The Genetically Modified Organisms (Contained Use) Regulations 2014 requires the competent authority to maintain a public register of information about all notifications concerning contained use. This contains information on premises and individual contained uses, including the nature of the work to be carried out at the premises, the purpose of
Cable Services are the UK’s number one specialist electrical equipment and component distributor. We supply a wide range of cable and cable accessories to the domestic housing, commercial and industrial sectors from our UK locations based in Wrexham, Liverpool, Stone, Swindon and Glasgow. CablEx 2017, organised and managed by EA
British Steel has announced that they will be supplying the steel for the new 12,000 seat stadium that is being constructed for Scunthorpe United. British Steel has also agreed a partnership deal that will mean that the company will have their name on the Iron’s shirts for the 2017-18 season.
BSP Consulting has been appointed to work on a new adventure resort the is expected to be a hit attraction for the UK. The East Midlands based civil and structural engineering company has been selected to work on the multi-million pound resort that is thought to boost the leisure sector
Deko Scotland is a well known innovative supplier of innovative glass solutions to a number of Scotland’s more high profile new buildings has announced that it will be rebranding itself as Indeglas. The company will be changing their name to Indeglas, which is the Danish for “inside glass”. Deko Scotland
Driver Group announced five years ago that they would be adopting a new approach to the supply of construction Expert Witness support services. Following on from this news was the creation of Diales. Diales was designed to be a service that would work to bring together a selection of world
Stroma has announced a significant executive recruitment with Martin Holt joining the Group as its new Chief Executive Officer. It is the latest statement of intent from Stroma during a period where the Group has grown both organically and via acquisition to represent one of the largest niche service providers
Parking systems are things we have all had contact with at some time or another. As drivers, we want them to be as efficient and easy to use as they possibly can be. No one enjoys being forced to use a parking system that slows them down or makes their
With work beginning at Horsforth Mill in Leeds, modern methods of construction are being considered as a perfect way of carrying out renovation works on historic buildings. The project in Leeds sees Fusion Building Systems designing and manufacturing a superstructure from light gauge steel as part of a contract from
With fleet tracking being incredibly popular for a range of different sectors in the industry such as Building and Construction as well as Transportation, Quartix, the Vehicle tracking Specialists has been performing by providing efficient and reliable tracking solutions to their clients. Quatrix operates in the Construction sector by delivering
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The Genetically Modified Organisms (Contained Use) Regulations 2014 requires the competent authority to maintain a public register of information about all notifications concerning contained use. This contains information on premises and individual contained uses, including the nature of the work to be carried out at the premises, the purpose of individual contained uses and the characteristics of the GMOs involved. New notifications and the date of significant changes to the data has to be entered on the public register within 14 days of its receipt, and remains on the public register until 10 years after the contained use has ended or until 10 years after the premises are no longer used for GM work. Please note that much less information is on the Public Register for premises or contained use which started prior to previous the Genetically Modified Organisms (Contained Use) Regulations 2000, a limited number of contained uses have been removed in the interest of national security, and some information may be excluded from individual notifications under the exemptions of the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. The full risk assessment is not placed on the public register but is available on request at the Bootle office. The public may comment on new class 3 or 4 contained uses to the competent authority within 30 days of HSE acknowledging receipt of the notification. This report is arranged in numerical order by GM centre reference number and is searchable. This file will take around 5 minutes to download with a 512 Mb broadband connection. Dial-up modem users are advised that because of the file size it will be very slow to download this file but as an alternative it can be sent to you on a CD. To request a copy on CD please contact the notification officer at bioagents@hse.gov.uk. There may be a small charge for sending the CD to cover administrative costs. Source link
Cable Services are the UK’s number one specialist electrical equipment and component distributor. We supply a wide range of cable and cable accessories to the domestic housing, commercial and industrial sectors from our UK locations based in Wrexham, Liverpool, Stone, Swindon and Glasgow. CablEx 2017, organised and managed by EA Technology, was held at Chester Racecourse on Wednesday 7th June, 2017. The first event of its kind, CABLEx2017 aimed to bring together the Electricity Utility Industry, including (but not limited to); Distribution Network Operators, Transmission Network Operators, Private Network Operators, Contractors, Manufacturers, Distributors and Suppliers to showcase the latest Power Cable developments, share knowledge, techniques, innovations and equipment. “We recognised straight away how CablEx would be the perfect opportunity for us to speak and target those key decision makers in the Utilities market. Both the conference and the BBQ networking event proved hugely successful and put our brand and service capabilities at the forefront of people’s minds in the Utility Sector” Jason Bostock, Managing Director at Cable Services Group. “EA Technology are pleased to announce that this year’s CABLEx 2017 event was a magnificent success. With over 80 exhibitors, and close to 700 participants enjoying the two day Chester based event., EA Technology were pleased to see an increase on attendance numbers from last year. With the participation of major players from the European Cable industry, this can be classed as a truly significant industry event. Next year EA Technology will be hosting the third expo/ conference in the series which will focus on Plant & Automation within the electricity supply sector“ Rob Hill, Business Development Manager at EA Technology.
