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From the Editor 5
News 6
Business News 30
Cover Story 21
Priva BMS Retrofit to Westminster
Abbey
Westminster Abbey, one of London's most
important religious and historic buildings, has
undergone a BMS (building management
system) retrofit.
Features
Security 22
Interiors 24
Health & Safety 26
New Products 29
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From the
Editor
NEWS
editorial
Welcome to the latest issue of Practical FM Magazine.
Our cover story, on page 21, is looking at how Priva BMS (building
management system) brings performance and cost benefits to Westminster
Abbey using Priva Blue ID, a system which brings the building's heating
and ventilation function into the 21st century. The system helps preserve a
host of important artefacts within the abbey, especially in the museum,
which needs to be kept at a constant 20°C, with humidity at 50%.
Page 17 has a very interesting article on how escalators and travelators are
proliferating and how the need for keeping them clean is a priority, while
ensuring this apparatus functions safely and smoothly.
Selectamark Celebrates their 30th Anniversary on page 23 and shows the
story of how Jim Brown started a new property marking company in 1985
but little did he imagine that 30 years later that same company would be the
global leader in forensic marking solutions.
Forbo has Launched it’s sophisticated safety tile range in the article on
page 25. The new tile range is combining the stylish designs, flexibility and
performance of Allura range, with sustainable slip resistance properties.
Elsewhere, we have an issue full of industry news, new products and case
studies from all around the FM world.
I hope that you enjoy the magazine. You are welcome to leave any
feedback via email to anne@practicalfm.co.uk
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NEWS
news
JS Air Curtains has supplied a
bespoke Zen air curtain for use
at the Marconi Building in The
Strand, London. The Marconi
Building is an imposing Grade II
listed building containing
prestigious luxury apartments and
penthouses. The air curtain was
specified to match the same colour
as the entrance of the building,
thereby meeting both aesthetic and
functional objectives.
Air curtains seal an entrance with an
invisible barrier of air, preventing cold
air entering in the winter and air
conditioning escaping in the summer. A
comfortable temperature can then be
maintained within the room and a
building’s energy costs reduced.
The Zen is part of JS Air Curtains’
Designer Range and has a
contemporary architectural style. It can
be fitted with bespoke fascia panels of
different materials and any RAL colour,
and can also carry signage, branding
or even elements such as clocks. It is
available in 0.5m lengths from 1m to
2.5m, with electric or water heaters or
as a non-heated, air only model.
Anew guide to the Company's
bestselling range of Econoplate
Packaged Heat Exchangers
has been published by Stokvis
Energy Systems.
A WRAS approved product, the Econoplate
is now available in over 250
models for a range of applications
including domestic hot water service,
low temperature hot water heating,
steam-to-water, swimming pool heating
and even complex process heating.
Econoplate units are designed to
transfer heat from one medium to another,
only requiring two fluids to make
a single pass through the heat exchanger.
For domestic hot water service
applications hot water can be
provided instantaneously, without the
need for storage. If required, Econoplate
units can be coupled to a Stokvis
buffer vessel to allow for even greater
hot water demands, as well as to satisfy
specific site requirements such as
low head, or to allow for incorporation
of immersion heater back up.
All Econoplate units are built around
an epoxy coated chassis containing
the heat exchanger. The heat exchanger
is made up of a number of
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Air Curtain at Marconi Building
Low noise, double inlet centrifugal fans
with external rotor motors provide up to
6,475m3/h airflow making it suitable for
use on doorways up to 3.5m. The
control panel has five speed selection
and is easy to connect to the air curtain
with 20m of plug and play RJ45 lead.
The Zen can also be controlled via
BMS.
JS Air Curtains supplies an extensive
range of air curtains, as well as
bespoke solutions, for all commercial
and industrial applications.
Reader Reply No: 184002
New Guide to Stokvis Plate Heat Exchangers
gasketed stainless steel heat transfer
plates which form the channels for primary
and secondary media to flow through,
making a single pass in opposing directions,
enabling the heat exchange to take
place. Plate numbers can be increased
at a later date, up to the chassis limit,
enabling the output capacity to be increased
if required. Plate heat exchangers
have low water content and
low thermal inertia, making them ideal
for use in systems with varying heat
loads.
Econoplate units are supplied packaged
with, if required, primary pump
(single or twin-head) and/or two or
three port motorized control valves fitted
to the primary circuit, purpose built
controls and secondary temperature
sensor. Further optional extras, accessories
and unvented kits are available.
