All Archive Titles articles – Page 969
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Presidential VIEW
It has been a summer of progress for the electrical contracting industry.
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Archive TitlesPreparing for take-off
The predicted rise in air travellers has prompted Airbus to increase the size of its next generation of aeroplanes. The resulting double-decker design has led to one of the UK's largest factories being built in Wales.
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Archive TitlesPrinciple practice
Chris Ottaway continues the series on the principles of management standard ISO 9001: 2000, outlining further ways it can benefit you.
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Lighter learning
Fagerhult Lighting has modernised the lighting in the science laboratories and library at the Salvatorian College for Boys in Harrow. The work formed part of a local education authority preservation scheme. In the laboratories, the new scheme had to adapt to existing lighting points and a mono-pitch roof. Fagerhult ...
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Archive TitlesIntelligence at a local level
Gavin Stoppel explains how new hardware will allow moulded-case circuit-breakers to communicate over fieldbus networks.
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Archive TitlesGoing underground
A mix of electricity and glass has given the Dorchester's subterranean restaurant a new lease of life
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LEDs on the floor
LEDs have been put to use in the Netherlands to recreate seventies disco fever while producing the energy savings expected in the 21st Century.
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Fatal statistics
First for some good news. Construction sites got safer again in the year from April 2002 to March 2003. For the third year in a row, construction-related deaths dropped, albeit to a still unacceptably high figure of 71. This is a dramatic improvement on the dark days of 2000-2001 when ...
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Archive TitlesKeep it in the family
Do you pay dividends to family members from your firm's profits? The tax office could soon change this practice.
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Archive TitlesThat's entertainment
With more guests, more winners and Jaws too, the Building Services 2003 Awards was not to be missed.
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A diamond job
The ten storey Mid-City Place in High Holborn, London has been installed with Diamond Series fan coil units by Quartz. This fast-track development was completed in 18 months to a budget of £46 million. The Quartz units were specified by m&e contractor Axima Building Services. A Cat A lighting control ...
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Death tax
While I have great feeling for any accidental death, I fail to see in many cases why anyone other than the operative involved is responsible for the accident. I feel very sorry for the companies and clients on which fines and penalties are imposed as, when an accident happens, it ...
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Counterfeit tool dealer guilty on five counts
Gareth Owen of Southall, Middlesex has been found guilty of selling fake drills in Clydach Vale in Wales. He has been charged with offences under the Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 1994 as well as trademark infringement.Owen was arrested on suspicion of selling stolen goods which, when inspected, were found to ...
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Archive TitlesAre you in control?
Digital lighting control has yet to reach the mass commercial market. It is time the lighting industry offered users what they want, argues Colin Legg.
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Construction deaths set to rise?
The rate of fatal injuries in the construction industry in 2002-03 was the second lowest recorded, with 71 deaths, but the trend for this year is already showing a rise – 27 deaths being reported since April.
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JTL to continue paying college fees
Training provider JTL has announced that its apprenticeship funding package is to continue for another year, from 1 August 2003 – 31 July 2004.
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Safety check
Regarding the Building Services Awards 2003 supplement, I would like to make the following observation. The irony of the work in progress pictures associated with Balfour Kilpatrick's Health and Safety Initiative of the Year Award (page 31) does not escape me.In the first picture the operative has his sleeves rolled ...
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Archive TitlesCable pulls
Category 6 cabling has brought its own problems to contractors: how do you ensure that this more sensitive product is not damaged during installation? Mark Harrison proposes a solution.
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Archive TitlesBroadening education
Putting broadband in schools is one way the Government wants to develop IT skills. Andrew Emmerson uncovers a pioneer institution that's teaching others the potential of advanced networking.
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Retention campaign battles on
The SEC Group's campaign to abolish retentions in public sector contracts by 2007 came under attack at a recent Trade and Industry Select Committee evidence session.