All Archive Titles articles – Page 549
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Ready to embrace the brave new world of e-commerce? “Er, maybe tomorrow.”
Doing business on the internet is still too scary for UK construction companies, according to research by the Construction Products Association (CPA). 83% of companies surveyed said the industry’s culture would get in the way. Oddly, though, the industry seems to think it’s a good thing. 80% of respondents said ...
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CCTV: we must look at a bigger
SIR – CCTV has undoubtedly played a major role in assisting the security forces during the recent terrorist incidents in London, and has proven its value when used in conjunction with other security measures. However, as with most security tools, businesses and the public sector need to take full advantage ...
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Archive TitlesThe Big Issue
“Now is the time for all good men and women to come to the aid...” not – in this case – of “the party”, but of our industry! writes David Dickinson. The effects of regulation are being felt, the work associated with becoming licensed and regulated is immense and the ...
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Squaring up to the big issues
Chris Blythe’s endorsement of Rod Sweet’s term of editorship was spot on. In the last few years CM has squared up to some of the scariest issues around: corruption, prejudice, and injustice. Chris is right. CM asked the simple questions, and never more so than with sustainability and social ...
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CIOB wins bid to run TrustMark, the new consumer-protection scheme
Remember Quality Mark, the scheme designed to give consumers a safe pool of builders to choose from, based on strict pre-qualification? Five years and £10m pounds after it was launched, it is officially dead, having got only around 500 firms to sign up.
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Battening down the hatches for IT safety
SIR – The problem with most SECURiTY companies is that they are very product-driven. The client names their security ‘problem’, and the company can offer a product or service to ‘fix’ it. Good products can help – but they can also be a placebo lulling the end user, quite literally, ...
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Archive TitlesFirst launches Specialist Services Division for blue chip client base
First Security(guards) have launched a Specialist Services Division to provide a range of specific, value-added services that will complement its core security guarding capabilities.
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Government backs project insurance
Project-wide insurance is to be trialled by public sector bodies in the hope that it will be adopted throughout the construction industry.
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The Approved Contractor Scheme is favouring larger security companies
SIR – I read Bobby Logue’s article on the Security Industry Authority’s (SIA) Approved Contractor Scheme (ACS) with much interest (‘ACS: Mark of distinction’, SMT, August 2005, pp32-35). On reaching page 34 and glancing over the proposed fee structure table for the scheme, I was shocked to discover how the ...
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Time for a new approach?
I was rather disappointed to see Teamwork made easy (BSj 07/05) dedicating space to a ‘new’ approach [charrettes] when this has in fact already existed in the UK for some time. It would make more sense to highlight the successes of our own models of lean construction, integration and collaboration ...
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Antec Security completes Frances Clarke buy-out
Oltec group holdings ltd – the owner of Wigan-based guarding services provider Antec Security – has acquired well-established contractor Frances Clarke and promptly announced the name and corporate identity of its all-new Security Division. The AFC Group is now the collective title for the combined guarding concern.
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Archive TitlesMore questions than answers
Five years after three crane erectors were killed at Canary Wharf, the HSE’s final report has failed to establish a cause. while crane companies are left wondering how to prevent another accident the victim’s families feel cheated. By Michael Willoughby
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Archive TitlesSynectics: always in total control
CCTVSituated close to South Africa’s East Coast, Pietermaritzburg has earned a reputation as one of the southern hemisphere’s foremost cities of culture. Home to 230,000 people, it is a dynamically commercial, educational and industrial centre and a former Boer settlement.However, rising crime in the central business district has had a ...
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Archive TitlesAll power to the people
True integration technology is making sure that building management systems not only talk to each other but are also intuitive. Matt Coulson examines why this technology is of major interest to today’s building owners and security professionals, and highlights the successes experienced by managers in the spheres of academia and ...
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Archive TitlesAll for one
Environmental management systems for buildings have always remained a separate cousin of security systems, but the status quo is beginning to change. Jonathan Keith examines the benefits of running fire, alarm, access control, Health and Safety and building management systems on the same network, but is adamant that integration must ...
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Must we all dance to the police’s tune?
SIR – With reference to the Letter To The Editor submitted by Lincolnshire Police assistant chief constable Peter Davies (‘Police Community Support Officers and their role must not be misunderstood’, SMT, August 2005, pp16-19), judging by the three primary paragraphs therein I can only surmise that Peter must have learned ...
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Must we all dance to the police's tune?
SIR – I fully support the Metropolitan Police Service, and in particular its latest plea for private sector funding to help combat e-crime. In the absence of any adequate Government support, this privately-funded proposition could represent a ...
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Archive TitlesObservant... at all times
The Royal Observatory’s electronic security systems are benefiting from the Monitor AFx integrated security management system
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Archive TitlesAge concern
Time is running out if you haven’t yet acted to eliminate age discrimination in your company. Jill Kelly knows what needs to be done
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A bad ad for construction
Your last issue included an editorial on why we need women in construction, along with the article on the Simons Group’s target of 50% female staff. All very commendable I’m sure. But in the same issue we have Tony Martin describing working for a demanding client (his own company) ...