All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 1304
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Centre of attention for Norbain
CCTVSecurity management at Birmingham's Arcadian Centre – the entertainment complex housing bars and restaurants – has been upgraded with the installation of a 22-camera CCTV set-up supplied by Norbain.Installed by KCR (UK), the specified system comprises 11 Dennard day/night domes and a similar number of fixed Vista Protos day/night cameras.The ...
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Art of glass: safety 'first' at BMW showrooms
A high-strength Armorgard safety window film has been used to upgrade security at BMW's famed Park Lane showroom in central London – the same film that was used to protect many of the office windows in Bishopsgate (1993) and London Docklands (1996) from IRA bombings.At Park Lane, the micro-thin polyester ...
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A view from afar
Remote monitoring is only truly effective when it combines a well-trained manned security element with traditional CCTV and electronic security systems. Here we plot the future direction of client-based surveillance solutions.
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Security officers with added value
When the Private Security Industry Bill finally becomes law, manned guarding firms will be forced into raising the profile and perception of the industry. How should they go about the task, and what will be the decisive factors involved?
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Access all areas
The Disability Discrimination Act affords disabled people new rights when it comes to access in and around buildings, but what are the likely effects on new and upgraded security installations?
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ISO 9002 registration for Parc Prison management
Securicor Custodial Services has been presented with the ISO 9002 Certificate of Registration by Sir Michael Bett, chairman of The National Security Inspectorate.The award is in recognition of the company's high quality security management at HM Parc Prison and Young Offenders Institute in Bridgend, Wales. This is the first time ...
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Career Development.
Course of action: SST in 2001Surrey Security Training is well-known as one of the leading security training and development outfits in the UK, but what courses is the company offering throughout the remainder of 2001?Security Management Today offers end users a definitive guide.
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Table talk
Kate Leggett, catering manager at Barclays Capital investment bank in London, tells us what the City slickers eat for lunch
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Stage struck
When RADA refurbished its London stage school, engineers faced the challenge of fitting services into a building only 15m wide, and four stories high. Here's how they managed it.
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Solar powered technology
The Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem) has launched a consultation paper to explore uses for solar powered technology.The aim is to enable solar-powered households to sell surplus electricity back to energy companies.The government has promised £10 million to back the use of photovoltaics in the UK, and supports ...
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Trading places
A growing number of facilities managers have left the comfy security of their in-house jobs to try their luck as service providers. We meet three 'gamekeepers turned poachers' and ask them what it's like to switch roles. Would they do it again?
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Solar power out of the shade
The Government has promised £10 million to back the UK's embryonic solar photovoltaic sector. Is this enough to make us a world beater?
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Twice the news, twice the views
Just over a year after launching The Facilities Business, we've decided that publishing once a month just isn't often enough. So wave goodbye to the monthly mag – from June, The Facilities Business will be with you every fortnight
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New products
This month we round up the latest mailing services, filing and storage product launches. Plus, we highlight some recent product installations
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Too much, too soon
The Danish government is proposing to ban the use of hfcs well ahead of its European counterparts, but whose interests does it have at heart?
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People moves
Diane Thorpe has been appointed Group Facilities Director at Haymarket Publishing Group. She was formerly with General Re (Re-insurance) and will be responsible for Haymarket Group's office facilities and related services. She will oversee a team of 33 support staff and a total of 7 properties in London and ...
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Learning from PROBE
Engineers gathered at a CIBSE East Midlands Region meeting in March to discuss the findings from recent PROBE investigations. Did they find the research useful?