All Archive Titles articles – Page 578
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Archive TitlesBygone, they’ve done it
The race to get the first ‘C’ rated window confirmed by the British Fenestration Ratings Council (BFRC) is over – with Masterframe’s Bygone Collection first past the post.
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A bunch of fives for John Prescott
Property developers and investors think of life in terms of decades and a particularly important 10 years will begin in April next year, because April 2016 will be when much of what John Prescott has pledged to change through his £40bn sustainable communities plan starts to come to fruition.
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Can the BSIA tell us where we’re going?
SIR – My brief comments follow on from Lt Col Richard Evans’ Letter To The Editor in the March edition of Security Management Today (SMT) (‘Where is the SIA taking us, exactly?’, pp15-17).
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Archive TitlesMorgan breaks ranks to call for no confidence vote
Construction faculty chairman attacks RICS’s management as arrogant and undemocratic
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The bigger picture
Reading the debate about the correct measurement of length for the hip rafter makes me realise that those outside the QS profession (particularly non-Brits) who often refer to us by the derogatory term of brick or bean counters might have a point.
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The Big Issue
Biometric technology is back under the spotlight thanks to a recent trial of current technologies commissioned by the UK Passport Service, the Home Office Identity Cards programme and the Driving and Vehicle Licensing Agency
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Two tenders better than one
Two leading QSs are pushing ahead with changes to the procurement of future City Academy projects
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Security is definitely being under-sold
SIR – If there is one key area in which the private sector needs to sharpen up its act it’s in the selling of security guarding services.
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Roger Blitz bangs the drum for London’s Olympic bid
6 July will bring to a close an important chapter in the history of UK regeneration.
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Back in our day...
In 1943, with 16 year old childish optimism, we chanted, “Since Operations Have Commenced Adolph Has Taken Oxalic Acid.”
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Funding - An A-Z of the key terms and issues
Funding remains one of the key barriers to the effective implementation of regeneration initiatives.
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AYH finalises Dutch sale
Shareholders in QS and project management firm AYH have agreed to the sale of the company for £21m to Dutch consultancy group Arcadis.
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Newton scoops Entrepreneur of the Year Award in the North West
Mike Newton – chief executive of Warrington-based CCTV specialist AD Group, and the founder of Dedicated Micros – has won EN magazine’s prestigious North West Entrepreneur of the Year Award for 2005, having earlier this year scooped Management Today’s Award as Leading UK Entrepreneur from a list of 100 candidates.
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Archive TitlesThe system description – make it work for you: avoid confusion and over-complication, says consultant
Mike Gaillard, Technical Director of CEN Solutions Ltd, explains the importance of the System Descripiton document in helping insulating glass manufacturers to maintain their quality systems
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Archive TitlesSelfridges on AutoDome
Security at the new Selfridges store in Birmingham’s Bullring complex is first class thanks to Bosch’s AutoDome cameras
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Archive TitlesAuthentication: fighting the fraudsters
Online credit card fraud is a growing problem for finance houses, card holders and retailers alike. Armed with only a few personal details, a fraudster can run up huge debts in someone else’s name. Thankfully, the IT security software developers are fighting back.
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LETTER: Aren’t windows mostly white?
I am not surprised you ask ‘Aren't windows mostly white?’ (GA May ‘05 Comment), as it is one of the symptoms of Chasing volume, losing profit described by Mark Atkinson.
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Archive TitlesIT could make traditional QS role redundant, claims architect
BDP chairman champions computer system that can automatically work out quantities for building projects
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Archive TitlesLow price – at what cost?: ‘it is impossible to determine performance from appearance’
The temptation to use low price molecular sieves in IG manufacture may be at the expense of unit quality, say the authors of this technical article