All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 1329
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Three become one ...
Three installer inspectorates, the SSAIB, AISC and Integrity 2000 have merged to form a single – as yet unnamed – organisation.
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Current affairs: Wrong end of the beast
The false alarm problem is being tackled from the wrong end – standards must be raised upfront
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NVQ masterclass [Part 2] - Choice is yours
Martin Kane of SITO details the units candidates will take and breaks down the requirements of Unit 1 on safe working environments
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The bench test 2 - Remotely interesting
Gardtec 591 upload/download management system Gardiner Technology brings the UDL future nearer
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The bench test 1 - Who is at the door?
Spectrum home CCTV from Voltek Automation A competent system with good upgrade options
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Storm Warning
As the effects of climate change begin to bite, experts are warning that over £100 million will need to be spent annually to protect us from catastrophic flooding. How should this money be spent?
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Specifying on the net
The Specnet product specification service has been launched on the world wide web. Will building services engineers be able to specify plant at the click of a mouse?
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People moves
Tim Gerrard has been appointed managing director group services at DTZ Holdings. Formerly of PA Consulting, Tim is responsible for marketing, IT, HR and facilities functions, and will be based at the firm's Curzon Street headquarters.Emily Adcock has been promoted to associate director (asset management) at Insignia Richard Ellis. Emily, ...
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The manager
The contract manager is pivotal to the success of a project. The candidate must establish systems of control, co-ordination and communication. The manager should also maintain competition within the marketplace ensuring that cartel arrangements are not used to determine service providers.
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Support service or lifeline?
Long overlooked by the world of construction and design, facilities management is marking out its position as part of core business strategy.
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Lifting the lid
Are our schools adequately ventilated? New research carried out by Cranfield University suggests not.
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Lessons in ventilation
Schools are arguably our most important public buildings. They are not only the country's premier places of learning, but also where society stakes its moral, ethical and scientific future. They are not places where we should skimp and save.
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Water hygiene
Following various outbreaks of Legionnaires' Disease in the mid '90s, the Health and Safety Executive set up a national programme of inspections. Geoffrey Brundrett examines the results and their impact on the HSE's code of practice
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Health & safety update
Barbour Index editor David Denton rounds up the latest publications, plus a recent court decision on flooding
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Less noise is promised in sound guidance revamp
The Government has issued proposals for massive changes to the rules on sound insulation in Approved Document E of the Building Regulations.
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The great rethink
New Labour, new construction industry initiative fatigue, say some. But Don Leeper, the CIBSE champion for Rethinking Construction, believes that the various initiatives do add up. How can you help?
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The future for refrigerants
A new EC regulation and the UK's Climate Change Programme has not only hammered the final nail in the coffin of cfcs and hcfcs, but could also mean a bumpy road ahead for hfcs.
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Email from Ecuador
Two months into my time in Ecuador, and the job I was sent to do is slowly coming into focus. My role is to protect the cloud-forest on Mojanda – about thirty miles north of the capital city Quito – from tree felling and burning, while at the same time ...
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Doing your duty
Building services engineers take note: even without a contractural relationship, consultants may be liable to a third party for a building's defects.