All Archive Titles articles – Page 885
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A little help managing risk
A new tool from CIRIA aims to demystify value and risk for organisations working in public private partnerships. The idea is that once all parties have identified what they think the risks are, they can work out how and by whom each risk can be minimised. Although aimed at PPPs, ...
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Get well soon
"Either the wallpaper goes or I do."Apparently these were the last words of Oscar Wilde. He wasn't in a modern British hospital, but it's fair to say that if he had been, the décor could have been just as effective in finishing him off as it was in his cheap ...
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Following instructions
The absence of a written agreement between a client and a professional consultant can spell trouble when it comes to fee payment. But as we explain, the client has an implied duty to pay for the work.
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Trial by fire
BRE Fire Division has established a new facility in Middlesbrough for large fire tests. This will allow the fire division to better serve northern businesses, such as product manufacturers, building designers and developers.The facility allows BRE to undertake fire performance tests on construction products, fire safety tests of innovative building ...
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Archive TitlesRecovering lost features
Painstaking repairs shed new light on London's landmark, as Peter Kernan reports
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Test fate sealed
BRE has received UKAS accreditation for airtightness testing. This service helps designers and contractors to meet Part L2 Building Regulations for commercial and public buildings, and minimise the risk of failing the compliance test. Assistance is offered at each stage of a project, including: advice on meeting targets, initial design ...
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End in sight for retentions
Government could set up a Task Force on cutting retentions following meetings with the Specialist Engineering Contractors' Group early in January.
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Archive TitlesTrading on efficiency
As the UK sets out its plan for the European Emissions Trading Scheme, energy efficiency becomes more crucial than ever.
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From the edge
There is a time in the evolution of new ideas when they are adopted only by a few brave, mad or far-sighted members of society.
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Archive TitlesHung out to dry
Despite winning their tribunal for unfair dismissal, the electricians who walked off site in protest at working in wet clothes were in for a shock when the case came to appeal, as barrister Robert Spicer explains.
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Archive TitlesSicker by design
Evidence suggests that the ugly and unpleasant hospitals we build get in the way of healing. The industry will have to respond as the NHS goes back to the drawing board on healthcare design.
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Archive TitlesDesigning for daylight
Daylight calculation packages are essential to good design. We discuss how the next generation of design tools need to develop.
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Archive TitlesThe ex-plasterer who’s king of the curve
There’s a line between designing and inventing, but no-one knows where it is Mark Panton
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Archive TitlesWeapons of mast construction
IPAF unveils new safety guidance for USE oF mast climbers
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Archive TitlesWarming combination
Use of solar collectors for domestic hot water is now a long-standing technology in many parts of Europe.
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Archive TitlesFight club gets hands dirty
Re-enactment buffs dig deep to build an authentic medieval fort, as Peter Kernan reports