All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 1338
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Going the extra mile
A sustainable park for the 21st Century calls for some equally sustainable buildings, and preferably ones that are zero-energy. Does the answer lie in the soil?
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email from Ecuador
It's been a month since I arrived in Ecuador. I've now found my feet and have started to get to know the players in the community that I will be working with.
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Weald and Downland Trust
This spectacular visitor centre at the Weald and Downland Trust in Sussex will be a national facility for the study and practice of building conservation.
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Disc world
Tired of wading through tender documentation? Fed up of trying to reconcile contractor's submissions? Why not get everyone to bid electronically?
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Great Court
Lord Foster's roofing-over of the Great Court at the British Museum was completed last December.
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Computing - PV power
As the potential for photovoltaic use increases in the UK, a computer program which helps in the design of the systems has been released.
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A clean sweep
Contract cleaning companies want to tackle the recruitment crisis in their sector by turning cleaning into a full-time job with better pay and greater diversity.
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Cisco considers 'PFI' style outsource deal
Nacore summit hears arguments for outsourcing property
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CIBSE's low energy opportunity
Sir: It was certainly good to have so many building services engineers visit Dublin for the 20-20 Vision conference in September 2000.
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DTI's token effort on chp
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) gave consent for four small-scale combined heat and power (chp) plants in December.
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Charter will raise our game, says Clients' Confederation
Continuous improvement in procurement and project delivery is at the heart of the Clients' Charter launched by the Confederation of Construction Clients.
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Cost model - Data centres
The cost and research departments of Mott Green & Wall and Davis Langdon & Everest examine the m&e installations required to service a data centre.
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Centre for innovation
The Cable & Wireless Business Solution Centre in Brentford, Middlesex, was designed with creativity in mind.
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Opinion - A case of Just Trillium?
Land Securities' acquisition of Trillium has got corporate outsourcing pulses racing but, as James Whitmore argues, there may be many hurdles to overcome before any other property companies leap into the facilities management business
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Call the shots
Companies can reduce their spend on outsourced services by 10% if benchmarking techniques are put into action.
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Fit to burst
Shorter leases and developments in e-business are just two reasons why companies are reorganising, and then reorganising again. Add to that the growing demand for high-quality workplaces and you've got a fit-out sector that can't stand still.
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Workplace repacks 'tool box'
Surveying firm uses facilities management methods for property work
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Chilled beams and ceiling tiles
Despite the close relationship between chilled beams and ceiling tiles, there is little knowledge of how the two components interact. To find out, consultant WSP and manufacturer Waterloo Air Management carried out research to identify the system characteristics.
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Careers - Ian Barker
Ian Barker is the facilities manager at Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School in Blackburn
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Wasting away
The government aims to cut waste disposed at landfill sites by 15% in the next five years and has introduced a number of fiscal and regulatory measures to push ahead with its plans. Martin Ott, head of minerals at FPD Savills, looks at the environmental policies that will lead to ...