All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 487
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Archive TitlesHill goes public to fund 2006 UK spending spree
Project manager plans to double staff to 1,600 within three years through acquisitions
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Output set to dip in 2005
Construction output slowed in 2005, although it is due to pick up again in 2006 and 2007, according to a new report from EC Harris.
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Archive TitlesSnapshot of 2005
QS News has had much to report on since its launch in April. We look at four stories that got your tounges wagging
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Skillcard window slams shut
Workers in the services and facilities sectors have until 31 January to apply for a Skillcard under the industry accreditation route – the initial “window of opportunity” that allows skilled personnel without formal qualifications to register with Skillcard.
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Archive TitlesVictoria reigns
A visionary redevelopment of Stag Place, London SW1, has transformed it from a brownfield site into an eye-catching commercial success.
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Archive TitlesMaking waves
Sean Affleck, one of the architects who left Norman Foster’s practice to join Ken Shuttleworth at Make, tells Andy Pearson why he thinks glass facades have had their day
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Suppliers should provide guidance
Most of the top business leaders now have energy conservation high on their agendas, but many do not understand where to start in developing realisable energy policy or planning investment in energy-saving equipment.
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Renewables funding under fire
The government has been criticised for under-funding the Low Carbon Building Programme. Over the next three years, £30m is being made available to support the LCPB initiative, which will take over from the Clear Skies and Major Photovoltaics Demonstrations programmes that ends in March 2006.
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Archive TitlesLifts and escalators
In this month’s engineering services cost model, Davis Langdon Mott Green Wall considers the wide range of lifts and escalators available and the factors affecting their costs
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Archive TitlesHidden depths
University College Cork’s new Environmental Research Institute is not quite what it seems. Stephen Kennett finds that beneath its energy-efficient facade is a full-scale test bed for the design and performance of sustainable buildings
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Public projects continue to fail
Best practice is failing to permeate down the supply chain on government projects, says a survey by the Specialist Engineering Contractors Group.
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Conference report
On 6 April 2006, the hardest-hitting energy regulations to date will come into force, transforming the way the industry works. CIBSE examined their implications for building professionals over a two-day conference on the amendments to Parts L and F
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Our time is coming
A carbon-challenged society will need to revalue its engineers; we are the only ones equipped to deal with it. In association with Daikin
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Power station carbon emissions
I was interested to read in Edward Jolly’s letter (BSj 11/05) that the Draft Part L2A claim that power station CO2 emissions total 0.42 kg/CO2/kWh of delivered electricity was confirmed, by Ted King of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, as being provided by the DTI. As Edward Jolly ...
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Archive TitlesBlue-sky thinking
Until recently, the integration of large-scale wind turbines was a great idea, but far too expensive to put into practice. Stephen Kennett reveals how the Bahrain World Trade Center has changed all that with its intuitive use of facade engineering
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Archive TitlesBest foot forward
Dave Hampton is on a mission to reduce our carbon footprints. He took time out to tell Andy Pearson why individuals, not companies, hold the key to his success. In association with Ferroli.
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Archive TitlesAre customers being misled?
Engineers who use coefficient of performance (CoP) to assess the energy performance of an air-conditioning system could be misleading end users.
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Archive TitlesHLM scoops Bright Spark Award for second time
Architect HLM won the 2005 BSRIA/BSj Bright Spark Award with an IT-based tool that will help the firm’s designers develop sustainable projects. Called HLM-4D, the new software tool allows architects to navigate a host of design evaluation tools, including a simulation tool, a window design tool, a lighting simulation tool ...
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Code may miss April deadline
There is concern growing within the industry that the publication timetable for the new Code for Sustainable Buildings may not be realistic.
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DIY energy alters minds
Microgeneration changes the way householders look at energy use, according to recent research from the Sustainable Consumption Roundtable.