British Steel has announced that they will be supplying the steel for the new 12,000 seat stadium that is being constructed for Scunthorpe United. British Steel has also agreed a partnership deal that will mean that the company will have their name on the Iron’s shirts for the 2017-18 season. The announcement has come as the team has revealed the new kit designs. The partnership will also see the football club Scunthorpe United and British Steel contribute to a range of community projects. It has been said that a number of the employyes at British Steel support Scunthore Unityed, or more colloquially named The Iron. The team working on the stadium were excited to be building the new homeground for their football club, so the continuous partnership that will last for the 2017-2018 season. The community projects that will be focused on by the steel manufacturer and the football club will focus on education and training. There have been a number of events that are planned for the course of the season, among them is the British Steel Day which will involve the partners raise money for the company’s charity which is the Lindsey Lodge Hospice. The Scunthorpe United new stadium has been constructed as a part of the Lincolnshire Lakes housing development which is taking place in the west of the town. The steel for the stadium will be manufactured locally in Scunthorpe and then rolled at British Steel’s Teesside Beam Mill. British Steel have secured this contract and partnership as a part of their first year in business, so the scale of the work and the connection that has been formed that will integrate the steel company into the community is great news for British Steel and let’s hope that the future holds just as much success.
BSP Consulting has been appointed to work on a new adventure resort the is expected to be a hit attraction for the UK. The East Midlands based civil and structural engineering company has been selected to work on the multi-million pound resort that is thought to boost the leisure sector significantly. The planned Afan Valley Adventure Resort which will be located in the South of Wales will be the first of its kind to be constructed in the UK, supplying a wide variety of indoor and outdoor activities perfect for those looking for a hint of adrenaline. The new adventure resort will be based in 500 acres of forests and will have rolling hills of the Afan Valley. The idea for the development has become from Gavin Woodhouse, who is the chairman of the Northern Powerhouse Developments and Peter Moore OBE, the creator of Center Parcs UK and advisor for Alton Towers. The site will be undergoing range of flood risk assessments and and other drainage strategies in order to ensure that the pre-planning is of a level that would efficient for a construction project of this size before the work to build the facilities begins. At the Afan Valley Adventure Resort there will be a 100 bedroomed hotel as well as 500 luxury lodges constructed as well as all of the indoor and outdoor adventure facilities. The site is expected to open by the summer of next year and will offer activities such as a Bear Grylls Survival Academy, featuring a variety of tough challenges to test endurance that have been designed by the famous TV survival expert. It is thought that the collection of tough challenges and endurance courses will be one of the big attractions to the South Wales Resort. As well as the Bear Grylls activities there there will be three outdoor ski slopes constructed as well as forest based zip wires and other tree top adventure facilities, bike trails, an Xtreme sport centre and a cutting edge aqua park facility. Also planned is an indoor trampolining space as well as relaxing spas and a central plaza that will be home to a number of bars and restaurants. BSP Consulting has worked on a range of major leisure parks in the past and will be an asset to the construction of this resort.
Deko Scotland is a well known innovative supplier of innovative glass solutions to a number of Scotland’s more high profile new buildings has announced that it will be rebranding itself as Indeglas. The company will be changing their name to Indeglas, which is the Danish for “inside glass”. Deko Scotland has been trading as such for the past seventeen years, but the rebranding took place on Thursday the 29th of June at Glasgow City College Riverside Campus. The launch was announced in front of a 100-strong audience of individuals that were representative of a range of different UK construction businesses. The Riverside Campus where the rebranding announcement was made has been nominated for the UK’s most prestigious architectural award which is the RIBA Stirling Prize. The interior glass systems on the campus has been designed and built by Indeglas. The company has been working for the past 20 years in order to gain experience through successful projects and the contacts such as Deko of Denmark, the interior glass manufacturer. According to the Founder and Managing Director of Jeanette MacIntyre, the relaunch as Indeglas was a natural step for the innovative glass solutions provider. The name change has taken place for the Cumbernauld based company as a nod to the successful Danish philosophy of design which is Form Follows Function. This name change shows their use of the design mentality as well as allowing a specific and personal brand to shine. Trading as Deko Scotland, and as the only supplier of Deko products in the country it was time for the rebranding. However, the company will continue to distribute and install Deko products across the UK and Ireland. Indeglas products have been approved and made available by RIBA BIM Library, NBS Plus and RIBA Product Selector. Hopefully the next twenty years will be as successful as the previous for Indeglas.
