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Saying nothing new
The special report in CM March 2003 seems to (again!) go over well trodden ground. I came into the construction industry at an early age towards the end of WW2, and spent over 20 years working for companies carrying out all types of work, (from general dogsbody to Director), and ...
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Archive TitlesMonth in numbers
8.3The percentage of women serving in the armed forces. The RAF has the most (10.6%), followed by the Navy (8.5%) and the Army (7.2%). Things are not looking so good for construction management however. Research by Northumbria University shows that women make up between 6% and 7% of students on ...
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Archive TitlesMind over matter
Karen Fletcher reports from the Think 2010 weekend event, when the building services industry considered where it is today, and what the sector might look like in the future.
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Archive TitlesManage this!
In a radical training exercise, young managers from Galliford Try were parachuted into a rural retreat to organize, on the spot, a half-term holiday for 24 underpriveleged kids. Kristina Smith was there.
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Root issues
I have just taken time out to read this month's edition of Construction Manager, which I received today.Why is it I continue to ask myself, that those employed in the industry simply cannot accept that the situation the industry now finds itself in, is entirely of their own making.Before retiring ...
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Information station
If you're not sure, you're not alone. Here are just some of the questions Saleem Akram received this month
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Hit or miss?
Does the new Energy White Paper go far enough? And has the government left out the crucial point – how we are going to meet the targets it sets?
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Archive TitlesHalon goodbye
Dr Dave Smith examines the benefits and applications of fixed gaseous fire extinguishing systems, and the alternatives to halon.
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Archive TitlesDoing wood good
Too much cheap softwood and not enough hardwood? THE solution's ingenious... give mother nature a helping hand. Peter Kernan explains a revolutionary new alchemy that turns softwood hard
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Merger matters: Why we're as good as the RICS
WE cAN NOW OFFER A BALANCED VIEW Ian Norris
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Archive TitlesIT that goes to your head
First laptops. Then palmtops. Now a PC so small you can strap it on your belt and attach the screen to your head.
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Archive TitlesGetting the most from variable speed pumps
Chris Parsloe argues that a modular approach to system design helps exploit the energy saving potential of variable speed pumps
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New training gets to grips with practicalities
Collaborating for the Built Environment (Be) has launched a set of training courses on ‘collaborative working’
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Frustrated finalist
As a final year construction manager I would like to express my dismay on reading your special March edition of CM. No sooner do I sign and post away a cheque for my membership to the CIOB does the institute magazine land on the doorstep with an article rubbishing the ...
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WSP refurbishment is Glastonbury festival
WSP has been appointed M&E consultant on the refurbishment of Glastonbury House, a 22 storey elderly residential tower in Pimlico, for CityWest Homes. Architects are Cole Thompson Associates, lead consultants for Integer. The upgrade is heralded as a flagship project for innovative practices, in four areas: environment; social innovation; construction ...
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Archive TitlesThe great escape
Miller Hannah, Gary Daniels and Simon Russett consider the possible use of elevators for rapid evacuation of occupants during a fire.
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Engineering staff are very happy to be here
Engineering has been plagued with problems recruiting and retaining staff, but some UK consultancies prove that engineering firms can get it right
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Archive TitlesIt doesn't have to be this way
Exhausting, dangerous and dirty. According to our poll conducted by YouGov, the British public hates only factories more than building sites. The CIOB says it's time to take action
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Why run down my degree?
Speaking as a part time final year student on The University of Westminster's BSc in Construction Management, I find it incredible that a professional organisation can do so much to discredit the qualification of the core of your membership. I understand that the whole issue of higher education in ...