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Archive TitlesCaption Contest
Caption ContestRealise that dream of seeing your name in the pages of CM. Send us a caption and we - kicking and screaming - will hand over a £20 drinks voucher for the wittiest. email: construction_manager@cmpinformation.com
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Sick buildings debunked
Sick Building Syndrome doesn't exist; it's people's jobs that make them ill.
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Emirates Green Building Council is go
The go-ahead has been given for the formation of an Emirates Green Building Council.
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Brown's Green Budget
The industry has given a cautious welcome to Chancellor Gordon Brown's environmental initiatives in this year's budget.
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Gleeson MCL bought
Morgan Sindall has acquired Hatfield-based Gleeson MCL on behalf of its infrastructure services division Morgan Est for £23.3m.
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Bleak outlook for pensions
Having just heard the budget speech, the biggest disappointment was the total silence by Mr Brown on pensions.
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CPA blasts government's revisions to Code
Industry body Construction Products Association has criticised the government for pre-empting the conclusions of a consultation exercise by announcing changes to the draft Code for Sustainable Homes before all responses had been considered.
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Archive TitlesIs there a better way of working?
Amec's Continuous Process Improvement System strives to bring innovation to the industry by testing the latest tools of the trade, says Stephen Kennett
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Archive TitlesThe Best Companies to Work For
Hurrah for EG Carter & Co and Bramall Construction which were placed 18th and 54th respectively in the Sunday Times' 100 Best Companies to Work For list. Both firms are Chartered Building Companies and CIOB training partners.
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Archive TitlesJust who's being green here?
Are green electricity tariffs actually benefiting the environment? As new legislation looms on the horizon, Andy Pearson discovers that energy suppliers may well be the main beneficiaries
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Archive TitlesModel behaviour
Business Information Modelling enables building services engineers to get hold of high-quality data earlier and could finally enable true collaborative working, says Pete Baxter
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Nominations invited for the CIBSE Board, Council, honours and awards
CIBSE's nominations panel has the task of identifying candidates for election as Institution officers, Board and Council members, and for the Institution's honours and awards.
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CIBSE hourly weather data avai
Hourly weather data are essential for building simulation.
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Atelier claims first with cooling system
The Butterfield Business Village just outside Luton is the first office building in the UK to use an earth duct cooling system, claims its designer Atelier Ten. Fresh air will be drawn into the buildings via 80 m long concrete pipes buried 1.2 m below the surface.
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Long-awaited Part L arrives
The much-anticipated changes to Part L (Conservation of fuel and power) and Part F (Ventilation) of the Building Regulations are due to come into force on 6 April.
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Record number of membership applications
We are delighted to have received a record number of applications for Member and Associate grades before the February 2006 closing date.
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Archive TitlesAmory Lovins
America's leading environmentalist, was in the UK last month to give a series of lectures. Among those in the audience listening intently to his words was the founding partner of Fulcrum Consulting, who has been a huge fan of Lovins since coming across his work in the early ‘90s. So ...
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Archive TitlesAir-conditioning systems
From individually controlled personal units to the great noise debate, this month's product focus takes an in-depth look at the latest advances in cooling technology