All Archive Titles articles – Page 625
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Industry voices sing in happy harmony
Cutting across the party political divisions in the run-up to the general election, seven industry bodies have hashed out a common agenda and want you to present these to campaigning MPs as the price of construction’s support.The agenda urges all of the political parties to commit to providing:A strong and ...
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Archive TitlesNew guidance on whole life value procurement
New guidance developed by CIRIA, TRL, ICE, Faithful & Gould and BRE (from a DTI-funded project) provides a clear understanding of the concepts and principles underlying the use and application of Whole Life Value.
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Archive TitlesGreen is go
Sure, it's trendy, sure, the government backs it, as the new "code for sustanable buildings" proves. But if industry doesn't want to go green, is the case for sustanability actually sustanable?
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Go for it
Engineers have long been aware of the energy efficiency opportunities to be gained by working with a developer from a scheme’s outset. In most instances their involvement comes too late in the scheme’s design to make a significant difference. Now, thanks to the ODPM and environmental initiatives by local planning ...
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Archive TitlesStandby generation
In this month’s engineering services cost model Davis Langdon Mott Green Wall examine the rationale for installing standby generators, and consider the technical, accommodation and cost implications of various performance options
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Archive TitlesInto gear
Tridonic Acto’s PC Industry range of electronic lighting control gear has been designed for use in commercial and industrial environments. The ballasts are available for use with 36 W and 58 W T8 lamps and 49 W, 54 W and 80 W T5s.
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A right old estate
So Wandsworth Borough Council is spending £4m on the Lennox Estate to provide luxurious living? (‘Final frontier’, CM, March). What I find unbelievable is that the new ground floor elevation is so unattractive, depressing to look at and has ‘council built’ written all over it.With more thought, a better ground ...
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Just not good enough
The results of a recent Energy Efficiency Partnership survey of new homes in occupation make for rather depressing reading: they show that almost half of all new houses in England are failing to meet minimum Building Regulations requirements.
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Empower your power supply
you might find site utility suppliers infuriating, but it is so easy to build a good relationship with them, as Tony Cohen explains
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Lecture me not, says DR Mike
Roger Heavens’s reply (‘Letters’, CM, March) to my article on housebuilders in February’s issue missed the point. He seems to consider that the three Mori customer satisfaction polls (2000, 2001, 2003) conducted among a sample of owners of new built homes are representative of a measure of industry efficiency. Yes, ...
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Archive TitlesGrounds for discussion
So what’s the connection between aCM reader, the seat of the Spencer family and Ciria guidance on flood risk? read on...
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Archive TitlesDeadly playgrounds
A two-year-old was crushed to death while playing on some unguarded concrete slabs left near his local playground. those responsible for providing this tragic temptation now face nearly £30,000 in fines
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Archive TitlesDead heat
The energy storage potential of concrete is often left unexploited by designers. But the latest range of off-the-shelf, precast concrete floor units are set to make summer heat gain a thing of the past
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HVCA launches refrigerant-tracking database
A refrigerant-tracking database has been launched by the Heating and Ventilating Contractors’ Association to enable refrigeration and air-conditioning contractors to meet the requirements of a imminent European Union environmental directive.
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Kazakhstan contract
Ductwork contractor Senior Hargreaves has completed the first phase in a £600,000 contract to supply ductwork for an oilfield in Kazakhstan.
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‘Contempt for customers’
Roger Heavens may build good homes (‘Letters’, CM, March), but he should not misinterpret the 2000 National Customer Satisfaction Survey. The results made grim reading, and subsequent reports in 2001 and 2003 showed a further deterioration - thus many of the housebuilders are showing contempt for customer satisfaction. Likewise, Chris ...
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CITB influence on FE colleges
Education Secretary Ruth Kelly launched the construction Sector Skills Agreement last month, giving CITB-Construction Skills more power in determining how vocational colleges would deliver training.
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OGC reforms ‘not enough’, says CIOB
The government is considering compulsory CSCS membership, membership of the Considerate Constructors Scheme, embracing value-for-money, and sustainability on all its construction projects in a bid to become a best-practice client, but the CIOB says it could do more.
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CIC unhappy with EU directive
The Construction Industry Council has raised concerns about the proposed European Union Directive on Services in the Internal Market, which would mean consultants from other countries would be subject only to the law of their home country.
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Archive TitlesHuddersfield scoops CIOB student challenge
Huddersfield University has won this year’s Student Challenge National Final. Wahid Khan, Judy Hague, Greg Broome and Richard Palliser each take away £200 after impressing judges with their proposals to improve biodiversity in an Environment Agency office extension and refurbishment. Second place went to the Bridgend College team of Andrew ...