All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 266
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Relocation relocation - Australia
Property professional and television show presenter, Andrew Winter relocated to South East Queensland nine months ago. He talks to BSJ about the highs and lows of relocating to AustraliaAndrew Winter runs Your Move Realty, his own Gold Coast real estate business. Part of his everyday business is to help the ...
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Working in Australia - etiquette
Stay relaxed, keep relations informal, don't exaggerate your business title, and don't be afraid to mix business with pleasure.
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Property and transport in Australia
Australia has no single housing market. In fact it has micro-markets within micro-market.
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Things to see and do in Australia
Whether it's urban life that excites your senses or the simplicity of country living, Australia offers an astonishing wealth of things to do.
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Working in Australia
There are jobs and there is demand for talented individuals with professional qualifications and experience in the British construction industry in Australia, so how do you relocate?
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Welcome to Australia
Not only does Australia offer sun, sea and surf, but there are also plenty of opportunities to tempt construction and property professionals -- and you don't even have to learn a new language.Tim Cook, managing director of Hays Construction & Property believes that there are great opportunities for professionals in ...
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Twist and shout
Sylvania Lighting’s new range of spiral-shaped compact fluorescent lamps utilise an ultra-low profile T3 fluorescent tube, which has been formed into the smallest shape possible.
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Rapid thinking
CP Electronics has launched a new front end for its popular Rapid lighting control system.
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Archive TitlesPresidents view
As we enter 2007, the launch of the revised Construction Industry Scheme (CIS) on 6 April fast approaches. In recent years, the ECA has provided members with information to enable them to prepare for the revisions and as the final stages near we have produced, The New Construction Industry Scheme, ...
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P for pointless
As a time served electrician of some 40 years plus, I initially welcomed Part P as a way of preventing accidents caused by semi-skilled people dabbling with something they think they understand. However, as correspondence to your letters page shows, it is not very effective.
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Ring main lining
I wrote to you last year regarding the article Ringing the changes and stated that I do not use ring main circuits for various reasons.
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Archive TitlesMore LED in your pencil
If it’s good enough for Her Majesty, it might even be good enough for us. Tracy Edwards gets blown away by the LED explosion.
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Archive TitlesSphere of influence
Environmental sustainability was the driving force behind the new Hadley Learning Community. Tracy Edwards takes a lesson in green design.
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HVCA in the Olympics
The HVCA has become a signatory to the Construction Commitments charter developed by the Strategic Forum for Construction to ensure the safe on-time and on-budget delivery of the 2012 Olympic Games.
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Look to the Horizon
A Sector Skills Agreement for building services engineering is nearing completion, following a series of workshops held by SummitSkills as part of its Horizon project.
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Jim Hodges
Emcor facilities services employee Jim Hodges (left, with Scottish football manager Walter Smith) has won BBC Scotland's Unsung Hero award, the Sunday Mail's Scottish Sports Volunteer of the Year award and Emcor's own International Diamond award. His feat: being instrumental in the creation of a state-of-the-art sports facility in Kilwinning, ...
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The heat is on
Commercial Electric Heat has introduced three de-stratification fans, which can be used with any heat source.
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Leeds Grand Theatre
Leeds Grand Theatre has recently reopened after a two year transformation programme by BDP. The £16 million first phase works on the Grade II listed building involved new seating, enhanced sight lines and better ventilation. Backstage, the flying systems were upgraded, and two new rehearsal rooms constructed on an adjacent ...
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Archive TitlesGet into the mood
FM Electrical has transformed London’s Prima bar and restaurant into a true karma chameleon with the help of Into’s funky lighting designs.