All Archive Titles articles – Page 547
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Is this an hermaphrodite plot?
I am somewhat concerned by your last coverline (Gender Agenda, CM July/August). Either Simons has embarked on a genetic mutation programme to turn its staff into half male, half female people, or the headline should have been re-written. I trust it is the latter as otherwise Simons may have a ...
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Output grows slowly
Construction output continues to rise, but the pace of growth is weak and depends on increased Government investment, a survey reveals.
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Archive TitlesLets get together
Employers say graduates are weak on knowledge and skills, and Graduates say they are thrown in at the deep end by employers. There must be room for compromise, CM reports
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Playing the old percentage game
SIR – Many thanks for publishing my Letter To The Editor in last month’s edition of Security Management Today (‘Search for an answer no longer!’, pp16-19).I would like to point out to readers that paragraph eight of the original should read: “After all, from Table 1 there is only a ...
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Archive TitlesForming a security partnership
SMT explains why he feels security guarding companies operating in the private sector and offering a genuinely holistic service to the end user are far more likely to succeed in a post-regulation environment.
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Follow the leader
Renewable energy poiicies are sweeping the nation. Andy Pearson investigates how local planners are driving a national trend – and what it means for design
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Piano smashing may be fun, but think of the old folks home first
Speaking as a senior surveyor with a local authority, as a semi-professional musician and with considerable experience of providing facilities for the elderly, I must protest at the picture of your piano smashing picture (Higgins hits the right notes, CM, June). Just think how a piano would brighten up an ...
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Kier Regional fined
Kier Regional Ltd, has been fined £7,000 at City of London Magistrates Court and ordered to pay court costs of £2,640, after pleading guilty to two counts of breaching the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974.
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Keeping track of The Enemy
SIR – I was extremely interested to read Chris Brogan’s comments in your regular section by The Security Institute (‘Is it really a load of old rubbish?’, SMT, June 2005, pp43-44 and ‘Human Rights and Fair Trials’, SMT, July 2005, pp 35-36), and also those of Stephen Meredith (‘Authentication: fighting ...
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Archive TitlesFighting the invisible enemy
When it comes to hospitals, there’s no such thing as friendly bacteria. Craig Mackintosh tells Karen Fletcher how engineers and health professionals could improve ventilation design
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States tackle emissions
Nine states in the US could become the first to sign-up to mandatory controls to reduce their levels of greenhouse gas emissions.
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Archive TitlesWe dont want to give you that
How hard can it be to improve payment practices in construction? Very, if industry can’t agree on a way forward. Olufunmi Majekodunmi attempts to answer why consensus may never be reached
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Archive TitlesA new dimension
These days architects and engineers can bring a building to life months before the first brick has even been laid – using 3D modelling. The latest packages allow everything from the wall finishes in the boardroom to the pipework in the risers to be depicted in almost photographic quality.
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Archive TitlesThis mixed-use development
This mixed-use development, located in the heart of Vancouver’s heritage district, is the first in the city to use a central cogeneration plant. Foster and Partners was the architect; environmental design was by Battle McCarthy. scheme involves the restoration of an A-listed builidng, retention of a B-listed façade and the ...
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Archive TitlesDeveloping a United Front
The pressure to unify physical and IT security strategies is mounting as the current gap between the two security disciplines renders enterprises vulnerable to attack. Anxious to fill the breach, IT managers and organisational leaders are working hard to correct this problem, and in doing so are looking to the ...
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Archive TitlesDesign for life
What happens when an engineer with a passion for sustainable design builds his own house? He practices what he preaches, as Richard Quincey reveals
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Delay makes no difference
I read with surprise that the new Parts L and F and EPBD will not be issued until April 2006 (BSj 08/05) as I’ve had emails from the ODPM stating they will be issued in December 2005.
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Archive TitlesRepairing damaged glass: Glass passes for new
Glass damaged or scratched during construction does not necessarily have to be replaced. Reface Ltd can restore most types of glass back to new condition at much lower cost than replacement
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The current favourite
I was interested to read Andy Ford’s letter about heating options (BSj 07/05) as this is a discussion we have been having in the office for some time.
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Archive TitlesEC researchers strive to ‘design-out’ urban crime
The latest European Commission-funded project is designed to produce a ‘toolkit’ of strategies for combating urban crime