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Archive TitlesOffice building of the year
WinnerChiswick Park Building 10 (Arup)The design and installation of this office building followed the pattern of the previous five buildings on the business park in west London, but to the larger size of 13 000 m2. A clear vision of the environment within the park and the buildings was conceived ...
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Archive TitlesBuilding services best practice
WinnerElectrical Contractors' AssociationThe Electrical Contractors' Association has introduced an HNC in contracting management. This management training programme is aimed at engineers, project managers, contracts managers and other similar technically qualified personnel in our industry. The course is designed to give technically competent staff the management skills, knowledge and experience necessary ...
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We've been expecting you
Building on successWe're delighted to say that this year's awards are bigger and better than ever. The number of entries is up, and organisations who've sponsored us for many years are joined by others keen to lend their support to the building services' event of the year. Thank you to ...
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Archive TitlesIT in building services award
WinnerConnell Mott MacDonaldEngineers tend to use different software to analyse different aspects of the building. But time and cost mount up because they usually have to rebuild the 3D model for each piece of software. Connell Mott MacDonald has enabled engineers to create one version of the 3D model, and ...
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Archive TitlesTraining award
WinnerElectrical Contractors' AssociationThe Electrical Contractors' Association has introduced an HNC in contracting management. This management training programme is aimed at engineers, project managers, contracts managers and other similar technically qualified personnel in our industry. The course is designed to give technically competent staff the management skills, knowledge and experience necessary ...
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Last year's apprentice of the year
Mark Stewart, who is employed by Weir & Last year's winnerMcQuiston, of Newtownard, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland, was the winner of the 2002 Apprentice of the Year Award. On the verge of completing the second year of his HNC in electrical building services at the East Antrim Institute for Further& ...
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Apprentice of the year
WinnerDavid PayneTwenty-year old David Payne, who has just completed his apprenticeship, is now a graded JIB electrician having achieved AM2, NVQ Level 3 qualifications. He is employed by Melcon Hereford and during his apprenticeship was involved in all aspects of the electrical domestic, commercial and industrial installation work undertaken by ...
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Archive TitlesInternational achievement award
WinnerAtelier TenJudges felt that Atelier Ten had not only achieved international success for the organisation, but had also demonstrated a clear commitment to encouraging and supporting more sustainable building techniques in the USA. Atelier Ten established a permanent office in New York in 2001, forming Atelier Ten USA LLC in ...
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Think tank
Few problems consume as much time for housing professionals as antisocial behaviour, and few are as emotive or complex. So, over the next two weeks we let a specialist panel answer your antisocial behaviour problems
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Archive TitlesProducts
Alarms Pick and mix sounders Klaxon Signals has introduced more flexibility of choice for its external range of alarm sounders. Users can now pick a lid/lens style in its own distinctive colour to match the application and then choose a sounder unit from the Flashguard V-Series.The lids are available in ...
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Archive TitlesRoadtest: Up with the Joneses
If you need buckets of space, go for the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter… but if you're thinking about the bank balance, then stoop to the 'common' brands!
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Archive TitlesNew horizons
VCL's sales and marketing director, John Prosser, is leaving the company after eight years during which the company's sales grew from £5.7 million to £29 million.
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Rural homes: an idea
I work for a rural council in North Derbyshire. The shortage of affordable homes in our area has become a serious issue and is reflected in a rising number of homeless presentations ("Kin and country" 6 June, page 18).In common with a lot of rural authorities, the price of property ...
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Archive TitlesHome run
Homelessness charity Crisis is to benefit from more than £170,000 raised by the annual Square Mile run.Around 1700 runners beat a three-mile track around inner-London on Thursday 12 June, sponsored by Threadneedle Investments.Capital FM DJ Margherita Taylor launched the event and the exhausted runners were treated to an ...
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Here's an idea
A community radio station can help your neighbourhood find a common voice
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Owner-occupiers need our help
I recently read some interesting research by Matthew Chell on housing market demand, sponsored by the Housing Corporation. Chell's study raises some serious questions about the role of the social housing sector in a changing marketplace – just the kind of thing that the National Housing Federation's Housing's Better Future ...