All Archive Titles articles – Page 1012
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Barbara Young: Defending Defence Estates
The prime mover of prime contracting has left Defence Estates to take up a senior role with Ken Livingstone's Transport for London.
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UPVC: from bad to verse
I read last month's 'Information Station' with incredulity. Not that a member of a civic society committee should not know the pros and cons of timber and PVC windows in listed buildings, but that he should admit it so publicly. But the wrong end of the stick was grasped in ...
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Beacon councils announced
The Local Government Task Force (LGTF) has awarded six councils beacon status for this year's Rethinking Construction theme
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The best clients are not clients at all
Anybody hoping clients will get easier to work with may be encouraged at the new body rising from the ashes of the Construction Clients Confederation, according to founders.
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Behind the ad
Are you an estimator with a strong, unbroken work history, broad commercial experience and top-drawer communication skills? Qualifications are great, but it's what you've done and how you did it that matters
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TM30 – life cycle cost of ventilation
TM30: Improved life cycle performance of mechanical ventilation systemsCIBSECIBSE£29.00 (members), £58.00 (non-members)CIBSE has published TM30, Improved life cycle performance of mechanical ventilation systems. The publication reports the results of a Partners in Innovation project that explored ways of improving the life cycle performance of mechanical ventilation systems. The work was ...
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London joins the race for 2012 Olympics
London has finally declared itself in the running to host the 2012 Olympic Games. The decision came after months of speculation over whether the government would back the move
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Boat tampering
Is there any product on the market that could be used for boats that doesn't need mains power and could send either a text message or call a mobile to inform the owner that their boat is being tampered with?
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Battery charging
I have been experiencing problems with battery charging voltage. On some control panels I service, the voltage is as low as 12.5 instead of the recommended voltage of 13.5 and13.8, and the battery is only 12 month old. What would you suggest is the best way to rectify this problem? ...
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Maintenance obligations
What are the maintenance obligations when installing a wireless system?
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Archive TitlesFM Electronics Ltd
FM Electronics design, manufacture and supply wireless alarm systems that provide protection for property and personnel in a wide range of applications.
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Think tank
Daughter's right to successionOne of our tenants recently died. She took over the tenancy in 1978 on the death of her father. Does her daughter – who had lived with her for three years – have the right to succeed under the 1985 Housing Act?There is only one statutory right ...
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Soldier, soldier
The needs of British ex-servicemen may not have been well served by Rick Brunwin's letter (16 May, page 22). He may like to think that British military personnel involved in recent Gulf hostilities have "served their country", but many people consider that they have merely, and for money, obeyed orders. ...
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Public & Private
Market renewal pathfinders can learn a lot from Glasgow's stock transfer.
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Archive TitlesSupporters and opponents
Supporting People has helped people like Brenda Malcolm, right, get out of secure accommodation. But the regime's first two months haven't all been plain sailing.
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Partnering not a new problem
I was saddened to see the story "Beware: partnering can make you break the law" (16 May, page 8). This should not have been news either to the government or to social landlords.Several of us have been drawing attention to the problem for some while (6 July 2000, page 13). ...
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Archive TitlesMove over laurence
Now social housing providers can change their rooms too. Sally Clarke, the sector's answer to Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen, shows Katie Puckett how she turned low-demand bedsits into des-res living space
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I support ken
For the past few years the London Housing Federation has been openly supporting the proposals in the mayor's draft London plan, including the pan-London target for 50% of housing in all new developments to be affordable. Our support for the plan has regularly been documented in Housing Today.When recently contacted ...