All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 1305
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Letter of the law
In the second of his three-part series examining the pitfalls and problems of contract law, we turn our attention to the exchange of correspondence and provides a note of caution regarding printed stationery
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Watch out for the invisible smallprint
As professionals, building services engineers want to achieve the best for their clients. But in law, they may be obliged to provide much more – and you may not even see it in the contract.
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Measuring the impact of pvc
Life cycle assessment of polyvinyl chloride and alternatives: summary reportDETRCopies available from the DETR on 020 7944 5867.Life cycle assessment of polyvinyl chloride and alternatives: summary report has been published by the DETR.This report aims to inform the current debate on pvc and looks at the relative risks and the ...
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Health & safety update
David Denton, editor of the Barbour Index health, safety, environmental briefing, rounds up the latest publications
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Who got that job?
George Daville is the new group property executive at Sunderland AFC
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Going green? Get on-line
The Building Research Establishment is launching a Reference File of sustainable building projects. Their aim is that engineers and designers will share their experience and knowledge of the latest techniques on-line.
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Max Fordham
In May, Max Fordham will take up the presidency of CIBSE. Here, the Journal talks to Fordham about how he arrived at his career in building services, and his views of engineering, design and buildings.
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The green factor
The advantages of sustainable building techniques may be obvious to services engineers, but how can businesses be persuaded to take the green option?
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Email from Ecuador
Authentic summer weather hit Ecuador this month, with strong winds, hottish afternoons and dust rising from every road. The winds blew down the porch of my shack, smashing a few roof tiles and again testing my limited skills in roof repair (the rain hasn't come in yet). The afternoon sun ...
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Making sense of ECAs
For the first time, Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown proposes to use the tax relief system to encourage energy efficiency. How well will the proposed scheme work?
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Are your drivers safe?
This month safety advisers will gather to discuss work-related road safety at a conference convened by RoSPA. We outline the key issues for those involved in fleet management who want to help form future policies
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Are you discriminating?
The deadline for complying with Part III of the Disability Discrimination Act may be three years away, but service providers should act now. Access consultant Nick Calton provides practical advice on how best to comply with its requirements
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Masters of disaster
Fire and flood may be classed as acts of God, but there is much that can be done to prepare for such eventualities. We examine crisis management and look at how well the disaster plans of two companies stood up when catastrophe struck
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Preparing for the deluge
Inland Flood DefenceNational Audit OfficeHard copies available from The Stationery Office on 0845 702 3473 or via the NAO website at www.nao.gov.ukThe atrocious weather at the end of last year and beginning of this, saw many buildings under threat from flood for the first time ever. Other areas which had ...
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Private finance initiative - Kirklees is first council to take stake in schools PFI project
Kirklees council has become the first local authority to take an equity stake in a PFI project.
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Cost club: Cleaning
In the second of our new series featuring costs and market data, we turn the spotlight on the contract cleaning sector and discovers that due to diversification, the sector is becoming increasingly difficult to define
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A free CIBSE publication
New guidance: flexible building services for office based environments: principles for designersCIBSEThis title is available free to members from the CIBSE website at www.cibse.orgHaving produced a new piece of research which will be important to virtually all members, CIBSE is making it available free to members via the CIBSE website ...
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The chatroom
Q: We are losing a contract and the employees would transfer across to another employer. However, we have vacancies in another department and the employees want to stay with us. Can we do anything? What is our legal position?
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Quantum takes charge
Quantum Partnership has taken over management of The Energy Efficiency Best Practice programme. Quantum will run the scheme on behalf of the Carbon Trust. The Trust has around £150 million to spend on energy efficiency schemes.Quantum was created in January this year to act as lead contractor for the Energy ...
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Turning carbon into cash
As part of its efforts to combat global warming, the Government plans to introduce an emissions trading scheme, open to all UK companies. This is an important business opportunity for the industry.