All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 1293
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Facilities firms eye up core public services
PFI contractors anticipate a new wave of post election business opportunities
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Joint venture: Scotland's FSS close to deal with SICBX
Scotland's first facilities management company is set to partner SICBX, following that firm's takeover by Belgian company Tractebel
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Opinion: Give it two cheers
Jaundiced by his years as a local council reporter, our commenter suspects he was one of just a few to raise a cheer for local government reforms. But he wonders, once the revolution is underway, will the private sector be able to keep pace?
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Why do candidates fail at job interviews?
In my thirteen years working in recruitment for engineering, maintenance and facility management professionals, I have found the most common reasons why candidates fail at interview stage are:they have no constructive questions or knowledge of the companythey have gone to the interview solely because the job is paying more moneythey ...
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Facilities Management and the Business of Space
Facilities Management and the Business of SpaceDanny Then & Wallace McGregor£35.00192 pagesHardbackThis text looks at the strategic and tactical issues surrounding the management of work environments, the processes and tools used to assess space demand and use, and plans for change. It proposes a view of facilities management that examines ...
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Business Logistics Management
Business Logistics ManagementRonal H Ballou£39.99681 pagesPaperback4th editionCovering planning, organising and controlling of such activities as transportation, inventory maintenance, order processing, purchasing, warehousing, materials handling, packaging, customer service standards and product scheduling, this works aims to help readers solve actual problems.
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Building design: Build safety in
Health and safety measures need to be built in at the design and construction stage of buildings to reduce serious injuries at work, delegates to the Facilities Show 2001 heard.Rospa's Roger Bibbings said good practice has to run down the supply chain, starting with good pre-tendering requirements.
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Politics: BSA to lobby for sector champion
The Business Services Association is to lobby the DTI for a minister to champion the support services sector.
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Data protection: Bosses left in dark over staff emails
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has convened a special one-day conference to discuss the issue of privacy at work, amid mounting confusion over the Code of Practice on data protection.
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Facilities Management: Towards Best Practice
Facilities Management: Towards Best PracticeEdited by PS Barrett£28.50272 pages PaperbackAs a profession facilities management is still in its early stages, and there is little in terms of body knowledge which facilities managers can call their own. This title bridges that gap, by taking models and ideas from practising facilities ...
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Facilities Management: Towards Best Practice
Facilities Management: Towards Best PracticeEdited by PS Barrett£28.50272 pagesPaperbackAs a profession facilities management is still in its early stages, and there is little in terms of body knowledge which facilities managers can call their own. This title bridges that gap, by taking models and ideas from practising facilities managers. It ...
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Health and safety: Debate delays asbestos law
Delay in tightening asbestos laws leaves building managers unsure of their responsibility for mapping the fibre's presence in buildings
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Senior appointment: Heath to become man of Stiell
Bill Heath, one of the founder members of facilities management firm Sulzer Infra CBX, has joined rival facilities firm Stiell, as a director based in the firm's Welwyn Garden City office.
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Will anyone minister to our needs ?
The Treasury's love affair with PFIs and PPPs will certainly aid the argument for a minister to champion support services. But could representation for facilities management as a whole follow? FB reports on the Business Services Association's plans to lobby the new government
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Glass act
Inspace has completed a £4m project to strip out and re-fit four floors within the Liberty store in central London on behalf of MWB.The project was completed in under 12 working weeks with the 40,000 sq ft of space being converted into flexible offices with meeting rooms, hot-desking areas and ...
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It's About Time - Skills Booster CD-ROM
It’s About Time - Skills Booster CD-ROM£399.00 + VAT (£468.82 inc VAT)3 hours contentHighAimed at people who face conflicting demands on their time, this CD-ROM provides a comprehensive and practical approach to effective time management. It will boost your performance by helping you to: understand the pressures on your ...
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Rent deposits – the tenant's perspective
Rent deposits have become a bigger issue recently with the increase in new start-ups, particularly in the dot.com arena. However, many prospective tenants are finding that when it comes to taking up leases their lack of a track record means landlords want some form of security before they will agree ...
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Toyota's new £25m HQ completed
For facilities manager Simon Lake, Toyota's new HQ is the culmination of years of work to create 'something special'. The easy to maintain, low energy Sheppard Robson building has a gym, restaurant (pictured), deli bar and space to display Toyota's latest models. Caterer is Sodexho, m&e consultant Drake & Scull, ...
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Wild Wadi water
Covering an area of four hectares, the Wild Wadi aqua park represents more than just the best of water theme parks, it is also a triumph of architecture and engineering working hand in hand to bring design concept to practical reality.