All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 1334
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Your chance to grill Chris Blythe
To mark Chris Blythe's first year as chief executive of the Chartered Institute of Building
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Bashing the bullies
Sympathy for the underdog may have worked for Bob the Builder, but will it help you in court? Laurence Cobb, partner with law firm Taylor Joynson Garrett, examines economic duress
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Risk lessons for Balfour managers
Top-ten contractor Balfour Beatty has called in insurance broker Willis to provide risk management training for its estimators and surveyors.
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Auctioneer Russell
Bruce Russell, former chairman and managing director of Taylor Woodrow Construction, has joined the advisory board of auction and e-procurement website eu-supply.com.
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Any old iron
If you have galvanised roofing left over from your latest job, why not trade it for some plasterboard or some flooring? Surplushop.com lets you do this.
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All systems go?
Changing your back office systems can be fraught with difficulties. Two Kent-based contractors found the process especially tricky
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BT e-strategy boss to address construction
London hosts the e-business for construction conference on 22 and 23 March.
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Testing, testing
Our latest technical q&a series focuses on inspection and testing. This month Robin's Mike Ferris looks at earth loop impedance measurement.
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Trade Secrets
Going back to the classroom can be a touch demeaning for time served electricians. All the same, with structured cabling, there are some vital new lessons to be learned.
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Savoy Place
Lower waste, lower labour, lower costs…are the theoretical benefits of prefabrication realistic? Alison Luke reports from an on-site trial.
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Peckham wry
Award-winning Peckham Library has hit the headlines again, this time for all the wrong reasons
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Modular Wiring - Wired for play
While standardisation and off-site construction is becoming common with building components, it has yet to become a force in the electrical wiring market.
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The pro prefab MEDIC
Tony Rea reports on an industry project to improve health through off-site prefabrication of services.
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KPIs hit suppliers
Contractors will soon be able to select product suppliers based on their benchmark scores in areas such as product quality, delivery and aftersales service.
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Lightening the moods in Helsinki
Helsinki may not be the first place you'd think of for that perfect luxury holiday.
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Green Light
Richard Lafferty contemplates the significance of the Government's Climate Change Levy on the lighting aspect of electrical contracting.
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Time to go for green
The construction industry has been attacked for failing to deliver energy efficient buildings.
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Point for the future
Birmingham's new Millennium Point, currently under construction, is using Britmac underfloor power track and floor boxes to distribute power and communications cabling throughout the building.
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Quality fibre
Richard Lafferty examines a lighting technology which is now beginning to make an impression in the UK.
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Flights of fancy
The new addition to Newcastle Airport is being hailed as a triumph of construction and teamwork by all the parties involved.