All Archive Titles articles – Page 642
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Firms face massive fines
Firms are likely to face charges of corporate manslaughter if a court in Preston sets a precedent and finds a council guilty of manslaughter.
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Good, but not good enough
Who’s got a safer construction industry, Germany or the UK? The UK! How about France or the UK? The UK, by far! Okay, how about the Netherlands and the UK? The UK!
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Don’t fall for health and safety scam
SCAM operators are back preying on unsuspecting businesses across the UK, warns a leading accountant.
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Archive TitlesDon’t underestimate... the estimator
Once the backroom boys of bidding, estimators are now highly prized, commanding salaries up to £70k. CM quizzes headhunter Susan Spencer about the sudden elevation of these troopers of tendering
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Office design shake-up
Business performance, sustainability, mixed use, and design and masterplanning will have the biggest impact on office design in the coming years.
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Archive TitlesA matter of life and death
Corporate manslaughter is in the news again, as two developments threaten to change the face of organisational responsibility for good.
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Concern over membership
I have been concerned for some time about the inexplicable verdicts of the membership committee on applications to join the institution. Receipt of the chief executive’s recent circular, entitled “Help your institution grow”, was the catalyst for me to express this concern.
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Archive TitlesHearst Tower completion
The Hearst Tower, New York’s first green commercial building, was topped out last month. Designed by Foster and Partners with m&e design by Flack & Kurtz, the building is expected to receive a Gold LEED rating – the top US environmental award – for having an energy consumption 22% less ...
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Come the revolution
A comment on the world’s insatiable quest for energy, Power to the People is an up-to-date, easily accessible and entertaining look at the economic, political and technological forces that are shaping the management of energy resources.
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Archive TitlesCrane collapse at school kills two Willmott Dixon subcontractors
The Health and Saftey Executive closed a Willmott Dixon school site at Worthington, West Sussex, where two construction workers were killed and another seriously injured in a crane accident on 11 February. No children were hurt and the school was not evacuated.
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Designing for tomorrow’s climate
Developers and planners will need to transform the way new buildings are designed to take account of the changing climate, according to a consultation document published by a prominent environmental group.
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‘A decent little choir’
In all the years I have been attending CIOB dinners, one speech stands out. This was an address by Michael Heseltine, then Secretary of State for the Environment. He chastised the industry for its fragmentation, declaring it was necessary to ‘hire the Albert Hall’ to speak to us since there ...
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Media-savvy CIOB wants you to press its case
Have you ever wondered what the CIOB is doing to raise the profile of the Institute?
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We care a lot!
I strongly disagree with Mike Murray (‘Housebuilders just don’t care’, CM, February 2005). By the looks of Mr Murray’s hair, he does not care much either! It is easy to find examples of sites that are not up to standard. I could write an attack on college lecturers, saying they ...
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Archive TitlesCaption of the month
Caption of the month: "Fred still found difficulty in convincing people about the efficacy of his latest invention,the incredible ‘Invisible Wife’."Thanks to Ian Oliver
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Archive TitlesCaption competition
Caption competition: Send us a caption and we’ll grudgingly hand over a £20 drinks voucher for the wittiest entry. It has to be darned good to make us part with the dough, mind...Email: construction_manager@cmpinformation.com
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Archive TitlesNo ifs or butts
Those in favour of a ban on smoking argue that ventilation simply doesn’t work. But as Andrew Geens and Max Graham of the University of Glamorgan reveal, it actually has a dramatic impact on air quality
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Archive TitlesBRE to pinpoint poor quality housing
Local authorities have to meet the government’s decent homes targets for 2010 and beyond, but how do you find out which dwellings in your borough need upgrading without dispatching an expensive army of clipboard-toting researchers?
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Safety in numbers as bodies join forces
The Construction Confederation and the Association for Project Safety (Formerly the Association of Planning Supervisors) have joined forces to promote health and safety risk management.The CC and APS plan to use their combined resources to influence clients to adopt consistent standards in procurement, influence designers to manage risk and influence ...