All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 794
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The hills are alive
The hills are alive: Haden Young has completed work on the £12 million Scottish Association for Marine Science laboratory in Dunstaffnage near Oban. In addition to conventional engineering services the centre includes Class 100 and Class 10 000 clean room facilities, bio-hazard levels 2 and 3 containment systems and seawater ...
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ALI training win for JTL
JTL has been recognised for its training excellence by the Government’s Adult Learning Inspectorate (ALI).
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Archive TitlesEuro 2004
Euro 2004 host Portugal was also the home of this year's ECA Conference. Andrew Brister was in the crowd as the industry issues were tackled.
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SEC Group success in visit to No 10
A SEC Group delegation led by MP Claire Curtis-Thomas has won government support for a task force to stamp out retention and bad payment practice in construction after a Downing Street date.
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Archive TitlesWho sneezed?
Who sneezed? This is Web House, architect m3’s idea for housing in areas with a shortage of land.It consists of an inflatable skin that is attached to an existing building such as a shop or office block and then filled with structural core.It has been shortlisted for the Royal Institute ...
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Work to rules
1200 homes plus 298 performance indicators equals a lot of red tape for the sector's first PFI project. But a year after the deal was signed, the transformation of Manchester's Grove Village is well under way. Katie Puckett paid it a visit
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Archive TitlesTenant participation: does it work?
Well done and thank you to Tony Soares for his article on tenant participation ("Let's not flog a dead horse", 14 May, page 23). It expressed what a few of us here think. We find it so disheartening when we put much time and effort into arranging an event only ...
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Opinion: Wasted youth
If we don't give younger people a chance at the top jobs, we are ignoring a huge pool of talent.
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Sex,disability and race: the new rules
Finding it hard to keep up with all the revisions to the discrimination laws that affect your business and your staff? Here's a round-up of the latest changes
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Neighbourhood security patrols ... made simple
From wardens to private guards, Kate Freeman walks you through the choices
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Learning won't slip through the net
Race Action Net's relaunched website is the perfect place for criminal justice agencies and landlords to swap the knowledge that's crucial in the fight against harassment
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Worst social landlords to be 'named and shamed'
Regulator to use public benchmarking to crack down on poor performers
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Hardy and the Holocaust
I agree with Jeremy Hardy that any comparison between the Holocaust and the situation in the Middle East is totally unacceptable (“Fight oppression, but leave the Nazis out of it”, 7 May, page 21).However, I challenge his comments about “brutal occupation”. Also, if he is calling the Palestinians “oppressed”, the ...
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Give the government a piece of your mind
Speak now if you want your views about the new commission on workplace equality to be heard
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Up the Gills!
As a Gillingham FC fan and a housing professional I've been reading the debate around MHS Homes' sponsorship of my team with interest (23 April, page 9).As a fan, I welcome the cash injection into the club but initially I did have my doubts about a registered social landlord spending ...
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Archive TitlesFootie force
Footie force: Five-a-side football was one of the activities at a spring fair on the Heygate estate in Elephant & Castle, south London on 8 May.Southwark council used the fair to kick off two weeks of exhibitions about the regeneration plans for the Elephant & Castle. Heygate is to be ...
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Scottish executive told to get tough on trouble teenagers
The Scottish executive is to debate a change to its antisocial behaviour policy after a residents' group urged it to get tough.
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ODPM to set target for efficiency savings
Councils and RSLs will be ordered to save hundreds of millions in July's spending review