Gibraltar Construction News

04 Jul 17

BUILDING CONTROL

All Building Applications are coordinated by Department of Town Planning and Building Control and the Environmental Agency is one of the Agencies that is required to examine and process the applications so to ensure compliance with the Building Rules and Approved Codes of …

By: Build Gibraltar Team

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04 Jul 17

GIBRALTAR LEADS THE WAY IN ADVANCED LED LIGHTING CONTROL

Back in 2012 E&M Consulting Engineers Ltd. in Gibraltar, began the design of The Ocean Views Mental Health Facility at the old Royal Naval Hospital building on Europa Road. The decision was made to install LED lighting and advanced Dali lighting control systems, both the…

By: Ian Dallas

Tags: lighting

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04 Jul 17

THE GREEN AGENDA

The Author:David Richardson is a professional member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. He has worked in London’s construction industry for five years before joining the family firm Richardsons, in Gibraltar in 2009 where he specialises in Building Surveying …

By: David Richardson BSc (Hons) MRICS

Tags: environmentalgreenenergy

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04 Jul 17

THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE (DECC)

DECC is responsible for the implementation of the Environment (Energy Performance of Buildings) Regulations 2012. These stem from the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive which aims to reduce the amount of energy consumed by buildings.About 40% of the EU’s carbon …

By: Catherine Walsh

Tags: climateenvironmental

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04 Jul 17

GIBRALTAR AIR QUALITY

WHY IS AIR QUALITY IMPORTANT?Air quality is defined by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as the world’s largest single environmental health risk. It is estimated that over 90% of the world’s population is living in places where the WHO air quality guidelines levels are…

By: Eleanor Kilroy

Tags: climateenvironmental

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04 Jul 17

GIBRALTAR'S CITY LEVEL GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORY

WHY ARE CITIES AND COMMUNITIES IMPORTANT FOR TACKLING CLIMATE CHANGE?Cities and urban areas present both a challenge and a significant opportunity in the management of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions due to the concentration of people and activities within them.At …

By: Eleanor Kilroy

Tags: climateenvironmental

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04 Jul 17

BUILDING REGULATION REFORM NEEDED FOR PROGRESS

The announcement of the new Town Planning Act and plans to review building regulation is being seen as welcome news within the Town Planning & Building Control Department at Europort. As Building Control Officer, Robert Santos, told us, a change in building regulation is…

By: Robert Santos

Tags: town planninggovernment

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04 Jul 17

THE GIBRALTAR HERITAGE TRUST:

HERITAGE ACHIEVEMENTSThe key characteristics of a Trust such as the Gibraltar Heritage Trust (GHT) working as it does, is the ability to modernise, react and change. Since its foundation in 1987 it has evolved from a pressure group to a Trust with a Board of Trustees and …

By: Claire Montado

Tags: heritagegovernment

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04 Jul 17

IOSH - HEALTH & SAFETY

IOSH Gibraltar Associate Branch developed out of the Occupational Safety and Health Group which was established in 2004. Most local health and safety practitioners, and those involved with health and safety at work, joined the Group and membership soon stood at …

By: Richard Labrador MBE

Tags: HealthSafetyIOSH

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