All Archive Titles articles – Page 248
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PFI bidding problems highlighted in report
PFI is not attracting enough bids, costs are too high and the tendering process is overlong.
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Binding carbon targets for UK
The publication of the draft Climate Change Bill could see the UK set legally binding targets to cut CO2
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Archive TitlesStrategic thinking: get on board
A lack of strategic leadership could be preventing your organisation from performing at its best. But what is it? Kristina Smith looks for some answers
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Archive TitlesBobs world
My heart sank when I opened my inbox last week. Another rousing e-mail from the chief executive. I’m not sure what offends me most about these messages: the matey tone or the contents.
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Archive TitlesStepping outside the box
Leigh academy in Dartford goes beyond the design of other contemporary schools and building its complex roof has brought challenges for the contractor.
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Copper trials could confirm MRSA breakthrough
An 18 month trial to establish whether copper surfaces kill MRSA and other hospital acquired infections is to be launched this month.
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Hanson buys bricklayer
Hanson signalled a move towards supply chain consolidation, or ‘vertical integration’ last month when it acquired bricklayer Irvine-Whitlock for an undisclosed sum.
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Archive TitlesBright idea
Fluorescent lamps aren’t just an inexpensive, low-maintenance way of lighting a room. When high-quality versions are used, they can be a life-saver. Alan Clough explains
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Why don’t we combine planning and building control?
It is no longer possible to submit a planning application without having designed down to substantial technical detail.
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Archive TitlesTower to be built opposite Moorfield’s Eye Hospital
Plans have been unveiled for a 43-storey tower to be built opposite Moorfield’s Eye Hospital in London.
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Archive TitlesCSCS cards to carry health
Details of workers’ health are to be stored on CSCS cards from the summer, as part of a national occupational health scheme called Constructing Better Health (CBH).
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Archive TitlesHealth Care - Introduction
This healthcare special includes some of the most exciting developments in the sector.
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Be careful what you do with those old emails
Have you got a system for storing your emails? When as much as 90% of correspondence on a project is sent electronically, you don’t want people saving messages in their personal inboxes, or worse, deleting them.
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Case notes...
Want to avoid costly disputes on your job? Then read Ann’s short-but-sweet summaries of the latest legal cases to learn about the potential pitfalls
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Archive TitlesChilled floors and ceilings …
… are just some of the technologies employed by Warmafloor for its new head office building
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Archive TitlesThe Turn of the screw chiller
Airedale has produced a range of large capacity, high efficiency, air-cooled screw chillers with a small footprint called OptiChill.
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Nuclear consultancy sold
Sir Robert McAlpine has acquired Taylor Woodrow Construction’s Warrington-based nuclear design consultancy business.
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Top consultants see profits soar
Both WSP and White Young Green have seen a healthy rise in profits during 2006.