All Archive Titles articles – Page 260
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Why specify that ?
A car plant, a garden centre, an airport terminal, a museum, and a residential development: whatever the flooring application, we’ve got it covered this month
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Some snowstorm that
Well, what’s a micron or two between friends?Ray Turner, retired member
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Archive TitlesSign of the times
‘Are things really that bad?’ asks reader James Bell, who submitted this photo.
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Archive TitlesThe science of warming
Most of us actually agree that reduced emissions and reduced consumption is an absolute necessity. However, a fair number of us baulk at the way the issue is discussed, commercialised and (almost) politicised, and so have a sneaking liking for the views expressed by Patrick McKay on your letters page ...
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Archive TitlesRead this!
HEAT How to Stop the Planet Burning by George Monbiot. Penguin, hardback, £17.99
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Archive TitlesMy project
I’m responsible for the Salt Grammar School project, part of an £84m PFI scheme being delivered by Educo UK (a joint venture partnership between Costain and Ferrovial Agroman). All three schools are due for completion in summer 2008 following a 74-week construction programme.
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My project
Michael Taylor joined Costain in December 2006. Last month he was one of the first to graduate from the CIOB non-cognate diploma course.
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Archive TitlesNot a problem
Your article about the MHS homes HQ, “Broadside”, concentrated on the benefits that can be achieved with adiabatic cooling in conjunction with a Termodeck system (BSj, 11/06). Alex Maguire’s objections to these (BSj, 01/07) were, I think, based on a possible lack of awareness concerning developments in adiabatic cooling technology.
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Archive TitlesWe have the power
Services engineers have the skills to work towards a zero-carbon future. It’s only the can-do attitude that’s missing
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Archive TitlesPiles and piles of piles
Piling contractor Aarsleff has installed a whopping 4,000 precast concrete piles over the past four years at Cardiff’s £75m Capital Business Park.
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Picture this
Jaga Heating Products UK has published a set of photobooks showcasing the company’s collection of heating solutions.
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Archive TitlesPolished performance
Inside knowledge of the Chinese market – as well as construction know-how – helped Szerelmey deliver a top-class flooring job at Plymouth’s Drake Circus.
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Archive TitlesPDAs save trees
Kier Building Maintenance has given 300 of its workers PDAs so that they don’t have to come into the office to receive instructions in the morning, or to fill out paperwork in the evening.
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Archive TitlesTall order
The new Beetham Tower has a simple elegance. But building the requirement for natural ventilation and a single-stair fire safety solution into Manchester’s tallest residential building had its complications
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Open sesame
Netherlands-based wireless innovation company Waleli has developed a GSM doorbell. It allows people to answer the door, talk to visitors and even open the door, whether they are at home or not, via telephone over the GSM network.
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Non-cognate pilot scheme is a winner
In the 173 years of the CIOB to date , there has been a number of events which, in retrospect, have helped define what the CIOB is about. Normally it is only possible to draw such conclusions in hindsight after a number of years.
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Archive TitlesNew ways of working together
One of the consequences of the introduction of the revised Part L of the Building Regulations is closer collaboration between disciplines. But when will we begin to see the synergies of truly integrated design?
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