All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 1326
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Take a chant on me
New sounds will soon be rolling over the Thames Valley, with the opening of a Buddhist chanting hall in Taplow, Buckinghamshire.
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Last chance to join intensive chartered status course
Construction Manager is launching a weekend crammer course to help non-chartered members of the CIOB attain chartered status.
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Computer central
Are you making full use of software packages to improve productivity? We look at how one m&e contractor has taken the pain out of procurement.
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Causation and Delay in construction disputes
Causation and Delay in construction disputesNicholas CarnellConstruction Books Direct£45.00 plus postage and packingAvailable from: Construction Books Direct (01344 630 810)Stock Number: 2751Delay in construction projects is a frequent cause of disputes. Nicholas Carnell's book provides an introduction to the subject and a reference guide for construction professionals. It deals with ...
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Cast for success
Can you build fast with high quality? Structural concrete contractor O'Rourke seems to think so
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Wind-free research at Cambridge
The off-site prefabrication of ten windshields for the University of Cambridge Laboratory project saved valuable on-site time on the project.
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Risky business
Risk management is a key part of every manager's job, but how well do you know your risks? Balfour Beatty has introduced a formal system of risk control for its managers.
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Fit IT to your business, not your business to IT, warns research
A two-year Research project into how the construction industry uses IT reveals that managers focus too much on the IT aspects of managing knowledge and information and too little on business processes.
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Time to bury the hatchet
The construction industry is growing faster than it is recruiting skilled workers, causing problems on site. Andy Cook stresses the need to work together.
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In the Bull Ring
A £400 million shopping centre is growing from a revamp of Birmingham's Bull Ring.
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Building control inspectors to face government scrutiny
New Government-backed performance measures to help clients compare private and public sector building control inspectors.
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Watch out for the refurbishment boom
There will be an increase in urban refurbishment schemes because the government is promising new tax breaks. Andy Cook explains why you should be sharpening your refurbishment skills.
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Top books
The Building Centre Bookshop has compiled lists of the top five books it has sold for project managers, contractors, consultants and QSs
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Schneider blocked
The French stock market watchdog has delayed Schneider Electric's proposed takeover of Legrand following legal action by Legrand shareholders.
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Teetotal is best
Is your business in a rut? Then go for growth by making sure all your workers are teetotal.
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Warning bells ring
BP Amoco's Grangemouth petrochemicals complex and First Hydro's Ffestiniog power station in North Wales are now safe in the knowledge that early warnings will sound if substation plant failure is imminent.
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The big bang theory
As standards emerge for compliance with 2003's ATEX Directive, Tony Rea wonders whether awareness of safety issues is high enough.
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Balfour Beatty launches risk management drive
Top-five contractor Balfour Beatty is sending 40 managers to Leeds University to learn how to teach risk management to the rest of Balfour's managers.
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New award for contractors
Electrical & Mechanical Contractor has teamed up with the ECA, Select and The Energy Saving Trust to search for the UK's most energy efficient electrical contractor.
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New tax scheme slammed by auditor
The National Audit Office confirmed what the construction industry had suspected for 18 months: that the Construction Industry Scheme for tax, which replaced SC6, was implemented badly by the Inland Revenue.