{"id":11982,"date":"2015-03-04T13:17:05","date_gmt":"2015-03-04T12:17:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/?p=11982"},"modified":"2015-03-04T13:17:05","modified_gmt":"2015-03-04T12:17:05","slug":"they-might-be-straw-but-you-cant-blow-them-down-is-the-future-of-construction-in-straw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/?p=11982","title":{"rendered":"They might be straw, but you can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t blow them down. Is the future of construction in straw?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It may sound like a return to the dark ages, but using straw as a construction material is a genuine technique which has now expanded beyond the realms of \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcGrand Designs\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 and self-builds, and into the commercial market. 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