All Archive Titles articles – Page 1146
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The future at your feet
Stronger, swifter, safer: advances in flooring that will improve your buildings.
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Archive TitlesProduct feature: heating systems
1. Doubling up Stokvis has launched Econostor II hot water service generator. It is based on a dual-tank principle: neutral primary fluid between an outer tank and an inner tank indirectly heats water in the inner tank for secondary hot water use. The neutral fluid is heated by a combustion ...
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Merger enters final stretch
The proposed merger between the CIOB and the Architecture and Surveying Institute (ASI) has been approved by the CIOB council. The ASI, which has strong links to the CIOB and the construction industry, is putting the merger proposal to an extraordinary general meeting on 24 September. If approved by the ...
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A taxing question for the ECA
As the ECA scheme relaunches itself in a bid to increase take-up, will more people in the industry start taking notice?
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Archive TitlesCan you hold your drink?
Alcohol presents plenty of opportunity to make an ass of yourself in front of people who matter. We put some typical drinking disasters to an expert boozer for advice
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Quick on the draw
CAD can be cheap without being cheesy. Jim cooper reviews four programs that make short work of 2D precision drawings
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CPD your way to off-road glory
Every fortnight until mid-November the CIOB will be setting the questions for the Construction Knowledge Network. Answer all questions correctly and you could win a wild card entry to the final of the 4x4 Construction Challenge – an off-road competition open to anyone employed in the construction industry. The final ...
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Archive TitlesCIBSE takes the lead at Earth Summit
CIBSE representatives, including Carbon Trust chairman Terry Wyatt will be representing the UK at the Earth Summit in Johannesburg this month.
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Archive TitlesConstruction catwalk
Style guru Wayne Hemingway is to talk to CIOB members about the ‘anti-Wimpeyfied’ estate he has designed at Gateshead on Tyneside.
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You, your project, your career
Welcome to the new-LOOK Construction Manager, the only magazine dedicated to those at the sharp end of creating and maintaining the built environment. As you'll see, we've substantially improved the look and feel of the magazine because those in construction management are a large and important community in one of ...
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Carbon trust takes on ECA scheme
The Carbon Trust last month took over the management of the Enhanced Capital Allowance (ECA) scheme on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
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Archive TitlesCaption competition
Many thanks to Gallions Housing Association of south-east London for sending in this picture, taken at its recent fun day. Can you do justice to it with a caption, or tell us what happened next? Could it be a Harry Potter-inspired Dementor, or a frighteningly effective Lord of the Rings ...
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Archive TitlesCaption of the month
Make us laugh. Send in a caption for next month's picture (above) and we'll hand over a £20 drinks voucher for the wittiest entry. Email your entries to: construction_manager@buildergroup.co.uk
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University buildings
This month the cost and research departments of Mott Green & Wall and Davis Langdon & Everest, examine the cost and specifications of services for low energy university buildings.
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Archive TitlesRenovation started for Richmond Grade I building
Site work has recently started on the renovation of the only surviving Georgian theatre in the UK. The Grade I listed building in Richmond, North Yorkshire dates from 1788 and will be restored to create conditions close to those of Georgian times.The initial plan to remove the existing condensers and ...
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Archive TitlesBook your seat for the winners’ show
One of the biggest events in the CIOB calendar takes place on Tuesday 24 September at the Park Lane Hilton in London. If you haven’t yet booked your place for the 2002 Building Manager of the Year Awards, now is the time.