All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 502
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GKD
GKD, manufacturer of woven metal fabric, has opened a new facility on the east coast of Maryland in the US. The building, designed by French architect Dominique Perailt, incorporates a number of the company’s own products in its design. Moveable sunscreen panels made of stainless steel mesh can be used ...
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Green firms join forces
A joint venture partnership called Bioregional Quintain has been formed to develop new sustainable communities.
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Archive TitlesMillennium flagship finally sails
Mowlem’s engineering managing director Norman Davies may have been proud of being involved with the Spinnaker Tower in Portsmouth, but the project has endured a fair few problems, even at its grand opening.
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A few modest proposals for improving training
Your excellent article (Certificate of Disapproval, CM, October) touches on most of the issues relating to construction apprenticeship training today.
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Archive TitlesGreat expectations
It’s two years since Beaufort Court, the zero emissions building, was completed – has it lived up to the hype? Bill Watts, senior partner at environmental consultants Max Fordham, reveals how its energy strategies have worked in practice
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Equation Lighting
Equation Lighting has carried out the design of the external lighting scheme on the 170 m Spinnaker Tower in Portsmouth Harbour. The design uses a range of projectors and floodlights from Sill Lighting to provide fixed white architectural lighting on the landward side of the tower. The 12 fittings used ...
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Holland puts EPBD on hold
The Dutch government has told the EU that it will not be implementing the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive in the short term because of its high cost to tax payers.
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Stirling effort... not!
Remember The Emperor’s New Clothes, when the little boy speaks up and everyone realises they’ve been taken for mugs?
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Archive TitlesDon’t threaten - OR ELSE
Harrassed workers now have a new weapon for fighting back. Sarah Khoja, of solicitors Bracher Rawlins, explains
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New designs for doggy doo
A German architect has filed an application for a new type of cement made of dog poo.
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Degrees of discrimination
I have been an associate member of the CIOB for some years now and finally decided to get my butt in gear and sort out my corporate membership. I have read many articles in CM about recruitment drives and more recently about the “training crisis”. Achieving a particular standard in ...
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Government defends revisions to Part L
Housing and planning minister Yvette Cooper has defended the government’s weakening of Part L of the Building Regulations to Parliament.
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Archive TitlesCultural revolution
Society will need us when it gets around to addressing the energy crisis – but what will it take to get there
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Cricketing spin on National Conference
This year’s National Conference, to be held at the Oval in London on 21 and 22 March 2006, will be a cricket-themed extravaganza.
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Archive TitlesConcrete Truths
Bridges, tunnels and other concrete structures sometimes decay before their design life is over. This causes infrastructure planners headaches, because these structures are used constantly and are essential for transportation.
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George Frederick Cole TD MBE HonFCIBSE FSLL
We regret to report the death of George Cole, who died in September following a period of failing health.
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Glasgow’s Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre
A new 12,500-capacity indoor venue for concerts and performances is the latest addition planned for Glasgow’s Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre. The arena includes a state-of-the-art auditorium. The upper part of the building is clad in translucent material, which allows daylight in, makes the front of the building glow at ...
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Archive TitlesCelebrate with SoPHE
There may still be places available for the Society of Public Health Engineers’ second anniversary social event on 24 November 2005 at The Clink Prison in London Bridge.
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Archive TitlesA case for revision
The Technology and Construction Court Guide has just been updated: Martin Salt assesses its likely impact on the industry’s legal disputes