All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 828
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Archive TitlesTop contract win adds to rapid growth of Kings
Bradford based Kings Security Systems Ltd has won the contract to supply and install intruder alarms for Dixons Group plc.
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Disability Act spurs demand in access control market
Demand for access control readers for the blind and partially sighted and those with restricted manual dexterity will drive demand in the access control market, predicts a new report.
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Intamac's Group 4 response
INTAMAC SYSTEMS HAS ADDED an automated manned response capability to its alarm monitoring service, Home Manager.
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Special project 3
University challenge for Chris Lewis Security meant installing a virtual private network to protect some of the country's most historic buildings
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Archive TitlesThe bench test 2: Outstanding quality
JVC TK-C920 colour cameraShould inspire confidence among installers
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Special project 2
Goal achieved as installer IC2 replaces analogue with digital at Charlton Athletic's south London stadium
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Archive TitlesThe bench test 1: Taming IP
Panasonic WV-NP472E network cameraSets a benchmark for performance and ease of use
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Special project 1
Leicestershire CCTV system installed by Central captures one third of all reported crime in first month of full operation
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Think Tank
Can we charge tenants the cost of right to acquire valuations?With increasing requests for right to acquire, we are carrying out more valuations using independent valuers, but are having to incur the valuation costs ourselves each time. Often, once tenants receive the official notice telling them the price they need ...
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Can we supersize that?
Talk of mergers and efficiency may be dominating the housing association agenda, but is there any real evidence to suggest that one drives the other? Even if it does, will that be enough of a carrot to persuade more associations – who fiercely value their independence – up the aisle? ...
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Archive TitlesNight rider
Graham Mcevoy is homeless, but he doesn't sleep on sofas or in doorways. He spends each night riding on London buses, keeping warm and catching a few hours' rest. One cold Monday night, Saba Salman and photographer Michael Grieve went on the road with him
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Removing the safety net
Tony Soares' suggestion that tenants should be moved on as soon as they are financially stable, leaving their home for someone "more deserving" (26 March, page 27) would only add to the situation created by our crazy benefits system, which ensures that a large section of the community is better ...
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Slice of life
Slice of life: Planning permission has been granted for this £10m, mixed-use scheme for Community Housing Association in Hackney, east London. The 70-flat development will be built on a site previously occupied by dilapidated timber warehouses. All the homes will be affordable. The scheme was designed by architect Jestico & ...
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Solon Wandsworth should be taken over, recommends governance inquiry
Solon Wandsworth Housing Association should be taken over by another registered social landlord, a Housing Corporation inquiry has concluded.
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GOAL!
GOAL! More than 50 children attended a football and community art tournament on Monday to celebrate the opening of sports changing rooms and play areas in Agnes Riley Gardens, a park in Clapham, south London. Clapham’s New Deal for Communities invested £70,000 in the scheme.Neighbourhood manager Sarah Coyte said: “This ...
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Glasgow investigation may sour relations with tenants
RSL probe into tenant representatives could threaten plan to trim committee membership
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Roof gardens
Roof gardens: The Bank of Scotland has signed a £400,000 deal with new environment-friendly building firm Ecobuild UK. The money will back this 10-home eco-friendly development in Richmond, North Yorkshire. The homes, on the border of a national park, have "living" plant roofs.
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English Partnerships steps in to save troubled transfer
English Partnerships is on the verge of a groundbreaking deal to put a stalled stock transfer back on track.
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Don’t get me wrong …
I don’t want readers to get the wrong impression from the article “Corporation unveils £3.32bn grant allocation” (26 March, page 7): the Housing Corporation has not been arguing with ODPM officials for the past four months, but working closely with them.The issue is about cash flow, not about principle. We ...