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Will IT companies take over?
Hi David, Do security system installers that have moved into fitting IP based systems not find there is a lot of competition from IT companies or network installers who would most likely have a lot more experience with IP networks? Is this type of company not going to take over ...
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Archive TitlesExperts online session
This month our experts are from leading organisations in the building services field. They'll be answering a wide variety of questions on the latest legislation, better business management and new ways of working in construction.
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Stopping the rot
Specifying a high quality paint finish on sheet-steel enclosures for use outdoors or in other demanding environment may not be enough to prevent costly damage from rust and other forms of corrosion.It's quite usual for users to buy well-finished enclosures and then cut holes in them to mount instruments and ...
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Quality time
There are important changes in the latest quality assurance standard. Chris Ottaway reports on the underlying principles.
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Archive TitlesSound proposition
Sound proposition: AET’s Flexible Space System, featuring Hiross underfloor air conditioning, has been installed in Fleet House, London by m&e contractor Lowbeck. The Clerkenwell Road site is the London hq of digital audio broadcaster Music Choice. The system overcame low ceiling heights and a major office reconfiguration to provide a ...
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Presidential VIEW
By law a company must have employers' liability insurance. Yet a number of factors, not least the significant increase in premiums, is making the issue of insurance increasingly difficult for contractors. The ECA is calling upon government to examine ways to improve the situation.In particular, the ECA recommends: a reduction ...
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Waste management
Three market leaders from the logistics, waste and recycling industries, Endeva, Biffa and EMR, have joined forces to develop a national scheme for redundant electrical appliances.Transform should help contractors comply with the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive. This European-led Directive comes into UK law in 2004 and will ...
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When the price is light
Need to put some va-va-voom in your latest retail lighting project? Then put down that faux industrial fitting and try something less boring instead. Mark Faithfull gives some of his top tips.
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Keith Marshall
Keith Marshall has been appointed as chief executive of SummitSkills. Marshall says: “There will be challenges in bringing together the groups that SummitSkills includes, but the prize for success is enormous. “With support from employers and other stakeholders I am confident we will achieve our objective to become the recognised ...
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Industry orders up
New construction orders rose by 20% in the three months to January 2003 compared to the previous three month period, according to figures released by the DTI. However, this apparently healthy figure masks falls in three of the five major sectors canvassed.
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Hole-in-one
The EMC Golf Challenge 2003 in France, sponsored and supported by the ECA and Hager, was held on the courses of Val Andre and Des Ormes, near St Malo, Brittany on 20 February.
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Hospital health
Building services engineers are seeking answers in the battle against deadly secondary infections in hospitals. Ewen Rose reports on new guidance.
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Archive TitlesGetting into the zone
With the help of lighting, Home Zones become streets where cars, pedestrians, cyclists and children co-exist in safety.
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Sporting performance for energy
A Hager bus-based control system allows lighting levels in the Melbourne Park Athletics Centre in Chelmsford to be matched to individual sports, enabling energy and running cost reductions.
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KYE fined for electrical safety lapse
KYE of Lowestoft has been fined £3000 by Lowestoft Magistrates Court following an incident in which the company’s site electrician sustained serious thermal burns.
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White Paper pushes energy efficiency and renewables
The Government championed a further push for energy efficiency and renewable energy sources in its long-awaited Energy White Paper.
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Halo effect
Halo effect: Blue halos at Greenside Place in Edinburgh use Prodigy and Chamelneon cold cathode lighting from Oldham Lighting. The lighting design for Greenside Place, which is situated within a World Heritage site, was by Arup Lighting. Designers devised the lighting scheme to transform columns into decorative features or ‘light ...
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Dream finances?
Regarding Michael Wiltshire's recent letter ('Money for nothing', EMC, March, p5), the way he describes the news item he is quite right to rant and rave. Unfortunately, he is not correct.If he had managed to wait until the end of the presentation he would have heard that electricians were to ...