All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 1379
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Credit Control
Credit Suisse First Boston, one of the world’s leading investment banks, has radically upgraded security at its European headquarters in London.
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Children and the revolution
CIOB president Paul Shepherd has shaken the Institute up, now he wants to court the managers of tomorrow
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Wind of change
A surge in the growth of the fans and ventilation market is turning heads in the City, but are electrical contractors getting their share?
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Carry your fingerprint in your pocket
Mike Davies argues that carrying biometric data on your access control card is the future of security
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The bounty hunter
In his first interview, the man charged with combating cowboy builders tells Andy Cook how it will be done
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Open Book
The internet is changing the way companies market themselves, but could secure extranets also change the way they manage their business? Marie Saverimuttu meets one company that aims to change the way it manages its 1500-strong guarding force.
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Supporting the Thin Blue Line
Ken Wood claims the mounting challenges faced by the police mean that the time is right for closer partnerships with the private security industry.
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The big match
Move over Old Trafford, here is The Lowry. Will Jones investigates on-site tactics on the eve of the building's opening.
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Being specific
Knowing what you want is the first step to getting the specification right for a services contract. In the first of a two-part article, David Pearson considers how to establish the basic information and structure the specification
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Discriminatory behaviour
Roy Hughes explains discrimination and assessment of current limiting and non-current limiting circuit protective devices.
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Shopping to the dock near the bay
Homebuilder launches secure built-in refrigerated cupboard for Internet deliveries.
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The Net fights back with honey traps
The number of attacks this year on high profile Web sites has shown that e-commerce companies could feel almost defenceless against those who are determined to cause harm.It is commonly known that there are no iron-clad defence strategies that can completely protect sites, except disconnection. But this does not mean ...
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Automatic ticketing reaches the premier division for Chelsea
Access control is at the heart of many security systems. Here, Douglas Maclaine explains how AC Controls installed proximity cards for season ticket holders at Chelsea FC.
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Cigarettes and alcohol
A new Charter aimed at freshening the environment of Britain’s pubs and restaurants could be the catalyst for a business boom for contractors. Richard Lafferty reports.
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Look back to leap ahead
The way to make progress is to analyse our mistakes, and the mantra for the future is ‘less is more.’
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Guarding against stock loss
Companies are proactively cutting crime by using advanced visual remote monitoring techniques and equipment . Marie Saverimuttu reports on a company which has taken its procedures in-house.
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Take account of the risk
Changes in accounting rules will spread financial risk more equitably between landlord and tenant, and could lead to an increase in property and facilities partnering.
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Completely dotty about work
The bright young things are much in demand in the booming e-commerce sector, and to entice them the new dot com businesses are focusing on making work a fun place to be.
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JS Bloor tops Zurich’s tough test
Results of Zurich Building Guarantees' Customer First Awards - designed to raise industry standards.
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ACRIB’s anger at being “frozen out” of debate
ACRIB chairman David Snow has slammed the DETR for claiming that “hydrofluorocarbons have no long-term future”. The terse response came in the wake of the DETR consultation documents UK climate change: draft UK programme and UK climate change programme – a consultation paper, issued on 9 March.Carbon emissions form a ...