All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 213
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Green machines
Responsible use of plant and machinery can boost your site’s sustainability credentials. Hire firm Hewden has a few ideas
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Whole lotta shakin' goin'on
The Control of Vibration at Work Regulations came into force in July 2005. New research by Bill Dixon shows that two years on, contractors continue to put workers at risk due to lack of understanding and training
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Archive TitlesFire and security
We begin this month’s product focus on fire and security by listing five points to consider when specifying firestop products
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Fire safety and security in schools
Schools are often more vulnerable to arson attacks than any other building.
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Settlement figures
Research suggests mediation is becoming a more popular method of resolving disputes
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Archive TitlesFlat roofs, fewer risks
Are you sizing up a job with a flat roof? Minimise your risk by asking yourself these six important questions.
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Archive TitlesMaking presence felt
CP Electronics has launched the SPIR-F/C, a ceiling-mounted presence detector that can be surface- or flush-mounted onto a standard switch box.
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Archive TitlesTextbook error
Having been passed a copy of your esteemed publication by a colleague I must say a big thankyou to John Cooknell (BSj 06/07).
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Part l is enough for energy efficiency
I read with interest your article ‘The future of planning’ in the June issue.
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Archive TitlesDon’t talk, show
In the next 10 years the industry will undergo vast changes. The way we communicate will need to evolve with them
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Archive TitlesFire detection
The new Sinteso fire protection system from Siemens has been developed to help users meet the requirements of the new Regulatory Reform Fire Safety Order, which places strong emphasis on the need to avoid false alarms.
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Archive TitlesLet's throw open global warming debate
I must take issue with Godfrey Whitehouse (BSj 06/07) on his interpretation of my letter published in BSj 03/07. My first and last paragraphs decry the way global warming is discussed, whereas he appears to support it.
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Archive TitlesFuelling debate
Arup associate James Thonger believes that inaccurate judgements about the carbon content of grid-supplied electricity is distorting the environmental benefits of using CHP and trigeneration systems.
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Archive TitlesA new cycle
One-time Olympic biker Peter Bonfield tells Stephen Kennett why he has more than a sporting chance of doubling BRE’s turnover and pushing sustainability to the fore
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Dissatisfied customers
It’s good times for contractors – and not so good for clients, if the latest set of key performance indicators from Constructing Excellence in the Built Environment are anything to go by.
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Employers crucial
Tony Mells suggests the need to bring back a financially supported national apprenticeship scheme (letters, CM June).
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Daywork costs revised in latest publication
Anyone who thinks dayworks is a simple concept better get their hands on Definition of Prime Cost of Daywork Carried Out Under a Building Contract – all 16 pages of it. The document has been produced by the Construction Confederation and RICS and it will supersede the last definition, which ...
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Archive TitlesControlling interest
It's arguably the most important detail of any design – yet often completely overlooked. Roderic Bunn challenges engineers to stop invalidating all their hard work by neglecting to specify a user-friendly control panel
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Archive TitlesRadio control
System Sensor’s Series 200 plus wired fire detection system has been enhanced with a radio communication between the detectors for installing at heritage sites.
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EPBD consultation is shelved
Plans to introduce energy performance certificates are descending into chaos as the government retracts