Driver Group announced five years ago that they would be adopting a new approach to the supply of construction Expert Witness support services. Following on from this news was the creation of Diales. Diales was designed to be a service that would work to bring together a selection of world class experts in the industry, more specifically in the areas of delay, quantum, and technical in order to provide support. The support is offered to clients when they need it most through use of a dedicated team. The team that work at Diales offer clients tailored support for the legal profession through Arbitration, Litigation and ADR. Those that work fro Diales must meet and extensive list of criteria which include having at least 15 years of experience in this area, having previously been cross examined, trained in what is required of experts during Litigation and Arbitration processes. Each member must also have at least 50% of their workload classed as expert work. To begin with Diales launched with 12 highly skilled experts that met the high standards and came with the necessary reputation to fulfill the requirements at Diales. Included in this number were John Mullen and Peter R Davidson, both published authors. Five years on and the company now have closer to 40 experts working for the organisation. There are teams of dedicated researchers as well as engineers and architects working for the organisation and all of the individuals often share their wisdom and experiences within the Driver Trett Digest as well as on social media. This means that the organisation is well equipped to support their clients through legal proceedings in a range of different areas of the construction industry. The five year old company has been developing and expanding very well and hopefully this will continue well into the future.
Stroma has announced a significant executive recruitment with Martin Holt joining the Group as its new Chief Executive Officer. It is the latest statement of intent from Stroma during a period where the Group has grown both organically and via acquisition to represent one of the largest niche service providers to the built environment and major UK industries. Martin Holt has more than 25 years’ experience working at executive level in businesses serving the built environment. He has held senior positions with Mitie, Dalkia PLC, Trend and most recently served as Chief Executive of Bellrock Property & Facilities Management. He is highly experienced in strategic planning, business transformation and integration for multi-national corporate businesses and this expertise will be crucial to deliver on the Stroma Group’s ambitious growth and expansion strategies. The Stroma Group celebrates its 15th anniversary in 2017 and they continue to thrive within the built environment industry through the excellent performance of core services, augmented with ongoing new development and service diversification for customers. The Group now serves clients throughout the construction lifecycle from design through handover and into operation for a range of domestic and commercial projects. In recent years the Group has acquired three independent CIC approved inspector businesses in Approved Design Consultancy, BBS Building Control and Greendoor Building Control, as well as HRS Services in early 2017 (to complement the environmental sustainability services offered through Stroma Tech). Martin joins Stroma to spearhead an already extremely strong senior management team following similar executive appointments this year of Chris Whitehead (as Managing Director of Stroma Tech/HRS Services), Steve Horrocks (as Managing Director of Stroma Certification), Dave Allen (as Managing Director of Building Control) and Jo Dobson (as Group Finance Director). Stroma founders, Matthew Ferguson and Robert Coxon, announced the appointment of Martin Holt saying: “We are delighted that Martin has agreed to accept this position as Group CEO and would like to warmly welcome him to Stroma. His track record is extremely impressive and he will undoubtedly deliver on the huge future potential of our Group, create more opportunities for our staff and further improve the service quality we deliver to our clients and customers.” Martin Holt said: “Stroma is at an exciting time in its development; Rob, Matt and the Stroma Group board have built a business with excellent prospects for growth, both organically and through further acquisitions. I’m looking forward to working with the board, clients and colleagues to lead the business through the next chapter in its growth story.” To discover more about Stroma, visit www.stroma.com.
