All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 450
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Speedy starts required to beat
Buildings designed to comply with the 2002 Part L of the Building Regulations before 6 April will have only 12 months to start on site before they have to be redesigned to meet the stricter 2006 legislation.
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Archive TitlesBank statement
The new headquarters of the Royal Bank of Scotland is striking from the outside. But the energy-efficient services inside are every bit as impressive
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BuildOnline bag your snags
BuildOnline has developed a defects register which allows you to record snags as you go round site, using a smart phone or other mobile device.
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Attempts to harmonise F-gas laws fail
Denmark and Austria have won the right to maintain their current strict rules on the use of fluorinated gases.
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Archive TitlesFrozen Asset
Buro Happold's design for the Turin skating rink will ensure the show goes on when the Olympics are over. Stephen Kennett examines how the engineers carved out plans that could accommodate a change of use
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Archive TitlesASHRAE conference nurtures the seeds for a sustainable future
ASHRAE showcased its good intentions on sustainability at its winter meeting held in Chicago on 21-25 January. Delegate Tim Dwyer reports on the highlights and possible seeds of change
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Nuclear is not the answer
As a professional building services engineer, with more than 40 years' experience of energy utilisation, I am totally opposed to the proposed restarting of the nuclear power programme.
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Another roofing cartel punished
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) fined 13 roofing contractors £2.3m in total last month for agreeing to fix prices for flat roofing and car park surfacing contracts in the South East, the Midlands, Doncaster, Scotland and London between 2000 and 2002.
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Relief all round at CITB-ConstructionSkills
CITB-ConstructionSkills must be experiencing a degree of relief this month.
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All change at the strategic forum
Wates Group director James Wates is the new chairman of the Strategic Forum.
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Looking ahead
At the annual dinner at the Guildhall the other night I was explaining to the president of another body how we develop continuity in the work of the institute.
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Sounds like trouble ahead
Employers will no longer be able to ignore the issue of noise polution in the workplace. Because the regulations are about to get a lot more stringent
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Radio ‘active' Kids
Fifty-seven teenagers from five schools took place in the third May Gurney Challenge which was held at Brighton University.
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Energy Minister Wicks in ‘no doubt about renewables'
Energy Minister Malcolm Wicks has sought to dispel fears that the government's Energy Review will lead to a diminished role for renewables in favour of nuclear.
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PPS22 will be reviewed
Yvette Cooper, Minister for Housing and Planning, has committed to hold an ‘urgent review' of PPS22, the Planning Policy Statement for renewable energy.
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Archive TitlesCIBSE National Conference 2006: Engineering the future
In homage to England's recovery of the Ashes, CIBSE's Annual Conference 2006 is presenting more winning team players at the Oval this year. Focusing on the delivery of innovative approaches to building design, construction and operation, the CIBSE conference ‘Engineering the future' offers a range of outstanding presentations, exhibitions and ...
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3 March
Occasionally our past flashes before our eyes, which happened to me on Monday of last week. I was on a three day selling trip to the South of England, my first call being in Swindon where I spent the early part of my career.
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RICS and RLF hit back at Guardian QS attack
Institution defends profession against newspaper criticism. Click here for the full responses
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Archive TitlesStarting from scratch
Fancy jacking in your comfortable role at a big firm and going it alone? Roxane McMeeken runs through the basics with four successful QS start-ups