Fire and security specialists Tecserv UK has been appointed to replace all CCTV cameras installed at the McArthurGlen East Midlands Designer Outlet in South Normanton. The £90K CCTV system upgrade was necessary in order to improve security monitoring of the retail outlet and to meet new legal requirements governing the
BAM Nuttall is taking the lead with the generation of a brand new range of women’s work clothing. The products have been specifically designed for women and have undergone rigorous testing on a number of sites in locations such as London., Leeds, Newcastle and Scotland. The construction company has been
Lambe Construction has managed to secure two flagship housing development contracts. The contracts for these two construction projects have been awarded by Keepmoat Homes. The Midlands’ preferred civil engineering and groundworks company has announced that they have managed to secure the contracts that will lead to the creation of more
The London Taxi Company’s recently opened, state of the art research development and assembly plant at Ansty Park Coventry, incorporates several interesting features including advanced energy saving methods and rain water harvesting. Additionally, Winvic Construction, who built the factory for Geely, the Chinese car manufacturer, used a different methodology for
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
Fire and security specialists Tecserv UK has been appointed to replace all CCTV cameras installed at the McArthurGlen East Midlands Designer Outlet in South Normanton. The £90K CCTV system upgrade was necessary in order to improve security monitoring of the retail outlet and to meet new legal requirements governing the image quality of recording footage. The East Midlands Designer Outlet site spans 25 acres, and is located near Junction 28 of the M1. With 13.7m potential shoppers living within a 90minute drive of the outlet, an ability to revert back to security recordings of the comings and goings on the site is an important aspect of safety and security. In total, 43 new HIK Vision cameras have been installed in various internal and external locations around the Outlet. Eight different models of camera from the HIK Vision range were selected according to location and functionality requirements and includes a DS-2DP1636Z-D 360° panoramic + PTZ camera to the main car park. The new legal requirements for CCTV cameras stipulates that in order for images to be admissible in court, they must be able to record at a rate no lower than 17.5 frames per second. The new cameras will record at 25 frames per second, which means system operators are now able to analyse camera footage recorded in high definition from their monitoring desk in the security control room. Commenting on behalf of East Midland Designer Outlet, Martin Brightmore, Facilities Manager said, “Our old CCTV surveillance equipment comprised a combination of systems with outdated technology that resulted in poor image quality. Tecserv has provided us with an exceptional new CCTV monitoring system which has improved our ability to carry out surveillance of the entire site and enabled our security officers to carry out their job more effectively.” Based in Underwood, Tecserv UK is an expert in providing fire and security solutions to businesses in a variety of sectors and has significant retail experience having installed fire and security systems for Harvey Nichols in London and at M&S Simply Food stores on a nationwide basis. Tecserv has an excellent relationship with the East Midlands Designer Outlet developed over the last five years as a result of its ongoing contract to carry out maintenance on their fire alarm system. Colin Milligan, Sales Director at Tecserv UK added “Communication was key on this particular project as disruption had to be kept to a minimum so as to not disturb shoppers. I’m proud that we were able to install a CCTV surveillance system to meet our client requirements and that the system manufacturer, HIK Vision, now reference our work as one of their flagship installations.”
BAM Nuttall is taking the lead with the generation of a brand new range of women’s work clothing. The products have been specifically designed for women and have undergone rigorous testing on a number of sites in locations such as London., Leeds, Newcastle and Scotland. The construction company has been working alongside the manufacturer Arco in order to produce the new range. Arco is known for being the premier supplier in the UK of safety equipment and workwear. As part of the new selection of work safe clothing that has been developed there are polo shirts, jackets, waistcoats and trousers that have all been tailored to fit the female shape better and allow for better movement and fit. If this new range proves to be successful there could possibly be an expansion into more equipment such as safety helmets, gloves, goggles and boots which we could see available in the future. The Health & Safety Director of BAM Nuttall, Phil Cullen has said that the range is an extension of the company’s work to deliver high profile and complex construction projects while encouraging more and more women to join the industry. While trying to encourage more and more diversity in the Construction industry as well as in BAM Nuttall it makes sense that they improve the workgear available in order to make sure that all those working on a construction site have access to the best safety equipment and PPE possible, including clothing. This project is not an effort to bring vanity to the construction site but rather to improve the safety of the female workers while on site. For example the trousers that are usually worn by women are the oversized options created, like almost all construction clothing, for men. Therefore altering the shape and adding tailoring means that the trousers do not have to be pulled up too high and rolled up at the bottom in order to fit; adjustments which could move the location of pockets and block high visibility strips. It will also look more professional to have all those working on site to be in correctly fitting and professional clothing as opposed to clothing with frayed bottoms from being stood on and torn.
Lambe Construction has managed to secure two flagship housing development contracts. The contracts for these two construction projects have been awarded by Keepmoat Homes. The Midlands’ preferred civil engineering and groundworks company has announced that they have managed to secure the contracts that will lead to the creation of more than 3,000 homes. The first development that has been secured by M. Lambe Construction has been valued at around £12.9 million. The development is located in the Spirit Quarters which is a £360 million housing redevelopment project that is taking place in North East Coventry. This first development alone will see more than 3,300 new homes constructed in the Wood End, Henley Green, Manor Farm and Deedmore neighbourhoods. The civil engineering and groundworks specialists have been contracted to build the foundations of 356 new homes as well as two new apartment blocks and a variety of infrastructure features including roads and sewers. The work will have to seamlessly connect to existing roads as well as on-site and off-site sewer diversions. The second contract is for work at The Willows in Dudley. The project is worth £5.07 million and will see a team from M. Lambe Construction build raft foundations that will be used for 130 plots as well as the required infrastructure. Also featured in the work will be the creation of public space and pathways as well as a balancing pond. The two contracts are great news for the company and are a credit to the partnership that has been formed between M. Lambe Construction and Keepmoat Homes. M. Lambe Construction has been in operation for more than 30 years and is now known for their work with a variety of clients across the Midlands including Lovell Partnerships, Bellway Homes and Galliford Try to name just a few.
The London Taxi Company’s recently opened, state of the art research development and assembly plant at Ansty Park Coventry, incorporates several interesting features including advanced energy saving methods and rain water harvesting. Additionally, Winvic Construction, who built the factory for Geely, the Chinese car manufacturer, used a different methodology for below ground construction. The base for the vehicle conveyor system, which is over 75 metres long, was prefabricated off site in steel modules and then joined together to form one unitary assembly. The bases for the WAHA (wheel alignment) and the rolling road were also prefabricated off-site. Installation of all structures was completed in four weeks – using traditional concrete methods would have taken at least 10-12 weeks. Manufacture and installation of the structures was carried out by Premier Substructures. In addition to considerable time savings, their approach offered several other benefits over in situ and pre cast concrete techniques, including tighter tolerances, reduced environmental impact plus better and safer working conditions. Having worked with Premier Substructures before, as well as sister company Premier Pits on the installation of vehicle maintenance pits, Winvic are well aware of the benefits of this type of prefabrication. Mark Cross of Winvic stated, “our belief in this revolutionary approach made a significant contribution to ensuring the building was completed on time, thereby helping LTC to start production of their new low emission hybrid taxis later this year”. Premier Substructures’ managing director Mel Burrell stated, “we were pleased to work with Winvic on the very successful adoption of prefabrication on this interesting project”. He went on to say, “we believe that prefabricated substructures make a significant contribution towards improving construction productivity and quality”. As a result of this successful project the taxis, once only synonymous with London, will be coming off the production line in a few weeks time for use in major cities around the world.
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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.