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Archive TitlesIP Masterclass [Part 6]: IP applications at work
A beginner's guide by Richard Lewis, IP Product Manager, Video Imaging Supplies Ltd
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Working with DD243
Part 6 completes our close-up look at DD243:2002 and the demand for confirmation systems … This month: structured risk analysis
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Relax the rules on DD243
Unsetting issue must be looked at again if DD243 is ever to work
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Archive TitlesThe bench test (2): Quality hardware, weak software
The Netwave DVR from Aspro EuropeIt could withstand an earthquake – but needs revising
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Archive TitlesThe bench test (1): Pressing concerns
KT- 3210 proximity access control kit from ControlsoftPoor controller design lets down competent equipment
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ATEC-Security completes start of £1 million West End project
A new, highly sophisticated CCTV command and control room, from which images from up to 200 new and existing cameras protecting London's West End can be managed, monitored and reviewed, has been completed by ATEC-Security in the first phase of a project worth nearly £1 million.
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On the up & up!
Integrated commercial installer Centurion Security Systems has moved to larger premises due to expansion.
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Think tank
Smoke detectors: what's the law?As a local authority, what responsibility do we have to provide smoke detectors in social housing? And, if a smoke detector is provided, what responsibility has the council to maintain and/or service it?There's no obligation to fit smoke alarms in existing properties but it is ...
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Sunny and share
Sunny and share: London & Quadrant Housing Trust and Tower Homes are creating some of the first shared-equity homes in London. They have obtained planning permission to regenerate the Sundermead estate in Lewisham, south-east London,with architect BPTW. The plans include more than 200 homes including special needs facilities, a new ...
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Solihull seeks regeneration partners
Solihull council has moved a step closer to setting up a regeneration company to help the area's housing meet the decent homes standard.
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Welsh RTB overhaul proposed
Discounts given to tenants who buy their council homes under the right to buy could be cut by £8000 if a proposal by Welsh government goes ahead.
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Archive TitlesLooking for solutions
Setting up another type of organisation to deal with local authority housing could be seen as problematic ("Chester-le-Street wins last-minute reprieve from housing takeover", 9 January, page 10). It gives the impression that existing registered social landlords are not seen as favourable or even "trustworty" – and, on top of ...
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Here's an idea
Coventry council saw upgrading its stock as a chance to help unemployed young locals
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Walsall gets time to transfer
The government has waived the rules on transfer ballots to allow Walsall's transfer to progress.
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Archive TitlesFriends in low places
Her aggressive campaigning on behalf of socially excluded children has earned Camila Batmanghelidjh a Rottweiler reputation with the public sector – and the public. But as Sarah Shannon discovered, she gets results.
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No more fee hikes, NHF promises as it reveals next phase of rebranding
the National Housing Federation has outlined the next stages of its rebranding campaign – but promised it will not ask members for further funding.
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In my father’s house
In my father’s house: Eastleigh Housing Association is converting a derelict church in Eastleigh, Hampshire, into 25 flats designed by architect Kenn Scadden Associates. The £2m project will be completed in summer 2004. Eastleigh council has provided £271,000 of social housing grant to turn five of the flats into affordable ...
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Social housebuilding slumps to lowest level ever
Housebuilders blame planning system but government rules out reform
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Employers to discuss paying for workers’ homes
Local authorities And other major employers are set to discuss investing in homes for staff who cannot otherwise afford to live close to their workplace.