All Archive Titles articles – Page 587
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Leicester £48m theatre gets council backing
The construction of a new performing arts centre in Leicester is to go ahead, despite its budget nearly doubling.
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Archive TitlesAYH focuses on future growth following £21m sale to Dutch giant
QS and project manager insists it will retain autonomy within multinational company
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Archive TitlesFirms keen to build £60,000 house
QSs and project managers are among the 33 teams vying to build the government’s £60,000 house.
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Archive TitlesNo more secrets
Informing employees of business matters is now compulsory – but that doesn’t mean you can’t do it your way
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Souped-up safety
An HSE-led task force has been busy closing loopholes in the CDM regs. Laissez-faire clients take note, says Martin Barnard
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Archive TitlesScaling up scaffolding safety
The National Access & Scaffolding Confederation has published new guidance aimed at cutting the number of accidents on scaffolding.
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Archive TitlesReviews
Focusing on maintenanceOne of the latest publications from BSRIA is Business-Focused Maintenance. This toolkit is designed to allow building operators to plan their maintenance schedules based on logical assessment, and provides a simple system to focus maintenance resources on plant items most critical to business continuity. Sections in the guide ...
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I have my resins
Metal fixings ain’t necessarily better than resin ones, argues the Construction Fixings Association, and it published two guidance notes to prove it. One shows how resin matches steel in a fire and the other show how it wipes the floor with zinc-plated fixings in corrosive environments. Get the notes free ...
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A question of perspective
What the Italians did for us, presented by the eminently watchable Adam Hart Davis, introduced me to Filippo Brunelleschi, a 15th Century Florentine sculptor and architect. He is credited with inventing the technique of “perspective”, which allowed artists to give depth to pictures. Flat paintings became lively, three-dimensional images.
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Wide is the path
So much for straight and narrow: the CIOB has widened the route to membership in its Education Framework. It recognises more built environment disciplines and accommodates non-cognate courses. There are also changes to the DMX route. More later, but to find out more now email Nicky Davies on ndavies@ciob.org.uk
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Archive TitlesRoads could replace solar panels
The UK’s network of roads could soon take the place of solar panels if trials of a new technology by the Highways Agency and Transport Research Laboratory are successful.
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The time is now
Now that the government has been returned to power with a reduced majority, the industry should seize this opportunity to push for better training of operatives.
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Archive TitlesNew products
The complete familyThe latest addition to Thorn Lighting’s Line XS range is a minimalist circular pendant and wall uplight. The luminaires retain all the original features of the T5 suspended versions, including the slender oval shape and perforated sides with coloured foils to create a light accent. They are available ...
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The middle way
You don’t have to choose between sustainability and progress, you just need to find the best way forward
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Micropower underfunded
The government is failing to realise opportunities offered by local power generation, a DTI civil servant has claimed.
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Archive TitlesMaster stroke
In an attempt to nurture construction’s leaders of tomorrow, the industry is sending its bright young things back to school. We report on the Bartlett School’s unique masters in interdisciplinary project management
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Need to know
“Safety is our highest blah blah blah...” Of course. But a new scheme from the Construction Industry Council helps designers co-locate gob and dosh by defining the things they actually need to know to design safely under the CDM Regs. Check out the Safety in Design (SiD) Learning Aims and ...
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The ins and outs
Last year, CIBSE decided it was time its membership process was given an overhaul. We take a look at how the criteria have changed, and just what it all means for prospective and existing members alike