All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 1377
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Ammonia refrigerant – minimising the hazards
Ammonia is being increasingly used as a refrigerant for building air conditioning systems due to its low environmental impact and excellent refrigeration properties. But ammonia is highly toxic. Are current methods of protection really enough?
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2010 a cctv oddity
Phil Ridgeon of GYYR Europe looks into his crystal ball to see where CCTV will be in 10 years time
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1851 SITO/City & Guilds masterclass [part 29] CCTV [paper 5] - Caught in the frame
Martin Kane of SITO continues his commentary on the CCTV module of the 1851 qualification. In a previous session he considered switchers. In this session he considers multiplexing (putting two or more signals on to a single channel) and signal transmission.
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Birchensale School 1
In the first of a new series of intervention studies, the PROBE Team sits down with the architects and engineers of a middle school to refine the design using lessons from the PROBE post-occupancy studies.
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Workplaceupdate
The Business Services Association outlines the latest employment and policy developments.
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Tupe or not Tupe
The government is due to update the rules governing the transfer of staff, enshrined in the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 1981. Simon Jeffreys reviews recent case law, and hopes the changes will resolve questions that remain unresolved.
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Take it to the top
You may recognise Terry Welsh. In his last job, he had the dubious privilege of taking part in a fly-on-the-wall documentary about life at a health farm. Anyone who followed the goings-on at Forest Mear, where he was general manager, will recall that on the last day of filming Terry ...
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At your service
What is good customer service, and why is everyone in facilities management talking about it? Sarah Jane North asks the experts and talks to Terry Welsh – the man whose introduction of hotel-style service standards has helped Tower 42 become one of the City of London’s most sought after office ...
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Service strategy
Over the past five years or so, in-house facilities managers, consultants and service providers have identified the need for service level agreements (SLAs). But external services providers must ensure they understand the needs of the client.
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Waterproof wear for security staff
Enforcer WT jacket, KarrimorPolice Resources International Ltd£140.00 excluding VATTel: +44 (0) 1392 464100 Fax: +44 (0) 1392 467100The soldier of today is equipped with quality waterproof clothing. My view is that the use of quality clothing should be extended to security professionals.Karrimor has produced the Enforcer ...
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Swings and roundabouts
An increase in total construction output during 1999 has been accompanied by a fall in orders throughout many sectors. Will public spending provide the necessary stability?
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Power to the workers
So you have gone for partnering, you are managing your supply chain and you have signed up to the M4I’s Key Performance Indicators. But how are you going to improve site productivity? The BSRIA may have the answer.
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Trading places
With one second of electrical failure resulting in hours of downtime and countless millions of lost revenue, reliability is of upmost importance. How did one firm ensure this while undergoing fast expansion?
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Picture this
“The Lowry is unlike anything you will have seen before” says the marketeer’s bold prediction for Manchester’s latest cultural experience. Will the building live up to the hype?
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Technology overtakes standards
Mike Paul calls for standards to keep pace with technology
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Zero option
Zero defects is the holy grail of any building project. One construction team tried to achieve just this with an office development in Watford. How did they get on?
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Moving stories
Relocating all or part of an organisation is never easy. Whether you are moving 80 people next door or 5,000 out of central London, clear objectives, communication and good planning are essential.Toby Jenkinson asks Independent Insurance and BT how they handled their moves.
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Service is a state of mind
Building trust is the key to impressing clients, but creating that faith involves a change of attitude.
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Managing safety
Last month, David Denton, managing editor of Barbour Index health and safety information services, examined the role of audit and assessment in dealing with workplace risks. This month, in the second part of his article, he provides an action checklist to help companies integrate health and safety into organisation-wide management ...