All Archive Titles articles – Page 1221
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Keeping ahead of the rest on standards
Throughout 2002 the SSIAB will be holding free workshops intended to make firms aware of the requirements of DD 243: 2002 covering confirmed alarms. The inspectorate is also holding a series of training dates on installing to European Standards. Non-SSAIB companies are welcome at the events which are also supported ...
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The ACPO effect
Installer, Roman Cooper, a Director of Allcooper Security Solutions explains how his company tackled the 'problem' of ACPO 2000 head-on
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SSAIB is UKAS accredited
THE SSAIB HAS RECEIVED ITS CERTIFICATE OF accreditation from UKAS. The inspectorate, which has more than 1,250 recognised companies, has been working to the UKAS guidelines for the past year in order to gain this success and to further strengthen itself in a competitive market place .
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Archive TitlesMasterclass [Part 5] - PIN Codes, badging
Continuing our series on specifying and installing access control systems, Richard Herkes of PAC International looks at types of door and special requirements
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Archive TitlesThe bench test 2: Assemble system effortlessly
Molynx Videmech Series 6000 telemetry controller. For once, you CAN believe the hype
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Archive TitlesThe bench test 1: Feeling the pressure?
Veritec P2 sequential confirmation detector from Pyronix. Two technologies, two outputs, one housing
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Go on, smile
Gemma White thinks the government's measures to tackle the causes of homelessness are cause for celebration
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Paid for by capital receipts?
The government is considering using local authority capital receipts from right to buy deals and large-scale voluntary transfers to fund the proposed £8bn housing market renewal fund, Housing Today has learned.
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Homeswap plan aims to 'rationalise' Liverpool
Four hundred Liverpool tenants have agreed to swap landlords in the first part of an effort to streamline housing association management.
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Falconer admits B&B rise is 'unacceptable'
The number of households in temporary bed and breakfast accommodation has rocketed by 23 per cent in the last year, the government admitted last week.
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Audit office wins access to RSL books
The Housing Corporation and RSLs could be forced to disclose documents to the National Audit Office, following the government’s acceptance of key recommendations from Lord Sharman’s review of the process.
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April 2003: ready or not?
From next year, registered social landlords must deal with the full impact of Supporting People. In best boy scout fashion, Simon Bass advises 'be prepared'
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Transfer staff guarantee set
Government guidance could be 'defining moment' in ending two-tier workforce controversy
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New directorate emphasises homelessness prevention
Homeless families will only be housed in bed and breakfast temporary accommodation in emergency cases by March 2004, the government pledged this week.
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Get private owners on board, says CIH Scotland
Owner occupiers must be involved in Scotland’s regeneration debate if the Scottish Executive is to deliver its building capacity and regeneration agenda.
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South east blamed for dispersal chaos
The system to disperse asylum seekers away from the south east descended into farce this week as infighting broke out between regional consortia.
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Supported housing 'segregation' alert
New supported housing and health care arrangements must not fall into the trap of segregating different groups of people and the services they receive.
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Corporation freezes bank accounts at Clays Lane
In a rare step, the Housing Corporation has frozen the bank accounts of the troubled Clays Lane Housing Co-operative in a bid to control its spending.
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Decency standard 'is beyond 98 councils'
More than a quarter of English councils could fail to reach the decent homes standard by 2010, the government has revealed.