All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 106
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Is it easier to construct university accommodation in a tight urban location, or in a rural setting where planning may be stricter? Stephen Cousins visited two sites to find out
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Council picks Inviron
Inviron’s national building services division has won a mechanical and electrical contract with Suffolk County Council which covers 550 buildings, including the council’s Ipswich headquarters.
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Running costs halved
Dalkia says its new BMS improves efficiency by using less electricity.
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London’s largest geothermal cooling scheme
Faber Maunsell is working on London’s largest geothermal cooling scheme, pictured.
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Touch-screen controls
Two touch-screen controllers produced by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) are set to offer building owners complete control over VRF air-conditioning systems, as well as the ability to set individual performance parameters for up to 144 indoor units.
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Construction is not as green as we think
While sustainability has made inroads into most areas of construction, it appears it has, as yet, failed to impact on company travel policies.
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Survey predicts two-year construction slump
Output in the construction industry will continue to fall throughout 2008 and 2009, according to research from the Construction Confederation and CPA’s joint trade survey report, released last month.
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Employers complain that young people have no practical experience
Construction Skills, the government’s SECtor skills council for construction, has recently reported that the industry faces a ‘workforce timebomb’, in the form of an ageing workforce, which means that the skills shortage is likely to get worse before it gets better.
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New uncertainty over extension of time claims
Extension of time claims were looking relatively cut and dried for a while there, but not any more, warns Douglas Wass
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Three decades of CIBSE
In its contribution to BSj’s 30th anniversary issue, CIBSE acknowledges the people and the initiatives that have helped put it in the strong position it is today
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Chemical solution
One size does not fit all, especially for chemical drainage, says Des Dolan
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CIBSE low carbon widget
CIBSE Certification has created a “widget” to enable users to search the low carbon energy assessors register from a range of platforms, including blogs and social networking sites.
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Carbon clean-up campaigns
Now in its third year, CIBSE’s 100 Days of Carbon Clean Up campaign (this year taking the form of the “100 Hours” campaign) has helped raise awareness of the need to cut carbon emissions from the UK workplace.
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CIBSE carbon reduction campaign
CIBSE carbon reduction campaign calls for low carbon champions
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Leaders of the pack: icons of building services
Who is responsible for the building services sector as it stands today? Who has shaped the profession and the way we work? BSj polled 50 senior engineers for their nominations for the 30 people who have most influenced the industry in the past three decades
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Evolution of the building services engineer
Building services engineers now command a seat at the top table but it wasn’t always so. Chris Cole, chief executive of WSP Group, charts the past, present and future of the profession
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Archive TitlesThere’s a lot of nice builders out there
The Considerate Constructors Scheme is celebrating the registration of its 30,000th site.
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The projects that broke new ground
So, what about the fruits of services engineers’ labours? We asked a panel of sector leaders and academics to name 30 projects that have reshaped the built environment over the three decades since BSj’s inception in 1978