All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 154
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Archive TitlesA drop of the brown stuff
Remediation of a 200-acre site in Wales involves making topsoil by recycling materials from the site and combining them with compost. Stephen Cousins investigates
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Archive TitlesBob's world
March is slips, trips and falls month. A company email suggests I visit the HSE website.
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Archive TitlesDo you blog?
Ever want to get something off your chest, but no one wants to listen? In that case it’s probably time you set up a blog – an online equivalent of Speakers’ Corner at Hyde Park.
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Archive TitlesEco bling? We can live without it
Whether it’s kids obsessed with owning the latest mobile, or governments shooting satellites out of the sky with super-accurate missiles, the world is captivated by technology. And when it comes to renewable energy, architects and specifiers are no exception.
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Post-war apprentices
‘Give the new apprenticeships a chance’ (Letters, February 2008) prompted a recall of how a similar situation was overcome during the immediate post Second World War years.
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Archive TitlesCase notes... from Ann Wright
Want to avoid costly disputes on your job? Then read Ann’s short-but-sweet summaries of the latest legal cases
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More National skills academies
There will be 10 more National Skills Academies on major sites around the UK this year.
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Archive TitlesVolume housebuilders cannot sell 160,000 new homes, let alone 240,000, at local market rates
Last night I dreamt I was with Nick and Christian Candy, buying chunks of London’s Chelsea at £185m a hectare.
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London’s public buildings set for major energy audits
Honeywell and Dalkia are to start putting London’s public buildings through energy performance audits with a view to helping the capital cut energy consumption by 25%.
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Part L revision groups meet
New rules for the proper commissioning of building services and the keeping of required services logbooks are set to feature in the next round of consultations for Part L of the Building Regulations.
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Silicon lighting trial set for a Canadian city
A Canadian research company is looking for a manufacturer for its silicon light bulb that it says could eventually challenge compact fluorescents and LEDs.
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CHP crucial for London
As London seeks more energy from “crucial” combined heat and power, the government is getting tied up in a “meaningless debate” about nuclear energy.
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Can you help with the BSj/Hays salary survey?
To enable us to understand the current employment market we are looking for contributions from both employees and employers.
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Archive TitlesWorkplace
A new ‘academy’ for lift apprentices aims to teach them that there is something to be learnt from every job
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Have your say on training
The Association for Consultancy and Engineering (ACE) has welcomed the parliamentary inquiry into the provision of engineering skills set up by the Innovation, Universities and Skills Select Committee.
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Sold for a pound
Hills Electrical & Mechanical has been bought by Southern Electric Contracting for £1.
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Sector ‘too manual’ for minorities
Involvement and retention of Britain’s minority groups in the construction workforce is difficult because the sector is perceived as too manual and not academic enough, according to a new study.
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Inside jobs
Skerritt has won services contracts worth £18.2 million for ancillary buildings at an 510-inmate cell block at HMP Nottingham and an 180-cell block at Swaleside, Kent.
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Archive TitlesThe heat is on
Almost half the UK’s carbon dioxide emissions are from the use of heat, according to the government.