All Archive Titles articles – Page 250
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Unreasonable liability levels
The Association for Consultancy and Engineering has called for consulting engineers to walk away from clients who demand unreasonable levels of liability cover.
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Archive TitlesThe long view
Philip Wolfe has been pushing solar power since the seventies. If only government policy would show similar commitment to a future for alternative fuels, he tells Will Jones
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Spin Master
Clivet has developed a range of compact footprint, energy saving chillers with cooling outputs from 157 kW to 510 kW.
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Archive TitlesThe meter’s running
A recent research project demonstrates that automatic meter reading can help slash energy consumption in buildings.
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Archive TitlesMug of the month
This month we were reduced to swapping one of our beautiful shiny Construction Manager mugs for a photo of this filthy specimen provided by a very nice man in a van, who happened to park up near the offices. Why? Because none of you, dear readers, sent us a photo ...
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Archive TitlesNeat solution
The tool for assessing the environmental impact of NHS healthcare facilities is undergoing a facelift. Stephen Kennett finds out what to expect in spring 2008
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Web poll
Last month we asked ‘Following Australia’s announcement that it is going to ban incandescent lamps, should all countries follow suit?
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Archive TitlesRemote possibilities
Fabric energy storage technology is bringing a breath of fresh air to a ground-breaking new hospital in Botswana. Engineer Paul Norton, who designed the project, explains all
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Archive TitlesStage presence
As much as scientific research we depend on stories to understand our surroundings.
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Archive TitlesMy project
I’m a project manager on the £23m St Paul’s Square development in Liverpool for English Cities Fund.
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Archive TitlesMy project
Tim Waters has been with Shepherd Construction for 18 years. Currently project manager on a multi-million pound scheme in Liverpool city centre, the development is characterised by modern construction methods and trade relations.
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Sign of the times
Kevin O’Connor and his wife Sue (who took this picture) came across this sign in an eastern suburb of Kampala, Uganda.
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Archive TitlesWhy specify that?
This month’s roofing solutions are as diversified as they come: an Olympic stadium, a school, T5, an annexe to the Wordsworth museum and a housing development...
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Archive TitlesDoing the splits
Mitsubishi has added a 5.2 kW cooling/ 6.4 kW heating model and a five-port, 10 kW cooling/12 kW heating unit to its M Series range of split air-conditioning systems.
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Tending to zero
The government has said all new homes will have to be zero-carbon from 2016.
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Archive TitlesMy way
Clive Percival is Shepherd Construction’s new managing director of its southern division
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Archive TitlesWorkplace
Engineering consultants Faber Maunsell are one of the "Sunday Times 100 Best Companies To Work For", but that doesn't make it immune to the industry's skills shortage. BSj finds out how its new STEP scheme aims to help tackle this