All Archive Titles articles – Page 137
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Archive TitlesWhy specify that ?
This month’s applications kick off with a bit of monkey business at Edinburgh Zoo, followed by a science park, a sports hall, a school and a university campus
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Recession? What recession?
The media hype around the looming recession merely serves to perpetuate the problem. While the economy is under increasing scrutiny, we have yet to experience a lull.
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Archive TitlesRead this!
The Leader’s Way By His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Laurens van der Muyzenberg
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Stamp it out
The UK Anti-Corruption Forum’s new guidance is aimed at professional bodies wanting to establish rules and procedures to reduce corruption involving their members or deal with incidents involving corruption.
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Nuclear is too much of a security risk
As a sustainability evangelical (some might say “young upstart”), I was pleased to read Nicholas Cox’s letter (BSj 03/08), raising some reservations about the use of nuclear power (although I’m personally less anxious about “the French”).
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Move on up
Our interview with Stefan Desormeaux of CBRE highlights the value of integrating building services expertise into a property surveying practice.
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Archive TitlesMug of the month
Clive Taylor, building surveying team leader for NPS Property Consultants, received this mug from his son, who appropriately enough is studying a structural engineering & architecture degree at Sheffield University.
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Archive TitlesThe pattern makers
Trent Concrete faced a double challenge on Nottingham’s new arts centre: recreating a lace pattern on concrete cladding and installing it without causing damage.
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Archive TitlesHidden treasure
How do you create a visually exciting public building that no one can see from the outside?
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Olympic green-o-meter
Positive news this month: Workers will have to use public transport to get to sites; concrete and aggregate will arrive by train, not truck.
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Gimme shelter
Congratulations to chartered surveyor and fellow of the institute Gerald Green.
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Inspectors: focus on H&S
With reference to Mark Key’s comment piece in CM’s April edition on the plight of Building Control.
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Why public sector projects fail
Risk management systems are all well and good but they require experienced managers to operate them, as recent research shows.
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Faber’s new York
Faber Maunsell has included ground source heat pumps for the York House office redevelopment in Lambeth, London.