All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 59
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Tips of the trade wall insulation
David Khan, technical product manager, Knauf Insulation
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Going with the flow
Developments in flood-risk areas can be delivered cost effectively if developers and architects allow controlled flooding and take an integrated approach, according to new BRE-endorsed design guidance published last month.
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Parking made easy
Builders working in the forward-thinking London Borough of Barnet will be able to apply for a special parking permit allowing them to carry out works on private homes without the risk of being ticketed by wardens.
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Archive TitlesRacial discrimination inquiry seeks your input
Do you have real-life experience or views on racial discrimination in construction?
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Archive TitlesThe diggers
They are responsible for saving our nation’s heritage, but often seen as the enemy of construction. Three archaeologists tell Katie Puckett why the image lags behind reality
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Archive TitlesContract contradiction
Case: A E Yates Trenchless Solutions v Black and Veatch. (Formerly Gleeson) 19 December, 2008 TCC.
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Construction’s past offers future hope
Compiling this history-themed issue of Construction Manager to mark the 175th anniversary of the CIOB has been a fascinating excursion into the past.
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Archive TitlesRecalibrate your career
If your qualifications don’t quite measure up to your ambition, the recession could be the perfect opportunity to get your career in alignment.
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Archive TitlesCarbon help
Steel frame manufacturer Corus and the British Constructional Steelwork Association have announced a £1m project to help designers work towards zero-carbon buildings by 2019.
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Archive TitlesStudents start to shun building
The number of applicants for building-related degree courses starting in autumn 2009 is down 7.6% compared to last year, according to figures from higher education admissions body UCAS.
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Archive TitlesInsulation: Board and lodging
When a hi-tech insulation material was installed in a new zero-carbon house in Kent, Channel 4’s Grand Designs film crew was there to watch.
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Block party
H+H will launch a new range of larger high-insulation aircrete blocks suitable for commercial and industrial applications at Ecobuild this month.
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Archive TitlesOn Birmingham’s new civic glory
The editors, craving your indulgence, have pleasure in presenting this report from the year 1834 on the troubled construction of Birmingham’s Town Hall. It is by the pen of the respectable Mr Stephen Cousins, ancestor of the current deputy editor.
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Archive TitlesFrame: Ready for assembly
Austrian precision engineering meets giant Jenga for a new primary school made from timber panels in north-east London.
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Archive TitlesAnimal tragic
Once again thank you for a fine publication and the ‘Here comes trouble!’ article in the February issue.
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Chris Blythe: Recession may herald a new industrial age
It is impossible to miss the fact that this year is the 175th anniversary of the CIOB – it’s all over this magazine.
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Archive TitlesPut your best foot forward for Africa
The Kawama people in northern Zambia, for example, need support.
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Back to basics briefing 3: When clients try to cut contract sums
Two client-created problems are having a big impact on contractors and sub-contractors: the client who, after agreeing a ‘tender sum’ now wants a reduction; and the client who wants to cut a previously agreed contract sum during the currency of the contract. Are such ‘cuts’ contractually allowed?
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ESC to move into wider energy safety arena
Safety charity announces planned expansion