All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 813
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Enterprise award for leading green consultancy
Max Fordham LLP has won the Queen's Award for Enterprise in the sustainable development category.
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Archive TitlesFine for firm who let asbestos be crushed and dumped
Construction company Chelford Properties of Penwortham, Preston was fined £22,500 on 21 April after admitting to allowing asbestos to be crushed during demolition work and tipped around the North West.
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Archive TitlesArup to develop London Bridge Tower scheme
Arup has been appointed to the development team behind Renzo Piano's London Bridge Tower scheme. The practice will provide building services design for the 55 000 m2 multi-use development, which includes offices, a 185 bed hotel, residential and retail complexes. Arup's strategy is to reduce energy consumption by at least ...
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Archive TitlesArchitects fight battle of the bulge
American telecom giant Sprint has designed its 200-acre headquarters in Kansas, USA, to make employees lose weight by forcing them to walk everywhere because obesity now costs American companies some $13bn (£7bn) a year.
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New President takes a practical approach
In his inaugural address, incoming CIBSE President Graham Manly has targeted delivery of sustainable buildings as a key objective for services engineers.
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Archive TitlesAngle delight
Daniel Libeskind's first building for the capital aims to put London Metropolitan University back on the map. We visit the school's dramatic new graduate centre.
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Government delays allocation plan for carbon reduction
The Government has postponed publication of its National Allocation Plan for the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS).
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LG aims for top spot in the UK
Global air conditioning giant LG is aiming to increase massively its share in the UK air conditioning equipment market.
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Practical advice
The recently launched CIBSE Guide F is a significant document, not just because of its subject matter – energy efficiency in buildings.
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CIBSE admission criteria
In response to Dr Hawthorne's concerns (BSj 04/04) about changes to CIBSE admission criteria, I must correct the inaccuracies in his letter.
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Archive TitlesLatham to review Construction Act
Construction Minister Nigel Griffiths has appointed Sir Michael Latham to review Part II of the Housing Grants Construction and Regeneration Act 1996.
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Archive TitlesAcademics teach industry new tricks
Far from housing cloistered academics, the UK's engineering faculties are leading the way in new technologies, and working with industry to bring new products and thinking to the market.
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Who cares about graduates? what about industry?
I read with interest CM’s report ‘What do Graduates want?’ (Cover story, April.) You asked the wrong question. It should have been: ‘What does the Industry need?’ One thing is obvious from the text and quotes from the graduates you polled: what the industry does not need is people with ...
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Archive TitlesBuilding Services Awards 2004 finalists
It’s finally here – the shortlist for this year’s Building Services Awards. Those shown here have survived the rigorous judging process, and will be vying for a trophy on the night...
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Archive TitlesTop dogs 2004
With engineering graduates as rare as hens' teeth, and growing competition for more experienced candidates, salaries are a crucial issue for the industry's employers. So are you offering just rewards – or will your staff be looking elsewhere after reading the latest figures?
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Security on the Web
Each month, SMT surfs the World Wide Web to find end users security sites that are interesting, informative and up-to-date
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Archive TitlesNHS on the network
It's no secret that the Government is committed to spending heavily on IT infrastructures within the National Health Service. Healthcare Trusts are now discovering that, with fast networks, it makes perfect sense to transmit their surveillance images across them. Security Management Today examines one such application in Staffordshire. Photographs courtesy ...
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Regulation must strike the right note
SIR – March 2004 witnessed the 20th Anniversary of the beginning of the Miners' Strike. My company was heavily involved in the provision of security services to South Yorkshire collieries both during and after the strike. In truth, we began our services to what was then the National Coal Board ...
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VirusEye: The MessageLabs Update
Alex Shipp, senior anti-virus technologist at MessageLabs, keeps IT security managers up-to-date with all the latest virus news