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The law and you in 2008
Here are the four ‘hot topics’ that should be on your legal radar this year, said Pinset Masons’ Richard Laudy at the legal firm’s annual Construction and Engineering Law Conference in November
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Workplace
Detective work will help you win points at interview with good questions as well as good answers. Ben Byram offers some tips
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Tameer Towers
Hilson Moran is designing the mechanical, electrical and environmental engineering services for the £1bn Tameer Towers project in Abu Dhabi.
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Archive TitlesSelf powered wireless technology
Self-powered wireless technology, making life simpler as well as saving energy, kicks off our look at facilities management
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Planning policy pushes renewable technologies
Solar panels and wind turbines could start mushrooming on UK dwellings following changes to the planning system intended to help combat global warming.
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Now youre talking
Why litigate when you could negotiate? asks Niall Lawless. It’s less aggressive, more constructive and probably cheaper
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Archive TitlesNice little runner
Could this be the perfect vehicle for the facilities manager with multiple city sites to look after?
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Legionella-proof shower
Douglas Delabie has expanded its thermostatic shower panel range to include sensor/electronic operated Premix panels with an automatic anti-legionella “duty flush” function
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LED: light of the world
If you believe the hype,the Light-Emitting Diode (LED) is going to save our lighting design souls and, in the process, the planet. However, LEDS still account for only a tiny percentage of the lighting market. One of the main reasons for this is that they are still at the ...
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Welsh initiative
The new All-Wales Low Carbon Research Institute plans to make the country an international showcase for sustainable energy use.
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Technovations House of Katmandu
Lighting and animatronics controls for the upside down House of Katmandu visitor attraction in Magalluf, Mallorca were designed by Essex-based company Technovations.
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Sustainability starts at home
Congratulations BSj on an excellent inaugural Sustainable Building Services Awards. I have one gripe though.
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Risk managing open loop geothermal systems
Open loop geothermal systems are a good renewables option as long as the inherent risks are carefully managed, as Zeb Etheridge explains
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Expert witnesses
Researchers and professionals gathered in Spain recently for an international meeting on climate change and the construction industry. Anastasia Mylona reports
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Tories propose feed-in tariff for electricity
A mass market in renewable technologies could be created if the Conservative Party comes to power in the UK.
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Dump the skip
There is a danger in thinking of lighting purely in terms of energy in use without considering its manufacture, installation and, eventually, demolition.
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Fans for Docklands
Flakt Woods will supply fans for 20 Churchill Place, under construction at London’s Canary Wharf.
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Graduates still in decline
The shortfall in engineering graduates in the UK is unlikely to change in the near future, according to the Engineering and Technology Board.
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Archive TitlesCost-effective sub-metering
Carlo Gavazzi claims its EM10 energy meter is the most cost-effective solution where sub-metering is required.