All Archive Titles articles – Page 1178
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Birthday celebrations
The AirTube Group is celebrating 20 years of success with a range of cash handling products.
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Rip those bills up
Electronic billing stands to save Balfour Beatty a fortune on postage and paper
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Archive TitlesBeing the BMYA
Ten months after winning BMYA 2001-02, Peter Carruthers shows why it's a company thing
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Archive TitlesSafety begins at home
A government clampdown on rising levels of electrical accidents in homes sees proposals for changes to the Building Regulations. What does this mean for m&e contractors? Alison Luke reports.
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An attractive site?
How can the construction industry make itself more attractive to women applicants? Tony Rea reports on the latest CITB initiative.
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IFSEC gets an attendance boost
The security exhibition, IFSEC, held for the 29th year in succession, was attended by 26,000 people with 555 companies across the global security industry showcasing new products and services.
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Archive TitlesApollo star
Apollo star: The Grade II listed Apollo Victoria Theatre has been given a new lease of life with the large-scale use of LEDs from NJO Technology. Architect Jaques Muir and Partners commissioned consulting engineer Hoare Lea Lighting to design feature lighting to replace the existing system. LEDs were chosen for ...
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Lighting allowances must change says LIF-firm Osram
Osram, like other member firms of the Lighting Industry Federation (LIF), is calling for the Inland Revenue to relax its requirements for enhanced capital allowances in respect of energy efficient lighting.
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EMCOR and Siemens in alliance
EMCOR Drake & Scull has formed an alliance with Siemens Automation & Drives.
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Archive TitlesAgainst the grain
As a chippie, Craig Molyneux couldn't get a job as a site manager. Now he's in charge of the global Lend Lease brand. How did he do it?
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Getting in on the Act
The Construction Act can protect contractors and their payments, but how is it applied? Martin Wade explains the key points.
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NG Bailey wins training accolade
The Government and the Learning Skills Council have announced that NG Bailey is among the first five companies to be awarded a work-based Centre of Vocational Excellence (CoVE) status. It is the first m&e engineering company in the UK to achieve the accolade.
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HSE to command 4000-strong safety army
Government plans could create a huge new force to tackle site safety.
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The diary of Carl D Moon: Safety Manager, aged 431/2
Week 1My first week as a safety manager. The boss got me my own desk, which Carol the secretary helped me assemble. We had to go to casualty because she got some glue in her eye when I squirted it on the dowels, but after my accident I know the ...
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Archive TitlesWashing up
WASHING UP: Residents of Moat Housing Association's Highview tower in Middlesex made these washing-line banners to decorate their block. Community artists Fuller Mckeith said the idea of chatting over the fence while hanging out the washing inspired the banners. The banners will be used to brighten up the tower's communal ...
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Think Tank
A live-in hellI have a residential caretaker whose wife has thrown him out of their tied accommodation for having an affair.He is required to live in the flat to perform his duties. He wants to keep working but cannot go back to the flat – reconciliation appears impossible. His ...
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South-east wants more
Jockeying over regional funds intensified this week when the South-eastern Regional Assembly insisted it must have more cash for new homes.
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Public & private
David Hall, executive director of Hacas Chapman Hendy, on planning for the year ahead
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Power to the people
No support for transfer? Michael Gaskell has an alternative that could prove more popular
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Peer pressure
What do former housing ministers and peers involved in the sector think of the government's performance? And what would they do if they were in Lord Rooker's shoes as the new housing minister?