All Building articles in Specifier 22 February 2008
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Buyer's guide for green homes launched
Sustainable group Sponge reveals key tips for general public interested in purchasing an eco-property
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FeaturesSound with vision: Spiritel
Spiritel was founded in 1989 as a specialist supplier and installer of voice and data systems with particular focus on the retail, leisure and hospitality sectors.
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FeaturesRapid site surveys
Infoterra has launched the GeoStore service to enable property developers and designers to carry out initial and rapid site surveys from their desks.
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FeaturesRugged laptops
Panasonic has launched a range of lightweight, portable laptops specifically designed for the construction industry.
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Online guidance
The RICS has teamed up with content management system provider, Jadu, to relaunch isurv.
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FeaturesFace recognition
The world's largest casino, the Venetian in Macao, has installed 13 Vision Access 3D face readers to authenticate up to 12,000 employees as they come through the building’s main entrance at the start of a shift.
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FeaturesIntegrated Environmental Solutions: Get with the program
Integrated Environmental Solutions was set up in 1994 but its roots go back to the seventies energy crisis when Don McLean, its founder and current managing director, started his PhD in the detailed computer simulation of renewable energy devices.
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Tracking devices
Wavetrend Technologies has launched Global Eyes, a tracking system that monitors people and assets using a range of communication technologies to give real-time visibility and intelligence on their location, condition and status.
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Structural design software
Bentley has released version 11.3 of the RAM Structural System – its modelling, analysis and design software for structural engineers.
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FeaturesCalculating housing lifecycle costs
Q: How do you work out the total cost of a house over a 100-year lifetime without spending hours poring over every single element? Stephen Kennett finds out the answer
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Structured cabling
Structured cabling specialist Connectix Cabling Systems has added a compact wall-mounted cabinet to its range of networking cabinets.
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Network cable
Emitex has launched a double-sheathed UTP Cat 5E cable, which it says can be used outdoors or in underground ducting, even in partially flooded areas.
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Server cabinets
Panduit is to launch the Net Access server cabinet, which it claims has enhanced thermal management features.
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Lifecycle costs: The basics
Peter Mayer from BLP to explain just how many separate calculations are usually required to work out the whole life costs for a house
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Sustainability round-up from the latest Building
A brief looking at some excerpts from the latest issue of Building dealing with sustainability, from Erskine's Ark in Hammersmith to an interview with Hammerson boss Jon Emery
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Environmental Product roundup for February 2008
A quick guide to some of the latest ranges and concepts being launched this month