All Archive Titles articles – Page 624
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Homelessness services reel from 10% cut in grant
Homelessness services in London are to be scaled back after the government slashed funding to the capital’s councils by 10% to £20m for the year to April 2006.
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What’s in a word?
Have you ever said a word over and over until the connection between the meaning and the sound snaps? No? Try it with Sustainability. That is, if it isn’t an arbitrary jumble of syllables for you already.
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So who could sue you?
Construction and design professionals should check their insurance to see if they are protected against claims for economic loss following a recent court ruling that allowed client Mirant-Asia to pursue Ove Arup for a claim of US$62.5m arising out of the failure of foundations of a boiler house at a ...
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Archive TitlesPower politics
Jeremy Leggett, CEO, Solar Century. Profile in association with ferroli
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Archive TitlesPole position
The conditions are hostile, the timing is tight and it’s a long way from home, but three teams are eagerly fighting for the right to build the British Antarctic Survey’s research station – and their designs all have one thing in common.
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Training is our responsibility
The education secretary recently announced a proposed diploma in construction and the built environment for secondary students, and this raises some important issues. Will the industry be involved in the design of the curriculum? Who will teach? What will be the minimum qualifications of the teachers? There is nothing more ...
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Office procurement
The British Council for Offices’ Guide 2005: Best Practice in the Specification for Offices is now available.
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The new rules
Next month, Scotland gets a new set of Building Regulations. But it’s not only those north of the border who could ultimately be affected.
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Natural science
A heavily revised edition of AM10: Natural Ventilation in Non-domestic Buildings has been published by CIBSE.
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Stop wastage, says NAO
The National Audit Office has called for changes to the way the public sector procures construction work to prevent the waste of more than £2bn of public money.
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Archive TitlesShop your mates, save your skin
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) wants construction firms involved in price-fixing cartels to “shop their mates” in return for reductions in fines of up to 100%.
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Archive TitlesManchester’s messiah
This month, city chief executive Sir Howard Bernstein receives the CiC’s Happold Medal. In under 10 years he has guided Manchester from bomb site to boomtown. ‘I’ve learnt the hard way what makes a good client,’ he confesses to Olufunmi Majekodunmi
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Making a splash
The first publication in CIBSE’s knowledge series, Reclaimed Water is a concise guide to reclaimed water systems.
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A load off my mind
On the subject of electrical and air-conditioning loads, the BCO’s latest guidance just doesn’t make sense. In association with Daikin
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STAR LETTER: playing the lottery
The issue of CIBSE membership applications raised by Ron Oughton (BSj 03/05) may be rather deeper than he suspects, or than the official CIBSE response suggests.
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It’s not what you do …
Prefabrication is becoming increasingly popular with services engineers. But follow the wrong processes and it can prove to be a costly exercise. Get it right, however, and your project could benefit tenfold
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The rest is history
Everyone knows brownfield sites all have their own unique challenges. But as we reveal, a short site history lesson could save you umpteen agonies in the future
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Helping no-one
Can there be a single consultant in the country that has not suffered as a result of the actions of some unethical recruitment agencies? These agencies feed off the genuine companies in the industry while contributing nothing.
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Working at height
On 6 April, that new regulations come into force on height, the Health and Safety Commission has said. The Work at Height Regulations 2005 applies to anyone who works at a height, where there is a risk of a fall that could cause personal injury. A duty is now placed ...