All Archive Titles articles – Page 171
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Wholesalers take risks with cable
Almost a quarter of wholesalers have sold non-approved products over the last year
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EU deadline looms for Rexel’s Hagemeyer deal
Commission sets date for acquisition inquiry
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Archive TitlesWorkplace
How does a chemist end up working in building services? Hywel Davies, CIBSE’s technical director, describes his career path to Will Jones
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Archive TitlesTower of strength
Hurray for Kier Southern, whose staff are inspiring students at Queens’ School, Bushey with structural engineering lessons involving marshmallows and sweets and a tower-building competition.
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Archive TitlesState your terms
Mistakes do happen, so it’s important to use your terms and conditions of appointment to minimise your exposure in the event of a claim, says Jake Davies
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Why specify that ?
Art and theatre nestle alongside justice and self-storage in this month’s look at who’s cladding what and why we love it
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Archive TitlesSubbies sobbing
It hasn’t been a great start to the year for contractors and suppliers to housebuilders. Many have been told to take pay cuts to shore up their clients’ finances for the end of the fiscal year.
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SNAFU
"It was terrible I got a letter from my ten year old daughter saying how much she missed me when I was always at work…""What’s wrong with that it sounds sweet!""She got my name wrong!"
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Suffering in silence
Research into work-life balance among site managers paints a bleak picture of long hours, stress and disrupted personal lives.
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Safety training
Supervisors on sites of firms belonging to the Major Contractors Group must attend the two-day ConstructionSkills’ supervisors safety training scheme as part of their h&s training.
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Robust, rather than revolutionary
I would liek to respond to peter Mills' letter in the December issue of BSj, where he comments on the design of the John Madejski Academy, as covered in the October issue.
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Staying power
Over 60% of construction employees would prefer to improve their current role than jump ship, with only 11% preferring to start afresh, according to a survey by the Learning and Skills Council.
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The young ones
Good news from UCAS, the organisation which manages university admissions: numbers of those starting undergraduate course for construction and built environment subjects was up in 2007.
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Archive TitlesNuclear summer
Nuclear energy is back on the government’s agenda, which could mean lucrative times ahead for the building industry and lots of opportunities for experienced professionals
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New WEEE website
Mercury Recycling has a new website with information on the WEEE regulations that came into force in July: www.weeerecyclingltd.co.uk
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Archive TitlesThis month... in pictures
News that Tate Modern has erected a replica of the world’s first flat-packed home might be of interest if you’re an architect or site manager, but it’s hardly likely to get Joe Public excited.