All Archive Titles articles – Page 204
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ECA pay deal accepted
The ECA and union Unite-Amicus have finally agreed a three-year pay deal for electricians which was first put forward by the Joint Industry Board in April.
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Air-con recycling
Daikin UK has launched a recycling service for installers of its equipment.
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Critical path analysis
Complex projects mean complex programmes. can you be sure yours is right, asks John Fozard
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Case notes... From Ann Wright
Want to avoid costly disputes on your job? Then read Ann’s short-but-sweet summaries of the latest legal cases
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Archive TitlesFirst zero emission Antarctic station
The design for the first zero emission Antarctic station has been unveiled in Belgium.
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Archive TitlesSeal of approval
Low-amplitude air pressure waves can be used to check drainage trap seal systems. BSj reports on how a new maintenance method could save lives
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New environmental impact self-assessment tool available for SMEs
Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Scotland are getting to grips with their environmental responsibilities more quickly than firms of a similar size in the rest of the country.
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Prevention beats cure
The best way of protecting a building is to ensure fire doesn’t break out in the first place. Colin Bennett describes a new system that claims to do just that
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Archive TitlesBoKlok Blog
Gavin Skelly, a Regional Construction Manager with Avebury, is overseeing the UK’s first development of Ikea’s BoKlok homes for developer Live Smart @ Home. In the second of his monthly blogs he reveals why he is pushing ideas from commercial and multi-storey projects onto a housing development.
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Builders shouldn’t dictate policy
In 2003 the London Borough of Merton became the first local authority in the UK to include a policy in its UDP requiring large new non-residential developments to generate at least 10% of their energy needs from on-site renewable energy equipment.
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Archive TitlesBuilding Schools for the Future
The first school to be rebuilt under the government's Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme has opened.
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Building control not policing Part L says HVCA
HVCA president John Miller is challenging the government to enforce the energy efficiency measures it introduced last year as revisions to Part L of the Building Regulations.
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Credit crunch hits buildings
High-profile office building schemes could be the next victims of the banking crisis which has threatened Northern Rock.
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Archive TitlesCharities gain
The BSj yacht sailed into 14th position in its class at the Little Britain Challenge Cup on 6-8 September.
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Multiple choice
Glasgow council is using simulation modelling to help identify the best tenders for schools contracts
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Howard Prosser - The CIOB interview
Do you have any idea what the CIOB’s various committees and boards get up to? In the first of an occasional series, CM talks to Howard Prosser, chair of the CIOB’s health and safety advisory committee
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Climbing the ladder
Faz ZorriasatainISG has appointed Zorriasatain as technical director within its new build division. His new role will primarily focus on risk management and winning work. He was formerly head of engineering for Trafalgar House and technical director at Warings. Kate SkinnerYorkshire-based Apple Homes has appointed Kate Skinner as a quantity ...
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College contract
Briggs & Forrester has won a £2.7 million contract to install m&e services at Lambeth College.