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Balfour Kilpatrick makes green move

M&E construction firm Balfour Kilpatrick, is relocating its head office, projects unit and Scotland West operations to a greener building.

12 Jun 2008

Cutting maintenance budgets puts staff at risk

Customers keen to cut costs shouldn’t cut corners on service and maintenance says Eaton Williams which fears such action will result in plant failures.

11 Jun 2008

Kem stay competitive with regional branches

M&E supplier Kem Edwards opened branches in Bristol and Manchester in June as part of its £2m investment programme.

9 Jun 2008

Firm must take the fall and pay £6,100

A man was put in a coma for two weeks after falling at work while trying to remove an extractor fan.

9 Jun 2008

Plumb Center celebrates training milestone

Plumb Center, Wolseley's specialist plumbers merchant, is celebrating the success of its 2000th online trainee.

6 Jun 2008

New Green Guide available online

A new version of the Green Guide is now available online giving designers and specifiers guidance on how to make better environmental choices when selecting construction materials and components.

6 Jun 2008

Job hunters prefer human not mouse touch

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Contract workers prefer the human touch to the touch of a mouse when it comes to finding a new job.

3 Jun 2008

LG hires Hendra as head of air-conditioning

LG has appointed Graham Hendra as general manager of its air conditioning division, with immediate effect.

2 Jun 2008

The Wright skills at JS academy

Birmingham-based building services provider JS Wright has launched a personal skills academy for its apprentices.

29 May 2008

Building talent on Bebo

Bebo is the new tool of the trade picked by Construction Skills to attract teenagers to the building services sector.

28 May 2008

Six year old poisoned by faulty boiler fumes

Elisabeth Giauque died two days after she was found unconscious in her bed due to carbon monoxide poisoning from a faulty boiler.

28 May 2008

'Destroy It Yourself' bank holiday looms

Calls for builders, plumbers and electricians will be three times higher on Tuesday May 27, after a bank holiday weekend of 'Destroy It Yourself' work.

23 May 2008

AMTECH acquires NES software

The AMTECH group, the UK's largest building services software company, has bought NES Specification Expert (SPEX),a software tool used to create and manage specification documents.

23 May 2008

DVD is Ruskin's friend from the North

Ruskin Air Management has appointed Direct Ventilation Distributors (DVD) as agents for the Actionair brand in Yorkshire and the North East of England.

22 May 2008

Construction Skills sets sail with new boss

Mark Farrar is ConstructionSkills' new chief executive who will take over from Peter Lobban when he retires this August.

22 May 2008

Stiebel Eltron opens UK base

GERMAN HVAC manufacturer Stiebel Eltron has launched its first UK base in Wirral and has put local man Mark McManus at the helm.

21 May 2008

All the president's men

New chairmen have been elected to three of the four specialist groups of the Heating and Ventilating Contractors' Association

20 May 2008

TMV provision too hot to handle?

The government is inviting industry professionals to comment on its consultation proposing changes to Part G of the Building Regulations for hot water safety, but TMVs have not been proposed.

20 May 2008

OFTEC elects Daly as chairman

John Daly is the new chairman of the Oil Firing Technical Association (OFTEC) and his experience of the Irish market will be used to strengthen the trade body's profile in Ireland.

19 May 2008

Curzon branches out with 65 stores

Heating parts supplier Curzon says it will open 65 branches this year as
part of the firm's rapid expansion effort which began in 2007.