All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 273
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BSIA to celebrate 40th Anniversary in 2007
The Association – which now represents over 570 private security companies was formed on 23 January 1967 by eight member companies: Associated Fire Alarms Ltd, Burgot Automatic Alarms Ltd, Chubb & Sons Lock & Safe Company Ltd, Electric Protection Services Ltd, Factoryguards Ltd, the Ratner Safe Company Ltd, Securicor ...
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Archive TitlesJanuary 2007
Overloaded inbox, demotivated workforce? Then read our top management tips in New Year - New You. Be inspired by Tomorrow's People or the team behind Manchester's Beetham Tower.If your taste’s more down-to-earth get a briefing on the new CDM regs, find out about site management via webcam, read the latest ...
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2006 Skills Award is more than deserved
SIR – I would like to add my own congratulations to those of my industry colleagues published in last month’s Security Management Today (‘SMT wins Skills for Security Special Award’, News Special, ) concerning your own Special Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Security Business Sector. Well done!
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Colleges ‘fail to deliver skills’ (The Daily Telegraph, 20 November 2006)
Industry chiefs will today accuse the Government of wasting millions of pounds on an “alphabet soup” of quangos and colleges that fail to provide skilled workers. They dismiss the provision of skills and training as “dysfunctional” and “irrelevant” when it comes to meeting the needs of business, writes Liz Lightfoot.
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Archive TitlesParis Conferences mark Phase 2 launch of PPI CCTV Scheme
From 8-10 November, Panasonic (UK) staged Premier Integrator Conferences for UK and EU installers and consultants to coincide with France’s well-established ExpoProtection Exhibition. Brian Sims reports from L’Hotel Scribe in the heart of Paris. Photographs courtesy of Gareth Matthews/Panasonic (UK)
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CIOB comes clean on 15 policy areas
Have you ever wondered what the CIOB’s position is on training or sustainability? Well, wonder no more. Because for the first time, it has produced a list of policies, covering 15 key areas for the UK and eight internationally.
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Paul Wallwork confirmed Gleeson boss
Also: Carla management promotes Alan Brown and Dew Piling appoints Bob Jones
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Workplace
Many companies now use recruitment consultancies. tim cook, managing director of hays building services, offers advice on how to get the best out of them
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Archive TitlesRoom thermostat
Danfoss Randle has launched a new version of its TP5000 programmable room thermostat for domestic wet central heating systems.
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Archive TitlesPre-budget statement short on specifics
Chancellor Gordon Brown has announced a package of measures to tackle climate change in his pre-Budget statement.
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A tall order
It’s high time we developed elevators that can be safely used to evacuate tall buildings
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Oakmayne Plaza
The go-ahead has been given to this mixed-use development at Elephant and Castle in South London. The £70 m Oakmayne Plaza project features three towers comprising a 214-bed hotel, a cinema, offices, restaurants and retail units. The scheme will include a district heating/cooling, CHP and a geothermal heat pump ...
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Archive TitlesNatural ventilation
Natural ventilation and optimum daylight were the key design drivers behind the new offices for Kildare County Council at Aras Chill Dara.
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Archive TitlesWater mill
A privately owned water mill on the river Ems in Northern Germany has been adapted by its owner to produce hydropower electricity. The two paddle wheels drive a generator which produces a maximum of 74 kW of power
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More masterclasses
Attendance at the first two Lighting Masterclasses this session has been at record levels.
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Young Lighters
For more details go to www.sll.org.uk, e-mail jdavid@cibse.org or call 020 8772 3616.
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Legislation’s what we need
I was not surprised at the lack of energy audit responses for the 100 days of Carbon Clean-Up Campaign (Basing our case on hard data, BSj 11/06).