The new guide includes selector and
sizing charts, including a useful
graphical representation of hot water
service loadings for various
applications - hotels, apartments,
hospitals and nursing homes etc.
Installation diagrams are also
provided in the 12 page guide. For a
copy call Stokvis Energy Systems on
020 8783 3050, email
info@stokvisboilers.com or look at the
website www.stokvisboilers.com
Reader Reply No: 184018

LCC Support Services, the
independent national service
provider has taken another
major step forward in its campaign to
preserve the environment.
Following extensive trials LCC is
installing Lotus Pro aqueous ozone (AO)
systems into the cleaning rooms of many
of its larger client sites thus enabling its
staff to provide more hygienic and
effective cleaning.
Lotus Pro takes mains
water and introduces
an extra oxygen atom
to an oxygen molecule
and water molecules.
This creates a highly
efficient natural
cleaning agent that
breaks down dirt,
grease and other
contaminants without
any toxic solutions.
When used as a
sanitiser or
disinfectant, AO is a
broad range antimicrobial
agent that
works faster and more
effectively against
pathogens that
NEWS news
Saville Presents BFI Community Cinema Award
Looking to bring the ‘magic of
the movies’ back into village
life, an enterprising
community group in Cloughmills,
Northern Ireland has won a UK-wide
competition for cinema projection
equipment, supported by BFI
Neighbourhood Cinema and Saville
Audio Visual. The winning cinema
package included an NEC 4000
lumen projector with Blu-ray
player and Saville Proflex
amplifier housed in a secure
mobile cabinet, along with a
Draper screen and speaker
system.
The equipment was presented to
the Cloughmills Community
Action Team by Hugh Odling-
Smee, Project Manager of Film
Hub NI and Saville Belfast
conference & live events
manager Sheridan Pennell. The
presentation took place at a social
event for volunteers in the Cloughmills
Old Mill centre who were able to enjoy
a preview screening of the award
LCC Cleans Without Chlorine
chlorine bleach, but without the fumes
and toxic residues.
Regardless of size of building, only one
AO unit needs installing in the cleaning
cupboard to enable staff a source of
aqueous ozone for a wide range of
cleaning tasks.
Lorraine Larman, LCC’s Safety and
Training Manager said: “This system is
amazing. We recently found that AO
winning animation Song of the Sea,
courtesy of Studiocanal.
Film Hub NI is part of the BFI’s UKwide
network designed to help build
audiences for film. As a long time
supplier of equipment for film and
video cinema venues, Saville won the
contract to support local organisations
across the UK wishing to set up or
enhance their cinema facilities through
the BFI Neighbourhood Cinema
programme.
would remove carpet stains that no
chemical could handle. It is brilliant for
use in hospitals, stadia, shopping
centres and heavy user washrooms to
sanitise toilet seats.”
Lotus Pro is fully tested and exceeds
Green Seal Environmental Standards
(GS-037) as an industrial cleaner.
Testing by the Toxics Use Reduction
Institute (TURI) scored 50/50 for
cleaning power and
‘green benefits’.
This unit is a powerful
sanitiser and will kill
99.99% of bacteria
and viruses including
Salmonella,
Streptococcus
Faecalis, Norovirus
and Hepetitus A.
For further information
on LCC Support
Services please
contact LCC on 01277
268899.
info@lccss.co.uk, or
www.lccss.co.uk
Reader Reply No: 184004
At the presentation, Hugh Odling-
Smee said: “I am delighted to support
this local initiative. Film Hub NI is
helping the BFI to put cinema-going at
the centre of cultural life and this
project in Cloughmills will help local
people to see and enjoy a more
diverse range of films.”
Chairperson of the Cloughmills group,
Patrick Frew commented: “We
would like to thank the BFI and
Saville for this equipment. It will
provide a springboard for
developing greater social interaction
across all generations in the
community.”
Ben Luxford, BFI Head of
Audiences added: “We want to
encourage communities to come
together and enjoy a wide range of
films locally, no matter where they
live in the UK. We’re delighted to
support Cloughmills Community
Action Group to bring the collective
experience of watching films back into
the heart of this rural village.”
