All Archive Titles articles – Page 139
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Call to ease zero carbon criteria
The government’s drive for zero-carbon new homes by 2016 is in danger of failing unless it allows the purchase of off-site renewable energy.
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UK buy for Grontmij
The European engineering and environmental consultancy Grontmij has bought Roger Preston & Partners for about £16m.
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Buro Happold help Three Gardens Housing Scheme to gain Ecohomes status
A village housing scheme is using local products, such as wool, and green open spaces to reap a top Ecohomes rating
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Hazelwood School presents a new challenge for Buro Happold
Buro Happold had to reconcile a low-energy policy with the needs of the sensory impaired pupils at a new school in Glasgow. That ruled out radiators, for a start...
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Archive TitlesBuild up your women
Companies looking to recruit or develop female employees could benefit from an additional £660,000 of government funding through ConstructionSkills.
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Can we build schools for the future?
The drive is on to ensure all schools are functional and modern, but can we be confident that the approaches taken now will still be applicable in years to come? Philip Watson offers some advice. Photographs by Alan McAtee, Buro Happold
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Archive TitlesRise in bogus self-employed
Construction union UCATT has called for the abolition of the CIS scheme, claiming that false self-employment is costing the UK government between £1.4bn and £1.9bn in lost tax and national insurance payments.
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Archive TitlesBob’s world
How quickly the world changes. One moment you are beating off the recruitment consultants with an unpleasantly coated stick. The next, you are wondering if you’ll still have a job at the end of the contract.
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Archive TitlesThe Big Green Makeover
Until now existing buildings have been conveniently overlooked in the pursuit of sexy zero carbon new-build. But it looks like all that is about to change.
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BID rigging net widens
The 112 firms accused of bid-rigging and cover pricing in the latest Office of Fair Trading (OFT) investigation may not be the only ones facing legal action, it emerged last month.
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Building Services Journal named best monthly business magazine
It’s official: Building Services Journal is the best monthly business magazine. Star status was confirmed at the magazine industry’s Oscars – the Periodical Publishers Association Awards – where BSj was named Monthly Business Magazine of the Year.
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Cost model: The benefits of TV via LAN
Replacing conventional TV distribution systems with LAN technology saves money and prevents low-tech problems such as ghosting, says Davis Langdon Mott Green Wall
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Solar thermal – try before you decry
I must take issue with Keith Moss regarding his letter on solar thermal (BSj 04/08).
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Barratt Green House claims to meet level six criteria
The Barratt Green House is claimed to be the first from a mainstream housebuilder to meet the criteria for level six of the government’s Code for Sustainable Homes.
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Construction stars in H&S Awards
Construction firms won 600 of 1,500 prizes handed out over the three-day RoSPA Occupational Health and Safety Awards, including the premier accolade, the Sir George Earle Trophy, for the second year in succession.
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Archive TitlesCase notes... from Ann Wright
Want to avoid costly disputes on your job? Then read Ann’s short-but-sweet summaries of the latest legal cases
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Hotel air-exchanger
The HR100R/RS from Vent-Axia is a self-contained heat recovery unit for single bath/bedroom applications in multiple occupancy properties such as hotels or care homes.
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Options for air handling
MEMS mass flow sensors are an alternative to differential pressure sensors in the fight to enhance HVAC efficiency says Jens Vogt, introducing our focus on air handling