All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 702
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Officers are always on their guard
AN ARTICLE WAS RECENTLY PUBLISHED IN The Financial Times (issue dated 23 August) as part of an ongoing series targeting “the worst jobs ever”. This time around, the subject of security guarding fell under the spotlight as journalist Sathnam Sanghera detailed: “My night as a security guard”. Here, we reproduce ...
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Fighting back against viruses
A key event in the IT sector’s calendar is the annual Virus Bulletin International Conference. The 2004 Conference was held last month in Chicago and, as Alex Shipp reports, provided some useful pointers for end users looking to update their anti-virus program provisions.
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Archive TitlesNew members join SMT’s Editorial Advisory Board
Security Management Today’s (SMT) Editorial Advisory Board has been boosted by the addition of four new members – Mike Bluestone, Bob Holmwood, Michael Jasper and Stephen Clark.
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AXA reports 20% rise in UK business crime
The latest findings from the AXA Business Crime Index reveal a huge increase in the number of crimes perpetrated against UK businesses
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Testing, testing ...
A funny thing happened to me on my way back from a baroque classical music concert at Cadogan Hall recently.
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Risk response
In the review of Whole life cycle costs: Risk and risk responses (BSj 10/04) Dr Davies summarises by describing the text as ‘suffer(ing) from not making adequate links to ISO 156986, especially part three, which is all about quality assurance for whole life cost models’.
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GoldNameVictor Richardson MCIOBCompanyBovis Lend LeaseProject15,800m² hospital extension. Hexham General, NorthumbriaContract£27m, bespoke D&B, 104 weeksOn completion of this project, the architect installed his signature – a grand piano – in the hospital reception area, but credit for the project being so harmonious must go to Victor Richardson. It took an enormous ...
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Archive TitlesRub out the risk
What does a designer know about safe construction? A new pan-industry prequalification standard will help you find out, as Kristina Smith reports
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Archive TitlesWhat marks mean
You’ve seen BBAs, BSs and Kitemarks on building products, and now ENs, ETAs and CEs are starting to appear. But what do they represent? Alan Thomas explains
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Making it work
It looks as though local government is getting to grips with Rethinking Construction, with buy-in at the top level. But making it work on the ground is a harder task.
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Archive TitlesLed into peril
A firm and its directors were fined after sending two teams of labourers to strip asbestos without training or protection
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Archive TitlesPart L to pay
A new approach to calculating energy efficiency targets could cause chaos for the industry in 2005
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It’s so unfair
We explain on how to protect your business in light of new standards in unfair dismissal law which sets out minimum standards of procedure.
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Archive TitlesHome sweet home
Ant Wilson continues his analysis of the Part L proposed document with a look at the domestic sector.
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Archive TitlesSo hip it hurts
He’s no longer the desk-dwelling, pen-pushing jobsworth. These days a QS is more likely to take the lead on a project than get in its way. This job is like way cool.