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Archive TitlesBuilding services best practice
Introducing all these things in a large company is difficult; in a small company it’s impressivewhat the judges said...The runners upWaterloo Air Management – highly commended This company has used Best Practice and applied the lessons and tools imaginatively, which shows in their results – increased profits, better customer satisfaction, ...
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Archive TitlesBack to the future
National Museums of Scotland has taken a far sighted approach to the problem of storing artefacts. We visit East Kilbride to find out what it entails.
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Where is Babs the builder?
According to recent research, there is a serious lack of females employed in the construction industry.
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CIBSE in new alliance move
CIBSE has joined with a number of industry bodies to form the Specialist Engineering Alliance.Other groups involved are: the Specialist Engineering Contractors' Group; Building Services Research and Information Association; the Association of Consulting Engineers; and the Federation of Environmental trade Associations.The aim of the Alliance is to take forward the ...
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Out-thinking construction again
For the third time in succession, Movement for Innovation demonstration projects have significantly outperformed industry averages against all key performance indicators.
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Free advice on energy saving
The Carbon Trust is making further moves to promote energy efficiency and carbon reductions.
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Archive TitlesWork begins on £45m Liverpool apartment development
Work has started on Liverpool's Old Hall Street, a new £45 million development from Beetham Org which will house Liverpool's first £1 million private apartment. Building services, structural and fire engineering are by Buro Happold. The architect is Abbey Holford Rowe. The development includes a 27-storey residential tower block, next ...
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Archive TitlesBest of the best
The 2002 Building Services Awards ceremony, held at the Grosvenor House Hotel on 1 July, proved to be the biggest and brightest yet. Nearly 1000 people turned out to celebrate the best of the building services and mechanical & electrical contracting sectors.
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Archive TitlesVicon's Saintly stadium solution
Dome cameras, multiplexers and monitors supplied by Vicon Industries have been installed at Southampton FC's 32,000-seater Friends Provident St Mary's Stadium
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A shared responsibility
Total losses from retail crime rose by £100 million in 2001, topping £1.8 billion.
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To protect... and serve
What are the necessary skill sets, attributes and attitudes needed to become the ultimate group security manager? How important is the ability to 'sell' ideas to top management, and what are the issues of accountability and responsibility that will grab the Board's attention?
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Security's operational quagmire
The role of the contract or operations manager is crucial to each and every private security company, including as it does the recruitment, training, deployment, development and welfare support of each officer in a particular portfolio of contracts.
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Video killed the paper test
Distinguishing between a host of promising candidates and those that can deliver the goods in a real life scenario is a fundamental challenge facing the practising security manager.
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Archive TitlesGrand theft retail
Retail crime is a major problem – not just for retailers, but for society as a whole. According to the British Retail Consortium's '9th Retail Crime Survey 2001', the estimated cost of crime has risen by £100 million in the past year alone. Are retailers doing enough to arrest the ...