All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 142
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Prototype tidal power set for Humber estuary
Planning permission has been granted for a prototype tidal stream generator to be tested in the Humber Estuary near Grimsby.
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Grants launched for small biomass and CHP projects
The government will be handing out grants of up to 40% of the cost of biomass installations through a new £4 million fund.
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Local authorities set to be sustainable energy leaders
Local authorities are set to become sustainable energy pioneers in a document published by The Town and Country Planning Association and the Combined Heat and Power Association.
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Renewables: going beyond 10%
To help engineers increase their knowledge of renewables, new sustainability legislation and growing clients’ demands Building Services Conferences is putting on a one-day event called Renewables: Going beyond 10%.
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Water reform hits Scotland
More than 100,000 Scottish businesses and public bodies can now choose their water and sewerage suppliers in a move to break up the monopoly held by Scottish Water.
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Vote for an awards winner!
Now is your chance to vote for your winner in this year’s Product Innovation of the Year to be announced at The Building Services Awards 2008.
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Balfour bags £242m aquatics centre
Contract pushes London Olympic venue costs over £1bn
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Contractors implicated in OFT probe fear blacklisting
Public sector clients could strike contractors found guilty of cover-pricing from tender lists
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Prisons and schools programmes face changes
Bigger damages for delays on prisons and a new timetable for secondary schools.
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New seminars set for The Facilities Show 2008
With the Facilities Show 2008 only four weeks away, new seminars have been announced for the show’s Sustainable FM Academy.
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Workplace
How do you get the best pay and perks with a new job? Ben Byram has some tips
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Dave Ledwidge has joined Ocon Construction as construction director of the Special Projects division
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This month’s applications feature some big roofing projects, including Stansted Airport, St Stephen’s shopping centre in Hull and a secondary school
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Solid steel
The first comprehensive guidance on improving the design and construction of composite concrete slabs on steel decking has been compiled by the Association of Concrete Industrial Flooring Contractors (ACIFC) in partnership with the Concrete Society.
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Archive TitlesPrehistoric preservation
A Stone Age village in Orkney has been protected with the aid of a sedum roof.
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Whitehall is worryingly wrong on POE
Many in the industry will have been dismayed by the recent revelation that the government has only met 9% of its sustainability targets.
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Space-saving plantroom
IPT Packaged Plantrooms has introduced a double-deck unit to minimise its footprint.
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Have a plan
Contractors say nearly a fifth of maintenance spending is wasted because their clients do not plan the work, according to a new survey.