All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 1267
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Smoke control in underground car parks
Recent advances in technology have produced alternatives to traditional methods of underground car park ventilation. So what's on offer?
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Model answer
Modelling can add real value to a project and help convince a client to follow a particular design route. But care is needed to get the most out of the exercise.
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Government announces details of its latest energy-efficiency incentive
Environment minister explains how controversial new trading scheme will provide cash incentives over the next five years to organisations meeting tough new energy targets.
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Air space
When it comes to creative designs modelling is an essential part of the design process. Here's how computational fluid dynamic analysis played a role in the latest addition to the Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport.
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Market watch - air conditioning
In the first of our series of Market Watch reports, we look at the air conditioning sector. The current slow down looks set to turn around by the start of 2002, with new markets opening up and developments in technology.
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Plans revealed for extensive indoor air quality study
The BRE has undertaken a project to promote the need for good indoor air quality in urban buildings.
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Acting under instruction
Funding for the £6 million Theatr Mwldan bilingual arts centre and cinema in Cardigan, Wales has now been confirmed.
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What can we do about project feedback?
Moves to create a standard procedure for measuring the performance of buildings are gathering pace. We certainly need common benchmarks, and we also need agreed and validated methods of measuring energy consumption and occupant satisfaction. But where do we start?
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Troubleshooter
Love him or loathe him, you can't ignore him. Sir John Egan is back after a three-year absence, with his sights set on improving health and safety. And he's planning more sweeping changes to the industry.
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Stung!
Electronic collaboration may improve communication, but if your project data becomes corrupted, it could land you in trouble with the law. CM reports on how to protect yourself
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Spotlight on Scotland
This month recruitment expert Hays Montrose looks at the marketplace in Scotland
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Plug pulled
Technological development may bring constant improvements to software, but the pace of change can be a drawback for smaller contractors.
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Playing it safe
John Warchus, IT and e-commerce partner with law firm Shadbolt & Co, explains how to guard against being caught short if your IT system fails
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Terrible year makes safety plans urgent
After a terrible year for fatalities, organisations are trying to keep the legislators at bay.
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Ready-made future
Builders Merchants Federation director Jeremy Hawksley considers whether prefabrication will ever take hold in the English housebuilding market
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End of the good times?
The economy may be about to crash. CM looks at the prospect of a recession in construction End of the good times?
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A tribute to Sir Ian Dixon
The immediate past president of the Chartered Institute of Building, John Bale (pictured), remembers another former president, Sir Ian Dixon, who died in July
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Plant costs
In the fifth of a series looking at plant costs, leading QS Capita reveals that preliminary costs in Edinburgh and Cardiff remain stable, with scattered price variations in other regions
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Fishing for competence
After promising to attract more graduates to into construction, is the industry delivering?