All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 1364
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Buyers dislike how the other half lives
Most homebuyers want to live in communities separated from others of a different class and social status, according to new research.
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Government backs brownfield tax boost
Government experts have added their weight to the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions' push to convince the Treasury to harmonise VAT rates on greenfield and brownfield development.
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Virtually real
The evolution in voice and datacomms is showcased by PricewaterhouseCooper at its new virtual company, Kinesis.
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The software option
In a new series of technical q&a, Roy Hughes answers questions on the use of software tools for low voltage network design.
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Limited options
Terry Journeaux believes prescriptive cable standards are too limiting and argues that manufacturers and installers should be given more room for choice.
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In hot water
New standards for fixed immersion heaters put responsibility with the contractor. Mike Werrell investigates.
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Funky ribbon
Ribbon fibre technology is big business in Asia. Europe is seen as the next market to break.
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Fort e-fied
E-commerce and the growth of the voice-data-video market were just two of the hot topics at the ECA Electrical Industry Conference in Florida’s Fort Lauderdale.
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Learning desire
Do you know all there is to know about energy efficient lighting? If not, and don’t be afraid to admit it, read on. Here is a course for the contractor.
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Dark secrets
Exterior lighting projects have long been big, bright and even brash, but now they need to be a bit more than just that.
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Constructive criticism
Two years on from its birth, is the Construction Act making a difference?
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The claim game
Litigation is becoming common between employees and their employers. Jonathan Exten-Wright gives us the do’s and don’ts.
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Exhibitionist behaviour
The construction of ExCel, an exhibition centre one-and-a-half times larger than the Dome, is a mountainous task. Will Jones goes off-site to see how Drake & Scull is working to meet a completion deadline set in stone.
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Acting up
Adjudication has become an extremely popular way of resolving disputes in the last two years.
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New green criteria for housing schemes
New social housing developments will have to meet strict new "green" criteria under explicit guidelines published this week.
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New role for charity as street crisis 'ends'
One of the country's best known homelessness charities has revealed plans to reinvent itself in the wake of falling numbers of rough sleepers.
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Caught up in the Web
Fears that teething troubles could cause huge problems for online ADP applications
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NASS urges pilots for full asylum handover
Local authorities could soon be piloting plans to hand over their responsibility for existing asylum seekers to the Home Office.
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Taking the middle course on asylum
Thousands of asylum seekers are now being dispersed around the country by the Home Office. But setting up the new system hasn't been plain sailing. Kate Murray goes behind the scenes.
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HB charges would mean 'more arrears'
Government plans to cut the period for backdating housing benefit claims will hit the most vulnerable tenants, and make landlords' financial problems worse, the housing lobby has warned.