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Product of the Year
Sponsored by: OPUSWinnerWilo UK, Wilo CC-Booster This is the inaugural year at the awards for this honour, which sets out to find the best new product from a building services equipment manufacturer. Readers of Building Services Journal and Electrical & Mechanical Contractor were asked to nominate the product that they ...
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World steel prices soar
A shortage of supply is threatening steel prices yet again, with BEAMA’s steel products group reporting rapidly rising raw material prices.
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Write on the money
New instructions extending the scope of the original contract should be in writing, says Andrew Milner
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Major Project of the Year
This award is for construction projects where the value of the M&E contract is £20 million or above.
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Archive TitlesShedding the L-plates
What’s the key to constructing a truly sustainable building? In the case of Northumbria University, close harmony between fabric and services creates a class act for future educational facilities to follow.
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Archive TitlesLiquid refreshment
Paul Jackson puts under the microscope the three main types of financial liquidity ratios
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Archive TitlesJoined-up thinking
The ECA arrived in Marbella for its annual conference, with the theme ‘Joining up the industry’. The sol failed to show up, but Andrew Brister spreads some sunshine with his report from the Costa
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Time for joined-up thinking
Sun, sea, sangria...Spain’s Costa del Sol has them in abundance. Marbella was also home to the great and good of the electrical industry, as they travelled in record numbers for the annual get together, with the theme of joining up the industry.
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Innovation of the Year
This award is open only to building services consultants and contractors
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Archive TitlesSafe as hotels
When one of the UK’s fastest growing hotel chains needed electrical safety testing, facilities maintenance partner Marshall called in Epsilon Test Services to handle a complex and demanding schedule
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Health & Safety Initiative of the Year
This award is for the organisation that can show that health and safety issues are at the top of its agenda
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Government makes U-turn on smart-metering plans
Suppliers question cost figures calculated by government
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SkillElectric gets sponsor
The Electrical Safety Council is to sponsor the SkillElectric competition run by SummitSkills.
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Archive TitlesStandby for money generation
Think carefully before you specify your standby generator and it could lower your electricity bill and earn your organisation some extra revenue
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Archive TitlesTake the floor
After intensive market research MK has been robust with its floor boxes
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Environmental Initiative of the Year
Sponsored by JagaWinnerArup and Kingspan Off-SiteKingspan LighthouseThis is the first zero-carbon house to achieve a level six rating under the Code for Sustainable Homes. The judges declared it a good example of moving forward residential design. The Lighthouse was part of the Offsite 2007 exhibition of prefabricated homes at the ...
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Archive TitlesEIC scales heights in Leicester
EIC has completed work on St George’s Tower in Leicester.
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EIC scales heights in Leicester
EIC has completed work on St George’s Tower in Leicester.
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Drawing on experience
Dimplex has launched a range of dedicated recessed air curtains.