All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 769
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Archive TitlesGreenspec goes live
Looking for a list of approved green gear for your latest sustainable project? More than 300 specifications for recycled construction products are will soon be available from the National Green Specification website (www.greenspec.co.uk), as part of a two-year, DTI-funded project being carried out by BRE in partnership with ASWS.
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Archive TitlesFormer glory
The Royal Automobile Club’s Pall Mall headquarters is in the midst of a major overhaul to restore the building to its original Edwardian elegance.
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Fan and pump laws
Peter Koch explains why the so-called fan and pump laws are a myth and dangerous to clear thinking and accuracy.
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Archive TitlesWinning is everything
It's fair to say the country isn't exactly delirious at the idea of london staging the 2012 olympics. yet construction could strike gold if the capital bags the games. ROd sweet accentuates the positive
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KPIs suggest Egan doesn’t pay
Have the Egan reforms improved the industry? Well, if this year’s KPIs are anything to go by, the answer is both yes and no.
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Delivering renewables
Energy minister Stephen Timms outlined the importance of renewables in meeting future energy requirements in his opening address at Resource 04
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Industry KPIs demonstrate continued improvement
Constructing Excellence has released its latest Key Performance Indicator findings for 2004.
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Archive TitlesCondemned to repeat?
Swollen egos, penny-pinching, ignorance and plain short-sightedness: buildings fail because people are fallible. Although the process of erecting structures still kills between one and two workers every week, it has been a few years since a structural failure killed a trusting member of the public in this country. But the ...
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Archive TitlesNew Middlesex learning centre revealed
Middlesex University has unveiled designs for a new learning resource centre, including a 200-seat lecture theatre, at its Trent Park campus. As well as the new centre the scheme will also include new halls of residence which will form the first part of a cluster of new student accommodation. Architect ...
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Construction career obstruction
What is happening with the CITB? I have recently contacted the Board with regards to support for a young trainee we are currently putting through a day-release NVQ programme in carpentry and joinery. Unfortunately, it transpires that we cannot claim any grant support because he is not going through the ...
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Client care
At the end of last month, BSj held the first Building Services Summit – a look at procurement in our sector.
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Archive TitlesCarbon free cities
The solution to our energy problems requires a radical new approach. In the Netherlands they're already trying.
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Archive TitlesCaption of the month
"Darren decides that he will keep a video diary of his and Stacey’s trip to the Olympics in Athens. Day 1: Stacey lends a hand to finish their hotel room"Thanks to Nic Kieft
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Archive TitlesCaption competition
Send us a caption for next month's picture (above) and we'll hand over a £20 drinks voucher for the wittiest entry. Email construction_manager@cmpinformation.com
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EC calls time on landlord’s private privileges
Registered social landlords (RSLs) will have to change the way they procure construction services because the UK will most likely start to treat them as public bodies, a solicitor has warned.
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Archive TitlesBuro Happold contracted to Turin Olympic rink
Buro Happold is providing services and structural design for the Turin Olympic speed skating rink, construction of which has just started in readiness for the Winter Olympic Games in 2006. Without the advantage of altitude encountered at previous venues such as Salt Lake City and Calgary, the focus of the ...
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Archive TitlesBuilt not to last
Ok, the job was complex. But a life-size mock-up to iron out Great Ormond Street’s glitches? are they mad?
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