Reader Reply No: 184005
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NEWS
News
The Best Buildings ‘Barr None’ for Soft Drinks
Manufacturing Facility
AG Barr, the soft drinks business
responsible for well
known brands such as the
iconic IRN-BRU, Rubicon exotic
juice drinks, Strathmore spring water,
Tizer and the distribution of
Rockstar energy drinks in the UK,
has chosen two buildings from Portakabin
Hire to provide highly flexible
office space inside its new
manufacturing facility in Milton Keynes.
AG Barr has been making, moving,
marketing and selling some of the UK’s
best-loved soft drinks brands for over
140 years. The company employs approximately
1,000 people and operates
from nine sites across the UK with an
annual turnover of £260 million in
2014. Barr’s £41 million state-of-the-art
production, warehousing and distribution
centre at Milton Keynes operates a
high-tech canning and carton production
facility with the capacity to produce
400 million cans and 40 million cartons
a year.
The company has now hired its second
Portakabin Solus building to provide
flexible office and meeting space on
the shop floor for the next three years.
Both buildings were delivered in a
month or less from contract award, and
each has been ‘wrapped’ in the company’s
statement drinks branding to fit
in with the manufacturing facility’s hightech
appearance. The first building features
the distinctive ‘Rockstar’ branding
and the second is a ‘Rubicon’ drinks
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vinyl wrap. The resulting facilities are
striking and lively additions to the production
centre.
Commenting on the company’s requirement,
Tim Stacey, Factory Manager
at AG Barr Milton Keynes, said,
“We had a need for office and meeting
space on the shop floor but because
the manufacturing facility is still very
new and growing, it is impossible to
predict what our office requirements
will be in three or four years’ time. We
wanted an office solution that we could
extend or move around if we need to
and which can be adapted to meet the
company’s changing needs. A Portakabin
Hire building gives us far more
flexibility.”
“The Portakabin Hire team was very
responsive and it is great to have the
option to personalise the buildings with
our branding. The wraps were very
straightforward and complement our
modern production facilities really well.
We are very happy with these two
buildings and with how Portakabin has
helped us meet our operational needs.”
Both buildings were installed inside the
distribution centre in a challenging operation
and without the use of any vehicles.
Portakabin Solus buildings are available
to hire or buy and provide bright,
self-contained executive office space
for up to six people. Each building is
delivered complete with data connection
points, heating and lighting, and
large windows to maximise natural
light. It is available in a range of sizes
up to 36m 2 and can be linked to create
larger complexes or two-storey
facilities.
Vinyl wraps are low maintenance finishes
which are now available for Portakabin
modular and portable
buildings. They are simple to install
and remove, and can totally transform
the appearance of a building. Strong
corporate branding, company logos
and eye catching graphics designed
for maximum impact can turn a facility
for short-term use into a valuable
market asset or statement. Murals
and more subtle colour schemes can
be used to blend an interim scheme
into its surrounding environment and
can help secure planning approval in
environmentally-sensitive locations.
Other options to help integrate and
equip facilities for short-term use include:
● Canopies and shelters to create
sheltered waiting, social
and seating zones
● Covered walkways which can
be curved, high barrel, low
barrel or flat
● Free-standing outdoor structures
with glass, polycarbonate
or coloured
architectural fabric roofs for
waiting, meeting or socialising
● Cycle storage
● Smoking shelters
● Street furniture such as litter
bins, benches, picnic tables,
bollards and barriers.
Applications for interim modular buildings
for manufacturing companies are
diverse and include office accommodation,
meeting rooms, security buildings,
canteens, training suites, and
shower and changing rooms. The
facilities can be supplied and installed
just days from receipt of order complete
with fire and alarm systems, access
ramps and furnishings, and can
remain in use for as long as required.
Buildings provided on hire can also be
funded from revenue streams, reducing
capital costs and outlay.
For further information about interim
buildings, visit www.portanews.co.uk,
email information@portakabin.co.uk
or call 0845 401 0010.
Reader Reply No: 184003

NEWS news
Union Help Draw the Curtain on Cross
Contamination
Union Industries has installed
one of its market leading
Industrial Curtains at
Bradford-based manufacturer
Mibelle Ltd to help prevent cross
contamination and protect its
production area during busy clean
down periods.
