All Archive Titles articles – Page 109
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It's not enough, Mr Brown
The government’s £1bn energy efficiency strategy will have little impact on reducing carbon emissions from existing housing stock, judging by a report published earlier this year by the World Wildlife Fund.
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Brother, spare a few dimes to build in these troubled times
With the collapse of investment banker Lehman Brothers last month, the fearful imaginings of the media pundits peaked. BBC Radio 4 imagined another Wall Street Crash, focused on US and Asian finance markets.
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Archive TitlesBouygues signs for ‘council’ homes deal
Bouygues UK has secured a ground-breaking contract to build the first homes planned by a new public-private partnership in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham.
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Archive TitlesThe big lift: raising the industry's prospects
As the credit crunch bites deep into the construction industry, Elaine Knutt asks people from all areas of the sector for thoughts on coming through the slump and out the other side.
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CarbonBuzz: RIBA/CIBSE energy benchmarking website
A new online database of buildings’ energy and emissions performance, before and after completion, will compare the predictions with reality – and give engineers the chance to teach architects a thing or two about sustainable development.
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Now risk has become an ugly reality
The current financial difficulties show how things have changed over the last 25 years. Back then, a chairman of a leading but financially troubled Midlands engineering group gave me some advice.
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CarbonBuzz teams up engineers and architects
Engineers and architects will be able to compare the energy consumption of their designs with similar schemes under an initiative from CIBSE and RIBA, called CarbonBuzz.
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Paris appointment
Hilson Moran is to act as environmental consultant on the Horizons Tower, Paris.
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Archive TitlesAnother string to Mcalpine’s bow
Contractor Sir Robert McAlpine has handed over the keys to the new home of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales.
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Case notes...from Ann Wright
Need a refresher course on variations, subcontract liabilities and the law on boisterous bullocks? Read on...
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Alexandra Anderson on the implications of using independent experts to resolve disputes
Don’t use an independent expert to resolve a dispute if you’re not prepared for the decision to go against you
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RMJM's Tony Archibald on partnership agreements
Partnership agreements smooth the progress of projects and can help avoid litigation
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Archive TitlesCircus act
At Bristol’s new Cabot Circus retail centre, a ‘floating’ glazed gridshell roof cleverly maintains shoppers’ illusion of being outside.
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Waterman designs Workplace6, Sydney's greenest office
The Darling Island masterplan for Sydney Harbour has thrown up a new contender for the title of Australia’s greenest building.
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Archive Titles300 firms back diploma
A recognition scheme has been set up to identify and reward companies that sign up to help deliver the Diploma in Construction and the Built Environment (C&BE), the new qualification for 14-19-year-olds launched in September.
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CIBSE loses £120k on campus DECs
Whitehall ruling throws up revenue shortfall for accreditation bodies, which CIBSE will claw back from budget for research and technical publications
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EPC deadline put back to ‘09
The 1 October deadline for energy performance certificates has been extended. The government has introduced transitional arrangements that will allow commercial properties an extra three months to obtain an EPC.
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Profits up at Waterman Group
Revenue and profit are both ahead of expectations at engineering and environmental consultancy Waterman Group.