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Fire protection on construction or temporary sites, marquees for instance, wouldn’t require a permanent system or the labour required to fit it. At the other end of the spectrum are an air horn or rotary fire bell, which although allowing some sort of alarm are perhaps not suitable for larger applications or where there are [...]
The main advantage of a twinflex panel is that it was one of the first widely available and easy to use 2 wire systems. This made them ideal for quick installations into houses of multiple occupancy (HMO) and small commercial premises. These twinflex fire alarm panels are available in the three [...]
Infra-red Thermography
An electrical contractor in Torquay has been called in to repair the distribution equipment in a school following a serious fire.
The electrical fire in a Torquay school may have been prevented by the routine use of thermography on an annual basis by the planned maintenance contractors.
This test is not [...]
The CIBSE reports that an average of one building every minute will need to be refurbished between now and 2050 to meet the national targets for carbon emissions reduction.
Reducing the UK’s carbon emissions to meet government targets of an 80% reduction by 2050 will require an enormous effort, including tackling the energy efficiency of [...]
With news that construction group Kier plans to muscle in to the facilities management sector we are awaiting to find if the increase in competition across the management companies will spell good or bad news.
If Dalkia/MITIE are anything to go by taking on the management and delivery of these national facilities management contracts [...]
Wireless alarms installations are the ideal solution for historic or older buildings where wired installations can be too disruptive. Insurance companies are now more accepting of the advances in wireless technology and although the equipment is more expensive than the traditional setup the labour costs are slashed.
Why are they better?
HavMain Fire Alarms are commissioning a fire alarm system in the South West, the deep South West. One lucky engineer has managed to secure himself a little trip out away from Torquay to the Cape Verde Islands in the next couple of weeks. The lucky ticket winner will be flying out from the [...]
HavMain, building services engineers from Paignton, won the Workforce Development category, sponsored by South Devon College’s Business Advantage department.