Parking systems are things we have all had contact with at some time or another. As drivers, we want them to be as efficient and easy to use as they possibly can be. No one enjoys being forced to use a parking system that slows them down or makes their life more difficult than it needs to be. There are lots of new and up to date parking management systems that can be put in place, and it’s a good idea to get to grips with all of them. It’s positive for drivers and people working with parking management systems to understand all the options and types of system that are out there. Access control and how people pay for the use of parking spaces are the things that matter most. The first matters because car park owners don’t want people to use car parks without paying to do so. Automatic Pay Stations and Barriers Automatic pay stations are very simple. They can function in a couple of ways, but when they are designed correctly, they offer control and simplicity to drivers, which has to be a good thing for them. You just pull up and park your car. In some cases, you will be given a ticket when you pass through the barrier. This means that everyone who enters the car park will be given a blank ticket. This ticket can register how much the driver has to pay when it comes to exiting the car park. They just put the ticket into the machine before they leave, and they can then pay for the length of the stay. Then when they pass back through the barrier, the ticket can be returned, confirming that they have paid for their stay and can leave through the exit. Auto Pay Parking System It’s no surprise that Auto Pay parking systems are becoming more popular than ever before right now. It all comes down to the fact that these systems make it very easy for customers to use them. On top of all that, they are very simple and cheap to put in place for people who own car parks. That means they work well for just about everyone who is involved in this process. It simply records when a vehicle enters and leaves a parking area. It can do this by tracking the car via its registration plates. It makes the whole process smooth and quick, and people always value their time, so it’s obvious that they would find these parking systems useful and preferable to many of the alternatives. Active RFID Parking System RFID stands for Radio Frequency Identification, and it can be used in parking systems. They offer a quick and easy way for customers to use parking spaces because they allow drivers to scan their card and park up. They are particularly useful for permit holders. RFID has a long range detection mechanism that can be very useful when measuring how many cars are in a car park at one time. They are not used commonly just yet, but there is more of them now than there was a few years ago. It’s a relatively new form of technology, so it’s still finding its way in the car parking market at the moment. Another good thing about them is that there is no computer monitor needed at all for them to be used by drivers. That makes things cheaper for car park owners too. Robotic Parking Systems Robotic parking systems are very new, and there are not many of them about just yet. But they are based on a very interesting premise, and they could definitely become more popular in the future as people look for new ways to maximise space and making parking more advanced than they are right now. When you get there you just pull up and park your car in a parking terminal. So far, so conventional, right? Well, what happens next is the car is moved to a garage slot. They can be anywhere in a stacked area of car garages. This means that they can be moved around and the driver is simply given a ticket. When the driver comes back, they hand over their ticket, and their car can be retrieved for them. It’s a process that is completely computerised, and it results in a service that is slick and easy. There are many types of parking system out there, and they each have their benefits. It will be interesting to see what the car parks of the future look like.
With work beginning at Horsforth Mill in Leeds, modern methods of construction are being considered as a perfect way of carrying out renovation works on historic buildings. The project in Leeds sees Fusion Building Systems designing and manufacturing a superstructure from light gauge steel as part of a contract from Landstock Developments (Northern) Ltd. The Horsforth Mill development is taking place in order to create 50 luxury apartments in Leeds. The corn mill is a Grade II listed building which has experienced a great deal of neglect over the years. Originally dating back to the 1770s, the building had planning permission for the project granted last year and the building will be transformed from a worn out and run down shell to luxury residential accommodation in Leeds. The development will be carried out to be in keeping with the surrounding area. The work on Horsforth Mill is expected to be carried out by Landstock Development in a partnership with Khalsmith Ltd. Fusion has been working with Landstock before the work began on the site in order to design the light gauge steel superstructure which would hold 50 of the total 89 luxury apartments that are planned for development. There are also plans for a link for the two buildings and the incorporation of the existing stone exterior in the new construction. The light gauge steel system that is being used will allow two buildings, the old and the new, to be linked together in order to regenerate the brownfield Mill site. The design of the superstructure allows for flexibility and alterations that can be made to tailor the structure for the individual project. Delivering the construction project successfully will be another accolade for the use of offsite methods and how adaptable they can be in future construction work and developments.
With fleet tracking being incredibly popular for a range of different sectors in the industry such as Building and Construction as well as Transportation, Quartix, the Vehicle tracking Specialists has been performing by providing efficient and reliable tracking solutions to their clients. Quatrix operates in the Construction sector by delivering their systems for use by companies in a range of different sectors such as drywalling, flooring, excavation, siding, air conditioning, plumbing, electrical services bricklaying and painting and decorating. Any company that operates through the use of a fleet of vehicles adopt tracking systems in order to efficiently and accurately manage their vehicles. Quartix Ltd is a popular company, with their devices installed in over 300,000 vehicles has been recognised as part of the Megabuyte Quoted25 award system. This award scheme celebrates the best technology companies in the UK through the use of a Scorecard that focuses on seven financial KPIs instead of on the price of a company’s shares. Quartix has been recognised as part of this award system which is a credit to the company’s hard work to develop since they first started operating in 2001. The company was founded by four experts in the industry who have more than 120 years of experience between them in the development of the systems and design for the telematics device. Quartix has received further recognition by the Awards systems as they have been crowned as the winner of the Accounting and Enterprise Software category. This is really great news for the company I’m sure that it won’t be the last award that the popular company will receive in the future. Quartix has a wide ranging customer base which include 12 major insurance companies. The Managing Director and co-founder of Quartix, Andy Walters has expressed his delight at winning the award and has paid tribute to all those that work for the company for their tireless hard work that has allowed the company to expand while still delivering an excellent level of service.
