All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 108
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Case 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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Anglian contract
Saint-Gobain’s PAM Natural ductile iron pipes, coated with 400gm zinc aluminium and finished with blue epoxy, have landed the company an £8m contract with Anglian Water.
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Tour & Andersson's Peter Rees talks balancing valves
Investing in balancing valves and regular monitoring is the way to get the best performance from variable speed pumps, says Peter Rees
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Analogue control panel
Clymac Fire and Security Systems’ ZP3 Lite is an analogue control panel claimed to reduce false alarms.
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All-in-one management
Drax has launched Connect, an event management system which it claims is a complete solution to the control of one or more alarm systems.
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Don’t fear the insolvency adviser
Seeking advice from a corporate recovery specialist signals a lust for life, rather than inevitable doom, so smart firms act fast
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Little giant addition
Little Giant has expanded its family of automatic condensate removal pumps with the new EC-OP-K, designed for use with residential and commercial wall-mounted, ceiling, and fan coil air-conditioners of up to 10kw.
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Making data centre figures add up
I was interested to see that Red Engineering Design’s green data centre package was a runner-up in the 2008 Building Services Awards (BSj 07/08). I congratulate the firm on its achievements, especially as there is such focus on energy usage today and data centres, by their nature, are large energy ...
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ACRIB targets F-gas cowboys
The Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Industry Board is putting pressure on the government to implement a mandatory registration scheme for companies and individuals that work with F-gas.
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What about us?
I presume your interview with Keith Pickavance in the July/August 2008 issue was intended to give the members an insight into ‘our man’.
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30 Questions: Green go-between Jonathon Porritt
Jonathon Porritt, once a thorn in the side of government and business, is now a conciliator in the sustainability debate. BSj probes his thinking with 30 questions on how much the construction industry – and building services – is achieving
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Tomorrow's World: the building of 2038
What will building services be delivering three decades from now? BSj asks industry experts to predict how Britain will be living, working and shopping
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How we saved the planet (a 2038 fantasy)
It’s 2038, carbon footprints are plummeting, but engineers are still on a mission. Paddy Conaghan casts his imagination 30 years ahead
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2012: Victorious sprint or tearful failure?
The Olympics have dominated the news of late – that’s 2012, not 2008. But has the news been good or bad? Let’s find out …
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BSj's first online seminar scheduled 30th September 08
BSj’s first online seminar, titled How to Design for Schools, is to take place on Tuesday, 30 September, at 12.30pm.
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Government orders inquiry into construction deaths
Investigation commissioned after sharp increase in fatalities
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Major projects update
Maces favourite for Birmingham New Street, Crossrail shortlist announced, Beetham tower gets a boost
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Archive TitlesGovernment orders HSE probe into site deaths
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has been ordered to carry out a major inquiry into recent deaths in the construction industry.
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Late payment practices worsen
Firms are paying their subcontractors an average of three weeks late, compared with two weeks late a year ago, according to research from credit rating agency Experian.
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Archive TitlesMott MacDonald appointed design engineer for Bahrain tower
Mott MacDonald has been appointed as design engineer on a £100m tower building in Bahrain.