Training grants have been cut by 10%, with effect from August 1, to ensure CITB-ConstructionSkills can keep giving funding to businesses as the recession deepens.
The Balfour Beatty group says its trading performance in the building sector is better than last year and that it is reaping the benefits of a 'high quality' order book.
Never mind the X-Factor, HVAC individuals are gearing up to take part in the S-Factor hosted on day one of London HEVAR 2009, with sustainability the hot word on building services professional's lips.
In an exclusive interview with Ken Dalton, managing director of AECOM Europe, Paul Braithwaite asks why the Faber Maunsell name will disappear from the consulting stage.
Part L of the building regulations sets the very minimum acceptable standards. It is essential that the industry is aware of this and is prepared go the extra mile to improve on these standards, otherwise we will only have to do so later when it is a more difficult task.
For an m&e contractor to take on prefabricating penthouses might be seen as a leap of faith but for cfes it is all about having the right team. Peter and Mike Fleming talk to Paul Braithwaite.
As part of Hilti's commitment to their customers in the current challenging economic climate, the UK leading tool manufacturer is offering enhanced trade-ins through the 'Hilti Scrappage Scheme,' which runs for an entire month commencing on 1st July. The scheme is offered through the company's 'Hilti Centres' that are conveniently located nationwide, with your nearest Centre found online www.hilti.co.uk
The European Eco-label, also known as 'the Flower,' denotes products and services with high environmental performance. Products bearing the label are certified to meet EU environmental criteria and compliance is verified by an independent test body. The Eco-label scheme, available for 28 product groups, including heat pumps, is voluntary and represents products at the top of their class in environmental performance.
GasCert Complete is a new extra-value package from AMTECH Power Software, bringing together all of the tools to quickly produce gas certificates and size boilers and radiators - on-site or back at base.
Field trials carried out by Dunham-Bush in conjunction with a local authority have shown that fan convectors optimised for use with low grade heat from condensing boiler plant use up to 30% less energy than underfloor heating to maintain the same design conditions in classrooms.
As part of its drive to reduce carbon emissions across its estate, the National Trust has replaced two oil-fired boilers at Sudbury Hall in Derbyshire with 2 x 150kW STU wood pellet biomass boilers manufactured by Hoval.
Air flow measuring for ventilation surveys, air conditioning, heating and environmental monitoring with this ATP remote vane thermo-anemometer. The anemometer measures air velocity, air flow volume and temperature. The velocity/volume thermo-anemomet...
Tesseract has been developing, supplying and supporting Service Management Systems for over 20 years, and today its Service Centre package is being used by over 350 companies to manage their service operations in more than 35 countries...
ebm-papst can help you to simplify fan installation with a new range of energy efficient backward curved fan assemblies which come ready to be bolted straight into your application....
Coolmation, the UK’s exclusive distributor for the Rhoss range of chillers, has launched the new Y Power scroll series of air cooled chillers. Available in cooling capacities from 368kW to 523kW, Y Power chillers have been specifically developed to r...
