All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 775
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Safety first
Accident figures are falling in electrical contracting, but is your firm contributing?
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Fire and security manager
Mike Turner is the new fire and security manager at the ECA.
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Archive TitlesFast movers
Fast movers: SES is well ahead of schedule on its £20 million fast track m&e services contract at the new £311 million Home Office Central London Accommodation Strategy project in Westminster, London. Services installed to date include primary plant at basement, roof and floor levels on all three buildings, leaving ...
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Institutions discuss merger plans
Following the breakdown of talks on a merger between the three mechanical and electrical engineering institutions in April 2004, the two electrical counterparts are now considering the creation of a single institution.
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WEEE Directive update
The DTI is moving forward with its plans to implement the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive and EC Directive on the Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment (ROHS).
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Archive TitlesElectric development
Electric development: Hills Electrical & Mechanical has completed the electrical installation at Juxon House, near St Paul’s Cathedral in London. The project included a lighting scheme and a package substation to service landlord’s areas and offices. A bms and lighting controls cover all m&e services.
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Archive TitlesGrand design
The vision of an intelligent home has reached a new level of sophistication.
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Plumbing new depths
The Plumbing and Heating Industry Alliance (PHIA) and SummitSkills have issued a joint warning over the number of training courses that are misleading people into thinking they can become qualified plumbers in just a few months.
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Archive TitlesSustainable delivery
What is the future of sustainable engineering? CIBSE’s 2004 conference will offer contractors the chance to get involved in the debate.
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Industry debates Part P
The ECA and NICEIC took to the stage together for the first time in a question time forum concerning the forthcoming Part P of the Building Regulations.
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Archive TitlesUnder control?
Contractors and their customers can suffer because manufacturers have so many heating controllers and thermostats in their ranges.
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Modular wiring contract warning
The increased use of modular, or prefabricated, wiring systems has given rise to concern that many installations may not be fully tested to BS 7671.
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Cable calamities
Giuliano Digilio is joking with a capital J when he says the cable colours change programme so far must be considered a success (‘Feeling blue’, EMC June, p5). Has he honestly tried to obtain stocks of cable from a wholesaler? I doubt it. I have tried from day one to ...
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Ghostbuster busting
Tired of repeated noise, disturbances, vandalism and theft from its church, the parish committee of Borley, Essex has commissioned a state-of-the-art digital cctv surveillance system from Honeywell Security.
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Archive TitlesNatural borne chillers
Now that the CFC problem is largely resolved in Europe there are moves to phase out HFCs because of their global warming potential. Paul Haddlesey reports on the refrigerant situation.
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Branching out in Bloomsbury
Branch cabling system cuts costs and time on a central London refurbishment and expansion project.
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HSE inspectors launch national site safety blitz
Inspectors from the Health & Safety Executive have swooped on sites throughout the country as part of the FaTaL Risks Campaign 2004.
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Mersey beat
Mersey beat: Under the watchful gaze of the two famous 18-foot tall Liver birds, local electrical contractor H A Newall carried out a 16-week rewiring installation to the Crown Prosecution Service offices in Liverpool’s Liver building. The contractor removed all sub-floor wiring and installed a new infrastructure in Marco Cable ...
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BEAMA supports Euro cable colour changes
Members of BEAMA have revised guidance to contractors on cable connections in switchboard assemblies following the recent change in cable colours legislation.