All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 737
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2nd opinion: How well behaved are you?
RSLs are trigger-happy about pressing nuisance charges and rarely even-handed
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Lancashire renewal on hold after 2m funding cut by NWDA
Hyndburn council seeks alternative funds for Accrington regeneration scheme
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15m fund to ease restructuring at 10 BME specialists
Ten black and minority-ethnic housing associations are to share a £15m fund to ease the problems of rent restructuring
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Do it yourself water mains
After the publication of OFWAT guidelines and The Competition Act 1998, the market for the provision of water mains and services was opened to competition. Now a new Code of Practice will help developers and contractors lay water mains themselves.
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Pricing for life
BRE and CABE have joined forces to produce Budgeting for Sustainability, a website that tells you how to assess whole-life values for public-sector clients. It provides a searchable database of tools, processes, guidance and background documents of relevance to the public sector procurement process.
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Handling waste regs
‘Hazardous Waste Management - essential information for business’ (GG469), a guide by Envirowise, helps bosses deal with new hazardous waste rules, which came into force in July.. Mixing hazardous wastes with other waste is banned which will turn many businesses into hazardous waste producers for the first time, as ...
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The hidden gender?
I read with interest your article on taking a postgrad degree (‘Masters of the Universe’, CM, July/August). However I would make one point. In the penultimate paragraph you state: ‘You may have permission from your employer but do you have permission from your wife?’I ask you! Are you perpetuating the ...
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Dodge the disputes
The Institution of Civil Engineers has updated its Condition Of Contracts document that provides contractual dispute resolution for the industry. The revised family of contracts - drafted in order to meet the requirements of statutory adjudication - aims to help opposing parties settle their contractual differences before embarking on ...
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Why CITB is Funding the future...
Sean Simmons’ letter of complaint (‘Letters’, CM, July/August) actually highlighted how the success of the CITB grant-supported apprenticeship scheme has led us to insist on quality control measures. He comments that he could not get funding for an apprentice doing day release. There are recommendations attached to the claiming of ...
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Archive TitlesCiria’s line on linear construction
Linear construction projects (railways, roads and pipelines) can have a bigger impact on the environment than fixed construction projects because they cross different types of land and water regimes. Good practice in preventing water pollution is unique for linear projects and usually won through experience, so CIRIA’s new release, ‘Control ...
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CITB cd tracks risk
Following two years of research and development CITB-ConstructionSkills has launched ‘Risk Assessment & Method Statement Manager’, a risk assessment CD. You can use it for training and for making decisions. Using GE700 as the underlying reference for the Risk Assessment tool, it can be used on site to produce an ...
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Archive TitlesCool building!
We should be building houses like this in the UK if we want to cope with global warming, according to DTI-funded research project led by Arup. High-mass walls, small windows and shutters are all ways of keeping cool in Mediterranean countries, and should be adopted here if temperatures keep rising ...
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... but the Bigger picture is
Sean Simmons (‘Letters’, CM, July/August) berated CITB for not having deep enough pockets to fund all the training and apprenticeships the industry so badly needs. I’ve a feeling the letter also needs to be forwarded to all who pay the levy- and to the Chancellor too!If the UK wants a ...
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Get it right when it all goes wrong
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has published new guidance on best practice in investigating accidents, incidents, and near misses. It tells you how accidents should be recorded, investigated and the findings acted upon. The guidance is aimed primarily at small to medium-sized enterprises where it is often extremely difficult ...
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Buildings still not airtight, says BRE
Over one third of buildings tested by BRE are failing the airtightness test, more than two years after the introduction of Approved Document L2.
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Archive TitlesWates fined after fatal fall
The contractor received several complaints about inadequately protected roof lights at woolwich arsenal, but didn’t suspend work while it made improvements. The result? a worker fell 11 metres to his death before the work was completed
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Recycling code to save industry £100m annually
A new voluntary code could help save the industry £100 million a year, and reduce the amount of waste material it produces. Each year the construction industry produces around 92 million tonnes of waste, including an estimated 13 million tonnes of unused material. The new guidance tells building firms how ...
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Archive TitlesAppointments
Wates appoints new CEOFollowing the sudden departure of Struan Robertson in January, Wates Group has appointed a new CEO - and he comes from outside the construction industry.Paul Drechsler, who starts this month, spent 24 years with paint and chemical manufacturer ICI. His career culminated in five years as head ...
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Archive TitlesThe toaster thingy
The toaster thingy you see here is actually Will Alsop’s idea for a theatre, just one part of a £500m masterplan for a regeneration of Middlesbrough, which includes a hotel shaped like an upturned wine bottle and apartments like Prada skirts. Bearing in mind what happened to Alsop’s plan for ...