All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 412
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Challenging the status quo
SIR - Having read Chris Hoad's Opinion piece (‘Best suited to corporate imperatives', SMT, March 2006, ),
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Archive TitlesDearle & Henderson chairman dies
The chairman of Dearle & Henderson Alan Yates has died aged 55. He died suddenly on 10 April of an undiagnosed heart condition.
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The case for timber
Timber is becoming a popular modern method of construction due to its light weight, high quality performance, low maintenance needs and construction efficiency. James Fiske, associate director at Franklin + Andrews, outlines the benefits of using wood
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Archive TitlesNot buying it
It was disappointing to read the promotional waffle being put forward by the likes of Robert Gerrard in support of the NEC (The NEC pitch, QS News, 21 April).
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Pushing the boundaries
The latest ACPO statistics covering intruder alarm activations should make for encouraging reading among security industry practitioners and the police service alike.
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Archive TitlesInternational Summit boosts chances of sports security body
Moves to develop a professional association for the specialist sports security sector are gathering pace after delegates at the second International Sports Security Summit gave their support to outline proposals
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Time to put a block on VAT fraud
SIR - VAT fraud has grown so fast ITS impact is actually beginning to throw doubt on the veracity of UK trade figures.
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The Big Issue
Few end users could have failed to notice the publicity surrounding the ambitious Chip and PIN initiative aimed at combating credit and debit card fraud (which came into force on Valentine's Day),.
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Archive TitlesF+G joins the race to become Olympic delivery partner
Latest addition to G3 consortium still unsure how it will split cost duties with rival Gleeds
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Archive TitlesMaltby claims "victory" over Powers of Arrest
Security consultant Derek Maltby is claiming victory in his campaign to have the Powers of Arrest law for civilians improved and clarified after the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 passed into law in January 2006
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Archive TitlesAwards Ceremony honours first SIA Approved Contractors
On 30 March, the Security Industry Authority convened an Awards Ceremony to honour the initial batch of private security companies granted Approved Contractor status. Brian Sims reports from Le Meridien Hotel, Piccadilly in central London.
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The SIA Approved Contractor Scheme: Guarding Watch ‘Special'
In a ‘Special Edition' of Guarding Watch, SMT provides a platform for two security companies at different ends of the spectrum - Infologue.com Top 20 firm First Security (Guards) and the International Security and Surveillance (ISS) Group, one of the sector's many SME players - who have just attained Approved ...
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Archive TitlesLegal quiz: could you handle a reverse ambush?
Dispute resolution experts at Blake Newport are offering a £50 Marks & Spencer voucher if you are able to solve their second brain-teaser of the year. This one asks you how you would tackle last minute information landing on your desk concerning an adjudication over which you are presiding
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Alpesh Patel's response
Please bear in mind, I am not employed by the RICS, so your aggrieved comments regarding the RICS should be addressed to them.
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…and they all lived together in a crooked little house
SIR - Is it just me, or are there others among Security Management Today's readership who believe that the laws of the land apply equally to everyone?The Private Security Industry Act 2001 quite clearly states that it's an offence to work as a security operative in the private sector without ...
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Licensing simply has to fit one and all!
SIR - I read your campaigning article ‘Four Issues, One Voice' (SMT, April 2006, ) with great interest, and have witnessed the online version at both www.smtdirect.co.uk and on www.Infologue.com
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Regulation: is this what we all wanted?
SIR - The Security Industry Authority (SIA)... The answer to all our ills? A good idea at the time? Or, for the guarding sector, merely another fine mess in which it finds itself?
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Archive TitlesIntruder Alarms
ACPO's latest statistics covering intruder alarm installations suggest that there were 63,000 fewer false activations in 2005 than during the previous year, while the average number of false activations per system is now at an all-time low. Peter Davies offers a ten-year overview of ACPO's figures, and examines the likely ...
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Field days are surely ahead for burglars
SIR - Security Service Centres MAKING use of CCTV to ascertain why an intruder alarm has been activated currently have the choice of acting illegally or closing down.
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Archive TitlesHome Office agrees to changes in forecourt crime recording tactics
A ten-month campaign by the British Oil Security Syndicate (BOSS) has finally succeeded in persuading the National Crime Recording Statistics Department to make changes to the Home Office's Counting Rules for Recorded Crime in respect of issues concerned with ‘making off without payment' from service stations.