The Bi-Parting Weighted Mobile
Curtain System, which stands at 5.25m
wide with a 2.9m drop, is suspended
from Union’s new stainless steel
tracking system and has enabled the
company to carry out extensive
cleaning without compromising the
facility’s hygiene
It features two Vybac windows which
allows the clean-up operation to be
continuously monitored. The curtain
system has been designed to include a
50mm ground clearance to avoid the
build-up of standing water.
As part of the agreement between the
two companies, Sam Omelia, Advance
Apprentice Mechanical Engineer at
Mibelle, worked alongside Union’s
Engineers to complete the project,
New Video Highlights How to
Reduce Energy in Your Building
Anew video from Mitsubishi
Electric shows how the company
took its head office from
an ‘E’ to a ‘B’ energy rating and offers
advice on how other companies
can do the same.
With tough legislation focusing attention
on energy use in the built environment,
how we heat, cool and ventilate
our buildings is coming under scrutiny
as never before.
“We’ve been on an eight year journey
and one of the
things we are
saying in this
video is that any
business could
and should be
planning to improve
the performance
of
their building”,
explains Russell
Jones who
hosts the video.
“Just like any
other company
which formed an integral part of his
studies at Bradford College in
Mechanical Engineering.
Mibelle Group is a manufacturer which
serves personal care, home care and
nutrition sectors. It is also active in the
development and management of
exclusive brands in the cosmetics
sector.
Nicholas Forth, Technical Sales
Engineer at Union Industries, said:
“Our Industrial Curtains, Dividing Walls
we have had to make a strong business
case for each new piece of
equipment, but the fact that we have
improved so much and have significantly
reduced running costs shows
the advantages that can be gained”.
The video can be viewed on the
company’s dedicated YouTube
channel:
https:youtube.com/mitsubishielectric2
Reader Reply: 184011
and Fabric Enclosures are utilised
across numerous markets around the
globe and can be designed to meet
each company’s individual
requirements. We understand that
there isn’t a ‘one size fits all’ solution
and this has been the key to our
success as all our products are
bespoke solutions.
“The installation will significantly
improve the efficiency and
effectiveness of our customers’
cleaning procedure and help them
establish a process that guarantees its
adjacent production line is safe from
cross contamination.”
Graham Whitehead, Engineering
Support Manager at Mibelle Ltd, said:
“Union’s Industrial Curtain has
provided a perfect solution that allows
us to control every aspect of the cleanup
operation. By temporarily isolating
the wash-down area we have been
able to achieve a deeper clean without
compromising hygiene elsewhere in
the facility.
Reader Reply: 184007
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news
Costain, engineering solutions
provider, has agreed a longterm
deal with DeepStore to
manage its project documents and
drawings.
The ongoing contract, which has a
minimum five-year period, will see
Costain store its items at DeepStore’s
climate-controlled vaults in Britain’s
largest salt mine in Winsford, Cheshire.
The national records management
company was appointed after Costain
undertook a review of potential
suppliers; having met all of the criteria
needed including the management of
archives, security and cost.
Costain will send its archives from a
number of permanent and temporary
site locations, which will also benefit
Hanson Building
Products
Announces Name
Change to Forterra
Leading building materials
manufacturer rebrands with
a new name and a fresh,
forward-thinking look and feel.
Hanson Building Products has
changed its company name to
Forterra, following a recent
divestment by former owners
HeidelbergCement.
The rebranding brings with it a new
logo and a fresh identity to the
established business, which has a
trading history spanning back several
decades, while its wide selection of
products and services will be
unchanged.
The company, which operates in
North America and the United
Kingdom, makes a diverse range of
concrete and clay building products
with instantly recognisable UK
brands, including clay bricks,
Thermalite blocks, aggregate blocks,
Red Bank chimney, roofing and flue
systems, precast concrete, Jetfloor
and Formpave permeable paving.
Structherm, the subsidiary
specialising in external wall
insulation, is unaffected by this
rebranding.
Reader Reply: 184102
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Deepstore Secures Long-Term Contract with
Costain
from DeepStore’s 24-hour retrieval
service.
George Christophorou, deputy head of
information, knowledge and records
management for Costain, said: “As an
innovative company encompassing the
information age,
part of the
governance
requires us to
maintain hard
copy records for
any contractual
obligations. The
business
requirement to
offer electronic
access of all
Theatre Revamp is a Capitol Idea
The Capitol Theatre is a famous
1930’s Art Deco building in
Aberdeen that has recently
undergone a major change. This
has seen not only the building being
lovingly restored but has also meant
that this much loved architectural
treasure has found a new lease of
life through a considered
redevelopment plan.
