All Archive Titles articles – Page 872
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Overcrowding rises 50% in London
The amount of severely overcrowded housing in London has risen by almost half since 1991.
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Archive TitlesCorporation staff to strike over 4% pay offer
Survey reveals the internal strife and low morale that will greet the body's new chief
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2nd opinion: Exurb marks the spot
Exurbs may be the 'new towns' of the 21st century but they'll need thought if they're to work.
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Beyond social housing - Part 2: Shared ownership
About 100 RSLs run shared-ownership schemes that help people on lower incomes to buy homes. You could join them, as Victoria Madine explains in the second of our practical guides to diversifying your business
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Scot BME asks for £60,000 bail-out
Scotland’s only black and minority-ethnic housing association could fold unless Communities Scotland gives it an extra £60,000.
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Social housebuilding starts set to hit 67,000 in next two years
New development programme helps Housing Corporation raise fund more homes
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Archive TitlesQuality time
Power quality problems can cripple businesses by knocking out electronic equipment. Tony Kumeta tells how contractors can offer their services.
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Providing a service?
SWALEC’s return to contracting (EMC, May 2003, p7) is all very commendable I’m sure, but why do its sales-driven reps invade the homes of elderly and vulnerable people, frightening them into signing over large sums of money for unnecessary work?I would readily wring the neck of the scumbag that visited ...
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Pressed for time
The use of prefabrication and press fittings has cut the m&e services installation time and on-site labour needed for construction of the Royals Business Park.
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Archive TitlesPolice protection
Police protection: Over 300 Oventrop valves have been installed in the new police headquarters in Winsford, Cheshire. Selected and installed by building services contractor NG Bailey, the valves form part of the heating and cooling system. The 23 000 m2, three-storey building is being constructed under a PFI scheme led ...
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Perimeter performance
The use of a local marshalling system for power and data at a new medical centre in Hall Green, Birmingham has removed the need for the installation of a complete perimeter cable management system.
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Meeting standards
I refer to 'P's pudding' (EMC Dec 2003/ Jan 2004, p17) and a right pudding it's going to be. Who is going to issue Part P to small contractors who are not members of the NICEIC or ECA? Are we going to have to join and have no option to ...
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A major step
Heathrow Terminal 5 is the first project to implement the M&E Major Projects Agreement. Michael Latham explains how it can benefit others in the industry.
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Macho, macho men
M&E contracting is a real man’s game, right? Long hours, booze, fags and a nice fry-up to fuel the day’s hard graft outside on a cold and wet February morning. So what’s all this about empathy, the culture and values of Chinese society and the lack of class barriers in ...
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Archive TitlesNew Invirons
Inviron MD talks to Alison Luke about his confidence for the future and bringing American ideals to UK industry.
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Integrating systems
The concept of integrated automation in manufacturing is a falsehood.Systems that have been tailored for end users frequently fall apart as soon as another manufacturer's equipment is added to the system. All automation manufacturers should be compelled to supply products capable of supporting a broad range of interfaces. Only then ...
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ZAP happy
The ECA's Zero Accident Potential initiative takes to the road in April. Paul Reeve gives us a sneak preview.
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Going underground
Going underground: Ventilation ductwork specialist Senior Hargreaves has won two contracts with a total value of almost £6 million, on the final phase of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link (CTRL). The first is a supply and installation contract with CORBER on the St Pancras refurbishment. The second will involve ventilation ...