All Archive Titles articles – Page 507
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Presidential view
Increased collaboration and convergence is becoming a key feature of the m&e sector, as trade associations work together for the benefit of their particular members and the sector as a whole.
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Archive TitlesPower to the people
Unitek Power Systems has introduced its range of UPS products to the UK market.
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Old school training
T Clarke has been providing a flow of home-trained operatives for some 117 years. We take on school leavers each year and also provide opportunities to more mature people to become adult trainees.
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Sky saves on off-site work
The use of services modules designed and prefabricated off site by MEP Solutions on a new office development for BSkyB has reduced installation time by 50%.
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One for the LADs
Martin Wade brings us up to speed on the ins and outs of liquidated and ascertained damages.
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Institutionalised...
In the latest issue you used the headline ‘IEE and IIE members vote to merge’ (EMC, November, 2005, p7). Sorry to pick you up on this, but it is not a merger. It is the formation of a new professional institution.
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Public ignorant of Part P
A survey has found that only 6% of the public have heard about Part P of the Building Regulations and how it applies to domestic installations.
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Poor health record for PFI hospital projects
The PFI has come under attack as a way of building hospitals in a report from the NHS Confederation.
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Archive TitlesGreen signals
Don’t be left behind as the industry looks for solutions to environmental issues. Paul Reeve reports on an ECA workshop that aimed to give delegates the green light.
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New gateway
Schneider Electric brand Telemecanique has launched a new gateway within its FactoryCast range of web-enabled products.
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Archive TitlesSaltburn’s Victorian pier and funicular railway lift
The only example in the north east, has been given a new lease of life by contractor Bartram Walker and Lighting Design & Consultancy.
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Archive TitlesKlik to fit
Hager’s relaunched Klik lighting support coupler includes new features for easier installation at height.
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Fall kills electrician
Employer Lorimer Electrical and client Primex Plastics have both been fined following the death of an electrician. The deceased was servicing light fittings in the client’s factory when he fell five metres from a ladder, which was later found to be defective.
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Wolseley goes electrical
Building materials firm Wolseley has purchased plumbing, heating and electrical supplier William Wilson for £81 million. The acquisition follows Wolseley’s strategy of expanding its European distribution operations into related construction materials.
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NICEIC renames division
The NICEIC’s charitable consumer protection division has been renamed and relaunched as the Electrical Safety Council to strengthen its role.
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Control course
The ECA is running a two-day course covering the requirements of air conditioning systems and their effective and efficient control.
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Archive TitlesSES completes m&e services
SES has completed the m&e services on the first of three PFI schools in the north east.
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Granite City uni turns green
The University of Aberdeen is committing to a sustainable future with the installation of a low temperature hot water system with combined heat and power (chp) plant.
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Part L changes revealed
Changes to Part L of the Building Regulations that set maximum CO2 emissions for all types of building, will come into force in April 2006. The ECA welcomes the publication of the revised Part L, which contains within it many of the Association’s suggestions on the original consultation paper drafted ...