At a cost of £35m, the
project on this Category B
listed building has seen it
retain its wonderful façade,
but it is behind it that the
true magnitude of the
significant changes are to
be found. The full impact of
this will be fully visible when
the newly redeveloped
building opens later this
year. When it will reveal a
modern 12-storey building;
that will deliver 75,000 sq.
ft. of prime office space.
Grundfos Pumps have been
delighted to work in
partnership with the
consultant TUV SUD Ltd
and contractors Emtec
Building Services to deliver
this landmark project by
providing a full range of
pump solutions, as well as
all the ancillary needs that
will take this building into
records is also maintained.”
Costain joins other prestigious
DeepStore clients including The
National Archives, the Royal Society,
SOAS and Wellcome Trust.
DeepStore, which is part of the
Compass Minerals companies, created
the underground storage facility from
the space left following the extraction of
millions of tonnes of rock salt from sister
company Salt Union’s mine. The mine,
150 metres below ground, is ideal for
storing documents as it has consistent
temperature and humidity levels that
meet the specifications of PD 5454. Its
storage areas also are naturally free
from ultraviolet light, vermin and
flooding.
Reader Reply: 184012
the next stage of its iconic journey.
The Grundfos solution will support all
the HVAC requirements that the
building will have, as well as meeting
the water boosting demands of its
expected 700 occupants and will help to
deliver the expected 66.5% reduction in
energy consumption. All in all a Capitol
solution.
Reader Reply: 184013

NEWS news
Condair Humidifies Polestar Sheffield
ACondair ML Solo high pressure
humidification system
has been installed in the litho
platemaking area at Polestar print
company’s award-winning plant in
Sheffield. Designed to suppress and
disperse electrostatic charges when
protective film is removed from the
plates, Condair’s low-energy humidifier
maintains a relative humidity of
45% in the area. The project was
carried out by Cambridgeshire
based HVAC and process engineering
specialist, Arcade.
Polestar Sheffield produces 2.5 million
high-quality catalogues, magazines,
brochures and newspaper supplements
every day. Part of Polestar
Group, the company produces many
well-known titles including Cosmopolitan,
Radio Times, Woman’s Own,
Country Life and many Sunday newspaper
supplements.
With a strong focus on printing excellence
and productivity at Polestar, the
new humidifier installation provides an
effective solution to the problem of
electrostatic charge generation when
protective paper is removed from the
litho plates. By reducing and dissipating
the electrostatic charge, the paper
and plates are easier to handle, it prevents
the attraction of dust and reduces
the risk of spark generation. The
Condair ML humidifier delivers ultrafine
sprays directly into the air, which rapidly
evaporate to maintain a relative hu-
midity of 45%RH, the level required to
counter the effects of static electricity
Joss Williams, Arcade’s Senior Project
Manager, said, “The humidifier meets
Polestar’s requirements and the customer
is happy. Previous experience of
Condair as JS Humidifiers has been
good”. When it came to this installation,
the versatility of the system and working
knowledge of the installation team
proved important. Joss Williams continues,
“The guys that attended site
changed the design to suit the site location
with no issues in relation to
price. The installation was of a high
standard and looks good”.
The Condair ML Solo is a low energy,
cold water spray humidifier, requiring
just 5% of the energy used by equivalent
steam humidifiers. This fits well
with Polestar’s strong environmental
credentials, which seek to minimise its
impact on the environment through initiatives
such as recycling and wastewater
management.
Ten spray heads are located in the
platemaking area, with a capacity to
deliver up to 48 litres of pure, demineralised
water into the air each hour. Effective
moisture distribution is ensured
from the twin jets on each ML Solo unit
by a low energy, low noise fan. Operating
in complete safety at 70bar, the jets
are fed with mineral-free water produced
centrally by a Condair
MLPRO100 pump and reverse osmosis
treatment station. The system features
a stainless steel, oil-free,
high-pressure pump, RO water purification
and UV water sterilisation, so
low maintenance and pure, hygienic
sprays are guaranteed. Pipework is in
stainless steel and high grade corrosion-free
flexible hoses.
Arcade’s work at Polestar Sheffield has
included the installation of two chillers,
inverter-controlled chilled water pumps,
pumping stations, tanks and over 3km
of stainless steel pipework, with Condair
undertaking the installation of the
humidification system on behalf of Arcade.
