All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 694
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First CHAR director
There was an error in your profile of Chris Holmes (“Stately Holmes”, HT, 5 November).
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Archive TitlesLondon housing officers to get bulletproof vests
L&Q to offer protective clothing to 852 staff across the capital and South-east
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British and Dutch homeowners feel safest in Europe, study says
British and Dutch homeowners feel the most secure in Europe, according to a major new study.
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Industry welcomes extension of dual running for British and Euro standards
Installers have welcomed the decision to allow more time to prepare for the implementation of European intruder alarm standard EN 50131-1.
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Stop familiarity breeding contempt
Social landlords must help residents to report everyday harassment early to stop it escalating later, according to a Metropolitan Police expert
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Archive TitlesSomething borrowed...
Tory housing policy bears a striking resemblance to the work of the homeownership taskforce. But why isn’t the ODPM implementing its report?
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Victims of blunketts mission
Sadly, the policy of making “failed” asylum seekers homeless and destitute, or sign up to “voluntary” returns programmes to access basic support, is not a loophole, but a deliberate strategy to try to force people to return to unsafe countries.
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Now bite this bullet
Now that the ‘key’ to the Euro regs has been published, you should get the new standard rolling .... and fast
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End Northern Ireland bickering
The housing shortage in Northern Ireland is not new (“Urgent action needed to prevent crisis in NI social housing, says report”, HT 29 October).
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Regulation changes set to benefit installers
An important amendment, affecting intruder alarm installers, has been made to the Building Regulations Part ‘P’, electrical Safety in dwellings, which comes into force on 1 January in England and Wales.
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Archive TitlesSDA Protec awarded major CCTV contract
SDA Protec has won a three-year contract to supply CCTV for ExxonMobil’s service station network throughout Europe.
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Size targets for associations as London tackles overcrowding
Housing associations will face a target for the number of different-sized homes they build in London as part of plans outlined in the capital’s draft regional housing strategy for 2005.
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Yorkshire & Humber councils row over assembly powers
Authorities threaten to quit unelected body if they don’t get more control over planning
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Archive TitlesHow To.. tackle antisocial behaviour on wheels
Westminster combines warnings of police action with moped trainingWhen teenagers get hold of unlicensed mopeds, the resulting noise and dangerous driving can cause a nuisance to neighbours. This is the situation Westminster council found itself in earlier this year, when residents of Queen’s Park, west London, were disturbed by moped ...
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Towering ambition
The first new-build phase of an £80m Tower Hamlets redevelopment project has been granted planning permission.
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How will you handle all this freedom?
The Freedom of Information Act comes fully into force in the new year. The public bodies it applies to must be clear what information they want to keep and what is confidential
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New scheme for fire alarm systems launched
The SSAIB (Security Systems and Alarms Inspection Boardhas added a new fire protection scheme to its range of available accreditation.
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New policy aims to reduce false remote fire alarm call outs
A new policy which aims to reduce false alarms from remotely monitored fire alarm systems will come into effect in April next year.