All Archive Titles articles – Page 335
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Labels for safer ladders
A purpose-designed inspection label meeting the requirements of the Work at Height Regulations has been launched by the British Ladder Manufacturers’ Association (BLMA), the trade association representing the UK ladder industry.
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The Knowledge
This month: brush up on cdm regulations, seminars tackle slips and trips, make time for time management, historic towns, sustainable waste practices
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Women have the x-factor too, you know
I was very concerned to see that your article, “The X Factor”, in the September edition on the range of candidates and graduate did not include any women as examples, just depictions of four young men on the cover and no mention of women at all in the article itself. ...
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Archive TitlesKick-off at new showroom
Welsh and Lions rugby stars Neil Jenkins and Kevin Morgan added a bit of sparkle to the official opening of local Pontypridd Conservatory Village recently.
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Archive TitlesKalashnikovs, scuds and land mines
Middle east veteran Evan Anderson discusses working life in war zones.
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Archive TitlesPanel materials improved
Everlite Enduro has been developed to offer better performance, using a new material specification says Plastmo.
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Archive TitlesSafety stickers make an impact on workers
The Trojan Horse Messaging Project is a very grand name for a very simple idea: putting pictorial safety stickers on bits of equipment and building components. But it works.
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Smart ID in schools, too, perhaps?
Sir – the introduction of identity cards for Blue Peter badge holders might seem a little strange to many commentators but, in the context of fraud, the British Broadcasting Corporation’s (BBC) decision makes a great deal of corporate sense.
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Archive TitlesThe human touch
Using face and vein recognition entry systems from Aurora can help site managers stop clock fiddling by workers, aid on-site communication and improve safety
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Archive TitlesVentlocks high security
The high level of coverage that security issues are receiving in the media, for example Secured by Design, is proof that security remains a leading issue.
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Archive TitlesA healthy outlook
Lawrence waterman plans to put health and safety at the top of the Olympic agenda
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Archive TitlesStronger walls from Hawa
Reclassified as Hawa Aperto 60/GL, this multi-function glass wall can extend to more than 8.5metres. Hawa Aperto 60/GL stacks to one side in either parallel or perpendicular parking areas.
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Archive TitlesHangar management
Duxford air museum has revamped an existing hangar, allowing planes to be suspended from the roof.
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Going underground
So far, there is just one scheme in the UK using underground thermal energy storage but given its potential, there could soon be many more. Richard Shennan on why the industry should warm to this technology
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Archive TitlesToyota’s glazed showcase
Comar Architectural Aluminium Systems and Comar fabricator, Feature Architectural Fabrications, recently completed a Toyota branded showroom in Hastings, Kent. Feature Architectural Fabrications, liaised with Comar’s technical department, to fabricate and install the 100m glazed façade.
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Glasstec lessons
It’s Glasstec time again, but if yours is a glass business, you really don’t have to trek over to Germany to wander through exhibition halls full of cutting tables and other processing kit.
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Archive TitlesTime to make a quick getaway
It’s time to reassess the methods currently used to create evacuation strategies. Calculations for escape route dimensions, times and travel distances could all be reconsidered
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Archive TitlesWalkers raise funds
Danny Hague, Group Commercial Director of Cheshire based trade fabricator, Advantage Windows and Conservatories Ltd, (pictured left with his sister in law Janice) has given his full support to the Aviva Breakthrough Weekend. He has raised over a thousand pounds through the support of Advantage’s customers and suppliers.
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Archive TitlesA major step forward... Oculus
Oculus – a vandal-resistant speed dme with integral wiper and sealed to IP 67 ratings – is claimed to represent “a major step forward” in PTZ camera technology.
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Archive TitlesFlying Scotsman steams up
CGII’s Fireswiss Foam is ensuring visitors enjoy a safe view of the famous Flying Scotsman at a new interactive exhibition at the National Railway Museum, York. The fully insulated fire glass has been used in large glazed panels in a specially constructed viewing platform overlooking the locomotive.