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Archive TitlesSouthern Taskforce on track
A security Taskforce has been launched by train operator Southern in conjunction with security company MacLellan Attlaw and the British Transport Police (BTP).
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Rules of thumb
BSRIA’s Rules of thumb provides a useful source of design data for every m&e engineer. In the third installment we take a look at equipment and solar loads, electrical systems and water consumption.
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Archive TitlesTaking the pulse
Using PFI to procure hospitals has resulted in mixed results, to say the least. Many believe it hasn’t given us the hospitals that we deserve. So is ProCure 21 the answer to the problems of PFI? We ask those involved.
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Archive TitlesPartnering on paper
Meet the new perform 21 contract. clear, concise and jargon free, it’s a sort of ‘partnering for dummies’. But will it work for you? CM sniffed out some industry reaction.
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Archive TitlesNew products
Get on up PThere’s a brand new version of the Stannah Stairlift on the market. The 400-model is ‘elegant’, according to its PR which possibly refers to the fact that it has a smaller housing for its mechanics. Designers have also altered the seat so it is easier to swivel ...
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Security must remain separate
SIR – I’d like to comment on an article that appeared in a recent edition of Nursing Times (‘NHS staff to police their own wards’) and the Editorial Leader in the same edition, which stated: “It is the responsibility of employers to ensure the safety of their staff. Encouraging nurses ...
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Archive TitlesMonth in numbers
2.3The average number of sick days taken per person each year due to boozing, according to a survey of 8,400 workers by employment agency Reed. People also spend an average of 2.5 days annually struggling through work with hangovers.The biggest drinkers seem to be in the North-East and South England, ...
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Making sense of selection
Lack of in-depth security knowledge and a preoccupation with cutting costs can lead to disastrous results when end users select an installer for their access control or CCTV systems. We outline ways in which security managers might avoid the most common pitfalls.
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Terry Wyatt made special professor at Nottingham
Past president of CIBSE, Terry Wyatt has been appointed special professor of building services in the School of the Built Environment at Nottingham University.
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Archive TitlesLighting update
Code of LightingCIBSE Publication£83.73 - £158.64The Society of Light and Lighting has published an updated edition of its Code for Lighting. Available on CD-Rom, The Code for Lighting 2004 has an improved presentation, an index to the Code for Lighting section and a new section to the Schedule reinstating most ...
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Archive TitlesThe speed of light
Pre-insulated ductwork may seem like an unimportant element in the building project, but it can have a positive effect on time and money as well as health and safety.
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Legislating for sustainability
The only way the UK will meet its ambitious carbon reduction targets for 2010 is through tighter legislation.
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What the law means to you
The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 says that by 1 October 2004 providers of goods and services must have taken reasonable steps to modify premises in order to remove physical barriers to access.
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Archive TitlesLook, lads, we’re on the telly
“If a brick is all you see, go and put the kettle on.” Thus starts CITB-Construction Skills’ first-ever TV ad. After the brick image, a series of exciting buildings flash by. It’s short, choppy and fast. Kids like that sort of thing, apparently. In market-testing, young people said it made ...
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The NSI: how are we performing?
The National Security Inspectorate staged a workshop so that representatives from approved companies could voice their opinions as to how well the organisation is performing in the real world. As we suggest, there were many interesting points raised and subsequently taken on board.
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Archive TitlesThe SIA: 'What, When.. and How?'
SIR – It would be churlish not to congratulate Peter Hermitage on his full-time appointment as chairman of the Security Industry Authority (SIA) (‘Hermitage appointed full-time SIA supremo’, News Update, SMT, August 2004, p9).
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Archive TitlesScouse honour
Forget hatton. Forget the jobless slum. Liverpool is blossoming into a cultural, commercial honeypot. Rod Sweet discovers how the city’s new leaders swapped radical red for tickled pink.
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Good maintenance
As buildings have become more complex traditional hard copy operating and maintenance (o&m) manuals have struggled to cope with the increasing demands of managing, presenting and updating large amounts of o&m related information.
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Archive TitlesExplosive stuff
It’s all highly confidential, of course, but we can tell you this: business is booming at TPS Consult’s counter terrorism division. Kristina Smith found out first hand how these unusual specialists operate