All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 212
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Work together to tackle skills shortage
Tony Mells (letters, CM June) sensibly suggests that a return to the traditional apprenticeship would help with our current skills shortage and he correctly identifies that colleges can only provide part of the training and that employers should be involved in providing a comprehensive apprenticeship.
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Archive TitlesSun, sea... and scaffolding
Our cover is just a bit of fun – we don’t really think you spend your whole holiday snapping foreign construction sites and the antics of their workers (do you?). And please forgive our stereotypes, we know there are some building-mad mummies out there too (some people might say I’m ...
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Archive TitlesSafe and sound
Completion of Heathrow Terminal 5 announces the arrival of impressive new public address and fire detection technology. BSj reports
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Archive TitlesMy project
Starting next issue, the CM website will be charting the progress of Boklok’s first UK development - from the perspective of Avebury International, the project’s construction manager.
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Power politics
There is an important debate on the pages of this month’s BSj concerning the carbon content of grid-generated electricity.
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Archive TitlesReturn from paradise
In 2005 Bouygues recruited a number of young British engineers to work in France. Was it all haute cuisine, wine and long weekends? Kristina Smith spoke to one Francophile to find out the truth
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Archive TitlesMug of the month
Ah, bless. Clive Nash, who works for Prudential’s corporate property division, has sent a photo of this beautiful mug which he designed and decorated himself.
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Archive TitlesA president for the ordinary member
He thinks the CIOB’s policies are boring and pedestrian. And that clients should shoulder more risk. Meet Martin Chambers, your new president. By Kristina Smith
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Water marks
The Bathroom Manufacturers Association has launched a water efficiency labelling scheme.
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Need to know
CDM guidance is free Need help with CDM regulations which came out in April? Industry advisory committee CONIAC has finally published its guidance document and the good news is, it’s FREE.Download it from www.cskills.org.cdmConcrete reportThe Construction Confederation has published the Construction Environmental Manual, aimed at site staff. The book, written ...
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Archive TitlesInformation overload
Computer data centres are under pressure to accommodate ever more information – and keep it safe from dangers such as temperature fluctuations. Facilities designers could profit from new modelling software 6Sigma
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Archive TitlesIn the hood
The new Saver CF constant-flow emergency escape breathing apparatus aims to allow safe, effective, uncomplicated escape from hazardous environments.
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RMJM and Hillier to merge
RMJM, the UK-based international architectural and engineering practice is to merge with Hillier, one of the largest firms of architects in the US.
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Archive TitlesWish you were here?
Arguments with the wife, screaming kids, dodgy foreign food? That’ll be the summer holiday then. Thanks to Rory Olcayto’s alternative guide to Europe, however, this year’s trip could be right up your street. Illustrations by Elliot Thoburn
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Green scrutineers
A commission set up to scrutinise the sustainability of the London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games is on the look-out for key experts to join its team.
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Archive TitlesHow green is your van?
Buy a car and emissions and fuel consumption figures abound. Buy a van and there’s a dearth of information. So how do you reduce your fleet’s carbon footprint? Kristina Smith investigates