All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 1396
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Redland Roofing Systems has come up with a dry ridge system that's cheap enough, at half the price of the company's previous dry systems, to make commercial sense to homebuilders.
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Office design software
The right choice of ventilation should be easier with the launch of Office Design Tools, a software suite which offers fast and accurate analysis of ventilation systems during the concept design stage.
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Counter-attack on noise
Noisy ductwork is commonplace and can give services a bad name. A technological breakthrough means that there is now a solution: using anti-noise to cancel out low frequencies.
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Updating the classics
Security ManuelJohn Wilson and David BrookbankGower Publishing Limited£10.95Date Published: 1999 Content: 279 pages Tel: +44 (0) 1235 827730 Fax: +44 (0) 1235 400454For those who hold a previous issue of this splendid book it’s time to update, for those who have yet to see this publication ...
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CIBSE launches its Lighting Society
The creation of a separate Lighting Society by the CIBSE has been greeted with enthusiasm by the lighting fraternity, but alarm by the ILE.
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Chillers
The cost research departments of Mott Green & Wall and Davis Langdon & Everest have collaborated with chiller specialist McQuay to examine the capital costs of different types of chiller installation.
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Cellar seller
Selling the maximum square footage on the minimum land footprint could drive housebuilders down into the basement. Karin Stockerl of Sussex University’s Science and Technology Policy Research looks at the lessons from Germany where basements are a common feature of houses.
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Carry on lamping
Pressure for live lamp changing is putting ECA members in danger. Electrical Contractor considers the safer options.
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An inspector calls
January sees the publication of a draft industry scheme for the assessment of electrical contracting firms. Phil Buckle gives us an idea of what’s to come.
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Border lines
Criminals, along with legitimate businesses, can move with impunity between European countries, a fact which draws criticism from security professionals concerned that businesses are being left to fend for themselves. Now the EU is starting to do something about it, but “not before time”.
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Nuts and bolts solutions for risk managers
Risk Management for Security ProfessionalsCarl A. RoperButterworth-Heinemann£35.00Date Published: 1999 Content: 304 pages Tel: +44 (0)1865 314301 Fax: +44 (0)1865 314029During my security management studies, via Loughborough University, Risk Management was described as: “a systematic study of the problem within the context of the particular organisation and then ...
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Board talk
It is time to update and revise the Joint Industry Board agreement to meet modern conditions in the industry, says Sir Michael Latham.
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Blinded by the light?
Window controls rarely map onto the needs of building users. This can lead to chronic discomfort and loss of productivity. What if shades and blinds could be made more responsive to their needs?
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Buyer beware
An acqusition can help to take your business a stage further, but watch out for the pitfalls.
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Best practice: Procurement
The second article in the BSRIA Construction Best Practice series focuses on the procurement process. How can building services engineers improve their benefit to the client?
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Simply the best
If your company can boast that 95% of customers would recommend buying one of your homes then skip the next three pages. If not, Charlie Scott, executive vice-president of US homebuilder Estridge Homes, is worth your attention.
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Up, up and away
Room in the roof has finally broken out from its upmarket niche, and now technology will make it simpler and more cost-effective for homebuilders to provide.
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Homebuilding awards where entry brings its own rewards
In the USA, by the time you’re good enough to win the National Housing Quality Award you’ll probably have entered the competition three or four times and your company will have benefited from a rigorous dose of introspection and an injection of free advice leading to higher turnover and profits.
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Something to Crow about
Planning consultant Nigel Moor welcomes the report into draft regional planning guidance for the South East which recommends nearly 400 000 more homes than local authorities said they can accommodate.
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Plug ‘n’ play
Plug ‘n’ play is the buzz term for user-friendly computing. Will the same flexible deskilled connections now transfer to housing?