All Archive Titles articles – Page 686
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On song
From La Traviata to Swan Lake and Miss Saigon to Sleeping Beauty the Wales Millennium Centre has something to satisfy most tastes and ages. But how do you set about servicing a building with such a diverse and demanding range of uses? Stephen Kennett finds out.
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Archive TitlesIt’s show time
Theatrical lighting techniques can bring a building alive. Orri Petursson talks about some of the more imaginative schemes but warns designers not to fall into the trap of specifying over-complicated systems.
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Archive TitlesIntegrated intelligence
Aside from providing a stimulating environment for people to work and live in and systems by which to communicate, owners and tenants today demand more from their building.
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A greener kind of tree
The 2004 Trafalgar Square Christmas tree was powered by a hydrogen fuel cell for one week.
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Archive TitlesWellcome Trust HQ's grand opening
The Queen opened the Wellcome Trust’s new £100 million London headquarters in December.
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Good intentions
Martin Salt explains that letters of intent may allow contractors to get ahead of schedule, but in the event of a dispute, they may not receive full payment for the work they’ve carried out.
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London plan needs good practice guide
A joint report from leading construction and environment bodies calls for a code of practice to improve the quality of developments such as the Thames Gateway.
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Threat to maintenance funds
The Construction Products Association has expressed concern that the government is taking funds away from maintenance programmes in order to minimise council tax increases.
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New online exchange
A new free online information exchange has been launched to encourage greater collaboration between industry and academia.
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Archive TitlesLight energy
BSj has covered the proposed changes to Part L at length. This month we consider the potential impact of this legislation on lighting in homes and offices.
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Start at the end
Writing this column for the January issue always involves a bit of mental time travel.
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More work to be done
Sir Michael Latham has spoken about the challenges which remain for the construction industry at a SummitSkills conference at the end of last year.
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Up to date on legislation
BSRIA has published Building services legislation: a directory of UK and EC regulations 6th edition.
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STAR LETTER: The countdown starts here
This year marks the start of a countdown to the introduction of the new Part L of the Building Regulations. True, at this stage we don’t know exactly what form it will take, but the UK government must incorporate the European Directive on the Energy Performance of Buildings into national ...
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What’s wrong with lowest cost?
Why do people hang on to lowest cost tendering? Because, unbelievably, they still think it’s a good idea. In association with VIESSMANN
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A contractor’s wish list
The HVCA has already spent 100 years battling to protect the interests of building services contractors and at the start of our second century our wish list doesn’t appear to be getting any shorter.
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Government concedes failure on emissions
Review of climate change programme launched as environment secretary admits current measures won’t be enough to reach the 20% reduction target.
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Code for lighting
Thank you for the excellent article in BSj 12/04 (page 21) on the implications of current Society of Light and Lighting guidance on office lighting.
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Building refurbishment
Good practice guidance for refurbishing occupied buildings has been written for those involved in the refurbishment of buildings that are still occupied, including designers, clients, occupants and contractors.