All Archive Titles articles – Page 550
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Johnson Controls acquires York
Johnson Controls has acquired hvac supplier York International in a deal worth £1.7bn.
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‘Passporting’ is not acceptable to all
SIR – National Security Inspectorate (NSI) chief executive Tom Mullarkey presents a very cohesive argument in his case for ‘passporting’ the organisation’s Gold and Silver Award standards into the Approved Contractor Scheme (ACS) (‘Passport to The Promised Land’, SMT, August 2005, pp43-44). Sadly, Tom’s views are fundamentally flawed. However much ...
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Payment abuse costs
Everyone has a story to tell about payment abuse in construction. Here’s one from Graham Watts of the Construction Industry Council. At the height of the recession, when businesses were crashing on a daily basis, Watts was sitting in the offices of a fairly large firm. The chairman showed him ...
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Card is something to CRO about
CSCS has a new card. Since 2002 it has issued “non-availability letters” to those whose jobs were not covered by the scheme. But in August the Construction Related Occupation Card, or CRO card, replaced these. It’s white, describes holder’s occupation and carries a photograph of the cardholder. You’ve got to ...
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Archive TitlesDM’s RAID on the G8 Summit!
Digital CCTCVDedicated Micros recently supplied two of its resilient RAID high capacity systems to Tayside Police to help support the latter’s commitment for the G8 Summit, which took place at the Gleneagles Hotel in Perthshire (‘Meeting of minds’, SMT, July 2005, pp22-25).The RAID units were used in the Custody Suite ...
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Operating in the face of adversity: London 7/7
Security is an issue which has risen to the top of both political and business agendas the length and breadth of the UK following the devastating London bombings on Thursday 7 July (and the attempted ‘second wave’ of bombings that was uncovered some two weeks later). As a result of ...
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Catch 22
It is well documented that the majority of UK climate-changing carbon emissions come from buildings – and in particular, from their engineering services. So no-one would quibble with the notion that building services engineers should bear environmental issues in mind when it comes to design.
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The Private Security Industry Summit 2005
The BSI’s Business Information Division is running a two-day conference – the ‘Private Security Industry Summit’ – on 29-30 September at The Selfridge Hotel, London. Security Management Today is the official media partner for the event, which is previewed here by Brian Sims
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Archive TitlesSector: Quango
AnalysisRegeneration's quangos have increased dramatically in number over recent years, and these relatively young organisations are still establishing themselves as career makers. “The major challenge will be attracting quality people from the private sector,” says PSD Group’s Tony O'Neill. “They have to be convinced that this area is the place ...
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Spreadable Mayo
The National Consumer Council looks into everything from the car repair industry to personal pensions, but under chief executive Ed Mayo, it is now broadening its remit to include regeneration.
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Ridge on the lookout in the North
Ridge Property & Construction Consultants is looking for an acquisition target in the North West of England.
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Archive TitlesPDAs - love them or loathe them?
Bosses at Davis Langdon are so taken with them that they have issued all partners with one as standard kit.
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Hill and Haleys team up
Hill International has acquired the entire team of Manchester-based dispute resolution company Maple Consult, a subsidiary of QS practice Haleys, writes Roxane McMeeken.
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Archive TitlesMeet the four QSs who just do it
Out of the office, and with the day’s number crunching and contract administering behind them, QS News discovers that some in the industry manage to lead secret sporting lives
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Filling the gaps
Your APC article (Lottery Exam, QS News, 16 August) is a good reflection of concerns that I have come across from many employers, supervisors, candidates and assessors over years of having undertaken several APC roles. These have ranged from coaching APC candidates through to the actual training of APC assessors ...