All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 42
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Archive TitlesTools on test
Modern power tools address a number of safety and useability issues, but do they meet the industry’s performance spec? Stephen Cousins spoke to tool manufacturers, contractors and site operatives to find out
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Stratford site still on track
Genesis Housing Group is still committed to the Stratford site and we anticipate work will recommence shortly, contrary to your report (Month in numbers, April).
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Tips of the trade site security systems
Carl Clarke, director of Clarke Construction Security
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More support please
It was with interest that I read your April edition of Construction Manager, but apart from your editorial on the Construction diploma and your later article on the ageing population there was nothing else on the current state of the industry’s workforce, particularly the sector I currently find myself in, ...
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Archive TitlesThere’s a whole new world out there...
Redundant? After the initial shock has passed you will face the prospect of restarting your career – and that may be in a totally different direction. CM found mentors for three construction professionals looking for a new start.
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Archive TitlesA step forward in stairwells
Contractors on smaller sites could benefit from a new stairwell product from Alsure.
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Archive TitlesFor the downturn
Spring is here, and companies that can throw out dusty procedures and outworn ideas will also save time and money. And in a recession, asks Elaine Knutt, who can argue with that?
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Recession reveals a different landscape
The recession is casting a longer shadow with every passing month.
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Archive TitlesDrive to cut emissions
With everything else in construction seemingly going green, the pressure is now on firms to reduce carbon emissions from their fleets
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Dairy job turns sour as contract goes unsigned
Case: RTS Flexible Systems v Molkeri Alois Müller, Court of Appeal 12 February, 2009
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Archive TitlesConsiderate sites extended
The Considerate Constructors Scheme (CCS), which campaigns to raise industry standards on neighbourliness, safety and public image, is expanding its remit to allow companies, and not just individual sites, to register.
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Archive TitlesComputing on the run
Motion Computing has upgraded its F5 tablet computer to include a faster processor, expanded Wi-Fi capabilities and a 64GB solid state drive.
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Competitive spirits sought
Construction professionals under 30 are being invited to sign up for the industry’s version of a reality TV talent competition – TeamBuild 2009.
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Comfort from expert troubles
I enjoyed your article ‘Here’s one I built at the weekend…’ (CM, April).
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First Council projects Team signs up to CBC scheme
Kent County Council’s Capital Projects department has qualified as a member of the CIOB’s Chartered Building Company scheme.
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Safety report needs to cast its net wide
Industry safety will be in the news again with the imminent publication of the special report into construction safety being conducted by Rita Donaghy.
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Archive TitlesSkills shortages: Recession deals double blow to contractors
Survey reveals that recruitment is a problem despite wholesale redundancies and a drop in workload
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Archive TitlesCIOB Innovation Award for Spruced up Timber system
A timber considered unsuitable for construction has been turned into a robust, cheap and sustainable building product, in a new Welsh construction system that has won this year’s CIOB’s Architecture and Surveying Innovation Award.
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Demolition’s Artistic License
Are you involved in a project that will involve demolishing a school, hospital, library or council building in London later this year?