All Archive Titles articles – Page 533
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Archive TitlesChanging places
Dave Corbin took a leap into the unknown by volunteering for a new role.
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Time for change
The challenge offered by the revisions to Part L is exactly what the industry needs in order to move forward.
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Collaboration on climate change
A brief article in the New Civil Engineer (14/07) referred to collaboration between the RIBA, ICE and CIBSE presidents (see also BSj 09/05, page 8), resulting in a call to government for ‘more decisive action’ on climate change. It also mentioned the need for a target-based policy framework within which ...
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Archive TitlesCertificate of disapproval
Apprenticeships are in crisis. The number of people taking them is at a 30-year low, few of those complete them, and the system is losing the industry’s respect. By Olufunmi Majekodunmi
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Archive TitlesNew education centre
Buro Happold has provided the M&E design on the Core, a new education centre at the Eden Project in Cornwall. The building features a roof design whose geometry mimics the arrangement of seeds in a pinecone or sunflower and is clad in standing seam copper panelling, beneath which lies a ...
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Archive TitlesFor the inclusive CCTV viewer.
Sony Europe’s ISS Division has unveiled the next generation models in its range of 360 degree panoramic CCTV cameras for numerous end user applications
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Archive TitlesCaption of the month
Caption of the Month“The project manager likes his tea sweet”Thanks to Michael Whittall
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Archive TitlesCaption competition
Caption competition:Send us a caption and we’ll hand over a £20 drinks voucher for the wittiest entry. Email: construction_manager@cmpinformation.com
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Europe set to capitalise on sunshine
Work will begin next year on the construction of the world’s largest solar energy station.
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Archive TitlesCorporate ...on call
As the blue chip telecommunications concern’s managing director, Brian McBride is responsible for T-Mobile’s operations in the UK, including around 6,000 employees and 14.3 million customers. At a time when Boards of Directors are being urged to put security at the top of the corporate agenda, what are his views ...
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Archive TitlesChemical bother
Corrosion, often a domestic water system’s weakest link, is not always considered in the design process. Phillip Munn explains how to ensure long-term performance isn’t compromised
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Clients refuse to take safety blame
The Construction Clients Group (CCG) has come out strongly against changes to the CDM Regulations that would pin blame for poor safety on the client.
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Archive TitlesBlade IT systems
In this month’s engineering services cost model, Davis Langdon Mott Green Wall examines blade systems, revealing why they may represent an attractive alternative to conventional IT solutions
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Archive TitlesBSI devises biometric standard for end users
Four new international standards on biometric technology have just been published for end users by BSI Business Information
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Big changes for excellence group
The Egan-spawned reform body Constructing Excellence (CE) underwent three dramatic changes as summer wound down and has set a new course toward becoming an influential club for paying members only.
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Archive TitlesThe Big Issue
Identity theft is an issue that has hit the headlines repeatedly over the past few months.
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Archive TitlesSimply the best
Earlier this year Willmott Dixon was called the best employer in construction by Contract Journal magazine. We asked Guy Lacey, one of its employees, if that’s true