All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 1328
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Deck access homes
Deck access homes on the Central Oakridge Estate in Basingstoke, Hampshire are being cleared to make way for a mixed development of 294 innovative steel-frame homes designed by HTA Architects.
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New survey results put back to 2002
Next National Housing Customer Satisfaction Survey delayed to allow analysis of individual reports.
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Building Homes Datafile - February 2001
The MarketThe MonthJanuary has seen unprecedented takeover activity in the housebuilding sector and some analysts believe there may be more to come. As a result the sector's stocks have risen from the doldrums of last year. It is too early to predict if they will stay high as the Halifax ...
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What Net results!
A team of British companies has used Internet technology to devise a CCTV system that is set to revolutionise surveillance worldwide…
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Do we really need URNs?
The current focus on profit is not in line with Sir Robert Peel's basic principles of policing
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Master your multimeter
David Grant of ACT Meters provides a basic understanding of digital multimeters and how to use them to test alarm systems. He pays particular attention to safety
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A new lease of life
Think of being paid in full for every one of your installations within five days of completion – as against an industry average of nearly three months. Or imagine a customer base that has no bad debts. That's no pipedream ... It's a reality with leasing, says one provider
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Keep it simple
In the second of our special 'buying digital' features, Will Nuttall of Dedicated Micros analyses the key components of the digital video recorder and highlights what installers and users should look out for
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NACOSS merges with ISI
The industry turned out in great numbers to attend the official launch of the National Security Inspectorate (NSI).As previously reported in Security Installer, the new organisation is the merging of the systems sector with the guarding sector – NACOSS and the ISI (Inspectorate of the Security Industry).The event in ...
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Can we help?
Lee Middleton, Technical Sales Engineer at Dedicated Micros, answers your queries on CCTV
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Family firm throws off old style to give staff a stake in success
Since it started in 1964, Altrincham-based family firm Keyways Security has expanded from a local locksmith and provider of security and safety systems for high voltage circuits, to one of the top UK security specialists with a workforce of more than 40 full-time employees. But, realising that its management style ...
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A job well done!
From Dingle to Denmark ... here are some of the latest installations, of which the installers are justly proud
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Digital storage
Doubts about the coming of the digital age of video recording and storage must be disappearing fast – you only have to look at the number of systems that have entered the marketplace over the past year. Here's a selection of what's available…
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COE makes dream reality
As part of the BBC's Dream Lives series, in which communities have been helped to achieve their dreams by using the latest science and technology, COE Ltd provided their Telecommand range, including a new solution that enables cameras to work in accordance with the Privacy Act.The Nightingale estate, Hackney, ...
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'We've never made a false call'
The Rt Hon Jack Straw MP performed the opening ceremony of GSS's Remote Video Response Centre in Guide, Blackburn, attended by about 70 representatives from the police, insurance, security management, commerce and industry.Guide Security Services has been operating CCTV monitoring since 1996 and is proud of the fact that, ...
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Pool resources to bulk buy
A new internet site offers installers in different parts of the country the chance to pool together to get better deals on equipment.
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Enough space for a box of widgets
With all the paraphernalia of the security installer – tools, cable, spares and a million other odd bits – it'soften load capacity, not size, that matters. Renault's Clio Van could certainly benefit from a few centimetres
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Buyer beware
As the number of digital recording manufacturers increases it becomes more difficult to identify the right system for your customer. In the first of two features on buying digital, Geoff Thiel of Primary image advises …