Engineers – a protected species – part deux
Remember about a year ago there was an epetition floating around regarding the use of the word engineer? Because I signed up to the petition (along with 1,726 others), I received the response in my...
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I found this post on The Top 25 Signs of a Dysfunctional Workplace via Tim Berry and would normally just have added to my del.icio.us feed. Until I read the comments from T R. : Thanks, sometimes it...
View ArticleDel.icio.us.ness for February 29th
What caught my eye today, February 29th: FT.com / Home UK / UK – Walkable, pleasant, urbane, hot – Not sure if Edwin Heathcote is defending the new wave of Middle East architecture and planning or not,...
View ArticleBREEAM revamp – my wishlist
Welcome news in Building this morning that BREEAM is to be revamped in May (just in time for my return to the UK). The article states: The new version of the 18-year-old BREEAM assessment tool will...
View ArticleDel.icio.us.ness for March 23rd
What caught my eye today, March 23rd: This much I know: Amory Lovins – The US has cut by half the total amount of energy used to make a dollar of GDP. It has cut oil use per dollar by 54 per cent and...
View ArticleDel.icio.us.ness for March 28th
What caught my eye today, March 28th: FT.com / Companies / Financial services – Tosca increases stakes in housebuilders – Redrow next for consolidation in the housing sector? “the majority of UK...
View ArticleMy del.icio.us bookmarks for March 28th through March 29th
These are my links for March 28th through March 29th: Feed Copyrighter Plugin – via Casa Salt Shaker (excellent Buenos Airean food blogger) a WP plug-in to add a note at bottom of feeds in readers...
View ArticleMy del.icio.us bookmarks for April 1st through April 5th
These are my links for April 1st through April 5th: How To Find Lost Objects – via LifeHacker – a 122 page pdf on a similar vein to www.flylady.net IES <VE SBEM> EPC SOFTWARE MEETS 6TH APRIL...
View ArticleMy del.icio.us bookmarks for April 6th through April 8th
These are my links for April 6th through April 8th: So you want to be an environmental performance assessor – Article from BSJ on EPC, etc. Interestingly, Gifford plan to have 6 assessors, but do not...
View ArticleHurrah for BREEAM
Well, that post title may be a little OTT, but I am delighted to report that the complete technical guidance for BREEAM 2008 will be available to the public from June (thanks to Tom Saunders for...
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