All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 1358
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The care manager
Clinical care has long been the main focus of government funding and attention, but under initiatives such as the NHS Plan, non-clinical services are taking on a new importance. Kate Lowe asks Geoff Callan, the new chairman of Hefma, what the new focus will mean ...
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Cool and Calculating
The design of mixed-mode ventilation and comfort cooling systems have taken another step forward with the construction of the Centre for Mathematical Sciences in Cambridge – the new home for the mathematical genius Stephen Hawking. But how energy efficient are the buildings likely to be?
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Risks of business
The Turnbull Report has underlined the need for companies to manage risk. For one hotel group that means assessing everything from external threats to compliance with legislation.
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Bringing in the rain
Rainwater is an increasingly tapped source of fresh water, with recycling schemes springing up around the country. Can such systems satisfy the environmental and economic policies of the Inland Revenue?
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All the right signals?
Controls are still poorly understood in the building services industry, despite their importance for the safe and efficient operation of buildings. Will CIBSE Guide H: Building Control Systems help?
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Mistakes in adjudication
In recent issues of Building Services Journal, advice was given as to how to bring, and how to defend, an adjudication claim. Assume, now, that you are involved in an adjudication, and the adjudicator’s decision contains a mistake. What will this mean to you?
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School of Art and Design 1
In the first of three articles, the PROBE Team report on the initial findings of a design study carried out with the architects and engineers for new facilities at the University of Derby
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Bubble, bubble, oil and trouble
Tax issues and money-grabbing oil companies aside, the simple truth about escalating oil prices is that demand is far outstripping supply. Ian Cundell urges organisations to address their use of oil-based products and, as in the 1970s, to look at ways of cutting down
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Maintaining productivity
Maintenance may seem like an accounting black hole but it is invaluable if a building is to retain its value as a place where occupiers can operate productively, says Bernard Williams. In his new book, he looks at the business case for investing in facilities
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Sunny side up
The proposed revisions to Part L of the Building Regulations promote greater use of solar thermal energy systems for heating domestic water in the UK.
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We can work it out
Sir Michael Latham reports on progress towards an overall m&e working agreement within the building services sector. The challenge is to turn it into reality.
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Ring in the new
A startling marriage of open circuit television security technology and the mobile phone has taken place. Mobile communications might never be quite the same again.
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Size matters
Mergers and acquisitions are all the rage in the m&e services industry. Will Jones talks to those in the thick of it to find out why and the consequences for the future of the services sector.
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The heat is on
Richard Lafferty discovers that residential developments are wising up to an old and yet newly fashionable technology, chp.
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Ecos Warrior
Is it a military base? Is it a grounded UFO? Will Jones investigates Ballymena's new attraction, Ecos.
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Crash course
Danger lurks on all sides in everyday life. And one of the biggest killers is the motor vehicle. EMC investigates and gives advice on managing vehicle safety at the workplace.
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Stake your claim
Are you ready for stakeholder pensions? John Davies outlines one of the major elements in the government’s pension strategy.
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Cabling by computer
In the second article in the series, Roy Hughes continues his masterclass on the use of software for network design.
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Bus conducting
BRE’s European Installation Bus (EIB) training centre invites contractors into the world of integrated intelligent building installations. Kevin Doyle explains why open integrated systems are the way forward and we outline the courses on offer from the BRE.
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Diving ambition
The Commonwealth Games may be two years away but they are already causing ripples in Manchester.