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Playing it safe

2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Sarah Richardson rounds up the latest changes to health and safety regulations, including the recently introduced vibration directive
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L breaks loose

2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Nigel Potter looks at what the toughened-up Part L, which is set to be implemented early next year, has in store for designers and contractors
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It’ll be airtight on the night

2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Airtightness testing will add another step to the commissioning process. The targets are not too onerous, but airtight buildings will help meet carbon emission targets, says Nigel Potter, technical development manager at BSRIA
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On code red

2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

The Code for Sustainable Buildings is setting demanding targets for all public sector buildings, and is set to be implemented next April. Now the task group that created it says the government needs to gets its act together – and fast.
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Fire fighters

2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

The latest requirements of fire safety regulations Part B are aimed to give designers more choice in how they can install measures to help to save lives.
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Part e people

2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Dave Baker, managing director of Robust Details Ltd, looks back on a year of robust testing of Part E – and hopes that the scheme will be adopted for Part L
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Education

2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

All the help you need to understand the governments schools building programme
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Retail

2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

This week, how to specify for the fickle and fast-changing retail sector, including the best products for trendy shops, material costs and our list of essential suppliers.
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Regulations July 2005

2005-07-01T00:00:00Z
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Building triumph at Highbury

2005-06-30T13:09:00Z

Building magazine win the Willmott Dixon London 5-a-side cup at the fifth time of asking.
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Allan McMullen elected CIOB President

2005-06-30T12:00:00Z

Chief Executive of CITB in Northern Ireland looks to the future in his new role.
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Carillion says trading in line with expectations

2005-06-30T09:47:00Z

Six-month period to 30 June gives positive start to year for support services and construction company.
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Childs' latest Freedom Tower design "truck-bomb-proof"

2005-06-30T09:30:00Z

Latest design fortified to satisfy NYPD and anti-terrorist experts.
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Green light for Europes biggest wind farm

2005-06-30T10:51:00Z

Council overrides public opinion to approve plans for 209 turbines.
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WYG gears up for profit increase

2005-06-30T10:15:00Z

Consultancy firm expects increase in orders to bring profit boost.
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Costs: Lighting systems

2005-06-30T16:23:00Z

Good lighting design can give retailers a competitive advantage as well as being energy efficient. Peter Mayer of Building LifePlans looks at the whole-life costs of common lighting options
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Checklist

2005-06-30T16:20:00Z

Fit-out work in the retail sector is demanding on two fronts: tight timeframes and tough demands from clients. Here Barbour Index and Scott Brownrigg go through the priorities
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Products

2005-06-30T16:14:00Z

This week, a range of goodies as shiny and new as the items they are helping to sell, so have your own shopping spree with frameless glazing, heavy-duty switchgear and customer-proof carpeting
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Retail

2005-06-30T16:10:00Z

a listed Dutch department store gets an ultramodern makeover
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Cardiff Bay secures major casino

2005-06-29T15:49:00Z

Aspers has been named as the casino operator for a planned £700m leisure complex in Cardiff Bay.