All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 157
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Hills sold on for a quid
Family firm Hills Electrical & Mechanical has been bought by FTSE top 50 company Southern Electric Contracting for £1.
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M&E firms shun innovation
Two thirds of m&e companies agree that contractors need to invest more in equipment and techniques
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SMEs remain clueless when it comes to WEEE
Small and medium-sized businesses are still not fully aware of waste regulations.
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Unite urges talks over unqualified Underground contractors
Electrical jobs on the London Underground are being carried out by unqualified contractors, according to Union leaders
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Archive TitlesSpotlight on... The East Midlands
With the East Midlands set to benefit from a wave of investment, housing improvements and new transport links, jobs for contractors are on the rise. We take a glimpse at the work of ECA members in this prospering region
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A Surrey state
Your February issue carried two full-page advertisements for the Joint Industry Board (JIB), which was congratulating itself on what a good job it had done since 1968.
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Sounding off
KAC has introduced addressable combined sounder and strobe units, designed to reduce installation expenses and enable cost-effective compliance with the Disability Discrimination Act.
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Sounding on
Fulleon has developed a two-wire system for controlling sounders. It operates with a simple protocol to control the sounders while using standard detectors and manual call points.
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Archive TitlesPrepare for the worst
Ken Tracey gives some advice on the most important part of the contract – getting paid
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Archive TitlesPole position
The Liebert Hiswitch2 family of static switches has been expanded with a new four-pole unit.
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Archive TitlesA life saver
UPS systems are not a fit-and-forget solution, and Chloride’s Life.net monitoring package can offer an ‘insurance policy’. Tracy Edwards reports
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Archive TitlesSafety in letters
A clear guide has recently been produced by the HSE spelling out directors’ safety responsibilities. Paul Reeve reports
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Old labour
I read with interest your news story in the February issue entitled “Unite rallies for greater worker protection.”
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Green power
Chloride Power Protection has introduced Power Lan Green, a range of energy-efficient UPSs that provide advanced power protection for applications in Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), laboratories, automation and transport.
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Getting green at the grass roots
Look down the supply chain if you want to reduce your carbon footprint, and apply some joined-up thinking, says Graham Lyall
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Archive TitlesFired up
Rafiki has launched the Quadnet fire detection system, designed to appeal to specifiers’ and architects’ sense for aesthetics.
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Fläkt Woods supplies London fans
Landmark building in Canary Wharf is fitted out with fans that handle smoke ventilation at 300ºC for one hour
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Extending time
Delays happen so contracts make provision for extending the date of completion. But all is not what it seems, warns Andrew Milner