All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 788
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Archive TitlesWhere offsite works: Mad dash for the loos
Why forward-thinking stanhope and bovis were perfect clients for the 'bathroom in a box'
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Rounding up the cowboys
As Head of the UK's largest building control service, I have more than a passing interest in cowboy builders.The cowboy image arises mainly from the domestic market. Most of our members are in larger projects with other professionals and are not so likely to be competing with cowboys. Yet it ...
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Counting your coppers
Recent research by Davis Langdon is being used by a trade association to promote the use of copper in roofing. As shown by the graph, although it costs more at the outset, copper beats all other metals except stainless steel in a 60-year cost analysis. It beats tiles and slate, ...
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Archive TitlesCure-all concept?
Cheaper, faster, safer. in theory, offsite is great. So why are housebuilders so reluctant to embrace it?
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Archive TitlesClient is king
The first-ever client president of the ciob is also the big boss behind brum's new bullring, director of construction at Hammerson and lieutenant-colonel in the TA... Geoff Wright's reputation preceeds him. Kristina Smith met the man.
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Archive TitlesLaw man on a mission to clean up the Wild West Midlands
birmingham officer says legal tweaks could combat cowboys
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Archive TitlesYou’ve got the power to choose
Don’t just sit back and wait for your career to take off. only you can make things happen, says Jessica Rolph, and here’s how you do it
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Archive TitlesCaption of the month
"On the first day of his Quantity Surveying degree course, John was introduced to the ancient art of brick counting. ONE..."Thanks to Phil BroadleyHonourable mention must also go to erstwhile winner Bill Hall, (who waited months to receive his £20 prize) for this sterling effort:"My son. I pass to you ...
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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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An inspector calls
HSE inspectors will visit sites around the country between 7 and 25 June in a bid to reduce the number of fatal and serious injuries. The inspectors will concentrate on falls from height, on-site transport and lifting with cranes. The HSE is making four pages of free guidance available to ...
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Spall call
The Concrete Repair Association has published a new directory of its members. It is designed to help those compiling tender lists, and so it gives information about each of 30-plus companies in the directory, such as the contracts they’ve won and their turnover. www.concreterepair.org.uk
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Archive TitlesRighteous brother
Simon Hipperson's success at Skanska proves ambition and ethics are not mutually exclusive. Rod Sweet meets the MCIOB behind the UK's biggest and best PFI contractor
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Behind door number three...
you could find anything. PFI housing is A mixed bag of risks for the contractor. Kristina Smith visits islington to see the first scheme on site in britain
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Athens' photo finish
Even though they invented it, it's fair to say that the Greeks haven't handled the Olympics very well. The build-up to this August's games will have been the most fraught in the modern history of the event.
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A-peeling cleaning
Using techniques reminiscent of bikini-line waxing, workers refurbishing the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow peel off a layer of latex, and with it, generations of accumulated grime. HBG decided on the technique to avoid using gallons of water and chemicals in cleaning the interior of the city’s famous ...
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Clearing the air
Smoke chimneys perform better than automatic opening windows in protecting fire-fighting shafts, according to a recent BRE report. But how do you specify them? Smoke Control Services believes this report's recommendations are being misinterpreted and that this puts people in danger. So it has produced a document to assist specifiers ...