All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 479
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When ‘just enough’ is never enough’ is never enough
Although Security Industry Authority licensing and regulation is setting new benchmarks for training and skills development, Richard Moule argues why guarding companies must look to exceed Government targets and develop operatives’ careers still further in a bid to reduce staff churn and, in tandem with this, enhance customer service.
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Shutting the door on employee fraud
Sir – employee-led fraud is continuing to go undetected within UK businesses. There is currently no regulatory requirement to state fraud losses in a company’s accounts, a procedure which would actually focus the minds of management on this issue. Nor will any successful company – without glaring financial black holes! ...
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Archive TitlesGuide A: Environmental design gets a major overhaul
The new, seventh edition of CIBSE’s Guide A: Environmental design contains significant changes.
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Archive TitlesEU Services Directive derogation for security?
Plans to facilitate the provision of services in the EU single market have taken a “major step forward”, with MEPs deciding that services of general economic interest should be included in the scope of the European Union (EU) Services Directive
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Electricity: supply and demand
Edward Jolly questioned the reduction in the carbon intensity of electricity (Letters, BSj 11/05) – but, as Ted King pointed out, there has indeed been a substantial reduction.
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The front line of school defence
Sir – The onset of Private Finance Initiative funding is beginning to transform school environments across the UK as millions of pounds are invested.
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Archive TitlesOCS Resolution Security meets its SIA deadlines on officer licensing
OCS Resolution Security surpassed the security industry Authority (SIA) licence application target for both September and October 2005, and thus responded “quickly and effectively” to the changes in legislation realised by the introduction of the Private Security Industry Act 2001.
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Archive TitlesCrossed wires over lighting principles
When the proposed changes relating to lighting were presented at a Society of Light and Lighting meeting in November, the platform expressed concern at an apparently negative attitude from lighting practitioners.
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NHS staff set on conflict training
Figures released on 1 December by the NHS Security Management Service state that 250,000 frontline NHS staff are expected to be trained in conflict resolution prior to March.
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Archive TitlesTotal commitment
A force majeure is not a get-out clause, as Total Gas and Power found to its cost. Neil Wallis explains how to avoid making the same mistake
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Commissioning lighting schemes
Following publication of the current edition of Part L of the Building Regulations, CIBSE was asked by the ODPM to publish guidance on commissioning of lighting schemes.
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Archive TitlesComfort – can you keep most of the people happy, most of the time?
If you need to know more about how to define and achieve comfort for your building’s occupants, then a new edition in the Knowledge Series is a must for you.
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Sustainability code panned
Industry figures have slated the government’s long-delayed draft Code for Sustainable Buildings, saying it is watered down and fails to address social and economic issues.
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CIBSE graduate members are given a helping hand
If you are a graduate member of CIBSE, you will receive The CIBSE Graduate Professional Development Guide in 2006.
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Archive TitlesTurner & Townsend chosen for new Paddington hospital PFI job
QS picked for second attempt at redeveloping St Mary's hospital
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Are you ready for the challeng
The last time that I expressed my views in BSj, I wrote that for sustainability and design to be successfully co-ordinated in the workplace, engineers and architects needed to work in a truly interdisciplinary manner.
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Archive TitlesSeminars target CCTV managers
Following hot-on-the-heels of its courses devised for CCTV Public Space Surveillance operators in line with SIA licensing, the SOE Academy is now introducing a series of seminars aimed at CCTV managers and supervisors.
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Archive TitlesHM Inspector of Constabulary calls for policing “rethink”
Denis O’Connor – Her Majesty’s Inspector of Constabulary for the Midlands and Wales – has called for an “immediate and radical rethink” on the future of policing
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The legacy of Buncefield
The huge blasts that rocked Hemel Hempstead in the early hours of Sunday 11 December, as the Buncefield Oil Depot was transformed into a blazing inferno, will live long in the memory of local residents.
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Archive TitlesBreaking the code
Industry bodies have decreed the draft Code for Sustainable Homes “worse than nothing”. Andy Pearson looks at the reasons behind the controversy