All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 1403
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Can We Help?
Paul Scott, Technical Support Manager at Dedicated Micros, answers your queries on CCTV
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Who's at the door
Installers can add to profits by offering audio/video entry as an additional option to security systems or even as a stand alone sale. We give our views on the audio and video door entry systems market.
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How to get a volt of confidence
It's been said before that I have eyes like a toilet rat when it comes to spotting errors and mistakes not to mention malpractice when I am out and about on inspections. I always take it as a compliment and explain that after 25 years in ...
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Wireless alarms fight back!
Residential wireless alarms for the professional industry have their critics but this report argues installers should take a fresh look at today's systems which can offer them distinct business and practical advantages
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1851 SITO/City & Guilds masterclass [part 21] - Software: for door control
Our popular series on the 1851 SITO/City & Guilds qualification, which we ran from December 96 to December 97 was a commentary on the first two modules in this off-the-job learning programme. It covered Module 1 (Electrical & System Principles) and Module 2 (Intruder Alarm Systems). In this continuation of ...
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ARCs Directory Part 1
Installers' guide to the UK's monitoring stations. Please see attached tables for more details.
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Facing up to a mid-life crisis
They're having an identity crisis, and don't know where they're going. Our contributor says housing associations are just like menopausal men
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Councils hard at work on next transfer round
Council plans for the large scale voluntary transfer of another 34,000 units next year have surfaced amid signs that work is already underway on the 2001 round
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Performance indicators for Best Value revealed
Councils are to be judged on the cost of managing and maintaining their stock each year, and the cash total of their rent arrears under Best Value
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A question of balance
When urban councils began to opt for more stock transfers, a backlash of no votes followed. Now government has unleashed plans to give tenants more power in the transfer process. At a crucial point for council housing, Housing Today asks which way now?
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Task force aims to tackle temporary homes crisis
A homelessness task force has been set up by London councils to tackle the temporary accommodation crisis, as new figures reveal the extent of the problem across the country
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HAs put 12 councils on 'shame' list over benefits
London housing associations have named and shamed twelve councils for poor housing benefit services in a letter to a government minister, as concerns about the problem grow nationwide
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Leaseholders face bills of £30,000 in PFI scheme
A pioneering housing Private Finance Initiative project could force 42 leaseholders into bankruptcy, a council was warned this week
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Wired for success
A pioneering project could encourage regeneration - and help tackle the problem of empty homes
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Opportunities and pitfalls
Rent restructuring, benefit reform, a single tenancy for social housing. John Perry sets out a wish list for the housing Green Paper
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Straw's hardline stance on orders 'ill-informed'
Local authorities this week hit back at government efforts to encourage the widespread use of punitive laws aimed at tackling nuisance neighours
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Council investigated over transfer 'irregularities'
Investigations are underway into allegations made by campaigners about the transfer of a council's entire stock to a new landlord
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Tenants given more control
New guidance to allow associations to compete for transfers