All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 1220
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Match factor
The city of Liverpool is undergoing something of a renaissance. A prime example of this is the redevelopment of the derelict Bryant & May match-making factory in Speke. Internally the building's appearance is minimalism itself and it needed some unusual engineering to fit and hide the services. We find out ...
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Essential modernisation
Saleem Akram says Construction Management in Practice update is long overdue
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Regulation revision for engineers
The Construction Design and Management Regulations and associated guidance are changing.
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Market watch - mechanical & electrical
The construction industry is in for a bit of a bumpy ride over the next few years, and the electrical & mechanical contracting sector looks set to follow the trend. But increased public spending, and a growing repair and maintenance market will help see the business over the worst of ...
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Engineers join Earth Summit
CIBSE will join ten other professional institutions at this year's World Summit for Sustainable Development in Johannesburg.
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Design for light
Most lighting installations are designed and installed by non-lighting specialists. We discuss the main issues to consider and set out guidelines by which improvements could be made.
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Identifying defects
Defects in buildings sets out to help with the recognition and the cure of commonly occurring defects in all types of buildings.
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Plant costs
Construction Manager’s bi-monthly overview of prices in key UK locations provided by leading QS, Capita
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Archive TitlesPartnering contract will open door for subcontractors
New PPC2000 contract designed to force benefits and responsibilities down the supply chain
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Maintenance costs continue to grow in private sector
Private sector maintenance costs are continuing to rise faster than those in the public sector, according to the latest edition of the BMI quarterly briefing of maintenance costs.
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Consultancy recognised for investment in its people
Buro Happold has been awarded the prestigious worldwide Investors in People (IIP) accreditation, making the practice only the second company to ever receive this recognition on a worldwide basis, and the first company in the construction industry to be recognised in this way.A delighted Mandy Clarke, personnel director for Buro ...
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Engineering solutions to the challenges of Part L regulations
The results of an Oscar Faber-led project into hvac strategies for well-insulated airtight buildings have been published by CIBSE.
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Lighting guide on CD-Rom
A new edition of the Code for interior lighting, published jointly by the Society of Light and Lighting and CIBSE, has been released.
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Cast iron guarantee?
Timing can be criticalCalling for payment from a guarantor out of time can rule it out of orderA subbie agreed under a performance bond that in the event of a default under the subcontract, the contractor could force the subcontractor’s guarantor to pay just over £1.5m — 10% of the ...
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Archive TitlesTUC drive to lay blame for safety failures with directors
Trade unions and safety campaigners team up to force government into making company directors responsible for on site accidents and safety lapses
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Archive TitlesFeeding the hand that bites
As local councils push partnering out of the coffee-and-croissant circuit and into the laps of regional contractors, the pressure to end subbie-bashing is on
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Looking behind the software
Mark Russell and Dr Panjikel Surendran examine the mathematics behind computational modelling for building services.
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Archive TitlesEMCOR Drake & Scull awarded m&e contract at Liverpool Museum
EMCOR Drake & Scull has been awarded a £4.25 million contract to supply and install the m&e services at Liverpool Museum.A £30 million refurbishment project is underway at the museum, involving an extensive building improvement programme that will double the size of the display areas. The project is supported by ...
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Making confident assumptions
When it comes to speculative office lighting it is essential that the appropriate assumptions are made about the end-user.