All Archive Titles articles – Page 1252
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Prefabrication of services
This month the cost and research departments of Mott Green & Wall and Davis Langdon & Everest examine the benefits of the specification of pre-assembled and pre-fabricated building services installations.
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Rich pickings
Billions will be pumped into schools and hospitals. Big companies will get the big projects but there's enough for everybody.
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Roving reps pilot to start in the New Year
No power and by invitation only but the Construction Confederation still says No!
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Spotlight on the Midlands
The north/south salary divide is a fallacy, according to recruitment agency Hays Montrose
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Staff matters
What can you do when a key employee turns up late for the fourth time in a fortnight? Quentin Colborn tackles people management issues
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Waste management
Will the construction industry make real savings by embracing supply chain management? Jenny Hampton hears from a despondent software supplier and a satisfied end user
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Making light work
As part of its recent major refurbishment, Tate Britain installed a new solar shading system to let visitors enjoy better daylighting, while protecting precious artwork from harsh sunlight.
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Reclaiming the land
Shrinking land banks and tough government targets are making brownfield development a commercial reality. With landfill tax at £12 per tonne, and set to rise, you'd be wise to look at all the methods of redeeming contaminated land.
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Universities need industry
Alan Brown believes that companies should support building services courses, if they are to benefit from a greater number of quality graduates.
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Enschede Tax Office
In 1997 the low energy Elizabeth Fry Building was lauded as "the best building ever". Four years on this advanced naturally-ventilated tax office extension in Holland has scooped the top-spot. How was it done?
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Energy research under review
Professor David King, the government's chief scientific advisor, has launched a review of energy research, development and demonstration activities.
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Email from Galapagos
This month threw me a lucky bounce in the shape of an all expenses-paid trip to visit six of the Galapagos's uninhabited islands.
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Who earns more?
The National Federation of Builders poured cold water on a university education last month, prompting a quick reply from one department head
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Who don't you love?
Mechanical and electrical subcontractors have been telling Dave Stitt: "We're the industry's outcasts"
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Fast and dangerous?
Defamation? Accidental contracts? Bet you didn't realise email was so tricky, says John Warchus
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Plant costs
Contruction Manager's bi-monthly overview of prices in key UK locations provided by leading QS, Capita
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Making use of free cooling
More companies are taking advantage of free cooling methods to make substantial cuts to their energy bills.
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Great chemistry
With £28 million of the government's Joint Infrastructure Fund Cambridge University has been able to refurbish its outdated chemistry laboratories. How did the building services engineers make this transformation possible?