All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 136
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Features
Moscow City Tower: engineering a vertical city
Services at Moscow City Tower will have to overcome huge extremes of climate at its base, let alone its top. Andy Pearson meets the engineer with a mountain to climb
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Archive TitlesJohn Swaffield, CIBSE's new president
Sound engineering thinking is the basis of all good solutions, says incoming CIBSE president John Swaffield. He tells David Arminas why it underpins all the issues on his presidential agenda
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OFT cartels list leaves firms in fear
The Office of Fair Trading’s (OFT) decision to publish a list of firms it suspects of bid-rigging and cover pricing activities has left contractors and clients confused and fearful of the repercussions.
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Carbon inquiry
A parliamentary inquiry into cutting carbon emissions from existing buildings was launched last month.
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Archive TitlesLow carbon consultant Derek Deighton keeps up the high standards
Sustainability doesn’t mean forsaking quality – the two aims are mutually inclusive, says low carbon consultant Derek Deighton
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Cable production made faster
Borealis’s Visico FX LE8823, a base material for low-voltage moisture-cured XLPE cables, enables faster production with consistent high quality.
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Archive TitlesMP's top probe 'greening' of existing buildings
A parliamentary inquiry has been launched into how best to improve the energy efficiency of Britain’s existing housing and commercial buildings.
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Students build scale models at norfolk event
Students from the University of East London got their hands dirty last month at the first of a series of Constructionarium events held at the National Construction College in Norfolk.
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Olympics budget takes a high jump
The ballooning budget for the 2012 Olympic Games has been slammed by a government spending watchdog.
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Archive TitlesBright spark
Martindale’s VI13700G voltage indicator checks rapidly and safely for AC and DC from 50-600V, as required by the Electricity Council Recommendation G9/6.
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Bob’s world
Not a great month for contractors. We have all been branded crooks and villains by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) which made an announcement about its investigations into bid-rigging.
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Archive TitlesBiomass installations get funding boost
The government will be handing out grants of up to 40% of the cost of biomass installations through a new £4 million fund.
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Public-sector emissions bill
The government would be restricted to buying and renting top-rated energy-efficient buildings under a private member’s bill which aims to reduce public-sector carbon emissions.
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Archive TitlesBig-jaw clamp meters
Fluke’s 353 and 355 true-RMS clamp meters give accurate readings up to 2000A in industrial and utility applications without the need to disconnect equipment.
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Low carbon bible
Unsure how to meet the government’s low carbon housing targets? Travis Perkins’ new guide to the Code for Sustainable Homes aims to shed some light on the matter.
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CM, you should know better
I am a female chartered builder who has been out of the industry for a few years bringing up my daughter. I still read your magazine, however, and was very disappointed to see clear examples of both sexism and homophobia in your April edition.
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We must seize this opportunity or construction will fall further behind
Tomorrow is a very important day for me. I’m going to Highfields Science Specialist School in Wolverhampton to oversee a tower building exercise with a group of 14-year-olds.
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Archive TitlesLADs behaving badly
Liquidated and ascertained damages can be deducted even where there is a subsequent extension of time
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ECA’s top brass back merger
The Electrical Contractors’ Association has officially come out in favour of some form of merger with the Heating and Ventilating Contractors’ Association.