Condair’s ML Solo humidifier is widely
used in the printing industry around the
world, particularly in paper storage,
press halls and print finishing. An environment
of 45-55%RH effectively deals
with problems caused by dry air such
as tight edges, paper curl, misfeed and
web breaks, and effectively disperses
‘static and dust. In an industry where
temperatures can get high, the cold
water humidifier also offers the benefit
of free cooling - up to 33kW from a
system like the one at Polestar. It is
also widely used for humidification and
evaporative cooling in many other industrial
applications such as woodworking
and textiles, commercially in
horticulture, in applications such as
supermarkets to maintain the quality of
fresh vegetables, and in offices.
The spray head operation is virtually
silent, introduces no dust to the atmosphere,
is hygienic and requires only
infrequent and straightforward maintenance.
With a choice of colours, jet
configuration and outputs, with adjustable
brackets for directional orientation,
they can be ceiling- or
wall-mounted and suit many situations.
Condair Group is the world’s leading
specialist in humidification and
evaporative cooling, with energy
efficient, hygienic and innovative
technologies for commercial, industrial
and heritage applications. Condair is
represented in the UK by Condair plc,
which offers system design,
manufacture, supply, installation,
commissioning, maintenance and
spares. Condair plc is the new name
for JS Humidifiers following the
organisation’s rebranding in October
2014. You can find out more by visiting
the company’s website at
www.condair.co.uk.
Reader Reply: 184019
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news
NFS Technology Group Receives Lenel Factory Certification
Under Lenel’s OpenAccess Alliance Program
NFS Technology
Group recently
announced that
it has received Lenel
factory certification
and joined the Lenel
OpenAccess Alliance
Program (OAAP).
NFS’ Rendezvous
Workplace room and booking software
solution interfaces with the OnGuard
access control system to ensure a more
dynamic reception process for visitor and
attendees in venue management and
integrating key security measures at high
profile meeting locations.
“NFS has completed required factory
testing at Lenel to validate the
functionality of its interface to OnGuard,”
said Ross McKay, director of product
management, Lenel. “Its specialist
Rendezvous Workspace and booking
management system optimizes efficient
visitor booking -- embracing real-time
changes and working alongside
necessary security checks for optimum
access control. We look forward to their
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continued involvement in the Lenel
OpenAccess Alliance Program.”
Luis de Souza, NFS Chief Executive
Officer added: “The ability to interface
with the OnGuard system now makes it
easier to run the reception function in a
more streamlined and professional
manner and ensure security, now a high
management priority for real estate and
staff, is maintained to the highest
possible level.”
Rendezvous Workspace, built on the
latest .NET framework, is a resource
scheduling solution designed to assist
organisations with the efficient
management of meeting rooms, desks,
car parking and vended services such
as catering, AV, IT and video
conferencing.
For more
information on
creating more
agile workplace
solutions from
NFS
Technology
Group, please
visit www.nfs-hospitality.com.
Reader Reply: 184010
York NHS Trust Headquarters Roof Refurbished
Without Disruption to Staff
Early this year it was
discovered that the original
rock asphalt roof and balcony
of the York NHS Trust headquarters
was in a very poor condition and in
desperate need of repair.
Located just next door to Scarborough
Hospital, the office building would have
to be in constant use during the
refurbishment, due to the vital nature of
the services its staff provide. This
presented a challenge for Sunderlandbased
roofing contractor, Group
Tegula, working alongside the Sika
Liquid Plastics refurbishment team.
An initial survey by Sika Liquid Plastics
assessed the condition of the failing
roof, which was allowing water ingress
and damaging the building below. The
project was then taken forward to the
specification stage, where it was
decided that the sensitive nature of the
hospital site, combined with working on
a roof and balcony of an occupied
building, required the use of a
waterproofing product that would cause
as little disturbance as possible.
It was essential that the product chosen
would enable fast installation without the
risks associated with hot works. Not only
were speed and safety key – a low
odour solution was required so as not to
disrupt those working in the offices.
In order to meet these vital
requirements, Decothane Ultra, a low
odour liquid applied roofing membrane
from Sika Liquid Plastics, was specified
for the refurbishment. A low odour
option, Decothane Ultra uses patented
technology, which has been developed
specifically for use in highly sensitive
areas, such as hospitals, food
manufacturing plants and schools.
