News Archive - September 2009
Housing association pleads guilty to boiler blast deaths 30-Sep-2009
A housing association and the plumber it employed, are awaiting sentencing, after both pleaded guilty to health and safety br...
Heatrae Sadia's factory blaze leads to outsourced work 30-Sep-2009
Work at the Heatrae Sadia factory in Norwich has been partly outsourced after some of the building was gutted by a fierce bla...
New director at Ambitemp 29-Sep-2009
Jason Mitchell, 35, a senior manager with practical and sales experience in electrical and mechanical engineering industry, h...
Plumb Center delivers the goods 29-Sep-2009
Plumb Center has launched a guaranteed, next day* delivery service across all of its branches, with the option of having the ...
Henderson Green set to celebrate a decade of success 29-Sep-2009
A leading UK building services engineering consultancy is marking its 10th anniversary with a Halloween networking event at i...
Tenth National Training Awards Launched 29-Sep-2009
SummitSkills has launched the 2010 National Training Awards, an awards scheme celebrating the achievements of the building se...
Carbon Reduction Commitment will increase demand for CHP 29-Sep-2009
The Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) will have a positive impact on the market for CHP in buildings, when it comes into effe...
Decline slows for construction product sales 29-Sep-2009
The sale of construction products has continued to decline, despite the recent optimism in the housing sector, according to t...
Duct workers tackle issues with Will Carling's help 25-Sep-2009
The ductwork industry will gather at Twickenham stadium, home of England's rugby union, to talk tactics on October 8.
Gledhill gets new md 25-Sep-2009
Plumbing merchant Gledhill has hired Dave Gledhill to take on the role of managing director, replacing Simon Carin, from Octo...
Registration offers for London HEVAR end today 22-Sep-2009
The chance to pre-register your attendance to the HVAC show London HEVAR 2009 (September 23-24) ends today at 4pm.
SEC Group submits names for construction advisor job 16-Sep-2009
The Specialist Engineering Contractors' group has put forward the names of the individuals it believes has the right credenti...
London HEVAR 2009 hosts 76 HVAC stands...and a masseuse 16-Sep-2009
Fancy champagne? A free X-Box perhaps or i-Pod? Maybe a head and shoulder massage will do? Visitors to the HVAC show, London...
Hiltons Building Services completes £3.3m mechanical job 14-Sep-2009
Nottingham-based building services specialist, Hiltons Building Services has completed the mechanical work for a flagship cam...
Weak leadership and poor eco-attitude hits sector performance 14-Sep-2009
Weak leadership and a poor eco-attitude is leading to poor performance in the building services sector, according to research...
Rok taps into £140m in contracts 14-Sep-2009
Property repair and maintenance specialist, Rok Plc has been picked to become a partner in eight framework agreements which ...
Construction workers hit in £6m industry scam 11-Sep-2009
Construction workers are being urged to contact their tax office to find out if they've been affected by a 6m construction f...
DECC opens £7.2m hydrogen and fuel cell competition 10-Sep-2009
A competition for up to 7.2 million of funding for firms to develop hydrogen and fuel cell technology was launched on Septem...
Sentinel signs up to CIPHE charter 10-Sep-2009
Runcorn firm Sentinel Performance Solutions is the latest company to sign-up to the 'Expect to See' charter drawn up by the C...
Sustainability -'the ray of light that we need' says HVCA president 10-Sep-2009
Some 170,000 construction workers lost jobs in 2008, a figure that may rise to 250,000 by 2009's end, but HVCA president Grah...
Britain's got talent - with a world class plumber to prove it 9-Sep-2009
Twenty-two year-old Christopher Lonsdale from County Durham was awarded a medallion for excellence in plumbing and heating fo...
Six battle for Britain's first SkillPIPE crown 7-Sep-2009
Six talented m&e workers have emerged victorious from the SkillPIPE 2009 semi-final contest and will now go on to compete in ...
Rogue trader's false NICEIC claims puts him in the dock 7-Sep-2009
A fraudster falsely claiming to be registered with NICEIC has been prosecuted by the electrical registration body after plead...
Down but not out: Construction activity dealt another blow 4-Sep-2009
After suffering the sharpest fall in activity on record during the first quarter of 2009, the construction output figures fro...
Waterloo signs up Barkair for North East 3-Sep-2009
Ventilation specialist Waterloo Air Products has signed a deal with Barkair to help increase sales and maintenance support in...
Kershaw gets £900,000 m&e job at Birmingham hospital 2-Sep-2009
Kershaw Mechanical Services has won a 900,000 contract to design and build the mechanical services for a new outpatients dep...
Carbon Trust loans encourage SMEs to scrap inefficient equipment 2-Sep-2009
September sees the Carbon Trust gearing up to help more small and medium sized firms cut energy costs by offering them loans ...
Alfa Laval acquires South Korean heat exchanger firm 1-Sep-2009
Heat exchanger manufacturer Alfa Laval has bought 90% of the shares in the South Korean company Leader Heat Exchanger (LHE).
