Eyre.

Bristol City Council's press release can be read here.]]>4dld.com4D News2005-11-03T11:24:01+00:00http://www.4dld.com/page32/files/6e1440a74c474a0262714d9b12043455-11.html#unique-entry-id-11http://www.4dld.com/page32/files/6e1440a74c474a0262714d9b12043455-11.html#unique-entry-id-114dld.com4D News2005-10-12T10:13:44+01:00http://www.4dld.com/page32/files/6886f323710af4c28bf7a310b3dfecdf-10.html#unique-entry-id-10http://www.4dld.com/page32/files/6886f323710af4c28bf7a310b3dfecdf-10.html#unique-entry-id-104dld.com4D News2005-10-04T14:44:00+01:00http://www.4dld.com/page32/files/67ca53ce7e364a1287cd2b385a3b788d-8.html#unique-entry-id-8http://www.4dld.com/page32/files/67ca53ce7e364a1287cd2b385a3b788d-8.html#unique-entry-id-8
Although partly humorous in nature, the thrust of 'Illegible Bristol' is to identify and rectify the incoherent nature of so many of the city's streetscapes. The project will launch with a seminar at UWE (details to follow).]]>4dld.com4D News2005-10-03T12:08:00+01:00http://www.4dld.com/page32/files/50bae323241c703458e193fb671398bf-6.html#unique-entry-id-6http://www.4dld.com/page32/files/50bae323241c703458e193fb671398bf-6.html#unique-entry-id-64dld.com4D News2005-09-15T12:07:00+01:00http://www.4dld.com/page32/files/9a5b4d2a359f190bbf30baa28a7266c8-5.html#unique-entry-id-5http://www.4dld.com/page32/files/9a5b4d2a359f190bbf30baa28a7266c8-5.html#unique-entry-id-54dld.com4D News2005-09-01T12:06:00+01:00http://www.4dld.com/page32/files/433d562c693b1db9c1b716fc93bde7c4-4.html#unique-entry-id-4http://www.4dld.com/page32/files/433d562c693b1db9c1b716fc93bde7c4-4.html#unique-entry-id-44dld.com4D News2005-06-24T12:04:00+01:00http://www.4dld.com/page32/files/02827dc554deeaf38363b0c97db7f1ff-3.html#unique-entry-id-3http://www.4dld.com/page32/files/02827dc554deeaf38363b0c97db7f1ff-3.html#unique-entry-id-34dld.com4D News2005-01-17T16:02:00+00:00http://www.4dld.com/page32/files/31fbfc3df5c800f0272dc4e44e11f8dc-2.html#unique-entry-id-2http://www.4dld.com/page32/files/31fbfc3df5c800f0272dc4e44e11f8dc-2.html#unique-entry-id-24D have been appointed by Skanska in a team for the first wave of Building Schools for the Future in Bristol]]>4dld.com4D News2005-01-03T11:56:00+00:00http://www.4dld.com/page32/files/94b6dc442cce8446afdaa235974f4ca1-0.html#unique-entry-id-0http://www.4dld.com/page32/files/94b6dc442cce8446afdaa235974f4ca1-0.html#unique-entry-id-04D Partner Michèle Lavelle took part in 'The Sky's the Limit', workshop, an education day for A level girls aimed at raising the profile of the construction professions to potential female students:

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