Odournet, a team of independent
consultants that develops, manages
and delivers top level expertise on
sensory analysis techniques, found
Decothane Ultra to be much lower
odour when benchmarked against
other single pack polyurethanes
available in the market.
Plus, as the product is cold applied, it
requires no heat or naked flame
during application, a must for
populated areas where health and
safety is paramount.
The roof of the headquarters included
parapet detailing, plant and a plant
room. Group Tegula, a Sika Liquid
Plastics Quality Assured Contractor,
was able to quickly install the liquid
membrane over the top of the existing
roof covering, even around the more
difficult areas. This was thanks to the
liquid application and unique
formulation of Decothane Ultra, which
allowed the use of Glass Fibre Matting
around plant details.
For further information visit
www.liquidplastics.co.uk or call the
Enquiry Line on 0800 112 3826.
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Pentair Completes Raychem 40-Year Anniversary
Campaign with Formula E Finale
Pentair’s Thermal Building
Solutions reached the finish
line of its Raychem 40-year
anniversary campaign with the final
Formula E race in London in June
2015. The campaign started in
September 2014 and was dedicated
to Pentair’s innovative selfregulating
technology under its
established Raychem brand. Pentair
coincided this with the Formula E
races worldwide and held events,
online games, competitions and
promotions to develop a closer
relationship and collaboration with
its global customer base.
“The thought behind Raychem’s
anniversary was to celebrate the past,
embrace the future and share
innovative ideas with the customers,”
says Valerie Dillen, Global Marketing
Communications Manager Thermal
Building Solutions. “Formula E is a
revolutionary concept; as selfregulating
technology was 40 years
ago. Therefore, we decided to match
Aprestigious new building
situated on London’s Victoria
Embankment overlooking The
Thames has installed the very latest
in tank technology to manage its
provision of potable (drinking)
water.
The Carmelite Riverside is the
headquarters of global leading
publisher Hachette and at full
occupancy will be able to
accommodate more than 1200
members of staff.
In common with most large commercial
buildings, it is provided with cold water
from the rising main via a basement
tank, in this case a 24,000 litre capacity
reservoir which guarantees
uninterrupted supply to the building
whatever the demands placed on it by
its many occupants.
The issue was how to provide a safe
but flexible supply to ensure that
however many (or few) people were in
the building, their water remained fresh
and healthy.
As occupancy levels rose so demand
was predicted to grow but, even at full
occupancy, the number of people the
these events together to create an
electrifying and engaging campaign for
our users – Pole Position. One of the
objectives was to thank Pentair’s
customers for their loyalty and support
over the years by celebrating with them
at events. Another goal was to highlight
the innovations we are working on
today and take a look into the future.”
As part of this initiative, Pentair also
invited customers, installers, engineers
and distributors to submit their bright
ideas to Open Innovation Awards to
make Raychem products even easier
to use. A large number of suggestions
were submitted, from which only five
were shortlisted. The winner, Francisco
Saavedra from GA Fleet New York,
was rewarded with a cheque for $3,500
for presenting his ideas to test new
HWAT installations. Its simplicity and
ingenuity impressed the judging panel,
and the next step will be to investigate
this proposal further in Pentair’s
Technology and Product Management
groups.
Valerie Dillen comments: “Our Pole
Position campaign has been a great
success and we’ve received excellent
feedback. It brought together close to
2,000 customers from all over the world,
whether they took part in online games
and contests or visited the races and
joined us in presenting our
achievements and innovations in selfregulating
technology.
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Prestigious London Riverside Offices Uses Keraflo’s
Tanktronic to Help Ensure Safe and Healthy Water
building served was not expected to
remain static.
There was also the issue of managing
how the water was actually stored.
The water tank was divided into two
chambers which meant that it was easy
to maintain and clean while still
ensuring an uninterrupted supply of
water to the building, but a divided tank
can raise serious concerns. Both sides
of the tank need to fill with water at the
same rate to ensure neither side
became ‘static’, which could lead to
bacterial growth,
stagnant water and the
ever-present danger of
Legionnaire’s Disease.
As a general rule, if
water within a divided
tank is controlled by
two independent
valves these must work
simultaneously to keep
each side of the tank at
level capacity.
