All Archive Titles articles – Page 868
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Archive TitlesFive star
A London site with a rich engineering history is now being turned into luxury apartments – with air conditioning essential. BSj goes behind the scenes at Chelsea Bridge Wharf.
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Archive TitlesFirm friends
The only thing that survived the wreckage of Brunswick was a strong friendship at the heart of management. Nick Kelly and Peter Jones not only stayed friends, they went on to set up another company. Kristina Smith explores the secrets of starting a business with a buddy
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Energy use predictions
BSj, as the voice of CIBSE, is committed to sustainable building design with many excellent articles.
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Watch out for new Euro energy law
CIBSE President Terry Wyatt has warned the commercial and domestic property sectors that they should be aware of looming deadlines for the European Energy Performance of Buildings Directive.
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LonMark targets end-users
The LonMark Interoperability Association has been replaced by LonMark International in a bid to better serve its membership.
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Archive TitlesHome economics
With the change in government attitude towards sustainability, housing is once again a work sector for building services engineers. Are developers embracing the opportunities this offers?
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Archive TitlesDrop of the hard stuff
A hard hat saved site engineer jack mCCann's life, but his employers can consider themselves lucky to be fined just £15,000.
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Steel doesn't shake, rattle or roll
Corus claims it has proved its case that steel doesn't vibrate too much to be used in health buildings.
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Put the emphasis on good design
Your editorial (BSj 12/03) has prompted me to voice my own concerns about the cost led procurement methods, which are prevalent at present.
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Jarvis savaged over pay delays
Jarvis, the UK’s biggest player in schools PFI, came under a sustained media attack last month for late payment of subcontractors.
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Covered in shame
Each time Construction Manager arrives I feel ashamed. It's the front cover. We've had 'low' language, swearing and in January it looked like a revolutionary poster. February's issue actually told me what I think about your front covers: "They make me sick."Is this supposed to be a professional journal?
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Who is doing lowest cost tendering?
If we're all denying responsibility for lowest cost tendering, we wonder why it's still going on.In association with VIESSMANN
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Corrupt to the core?
Last month two QSs and an architect were found guilty of defrauding a charity of £3.5m. Their scams, pulled over a period of 10 years, included charging for a concrete road base that wasn't there and rewarding themselves with excessively high fees.
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Self control
The issue of empathy as a skill gap in the portfolio of managers ('You're not as good a boss as you think', CM Feb, p9) raises an important point with regard to what skills managers actually need, as opposed to the ones they think they need. In our ongoing research ...
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Archive TitlesPrecision control
A product that lowers energy bills and reduces false fire alarms. Sound like a good idea?
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On-site college sees workers learn while they earn
Putting laptops in site canteens, grabbing workers in the street and persuading contractors to pay them for time in lessons are just some of the tactics that have brought national recognition to a learning centre on construction sites at Canary Wharf.
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Archive TitlesZiegel's feat of clay
A loadbearing,thermally efficient Block that's right for render
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CIOB identity crisis
I refer to Peter Matthew's letter in last month's CM ('Non-serviced Industry'). My decision to join CIOB as an ASI member was a matter of trust in the CIOB. Following the Egan and Latham reports the industry was re-shaping, integrating construction professionals across the board from designers to the supply ...