All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 1382
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Multi-media migration
Multi-media in the security industry? It’s hard to imagine, but SITO’s European funding should ensure that security industry training is soon on a par with other industries.
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Marking time
Housing associations that are serious about improving performance have to start by benchmarking.
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Can Wal-Mart man manufacture Wilcon will-do?
The arrival of Wal-Mart in the UK has been greeted with a mixture of fear and interest. Retailers are already looking over their shoulders and builders might be wise to do the same with the arrival on the Wilcon board of Wal-Mart’s European president Allan Leighton.
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Length matters
Paul Sayer looks at how the flexible cord length of the luminaire supporting coupler influences circuit design.
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Positive input ventilation
Positive input ventilation systems for dealing with dampness in dwellings have been available for many years, but do they really reduce condensation? A DETR-funded research project has provided some answers.
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Taking pride in your industry
Contractors continually have to face adverse publicity from television and other media. Keith Bush argues that the industry should talk itself up in the light of recent triumphs such as the London Eye and the Millenium Dome, to attract new recruits
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Two-part Harmony
The long-hyped ‘merger’ between NACOSS and ISI to create the National Security Inspectorate (NSI) has taken off. David Holt and Ian Sanderson spoke about the new organisation.
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Zurich zooms in on handover
The country’s second biggest new homes warranty provider has been surveying customer opinions as part of its new Customer First Awards.
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Handling losses
Manual handling injuries cost the industry dear. Suzannah Thursfield, director of health and safety at the Construction Confederation explains
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Hairmyres and Stonehouse hospital
After a poorly received introduction, the use of pfi in Scotland is starting to grow and become more accepted. Projects now underway include hospitals and schools.The 440-bed Hairmyres and Stonehouse acute general hospital in East Kilbride is due for completion on 1 December 2000, with a scheduled opening date of ...
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Village green
Greenwich Millennium Village is packed with IT and eco-innovations, but is it now a watered-down version of the original brief?
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How green is your specification?
Steel or concrete? Timber or PVCu? Specifying environmentally is fraught with tough choices. Now the BRE has developed software that can help
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Get the green light
Sales of T12 lamps have fallen but many firms still don't realise the potential savings to be made.
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The gentle game
At Ewood Park, as at other football stadia, security and safety are the watchwords in the terraces. Tom Reeve went to see Blackburn Rover’s Mel Highmore
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Friends like these
Friendly Hotels has overturned conventional thinking and handed over the food and drink operations in its UK hotels to an outside firm.
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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.Private house startsNew-build registrations have risen slightly ...
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Fibre provider
With increased requirement for bandwidth within data networks set to continue, fibre is becoming a much more popular medium for use in networks.
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The family way
New legislation has brought changes and new rights for employees with families.
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Green paper fails to match hype
Residential developers may have to subsidise Starter Home Initiative.
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Welcome to the Japanese home selling experience
Competition and high quality standards mean Japanese homebuilders use customer service as a key differentiator. And that service is dedicated to helping customers match budget and desire.