All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 312
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Foundation: concrete in a tren
The 21st century builder uses beauty products, weight watches, wears designer clothes and prefers a salad to a fry-up. Sound familiar? Covers, the timber and builders’ merchant, has conducted a builders’ lifestyle census, which reveals these and more surprising facts about today’s style-obsessed site operative.
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Fake goods still common
Sales of counterfeit electrical products continue to be uncovered on the UK market, while fierce competition ensures a cut-throat business for many wholesalers.
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Archive TitlesClosing the loop
Brian Alsford argues that m&e contractors would benefit from improved health and safety if they adopted modern software solutions instead of paper-based systems.
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Triluxs Chloe
Trilux’s Chloe recessed LED fittings have injected a touch of sparkle into Caversham’s Island Bar.
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Children first
It was with concern that I read the letter ‘Treated like children’ (EMC, October 2006, page 5). Since the change of name to the Electrical Safety Council, the NICEIC Group has not, in any respect, changed its assessment practice in the way described. Indeed, it could be said ...
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Children second
E J Moore must strike a chord with most of us tired and weary electrical contractors. Most of us strive to trade to the best of our ability and join either the NICEIC or ECA to give us a further ‘responsibility’. In these times of legislation, risk assessment, Part this ...
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Christmas cheer
Under National Working Rule 12 of the JIB for the electrical contracting industry, there are three days of public holiday over the Christmas and New Year period. These are Monday 25 and Tuesday 26 December and Monday 1 January.
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Massive EU fines for copper cartel
Investigations into a 16 year price-fixing cartel in the copper fittings sector have uncovered European-wide corruption. Five UK firms have been penalised millions of pounds and one has been forced out of business.
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Archive TitlesInto the blue
Blue light can make you work harder, and Philips’ new ActiViva luminaires are being used to prove it in warehouses and call centres. Will Jones reports.
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Archive TitlesBig brother is watching you
The pressure is on to reduce fuel costs, but at what price to liberty? Tracy Edwards reports.
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Arrested development
M&E contractors are not known for spending vast amounts of their hard-earned lolly on research and development. In fact, for one of the UK’s largest industries, construction generally comes out as one of the poorest in terms of investing in its future. Of course, low profit margins are partly to ...
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Archive TitlesA warning to all
Who’s to blame when plans go wrong? Contractors who fail to engage their expertise when following drawings may have to foot the bill, says Alexandra Anderson.
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Archive TitlesIntruder alert
With the new range of European Standards EN 50131 taking the reigns of the intruder industry, getting a tighter grip on risk assessment is a must, says Gerard Honey.
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Age does matter
The Age Discrimination Act came into force on 1 October and employers are being warned that the legislation goes much further than they think.
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All fired up for action
Draka’s Connecta modular fire performance wiring system and Firetuf alarm cables have been installed throughout the 5·6 km Dublin Port Tunnel, an underground twin dual-carriageway that links Dublin Port with Dublin Airport and is set to open later this year.
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ABB pumps up the volume
Variable speed drives mean big savings for Plymouth’s National Marine Aquarium
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Archive TitlesHigh-flying trainees at Terminal 5
The fruits of a groundbreaking training scheme for adults at the Heathrow Terminal 5 site in west London are now being realised as the first graduates to complete the scheme are presented with their ECS Gold Cards.
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Hulse has been awarded a £4.6 million contract
Hulse has been awarded a £4.6 million contract to supply all m&e services for Redrow Homes’ Hemisphere residential development adjacent to Edgbaston Cricket Ground in Birmingham. The electrical work includes the design and build of the entire electrical distribution system to the 334 apartments, cctv and access control installations.
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Archive TitlesWhite Young Green buys Trench Farrow for £4.5m
3:30PM Listed consultancy continues shopping spree by snapping up project manager in cash and shares deal
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Project managers beat QSs on fees
2:25PM The first of this week’s in-depth instalments on the latest report from the Fees Bureau