All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 1200
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What do you think?
Organisations of all sorts – councils, developers, government departments, airports – are putting time, effort and money into consultation. So how do you get it right? Chris Brown is about to tell you
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Win tickets to the EMC golf championship
Don’t miss out on an opportunity to take part in the EMC/BSJ Building Services Golf Championship.
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Electrical Safety Council appeals for better on-site safety
The Electrical Safety Council is urging contractors to ensure that safe isolation procedures for low voltage installations are being implemented on construction sites.
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Green products standard
Designers will be able to select construction products based on their environmental impact following the launch of a new environmental standard.
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CIBSE response to energy paper
CIBSE has criticised the government’s energy White Paper for failing to promote renewable energy generation.
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Shortage of energy assessors causes HIP hold-up
The introduction of controversial Home Information Packs (HIPs) is to be delayed.
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Energy White Paper: government must try harder
Industry luke warm over energy initiatives.
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What would you do?
In the weeks before the government published its White Paper on planning reform, we asked those at the sharp end how they thought things could be improved. Here, Kristina Smith summarises their ideas and checks up on what the White Paper says
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10 key reasons why the London Plan isn’t working
Draft further alterations to the London Plan include a proposal to double the target for on-site renewable energy from 10% to 20%.
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Air handling solutions
We begin this month’s product focus on air handling by taking a look at twin thermal wheel systems
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Archive TitlesReleasing more green belt land will allow developers to reap bigger profits while our cities stagnate
Green Belt is probably the best known and most popular planning policy.
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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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Bring back apprentices
I write with reference to Bernard Blain’s article in May’s Construction Manager.
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Apprenticeships
The Plumbing and Mechanical Services Training company has been set up to manage apprentices in Northern Ireland.
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Archive TitlesAn argument that holds water
I read with interest Jeff Kirton's challenge to female CIBSE members regarding the “enormous waste of water” in ladies’ washrooms (BSj 03/06).
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Archive TitlesHerzog & de Meuron’s RIBA prize-winner Laban suffers for its art
Laban dance centre swept the critics off their feet when its gleaming facades were first unveiled. But for the school, poorly functioning services mean it's just a pretty face
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Extra: New Ash Green – building it and living there
My reading of the obituary of Ivor Cunningham who died earlier this year led me to recall my start in the construction industry and caused me to reflect upon the issue of housing in the countryside and an approach taken by Cunningham and his colleagues some forty years ago.