All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 1401
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Station master
Alan Clarke, ABB Steward Rail Services' operations manager, tells us how to get on the right track in the railway contracting business.
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Profit and loss
Huge turnover doesn't guarantee huge profit margins. So is small more beautiful?
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Losing the thread
A European standard for metric thread gland screw couplings comes into force soon. This report explains what it means for contractors.
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The less-paper office
Our second article on managing knowledge analyses the various electronic document management systems on the market. Do you need to pay a small fortune for software with built-in obsolescence, or are there cheaper and more robust solutions?
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More strategy, less technology
Are retailers throwing good money after bad by using gadgetry on the shop floor to prevent stock loss and theft? Many experts claim managers need to look more closely at loss prevention strategies to close loopholes.
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Heat seekers
A campaign to inform the public over the benefits of domestic electric heating was launched earlier this summer, backed by AMDEA.
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Greening the valley
Sustainable housing means more than using reclaimed and recyclable construction materials buildings must also be adaptable to meet the changing needs of an aging population. Does this prototype housing scheme in Wales come close to the ideal?
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Going to ground
Sainsbury's so-called Millennium superstore is being touted as a paradigm shift in sustainable retailing. Is the groundwater cooling and propane refrigeration truly repeatable, or environmental tokenism writ large?
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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Foundations is a monthly distillation of up-to-date, previously unpublished data.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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Quick finish for Leeds scheme
Contractor Kajima UK only began preparing a site in North Street, Leeds for a new-build scheme of apartments this month, but decorators have already started painting the walls of the kitchens, the bathrooms, the halls, and the dining rooms. The first and final tasks in housebuilding are being brought together ...
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Details
A new roof edging system turns its back on both timber and PVC, conforms to Egan's requirements for standardisation, whole life cost and sutainability yet needs less skill to fit.
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Crime Prevention Entrepreneur
Julian Radcliffe, founder of Control Risks, The Equipment Register and the Art Loss Register, has learned a thing or two about crime-fighting partnerships.
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First contact
Like massive horns on some unearthly being, 30 m stacks soar up above a cold, hard, zinc facade. This is the first vision confronting visitors to Manchester's refurbished Contact Theatre.
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Integration gets complex
Integrated systems are getting more sophisticated, but are they in danger of becoming too complex for the average “man on the street” to understand?
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Case study: Royal Opera House refurbishment
During the tendering phase for the Royal Opera House refurbishment and extension, construction manager Schal employed an innovative briefing process. This tendering process allowed the client and contractors to understand each other and form joint objectives. Schal started work in 1997 on a three year project to extend and refurbish ...
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Power to the cabins
Temporary electrical installations on construction sites used to be a slap-dash affair but times have changed.
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Patrolling Britain
A large part of the success of neighbourhood warden schemes in reducing crime is due to the employment of private security firms.
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Hot and bothered
This month a new scheme is launched aiming to reduce boiler faults caused by poor installation and commissioning. But is Benchmark just an excuse for some good old contractor bashing?
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Body building
Relax Steve Austin, this million dollar man goes by the name of the Body Zone. This report checks out the Millennium Dome's most talked-about exhibit.
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The big turn-off
An end to analogue TV will require landlords of communal blocks to install new Integrated Reception Systems. Some have already begun.