All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 1378
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Lighting for turbulent spaces
Are the illuminance levels set by lighting designers actually desired by building occupants, or should more emphasis be placed on providing a minimum illuminance along with an effective control system?
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Light wire
Paul Sayer continues his q&a series about the specification and installation of luminaire supporting couplers.
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Learning to skip
Wessex Water’s rapidly completing headquarters building on the outskirts of Bath has all the trademarks of a twenty-first Century office building. It’s environmentally sensitive, designed to be very low in energy consumption, and is heavily geared towards high occupant satisfaction. But how has the construction team performed against M4I benchmarks?
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Joint Venture
A joint anti-fraud initiative by the Confederation of British Industry and the Metropolitan and City of London police services was launched recently. Tom Reeve was there to see the birth of this historic police/private industry partnership.
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Movemeent for Innovation Where are we now?
So what is the Movement for Innovation? The Movement (otherwise branded the M4I) was largely borne out of Sir John Egan’s report Rethinking construction. Among other things, Egan called for cuts in capital costs and construction time, fewer defects, improved health and safety on-site and an increase in industry profitability. ...
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State of the Industry Survey
Do you feel overworked, underpaid and overstressed? Does your boss expect you to run cad programs on a 486 pc? Do you think building services is a good career, or are you just rolling downhill at increasing speed? Nearly 500 building services engineers responded to the Gent-sponsored ...
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Why Reviews cannot be ignored
Chris Fieldhouse says that Empire Security is leading the way with its programme of regular staff reviews.
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How near is the paperless office?
Want to transfer all your letters and drawings electronically, yet don't know which system to choose? Three readers assess some of the latest products
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How to reduce the risk to your organisation
Risk Analysis and the Security Survey (Second Ed)James F Broder.Butterworth-Heinemann.£30.00Date published: 2000. Content: 352 pages. Tel: +44(0)1865 888180 Fax: +44(0)1865 314290Students of the Certified Protection Professional (CPP) programme should recognise the title of this book, the first edition having been on the CPP suggested reading list for ...
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Urban heat islands
Urban areas are effectively islands of heat, and this directly affects the amount of fuel used in buildings. But how much does the need for cooling in the summer increase, and what is the effect on heating in winter?
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Have you got worms?
Uniformity of software may be creating a fertile ground for malicious.
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Getting sorted
Miscellaneous messages strewn about someone's desk in both electronic and paper formats can cost business. But help is at hand
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Foundations
Foundations is a monthly distillation of up-to-date, previously unpublished data. The information is presented regionally to help with detailed business planning. House starts, compiled by the NHBC, show trends in your area well in advance of government data. Plus, fresh figures from the Halifax.
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Playing Footsie with services
The stock exchange listings for facilities management companies are growing as building firms cross the fence into services provision, enticed by the lure of higher returns and less risk.
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Site managers face new skills test
Site workers have been assessed for certification cards by the Construction Skills Certification Scheme since 1995. Now managers face similar tests
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The security handbook that every spy should read
Information Security Management Handbook 4th edHarold F Tipton & Micki Krause.Auerbach Publications£65.00Date published: 2000. Content: 711 pages. Tel: +44 (0)1462 488900 Fax: +44 (0)1462 483011If your staff can keep hold of their laptops, when all about you are losing theirs, then you probably have an effective ...
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Drum roll
Building a giant brick cylinder and bomb scares made the construction of Hopkins' Wildscreen World a tough challenge.
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The danger in data
The new Data Protection Act Did you know that your contact book is not confidential? And that if a client or subcontractor wants to see your records on him or her, you must show them? That is just one of the implications of the Data Protection Act 1998 which came ...
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Judges limit damages rise
Personal injury payouts won’t break the bank after the Court of Appeal toned down levels of liability awards that had been recommended by the Law Commission, but the case may go on..
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Making the numbers count
Knowing what benchmarking really means and collating data correctly are essential if it is to become a tool of any worth to the facilities manager.