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Archive TitlesIntensive care
Totty Construction slashed nearly £1.5m off Bury NHS Trust's original budget of £8.5m thanks to design and build
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Buro Happold goes to school
Buro Happold is to provide the building services to five new primary schools in Ireland.
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Testing times for buildings
The impact of wind on tall buildings can be calculated with cfd, but this isn't always the best way. We discuss the options available.
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Archive TitlesBuilding skills in class
Vocational GCSEs and A levels to get parity with academic subjects. Contractors voice support but want more
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Shooting blanks
They don’t plan and they don’t supervise. Just what is the point of the Planning Supervisor?
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More POE means better buildings
How do we encourage more people to carry out post occupancy evaluation?
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Archive TitlesUse international recognition to drive establishment of industry best practice
CBI director-general urges industry to address skills shortage
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Best Practice to spread the word to industry
The Construction Best Practice Programme (CBPP) is to help spread the Strategic Forum messages of team integration, client influence and an overall improvement in people and safety issues.
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Pay awards fall to record low
The latest settlement figures released by the Engineering Employers' Federation (EEF) show that pay increases are at their lowest level since September 1999.
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Japanese architecture
Few would argue that Japan has some of the most exciting and innovative architecture in the world.
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Annual briefing and Innovation awards
HM chief inspector of construction, Kevin Myers, is the keynote speaker at the Institute’s Annual Briefing on 18 April, when the winner of the Innovation Awards 2002 will be revealed
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All rise
We examine the options available for ventilated facades on high rise buildings, and discusses work on the Brisbane magistrates court.
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Product feature - air conditioning
1. Reach for the Sky Daikin has introduced the Sky Air Super Inverter series of single-phase, R407C heat pump, split air conditioning systems. Units are suitable for light commercial applications and are available in capacities from 6·9 kW to 12·1 kW cooling and 7·8 kW to 13·7 kW heating.Increased evaporation ...
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Big Afghan projects unlikely
Rebuilding of Afghanistan not worth it for British firms, says Balfour
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How to achieve a flying start
Site managers have around 120 tasks to complete in the first four weeks of a building project. Dave Stitt gives his tips to getting them done
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An accountant with attitude
Norman CritchlowChief executive officer, EMCOR Drake & Scull Group
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Awards 2002 deadline soon
The deadline for entries for the 2002 Building Services Awards is fast approaching.
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'House teachers - not the homeless'
Councils should house key workers ahead of homeless families, putting economic competitiveness first, the development director of a high-profile housing association controversially claimed this week.
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Going to 'werk'
A pioneering Dutch scheme to move beyond foyers is tackling unemployment and homelessness at the same time - and the UK may follow suit soon, reveals Frank Koster
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Don't take your partners
David Hucker explains why Orbit and English Churches decided against a large-scale swap