All Archive Titles articles – Page 1177
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GE on the lookout
General Electric is on the acquisitions trail in Europe, aiming to buy up divisions of ailing industrial groups whose share prices are suffering.
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Archive TitlesFlexible friend
As high office churn rates become the norm, firms are demanding more adaptable working spaces. How can m&e services keep up with the changing layouts?
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Archive TitlesDeep dream
Deep dream: Visitors are expected to flock to Hull's new combined sea-life visitor centre, aquarium and research facility. Designed by architect Terry Farrell & Partners, The Deep houses one of the largest tanks in Europe. M&E contractor NG Bailey installed Mita's corrosion-resistant, non-metallic GRP cable ladders, trays and support systems ...
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Dome deal
MEB Contracting has been commissioned to install 44 CCTV dome cameras to keep an eye on the production and distribution of dairy products at Muller’s facility in Market Drayton, Shropshire. The cameras, which have been specially installed in accordance with food hygiene requirements, enable the QA and security team at ...
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Are you on the danger list?
One in six companies in the UK electrical contracting industry is being forced out of the market according to new research by financial analyst Plimsoll Publishing.
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Archive TitlesCreating the link
Safety and reliability are hot topics in the UK's rail network, and the power and control system installed in the new Channel Tunnel Link to St Pancras is vital. How will trains be kept on time?
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Responsive coverage
The London Borough of Brent has invested in a mobile CCTV surveillance network installed by Tyco Integrated Systems to enable flexible monitoring of crime hot spots at minimum cost. Needing only a mains power connection to be fully operational, the 12 mobile colour cameras can be deployed at speed wherever ...
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Stiffer marking on site courses
Formal assignments for renamed SMETS and FLSS vocational courses
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Cutting costs
Network Video Technologies (NVT) has announced a 40% cost reduction for its NV 212A short distance, single-channel, passive video transceiver.
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Hot property, cool housing
Aereco has supplied extract ventilation fans to a new housing scheme in London.
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Unsafe contractors shopped
Some of the most prominent clients in the country have come together to form a forum to rout unsafe contractors from their projects.
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Contract win
TelGuard has won a contract by developers, St George West London, to install telephone-based secure access systems at the Charter Quay complex at Kingston-upon-Thames.
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Confusion over self-certification
The proposed addition of electrical safety to the Building Regulations in the form of Part P is out for consultation. How contractors will qualify for self-certification of installations seems open to doubt.
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Complex security problems
Evolution is to supply and install a system to transmit digital CCTV images over the wide area network at New Cross Hospital in Wolverhampton.
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Archive TitlesNatural-borne chillers
Air conditioners using natural hydrocarbon refrigerants such as propane and ethane are a growing market that could offer new business for m&e contractors.
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Charity smiles
VCL raised £1,208 for the NSPCC and Cancer Research UK by holding a prize draw at the company’s IFSEC comedy night. More than 400 industry executives took part in the draw, with Steve Harris of Romec winning the top prize of a Sony hi-fi system, and Peter Fowler of the ...
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Archive TitlesChartered builder?
President-elect Stuart Henderson portends an identity crisis at the heart of the CIOB. Interview by Rod Sweet.
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The buck stops here
One contractor has chosen to educate subbies about health and safety rather than scapegoat them
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Float your boat
You'll get no joy from the courts over non-standard conditions unless you tell the other party first. Ann Wright explains recent court rulings