All Archive Titles articles – Page 249
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Archive TitlesWe don’t need icons at Olympic site
It was refreshing to read the comments by Howard Shiplee, the Olympic Delivery Authority’s construction director, about how he wants to approach the Olympic site.
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Archive TitlesMission critical
Emerson Network Power has launched a range of cabinet cooling units for the latest generation of data centres and other mission critical applications.
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Olympic costs run and run
After much deliberation Tessa Jowell, the secretary of state for culture media and sport, announced the ‘final budget’ for the Olympics last month: £9.35bn.
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Archive TitlesCool solution
Coolmation has introduced a range of eight Rhoss Powercool chillers with a cooling capacity of 76.5 kW to 182 kW.
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Top consultants see profits soar
Both WSP and White Young Green have seen a healthy rise in profits during 2006.
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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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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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Archive TitlesChilled floors and ceilings …
… are just some of the technologies employed by Warmafloor for its new head office building
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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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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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Archive TitlesHealth Care - Introduction
This healthcare special includes some of the most exciting developments in the sector.
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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 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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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 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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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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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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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.