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Heritage charity warns councils against seductive power of CGI building images
by Kim Megson | 22 Mar 2017
A British heritage charity has warned that council planning committees are too easily seduced by glitzy computer-generated images of buildings they’re tasked with approving or rejecting. According to the Telegraph newspaper, Marcus Binney of Save Britain's Heritage argued that such images rarely show the reality of how the building will appear and be used in reality. "[Developers] lavish large amounts of money on producing these images, and they're very persuasive,”
Scottish councils urged to improve maintenance
by Pete Hayman | 11 May 2009
Nearly a quarter of all council-owned buildings across Scotland, including sports centres and museums, are not fit for purpose, according to a new report by the Scottish public spending watchdog, Audit Scotland. The study - Asset management in Local Government in Scotland - examined the maintenance and management of more than 12,000 properties across the country, with one in four found to be in poor or bad condition. Audit Scotland
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