All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 1383
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Everything but the girl...
...the ethnic minority and the disabled person. Why is the industry dominated by white males?
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Emergency services
Chris Watts explains the methods of inspection and testing of emergency lighting. Ignore them at your financial peril.
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Easy-peasy PC security
A Simple Guide to Security & Privacy on Your PCManon CassadePrentice - Hall£6.99Tel: +44 (0) 1279 623928 Fax: +44 (0) 1279 414130 Date published: 2000 Content: 214 pagesFor me, like for many peers of my generation and earlier, embracing the technology of personal computing and the Internet ...
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One we made earlier
Preassembly of building services has really taken off. The demand for higher quality, less waste and faster construction means that more pipes and ducts are being made in the factory. How does prefabrication benefit supply chain management?
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Double standards
There is a wide variety of test equipment on the market but does it all conform to the latest standards.
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Details
In spite of fears that the UK market could be flooded with cheap European flushing valve cisterns the regulations that have protected the syphonic valve will change in January. Mark Brinkley looks at how the market will pan out.
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Designs for light
Competition means that retail outlets are going to ever greater lengths to attract customers off the street and into the store.
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Demanding respect..
Chris Blythe is the new chief executive of the Chartered Institute of Building. In his first in-depth interview, he tells CM of his ambitions to improve respect in the industry
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Skills crisis in the East of England
Contractors in the East of England are experiencing a shortfall in skilled employees. John D Allen examines the reasons behind this
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Shopping the criminals
Guards with customer care skills, sophisticated security systems and retailers helping each other — shopping centre security has made great strides over the last few years.
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Outsourcing computer networks
When Wilcon Homes discovered its computer network was overloaded, it got BT to take the system over at a cost of just £10 000.
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Social climber
A Lasdun-designed tower block is making a profitable transition from social to private housing.
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Networking with the CIOB on-line
With the growing importance of the Internet, the CIOB has set up a site for networking
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Principles of supply chain management
The Ministry of Defence ‘Building Down Barriers’ project established seven pillars of supply chain management wisdom: Compete through superior underlying value. This is about stopping competing through slashing profit margins and replacing it with competing through reducing inefficiency and waste in labour and materials. Define client value. The need to ...
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Safety regs save cash on Merseyside
An EU-inspired clampdown on site safety has done little to halt the soaring accident rate. Glenn Christiansen of Vauxhall Motors, however, has had great success with the legislation, applying the principles behind the regulations to save costs
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Case study: Eurostar on-line with training
Eurostar (UK) Ltd is making use of Computer Based Training (CBT) for instructing security personnel on passenger screening, specifically on how to spot suspect devices such as bombs and other weapons on x-ray screening devices. The contract for security staff was awarded to Securitas Guarding Services in August 1999, and ...
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Care and the community
The private finance initiative (pfi) is now well and truly established as a procurement method in UK healthcare, with 18 acute hospitals currently being constructed under the scheme. The first of these, the Dartford and Gravesham acute general hospital, is due for completion on the 12 June 2000.Although this will ...
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CAD for variable speed circuits
Variable speed hydraulic circuits have the potential for better control and reductions in energy consumption, but require considerable design expertise. BSRIA software for analysing pipe networks could make the job much easier.
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Ready, willing and cabled
Laing Homes has been overwhelmed by the interest in its ten internet homes in Watford, launched to the public last November.