All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 192
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Cement industry defends environmental impact
The use of cement in the construction of environmentally friendly buildings is being called into question.
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Morgan Ashurst appoints director in Leeds
Also: Barton Wilmore announces new director of the finance
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ECA appoints chief operating officer
The ECA has announced the appointment of Steve Bratt in the newly created position of chief operating officer.
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Training body calls for big changes
Technical certificates should not be used as standalone passports to employment, recommends SummitSkills.
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Black-out for energy-inefficient light bulbs
Government says inefficient light bulbs will be phased out by end of 2011.
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Construction industry backs proposals to reduce site waste
Three quarters of businesses support plans for reductions in illegal waste disposal.
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Grid energy banned from zero-carbon homes
Developers seeking zero-carbon status have been disenfranchised by new guidance.
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Bardsley Construction appoints Lee McCarren chief executive officer
Also: the Building Regulations Advisory Committee reports on new members
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Inefficient lamp phase out
Energy guzzling lamps will begin to be phased out from retailers from the start of next year under a voluntary initiative to cut CO2 emissions.
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Green roofs cool cities
Covering the roofs and walls of city buildings in plant life could cool local temperatures by up to 11ºC, reducing urban heat islands and saving energy by reducing the need for mechanical cooling on hot days claim researchers
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Sustainability written into construction contracts
Sustainability will become an integral part of construction contacts if a proposal by the Joint Contracts Tribunal (JCT) is adopted.
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National grid energy barred from zero carbon homes
The government has revealed that homes using renewable energy provided through the National Grid will not qualify as zero carbon.
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Trox launches CPD training
Air conditioning and air distribution product manufacturer Trox has launched a series of one day CPD training programmes.
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And the green finalists are...
The votes have been counted and the environmentally sound sorted from the sounding environmental. Are you in with a shout at the Sustainable Building Services Awards 2007?
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Workplace
To land your ideal job you need to be a focused job-hunter. Recruitment consultant Ben Byram offers some tips
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Archive TitlesMy way
Jon Chown is managing director of Galliford Try’s new facilities management business. He joins from Taylor Woodrow.
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Archive TitlesThe third way
Unwieldy collateral warranties aren’t the only way of dealing with third party rights, but the industry has been slow to warm to the alternative.
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Archive TitlesSign of the times
If there was ever an indication of how buoyant the construction industry is at the moment, it was this year’s Little Britain Challenge Cup in Cowes last month.