All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 203
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Archive TitlesData centres
In this month’s engineering services cost model, Davis Langdon Mott Green Wall reviews the principles of data centre design and look at the implications for the services costs
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Cash lure for students
The CBI is urging government to hand out £1000 a year to science and engineering undergraduates to double the number of students entering the sector.
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Archive TitlesCome down a carbon shoe size
Everyone’s talking about CO2 emissions at the moment, but how do firms go about reducing their carbon footprint?
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The client's call
Your recent articles (06/07 BSj) on the Tower Bridge kiosk and the Laban Centre made good reading as we were the engineers on both.
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Archive TitlesNetwork Rail: Building tolerance
A normally pleasant colleague is curt with you. Rather than saying ‘Hello, how was your weekend?’ he launches into a series of requests and leaves without so much as a wave.
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Treasury moots tax relief on brise soleil
Tax relief could soon be offered on integral building fixtures such as brise soleil and active facades, if the Treasury's consultation document Business Tax reform – Capital Allowances Changes is formalised.
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M&E bodies discuss “convergence”
The HVCA is consulting members this month on its proposed convergence with the Electrical Contractors’ Association (ECA).
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Archive TitlesBoKlok Blog
CIOB member Gavin Skelly, regional construction manager with Avebury, is overseeing Ikea’s first foray into the UK housing market. Ikea is delivering its Boklok homes in partnership with developer Live Smart @ Home. Here’s the story so far…
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Archive TitlesBullivant’s tough bit
Kristina Smith reports on an alternative to mini piles, a cheap solution to retaining a slope, Europe’s largest struts and an impressive new drill
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Archive TitlesThe redevelopment of Birmingham’s New Street station
The redevelopment of Birmingham’s New Street station has been on the cards for some years.
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ODA soft on olympic bids
When the Olympic Delivery Authority wanted to select its construction partner it looked to Defence Estates for inspiration and decided to adopt its assessment methods.
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Defence Estates: Putting bidders through their paces
Soldiers on patrol in Basra find themselves unexpectedly under fire. No one knows what to do because they’ve never been in this situation before. Panic breaks out…
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Archive TitlesBetter by degrees
The most striking architectural feature of City Campus East at the University of Northumbria also helped it to achieve new standards in low energy use.
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Archive TitlesModel behaviour
If you want a school, hospital or retail scheme to achieve Part L, design time may be most usefully spent on certain services. Andy Pearson reveals how
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Profits up at NG Bailey
NG Bailey has announced a 37% rise in operating profit, from £9 million to £12 million, for the year to 2 March.
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Archive TitlesMake it your job to assess personal risks
‘Company bosses getting away with murder’, ‘Someone should have to pay for this’, ‘It’s not right, how can no one be responsible?’
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Appreciate each other’s difficulties
I can relate to Andrew Kay’s opinion that the building services engineer is the most unpopular member of the design team (BSj 08/07).
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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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Take on an apprentice and benefit all
I read with interest the recent findings from the Federation of Master Builders (FMB), which revealed that 53% of its members were having problems finding the right skills.