All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 606
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Excellent merger
Constructing Excellence and Be (Collaborating for the Built Environment) have merged to form Constructing Excellence in the Built Environment.
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Just cricket
idi Lighting’s ABR-Sport range of luminaires has been installed in a new indoor cricket coaching centre at Derbyshire Cricket Club. The £4.2 million Gateway project incorporates a general-purpose sports hall and cricket academy licensed by the English Cricket Board. Built by Bowmer & Kirkland, consultant Buro Happold selected the Ridi ...
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Hydro Contracting
Hydro Contracting has competed a turnkey contract to install a 650 kW wind turbine on the Aberdeenshire dairy farm where Mackie’s of Scotland luxury ice cream is made. Mackie’s electricity bill is currently £120 000 per annum: it hopes to recover the £750 000 investment in the turbine over the ...
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McAlpine suing Eastern Contracting shareholders
Major contractor to take shareholders to court after claiming it was misled into paying double the real value for Eastern Contracting Holdings.
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Archive TitlesConsultation exercise
Are you prepared for the new employee Information and Consultation Regulations? Sue Fanning explains how to meet the requirements.
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Power saver at Cockenzie Plant
The installation of an inverter-driven 415 V motor at Cockenzie power station has given such large maintenance savings that additional energy savings are seen as a bonus.
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Van taxation has changed
As of April, the taxation of company vans that are also used by employees for private journeys changed. Employees who have been charged with a benefit in kind of up to £500 will no longer have to pay that charge if they have the van mainly for business travel, and ...
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NICEIC to certify Scottish standards
The NICEIC has put forward an application to the Scottish Building Standards Agency (SBSA) to become a scheme provider for Certifiers of Construction (Electrical Installations to BS 7671).
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Archive TitlesDigby Jones calls for enhanced skills
“We have to skill our people. Not only because it helps productivity and efficiency, but because socially and morally it is the right thing to do,” stressed Sir Digby Jones, director general of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI).
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Archive TitlesMixed reaction to the Budget
Chancellor Brown’s 2005 Budget promises much but industry figures say real test will be delivery.
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Board report
Often criticised for not moving with the times, the Joint Industry Board is evolving its role to fully address the changing business environment and counteract the criticism, reports Ron Allender.
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Sex still a barrier
Despite many initiatives to attract more women into the construction industry, the Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) says that members of the opposite sex still face huge barriers to entering male-dominated professions.
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Labour backs skills training
Ministers announced a £40 million scheme to subsidise on-the-job study in the Government’s latest White Paper on skills. The move is designed to promote technical skills and equip more working people with higher level qualifications.
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Archive TitlesAvanti is go
How can IT help the industry’s move towards collaborative working and integrated teams? Mervyn Richards reports on the Avanti project.
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Archive TitlesAudit trial
The public sector could save up to £2.6 billion in construction costs annually by adopting best practice, claims a report from the National Audit Office. Andrew Brister looks at the figures.
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All together now
The National Audit Office has passed judgement on public sector construction procurement (page 25). Improvements have been made, says the NAO, since its last report in 2001 but a massive £2.6 billion could be saved if more government departments adopted best practice.It will be no surprise to read that integrated ...
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Archive TitlesAll shook up
New regulations will limit workers’ exposure to vibration from tools. Some m&e contractors and clients are already ahead of the game, as Richard Simmonds discovers.
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Construction Act review fails to go far enough on payment practice reform
Government consultation paper sets out to tackle payment issues but should have gone further.
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Good start to 2005
The Construction Products Association (CPA) reports a buoyant start to 2005, with steady progress expected during the second quarter of the year.
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Public sector wastes £2.6 billion each year
A National Audit Office (NAO) report has revealed that £2.6 billion of taxpayers’ money is being wasted each year because of poor management of public sector construction projects. The report states that although some government bodies have improved, others are ignoring best practice guidance provided by the Office of Government ...