Comments by Mark Lant, technical expert at ProGARM In industries working around high and low voltage electricity, the importance of PPE is widely recognised, and the latest safety requirements are understood by managers and operatives alike. However, the dangers posed by an arc flash are not so well known in comparison. With temperatures of up to 35,000ºF,…
A diverse, stimulating and profitable career is the potential reward for anybody looking to pursue one of the many professions available in the Building Energy Management Systems (BEMS) industry, according to the Building Controls Industry Association (BCIA), which has made 2021 its “Year of Training”. BCIA President Terry Sharp, said, “Whenever an impressive new building…
Six in ten tradespeople (60 per cent) have been approached by or have seen someone trying to sell second-hand tools which they suspected were stolen, illustrating the scale of tool theft across the country. The overwhelming majority (91 per cent) of tradespeople immediately refused to buy the tools offered to them by the suspicious seller….
Marco Verdonkschot, Managing Director at IronmongeryDirect, said: “Over the last few months, there have been small signs of recovery for the construction industry, but the latest ONS data is the strongest indication yet that the sector is truly getting back on its feet. “The number of employed construction workers rose by 15,000 between January and March…
Future purpose-built shafts can add hydrogen and heat storage capacity alongside gravity Hydrogen storage will be ‘an essential step’ in the energy transition, says company founder Addition of H2 would massively increase the energy storage capacity of the system Energy torage specialists Gravitricity have revealed plans to add hydrogen and heat storage to their underground…
The UK has great potential to develop a marketplace for Energy Smart Appliances, and this will be critical to meeting the UK’s Net Zero target. Innovation in the manufacturing of smart appliances and controls has already delivered huge steps forward. BEAMA is therefore very pleased to announce and support the publication of two new standards,…
Enterprise is advising electrician businesses operating vans in the South East to plan their vehicle provision now to avoid paying thousands of pounds in extra charges and potentially fines when Greater London’s Ultra-Low-Emission Zone (ULEZ) expands on 25 October 2021. The expanded ULEZ will encompass an area that is 18 times larger, bounded by the…
With vaccine rollouts underway, hopes of an end to national lockdowns, and investments made in technologies during the pandemic, 78 per cent of SMEs expect their business to be profitable by 2022. As we emerge from lockdown, three-quarters (74 per cent) of SMEs across UK, US and France feel optimistic about their business a year from now and 52…
VPS Group’s Charity Cycle ride reaches half-way target for mental health campaigns This Sunday, Darron Cavanagh, chief operating officer at The VPS Group, and Lee Newman, their CEO, will climb onto their saddles and start pedaling on their five-day cycling marathon around the UK to the Group’s main offices. From London to Manchester, via Norwich,…
WernerCo, the leading access equipment specialist, has joined forces with TGS Automotive Services to support the UK’s Test and Trace programme by supplying Youngman ladders to a fleet of converted mobile testing vans. The vehicles have doubled the existing fleet of Test and Trace Mobile Testing Units (MTUs) to significantly increase the testing capacity to…