All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 770
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Archive TitlesBrainy builder invents the instant wall-tie
Brian Tellum and his wife June have spent seven years and £170,000, mostly borrowed from the bank, to develop a brand new wall tie for repairing houses with corroded ties. The family home has been a testing ground. “It looks like it’s been in a war,” says June.
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Best value and a satisfied client
Your 'Opinion' contributor, Kevin Thomas, responding to Barry Lambert's letter (BSj 03/04) appeared to me to conclude that everyone who has an interest and can contribute should be involved in the realisation of a project at the earliest date possible, to achieve the best outcome.
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BDP looks to France for hospital guidance
Multidisciplinary practice BDP has published a report based on comparing UK and French hospital design.
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The battle for young brains
National Construction Week (NCW) is coming around again – 6-13 October – and CM will shower the best NCW initiatives with the pure oxygen of publicity.
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Archive TitlesTime at the bar
Implementing a 21st century services strategy in an ancient building is no mean feat. We find out how this is being achieved at one of London's oldest establishments.
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Archive TitlesBack to basics
In a rare ruling, an architect has been fined and ordered to take a course in planning supervision following complaints from workers of severe back pain after lifting heavy blocks
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Rules of thumb - space and weight allowances
This month sees the second installment of BSRIA's Rules of thumb guidelines for building services, a useful source of design data for every m&e engineer.
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Green Integer homes for all
The first findings from an evaluation of Integer housing projects around the country show that they can be delivered profitably by the UK housing industry and are popular with residents.
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Archive TitlesFulcrum scoops first prize in CIBSE Carbon 60 competition
A team from Fulcrum Consulting has won the CIBSE Carbon 60 competition.
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Archive TitlesAwards winners 2004
England may not have come home with any trophies from Euro 2004, but this year's Building Services Awards was host to a gallery of winners.
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Chief scientist to open CIBSE 2004 National Conference
The government's chief scientific advisor, Sir David King, will deliver the keynote address at the CIBSE National Conference in September.
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Archive TitlesWater works
Water works: This former industrial site in Sefton, Merseyside, has been given £35m by the New Heartlands market renewal pathfinder, Sefton council, English Partnerships and the Housing Corporation. Remediation work on the 6 ha site has already begun. When the land is decontaminated, 500 homes will be built for sale ...
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Think Tank
Cracked rent restructuringI am a council tenant who has occupied the same property for 30 years. It was a new house but, shortly after we moved in, cracks began appearing in the walls, floors and ceilings. The council undertook some underpinning of the foundations but, because of subsidence, the cracks ...
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Archive TitlesSold on it
Advance Housing is giving people with a history of serious mental illness the chance to buy their own home and get support. Despite initial doubts, the scheme is fast winning converts.
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Archive TitlesReady for regulation?
Now that most practitioners in the industry – though strangely not all – are fully aware of the costs of Security Industry Authority (SIA) licensing, it's prescient to pose the question: "How geared up is the security world for regulation?" Professor Martin Gill and Tony Burns-Howell present the results of ...
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And your point is?
Another month, another odpm select committee report – that's how it feels anyway. The review of the role and effectiveness of the Housing Corporation is the 14th piece of work undertaken by Andrew Bennett's committee this year. Such productivity is certainly impressive, but the reaction of the sector has been ...
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Let me tell you a story
If Tony Soares had his way, all housing association annual reports would be a list of facts and figures photocopied onto a few sheets of A4 (18 June, page 25). As someone who has produced a fair number of annual reports – and not at the great expense assumed by ...