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SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND THE OFFICE OF THE FUTURE
W.A. SouthwoodSuperconductivity has been around for most of this century. In 1911 Kamerlingh Onnes, a Dutch physicist, discovered that the resistance of mercury to electric current dropped…
SUCCESSFUL STAFF CONSULTATIONS
Adrian LeamanThe workforce of a large British company — surviving at the time on government subsidy (it was the mid‐1970s) — was being consulted over the design of a new warehouse. The session…
VAT AND THE FACILITIES MANAGER
Bernard WilliamsThe Finance Bill 1989 introduced a totally new concept in taxation — the right of a citizen to elect to tax another without the government having any say in the matter.
CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTS DIRECTIVE
Boodle HatfieldThe Construction Products Directive of 21 December 1988 — on the approximation of laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the member states relating to construction…
HEALTHY BUILDINGS AND AIR CONDITIONING
Stephen Edwards, Terry WyattAir‐conditioning installations in buildings have been the focus of much criticism, with many commentators going so far as to propose a causal connection between sick buildings and…
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- Dr Joseph Lai
- Dr Sarel Lavy