All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 713
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Age discrimination in housing
McDonnell and Lilly v Northern Ireland Housing Executive
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Increased council tax on second homes boosts affordable housing
Increased council tax on second homes is expected to raise an extra £4.8m for local authorities in the South-west this year, a paper from the region’s government office has found
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Homeless services taking "no account" of older people
England’s 42,000 homeless older people are not receiving the help they need, a report by the UK Coalition on Older Homelessness has said.
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ODPM admits 50m Thames Gateway underspend
The government has admitted to a £50m underspend in its flagship housing growth area in the Thames Gateway
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3.3bn up for grabs for private developers
£200m grant pilot to be boosted by up to £1bn by end of spending review in 2008
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3.3bn up for grabs
Jim Coulter, chief executive of the National Housing Federation, said: “If the roll-out of allowing non-RSLs access to the whole of the corporation’s development programme goes ahead it will have massive implications for the whole of the sector as well as causing fundamental changes at the corporation.
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Anglia and Moat win 2.2m for Stansted homes
Anglia and Moat housing associations have won a competition to build homes with a £2.2m fund from the body in charge of Britain’s airports
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Sanctuary announces A1 credit rating from Moodys
Sanctuary Housing Association has made its credit rating from Moody’s Investor Service public knowledge.
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Archive TitlesAppointments
Aspire HousingIan Meakin has joined North Staffordshire-based Aspire Housing as operations manager. He was previously property manager at Severnside Housing.Peter WatsonPeter Watson has been made director general of operations at East of England Development Agency. He was previously director of corporate and customer services at Luton council.David WilliamsDavid Williams has ...
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Archive TitlesWhy wire-less is more!
Installers can generate a handsome profit from the new generation of wireless alarm systems, says Keith Donovan, managing director of Visonic
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Archive TitlesTechnology take-off
A report in our news pages suggests that UK employers are getting ready to see iris recognition and fingerprint scanning widely used in the workplace within two years – all potential work for installers. Here we look at what’s happening behind the scenes …
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RemGuard’s racing record
Remotely monitored CCTV specialist RemGuard Visual Management has seen its sponsored MG Lola EX257 sportscar break its own endurance record – in the Le Mans 24 Hour race.
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Pilot system slashes pilferage
Statoil service station in Alleroed, Denmark, is running a pilot project on behalf of all the chain’s locations to prove that networked digital surveillance resolves robberies, errors at the cash register, people forgetting to pay for gas, shoplifting, vandalism and internal fraud.
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Archive TitlesRemote watcher over offices
A remotely monitored CCTV system installed by local installer Mac Vision is providing vital protection for the corporate offices of AD Aerospace in Preston Brook, Cheshire.
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Heads out the sand
Installers must finally deal with the Euro standards even if there is parallel running until next year
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Tyco system monitors London’s traffic flow
Tyco Integrated Systems has won a major contract from Transport for London to supply, install and commission 200 CCTV cameras and ancillary equipment for monitoring road traffic, as part of a significant expansion of London’s traffic management facilities.
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Archive TitlesInstallers a perfect fit
Working as a CCTV installer on a construction site requires special training and certification … and installer Mercury Fire and Security certainly showed they were ‘fit’ to install the system at a new health and fitness club
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Gone fishing!
Installers often face hassles when fishing for lost wires – but some innovative solutions have been developed to help out.
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Fibre optic splice loss examined
The Fibreoptic Industry Association has produced a document on commercially viable splice loss specifications, which if followed will ensure the operation requirements of a system are not compromised.
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Archive TitlesEuropean ‘vampire’ focus for Honeywell domes
HONEYWELL SECURITY DOME CAMERAS have taken a starring role in a 24-hour televised ordeal in the original Castle Dracula.