All Archive Titles articles – Page 1064
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Safe and sound
Bob Bailey questions the effects of approval of a regulated quality assurance scheme on fire detection safety standards.
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Archive TitlesReady to wear
We outline how m&e contractors benefit from using enabling technologies.
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Archive TitlesVillage people
Hills Electrical & Mechanical has recently completed a £1.9 million installation of building services at the prestigious De Vere Village hotel and leisure club in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. This is the largest project undertaken to date by Hills' Newcastle centre. The branch was responsible for the m&e installation, which included ventilation, electrical ...
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Money for nothing
On Saturday 18 January I was watching the BBC News 24 channel when one of the headlines announced 'Heathrow T5 bricklayers to be paid £55 000'.
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Archive TitlesLighting up
Munich's Hotel Anna has been given a dramatic lease of life with light emitting diodes (leds).
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Quality Mark insurance incentive
Contractors can now get a 20% discount on their public and employers' liability insurance premiums if they join the Government's Quality Mark initiative.
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Healthy savings
The choice of cable tray has saved installation time and costs at a hospital refurbishment in Kent.
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NICEIC relaunches online guide
The NICEIC is aiming to get the message of electrical safety across to the public with the relaunch of www.niceic.org.uk, its guide to electrical safety.
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Euro site for electricians
Voltimum, the pan-European web portal for the electrical installation sector, has gone live in the UK.
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Getting an education
Getting young people interested in the construction industry remains a problem. Can the new Sector Skills Councils help?
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What price defects?
We look at remedial works and explains the legal thinking behind what is reasonable reimbursement.
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Archive TitlesDealing with disputes
How do you resolve a dispute? We explain the options in the final article in the basics of contract management series.
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Major deal on major projects
It's taken two years to arrive, but the newly-signed Major Projects M&E Agreement may just be worth the wait (page 7).
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Archive TitlesEmployers and unions strike deal over major m&e contracts
Workers on major sites to get an extra £3 an hour within the M25 and £2.20 an hour nationally.
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Common grounds
Work is underway to combine Rethinking Construction and Construction Best Practice into a single organisation to be called Constructing Excellence.
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Archive TitlesChiming the changes
Could solicitor Clifford Chance's new offices at Canary Wharf change the way that pipework is installed in tall buildings?
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Efficiency is up in lights at Irish mail centre
An intelligent lighting system has helped to minimise energy costs at the new Northern Ireland Mail Centre in Newtonabbey, Belfast.
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Archive TitlesPresident calls for a continued united front
At this year's annual dinner, ECA president David Dennison stressed the positive results of working together and called for a continuation of this sustained effort.
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Construction boom slowing
The rate of expansion of construction activity has dropped for the second month in a row.
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Big names pay slowest
Four years after the Government introduced late payment legislation, the average payment period for UK companies is 58·7 days – one day longer than when the legislation was introduced in 1998.