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Acknowledgments 10AIS would like to extend its thanks to those AIS membersand other professionals and specialists who gave generouslyof their valuable time and expertise to make this publicationpossible.About AISThe Association of Interior Specialists (AIS) has grownover the past 50 years to become the leading tradeassociation for the interiors fit out sector of theconstruction industry. AIS represents companies involvedin the manufacture, supply and installation of all aspectsof interior fit outs and refurbishment.AIS members operate in retail and commercial offices,the public sector, banks and building societies, hotels andleisure, airports, hospitals, and so on. Most worknationally and an increasing number operate in Europeand beyond.Quality and integrity lie at the heart of AIS’s philosophy- each member is expected to act with the utmostintegrity, and to exercise the highest standards ofbusiness practice and workmanship. At the same time, theAssociation seeks to continually raise, maintain andensure the perpetuation of standards in order to remain asource of quality membership.AIS membership is not automatic and applicants aresubject to strict vetting procedures on application, aswell as ongoing vetting. In the case of contractors, thisincludes inspection of recent contracts to assessworkmanship standards.www.ais-interiors.org.ukFirst edition published January 2013ISBN 978-0-9565341-4-9World copyright reservedCopyright © 2013Association of Interior SpecialistsPublished by Association of Interior SpecialistsNo part of this document may be reproduced or transmittedin any form or by any means electronic, chemical ormechanical, including photocopying, any information storageor retrieval system without licence or other permission inwriting from the copyright owner.While every care has been taken to ensure the accuracy ofthe details presented in this document, we regret that AIScannot be held responsible for any errors or omissionscontained herein.51