All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 317
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Archive TitlesChris Lewis joins NASIC installers
The National Association of Security Installation Companies (NASIC) has welcomed Chris Lewis of Chris Lewis Security Services, Oxford, into its growing membership.
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Archive TitlesOlympian challenge
The Athens Olympic games of 2004 are the closest to our present experience and a detailed look at how major companies provided the security gives a good idea of the kinds of challenges ahead for London 2012. In the first of two features we look at Siemens involvement in this ...
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Archive TitlesThermo CCTV for Fife Police
A CCTV surveillance van operated by Fife Police has been upgraded with the latest thermo-imaging equipment, providing a major boost in the force's operational capabilities.
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Archive TitlesOrson Carte, our man on the tools, ponders life's great mysteries...
Hello again. This month I received an email from Dave McGurty at Atlas Alarms. His suggestion for a theme song for the security industry was 'A Bell Will Ring', by Oasis, off their 'Don't Believe The Truth' album.
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Archive TitlesCampaign claims hotels ignoring needs of deaf
Hotels need to have smoke alarms suitable for people with a hearing loss, according to Clare Chilton, profoundly deaf BBC2 TV presenter on deaf issues. She is spearheading the 'Deaf to Change' campaign to coincide with the second anniversary of the Disability Discrimination Act.
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Fingerprint biometrics
UK Biometrics Franchise Ltd, an exhibitor at the recent National Franchise Exhibition, is offering installers the chance to become involved in a fingerprint entry biometric franchise.
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Values of big security companies on the rise
An analysis of the UK’s 200 largest security companies offers encouraging news, with overall values rising one per cent and 108 of the companies included raising their values by a massive 26 per cent.
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Archive TitlesFrom bad to worse
This month we run a heartfelt article by an installer who says he is "increasingly concerned about the direction our industry is taking". Carl Samm, MD of Fortress Alarms, thinks the industry is in a mess "bordering on chaos, and that the voice of common sense and reason seems to ...
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Beetles in focus thanks to Axis
Herries Preparatory School in Cookham Dean, Berkshire, has used an Axis 214 PTZ network camera to help its pupils further develop their studies on the habitat of the stag beetle.
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Archive TitlesAssuming control...
The introduction of European Standards has seen manufacturers launch a raft of new products in the intruder sector to comply with the new grading system. Here we offer a round up of some of the latest control panel developments on the market...
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Largest system for 'Asia's Las Vegas'
Dallmeier International Ltd has won the contract for the "world's largest" digital matrix casino surveillance system.
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Archive TitlesANPR: The ten commandments
John Downie, UK sales manager at CBC (Europe) Ltd, offers the ten most useful tips in his guide to ANPR installation…
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Alarms Doctor
David Mills of ADI-Gardiner answers your top five questions......this month on "wirefree".
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Norbain acquires Polish business
The Upperpoint Group has acquired Aasset Security Poland and will run the business under the Norbain umbrella as Norbain Polska.
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Archive TitlesTotal access
A round up of some of the latest releases in the competitive world of access control products
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Integrate access and CCTV into building to save money
Honeywell has published a new white paper that reveals how building developers and owners can save up to 20 per cent over a building's life cycle by more effectively integrating key systems.
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Archive TitlesThe bench test 2: Heavy duty recording
In the olden days of analogue VCRs it was often possible to get a fair idea of a video recorder's build quality and capabilities simply by picking up the box.
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ADT celebrates 1000 remote video monitoring customers
ADT has exceeded 1000 active customers at its Remote Video Response Centre in Manchester.