All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 259
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Archive TitlesIntelligent homes bring independence
Intelligent home controls not only enhance the comfort of elderly or disabled people, but can also aid their safety and security, providing monitoring to protect occupants’ welfare.
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Big losses for Axima
Axima Building Services has been hit by big losses last year, forcing a scaling back of operations in the UK.
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EU energy ratings legislation targets air conditioned buildings
Air conditioned offices and public buildings could lose value if awarded low energy ratings under new EU rules.
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SEC survey champions project bank accounts
Project bank accounts could cut costs by 10%, say companies surveyed in Specialist Engineering Contractors' Group research.
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Archive TitlesRenewables can meet energy needs even as CO2 emissions rise
Half of the world’s energy needs in 2050 could be met by renewables and improved efficiency, states Energy Revolution: a sustainable world energy outlook, a study by the German Aerospace Centre.
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Steve Bucknell development director at Castleoak
Also: Bob Ogilvie and Sanjay Trivedi made partners at Davis Langdon’s PM team
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Archive TitlesWorkplace
If you want to put your skills to constructive use, why not volunteer for a stint with Raleigh International?
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Archive TitlesZero tolerance
The government wants all new housing to be ‘carbon neutral’ by 2016. But it’s going to take more than good intentions to make it happen
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Archive TitlesWhy specify
inspired facade solutions are helping to improve birmingham’s skyline, protecting aberdeen port’s operations centre and providing a pretty glitzy synagogue
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These are my reasons
I am, I hope, a logical-thinking individual. My thinking goes like this: I am an engineer, not a climatologist. I understand that climatology, like all science, is not exact and is subject to interpretation.
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Archive TitlesNews special: Smoke signals
Dramatic changes are about to affect Part B: Fire safety regulations. Steven Cooper has the low-down
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New routes to registration
A new scheme including part-time study and work based professional development is to be launched by the Engineering Council in a bid to create greater numbers of chartered and incorporated engineers
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The missing managers
A CIOB survey reveals a shortage of senior managers. And, unlike tradesmen, they aren’t coming from Eastern Europe.
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Archive TitlesLighting the past
After more than 70 years, thanks to modern lighting technology, the Apollo Victoria in London has been restored in line with the wishes of its 1929 architect. BSj reports
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The knowledge
Why not Liven up the bleak winter by getting out and attending a few events? A free seminar on the construction industry scheme and a risk management conference are but two
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Archive TitlesModumax kitted out
Hamworthy Heating has launched a new water manifold kit for its Wessex ModuMax high efficiency, fully modulating condensing and non-condensing, pre-mix, gas-fired range of boilers.
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Archive TitlesIt’s nothing new
I am always amused when I read erudite articles about ‘natural ventilation’ (BSj 01/07), especially related to theatres. Here is a diagram (above) from David Boswell Reid’s book of 1844 showing how it should be done. The similarities to Figure 3 in the article by Shaun Fitzgerald and Andrew Woods ...