Representatives of JTL will be promoting careers in the building services industry to 14-16 year olds in Medway, Kent as part of their roles in the Science and Engineering Ambassadors (SEAs) Programme.

Powerminster has begun a 25 year maintenance contract for a £5 million Family Hearing Centre in Sheffield.

The agreement includes heating, lighting and power, comfort cooling, ventilation, building management and security.

With universities adding high-tech facilities such as virtual reality, advanced networking infrastructures are needed to ensure future demands can be met. EMC explains how UCL is planning ahead.

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A new motor installation is saving bakery produce supplier Cereform around £15 000 per year.

Strategic Team Mechanical and Electrical, part of the Strategic Team Group has teamed up with Mowlem Rattee & Kett to refurbish four Georgian dwellings in Norwich.

Helvar’s lighting controls are helping to create the perfect atmosphere at the Music Research Centre in York.

Late night drinkers in Bristol are being treated to New York atmosphere in the exclusive Brownstone bar. S

The armed forces can be sure their front line equipment is protected from enemy surveillance systems and electromagnetic pulse thanks to Kopex International.

CSCS compliance is to be scrutinised while the SEC Group prioritises integrated design, pre-qualification schemes and launches a new site safety access certificate at the 2005 Health and Safety Summit.

From 1 April 2005 the ODPM will implement the requirement for unique reference numbers (URN) for fire protection and alarm systems in association with the Chief Fire Officers Association (CFOA).

In a bid to further improve the training standards of the building services industry, JTL has taken part in a European initiative called Accumulated Knowledge and Skills (AKS).

The saying ‘from little acorns big oaks grow’ is never more appropriate than when considering small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

The growing practice of materials and equipment being supplied to m&e contractors by their clients is presenting problems when claims are made against the contractor for loss or damage.

Studies have indicated that three times as many UK employees are killed every year on the roads,compared to those killed while doing site-based work.

Barclays Bank’s 33-storey building in Canary Wharf, London has closely controlled lighting with scene-setting and feature wall effects.

How can wireless smoke alarm installations benefit the contractor as well as the end-user? Neil Perdell outlines the case for moving from hard-wiring.

The demand for testing and certification of electrical installations is set to receive a massive boost under Part P. Software can simplify the process, but what features should you look for?

Have you considered what will happen to your firm when you stop working? Paul Clapham explains why a succession plan is vital for every size of business.

Part P pain

Please add my company’s name to the list of those closing down due to the way Part P has been implemented.

There was much chin-wagging at JTL’s national conference about how to make the industry more attractive to young people.

Assessing the industry’s skills requirements, revising national standards and benchmarking overseas qualifications feature in the year ahead for SummitSkills.

Seven key bodies have agreed an election agenda that urges all political parties to commit to provide support and investment for the UK building sector.

JTL apprentices will soon be able to benefit from the industry training provider’s new deal with international publisher Heinemann.

Green Macs, the m&e arm of McNicholas Construction Services, has been awarded a major wind farm maintenance contract by npower-renewables. The Beinn Ghlas Wind Farm, near Oban on the west coast of Scotland, consists of 14 wind turbines, each with an output of 600 kW.

T Clarke’s results for the year to 31 December 2004 show profits before tax dropping to £6.88 million (from £8.94 million in 2003) on a turnover up almost 10% to £157 million (£143 million in 2003).

BEAMA is celebrating a century of existence with a series of events and activities.

Hulse has been appointed by Laing O’Rourke to provide the full building services for phase three of the Jupiter Housing development in Birmingham.

The third annual conference of the Strategic Alliance Partnership (SAP) – between construction firm Taylor Woodrow and m&e contractors Rotary, NG Bailey and Staveley – was the stage for the announcement that in four years the alliance has a total order book worth over £1 billion (including 21 completed projects, 27 current and 22 on which SAP is the preferred bidder).

Industry predicts that more contractors will start to register with competent person schemes from 1 April.

Scottish electrical contractors are being misled by inaccurate reporting that Part P of the Building Regulations will change requirements for electrical installations in Scotland, according to the Scottish Building Standards Agency.

Radical plans to shake-up the education system for 14-19 year olds have been quashed by government in the run-up to the General Election.

And the winner is…Who grabbed the gongs at this year’s Lighting Design Awards?

Looking for something to do with the kids this Easter? Head to Northumberland, where a new treehouse combines engineering with fun.

Vocational training has hit the headlines following the Tomlinson Report and White Paper. Andrew Brister finds out the latest thinking in the m&e world.

In the second article in our look at health and safety issues, Rachel Clayfield examines falls from height and looks at what can be done to minimise accidents on construction sites.

Four years on from the industry health and safety summit, is enough being done to improve conditions on site?

M&E operatives at Heathrow Terminal Five have overwhelmingly rejected a £7 per day travel payment and thrown the MPA into disarray.