All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 126
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Stamp it out
The UK Anti-Corruption Forum’s new guidance is aimed at professional bodies wanting to establish rules and procedures to reduce corruption involving their members or deal with incidents involving corruption.
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Nuclear is too much of a security risk
As a sustainability evangelical (some might say “young upstart”), I was pleased to read Nicholas Cox’s letter (BSj 03/08), raising some reservations about the use of nuclear power (although I’m personally less anxious about “the French”).
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Move on up
Our interview with Stefan Desormeaux of CBRE highlights the value of integrating building services expertise into a property surveying practice.
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Archive TitlesMug of the month
Clive Taylor, building surveying team leader for NPS Property Consultants, received this mug from his son, who appropriately enough is studying a structural engineering & architecture degree at Sheffield University.
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Archive TitlesThe pattern makers
Trent Concrete faced a double challenge on Nottingham’s new arts centre: recreating a lace pattern on concrete cladding and installing it without causing damage.
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Archive TitlesHidden treasure
How do you create a visually exciting public building that no one can see from the outside?
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Olympic green-o-meter
Positive news this month: Workers will have to use public transport to get to sites; concrete and aggregate will arrive by train, not truck.
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Gimme shelter
Congratulations to chartered surveyor and fellow of the institute Gerald Green.
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Inspectors: focus on H&S
With reference to Mark Key’s comment piece in CM’s April edition on the plight of Building Control.
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Why public sector projects fail
Risk management systems are all well and good but they require experienced managers to operate them, as recent research shows.
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Faber’s new York
Faber Maunsell has included ground source heat pumps for the York House office redevelopment in Lambeth, London.
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Space exploration
New Space is a range of environmentally friendly rooftop units from CIAT Ozonair.
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Exclusion zones
What is reasonable when it comes to exclusion clauses? Carina Badger reports on a recent appeal court ruling
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EPC prices ‘fluctuating wildly’
Ignorance, speculation or opportunism potentially to blame for differences in fledgling assessors’ quotes
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New Diploma: Doing quite nicely, thank you
ConstructionSkills has been quick to counter stories last month that the new Construction and Built Environment Diploma for 14-to-19-year-olds is seriously undersubscribed.