Monday, November 26, 2007

Service life of brick buildings

Potential service life of the structural frame of a building will be 200 years for brick/block/concrete and perhaps only 75-100 years for lightweight framing/SIPs panel.

In UK, service lives required for each building type or sector could be
· office - 20 years
· domestic - 200 years
· education - 60 years
· healthcare - 50 years
· retail and warehouse - 10 years

Stone is the building material which lasts longest.

Comparison of UK bank fees for receiving international payments

HSBC Receiving Euros from the EEA: no fee Receiving Less than £100 from outside the EEA: £5 Receiving More than £100 in another currency, ...