All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 645
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Millions wasted on old fashioned bidding
Contractors whose processes for bidding for work have stayed in the past are wasting time and resources on work that they stand no chance of winning. This is the view of training and consultancy specialist Marketing Works and the University of Reading. The team’s report concludes that efficient and effective ...
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Archive TitlesBest intentions
Should letters of intent be a thing of the past? Roger Knowles debates the benefits and pitfalls of this contentious area.
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Archive TitlesBeat Euro deadline
Get up to speed on Euro standards for installers at our Free information sessions at the Sandown Park Roadshow, says Editor, Alan Hyder
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Asbestos awareness scheme launched
A new scheme aimed at reducing asbestos-related incidents in the workplace has been launched. The Asbestos Aware Contractors Scheme (AACS) is a training, education and information initiative designed to help non-licensed contractors work safely and within the law.Courses are offered to both management and operatives to help them get an ...
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New industry appointments
Industrial vision component supplier Firstsight Vision has appointed former Sony European business manager Steve Hearn to manage the growth of the company’s security-related business. Malcolm Burton has joined Kaba’s Access Control team, responsible for developing its Simplex Push Button Lock business.Digital surveillance equipment manufacturer Visimetrics has made Roger Gowing its ...
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Archive TitlesFirst among equals
Proposals of ‘equal and approved’ luminaires can be a minefield for the lighting specifier. David Dimeloe, Derek Rogers and David Burton explain the issues and discuss the procedures that can be adopted.
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Archive TitlesBlack mirrors and pet alleys
On the face of it, intruder detectors are simple devices, but it’s by no means easy to produce a unit which reliably detects intruders and discriminates effectively against false alarms. Colin McLuckie of Siemens Building Technologies explains how modern technologies reconcile these two key objectives, and gives useful advice to ...
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All change at Newey & Eyre
Angus Fraser has resigned from Hagemeyer UK, the group behind electrical wholesaling firms Newey & Eyre and WF Electrical, by mutual agreement.
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Asbestos alert
Leading doctors have predicted a steep increase in the number of electricians likely to suffer from mesothelioma, a cancer largely associated with asbestos exposure, as Brigitte Chandler explains.
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Tsunami aid?
It is good to see EMC reporting on efforts to aid the tsunami victims (p7, Feb), but I can’t help notice that the ENA is preparing plans to ‘respond to any request to deploy resources’. Shouldn’t it be getting together with aid organisers and actively seeking out ways of contributing ...
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IP moves ahead
CCTV installers are taking IP surveillance more seriously compared to the same time last year according to a poll carried out by Axis Communications.A total of 35 per cent of those polled at IIPSEC in Coventry in January were CCTV installers as compared with 28 per cent last year.“Despite this, ...
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Hamilton adopts cubist solution
When electrical contractor Murley Solutions was charged with transforming the interior of a six-bedroomed, cubist styled detached house in London’s leafy Hampstead, the firm turned to Hamilton Litestat.
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Mowlem stung by m&e division accounts
Mowlem has announced an expected pre-tax loss of £7.5 million for 2004, following revelations of “historical accounting issues” in the m&e division Mowlem Technical Services.
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T5 operatives in new strike threat
Heathrow’s Terminal Five, Britain’s biggest construction site, has been hit by an industrial relations dispute following demands by m&e operatives over the travelling time taken to get to the west London site.
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Demand is high for IFSEC 2005
The world-leading IFSEC security exhibition has experienced unprecedented demand for its 2005 stand space, with over 90 per cent sold four months before the event was due to be held, say organisers of the event, CMPi.
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Archive TitlesThe bench test 2: Throwing some light on the subject
Samsung Techwin’s SHC-721A Day/Night camera operates under a wide range of illumination levels
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Archive TitlesThe bench test 1: Speed camera!
The LG LPT-SD168 Speed Dome camera and LCC-S100 controller is good value, but lack of experience shows
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Stratford-upon-heaven
East London is set to get an extra 4850 homes as part of a £4bn regeneration agreement signed today. Housing association East Thames Group will work with London & Continental Railways and Stratford City Developments to provide the homes in the Stratford City project. The scheme also includes an international ...