For the Carmelite
Riverside building, the
situation was made
more complex because
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the tank was situated in a plant room
with an adjacent boiler, pump and
electrical equipment – all of which
meant the ambient temperature in the
room was relatively high, which could
warm the stored water to dangerous
levels.
Sub-contractors Imtech Group turned
to Keraflo for a solution that would not
only guarantee the safety of the water,
but also a flexible supply within the
shared building. The decision was
made to install Tanktronic as the
preferred option.
Tanktronic is an electronic
tank management system
which provides a complete
solution to monitoring water
levels and temperature, as
well as managing and
controlling tank filling.
It can be integrated into a
building management
system to alert the
management team to any
changes in the stored
water. For more information
visit www.keraflo.co.uk.
Reader Reply: 184021
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Andrews Chillers Help Achieve MHRA Storage
When a major pharmaceutical
centralised distribution
centre was struggling to
maintain critical warehouse storage
temperatures below 25 o C, the fast
response of an engineering team
from Andrews Chiller Hire supplied
and quickly installed a 500kW fluid
air chiller working in harmony with a
twin-stacked pair of 150kW Andrews
air handling units. Working
alongside the existing warehouse
services, this temporary system
ensured that an ambient
temperature below 25 o C was
achieved throughout the storage
facility, preventing degradation of
the stored medicine as well as
protecting reputations.
The MHRA (Medicines and Healthcare
Produces Regulatory Agency) has
previously reported that temperature
rises above desired parameters are the
number one critical deficiency in
pharmaceutical warehouses. MHRA
statistics show that temperature
increases above 25°C have been the
single biggest issue for those
responsible for the storage of
pharmaceutical products.
Uncontrolled temperature fluctuations
are serious because non-compliance
with the manufacturer's storage
recommendations and the MHRA's
guidelines on general storage can lead
to expensive product recalls, may
prompt the destruction of affected
products and potentially cause a health
risk to patients. Extremes in
temperature can affect product quality.
New warehouse developments
nowadays are built to better standards
with improved insulation and are more
air-tight, better thermal qualities ensure
buildings are warm in winter. A major
concern is caused by the vagaries of
the British weather – cool one minute
and roasting the next.
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Generally warehouse in-house airconditioning
is designed to cope with
the norm in ambient temperatures; it
would be too costly to incorporate a
permanent system able to handle the
short-term higher external summertime
temperatures being experienced over
the past decade. This is where the
flexibility of a chiller hire organisation is
extremely cost-effective.
As specialist in the chiller hire business
Andrews now operates with an
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established network of 25 depots in the
UK and engineering teams able to
discuss individual requirements and
propose a cost-effective solution to
their problem. Part of the Andrews
Sykes Group, the chiller division holds
an impressive range of modern aircooled
fluid chillers with capacities
from 6kW to more than 750kW and
single air-handlers capable of
delivering up to 600kW and provides
365 days, 24/7 dedicated support.
This level of customer commitment has
enabled Andrews Chiller Hire to
respond and deliver many time critical
temporary solutions, prevent business
losses due to faulty or underperforming
in-house air conditioning
plant.
Andrews Chillers response in less than
4 hours and their fast action presented
a solution to the pharmaceutical
warehouse air-conditioning issues and
meant temperature control was
maintained in good order and in line
with official compliance figures.
Issues relating to poor temperature
control can cost distributors in a
number of ways if not tackled; they can
lead to a loss of confidence in the
distributor by manufacturers, the
MHRA and pharmacists.
At this pharmaceutical warehouse
Andrews Chillers supplied a 500kW
fluid air chiller and four 150kW airhandling
units. Each of the air handing
units is able to cool an area of 3,624m 3
(127,000ft 3 ), for this applications the
units were arranged in pairs, and
stacked to reduce required floor area.
The air handling units are designed to
connect to existing chilled water
circuits or to an Andrews’ water chiller
as was the solution for this medicine
distribution centre.
The four air handling units where
situated in the warehouse with the
500kW fluid air chiller positioned
externally but close to the building to
reduce pipe runs, maintaining
adequate chilled water passing through
flexible hoses to air handler units.
Each Andrews’ chiller is a selfcontained
unit complete with heat
exchanger, condenser, control system,
compressor and circulating pumps and
features a rigid and robust, base plates
that ensure site stability.
Chilled water is fed directly into each of
the four air handling units and passes
directly in front of a large fan which
expels the cold air either directly or via
trunking back into the warehouse.
Warm air extracted via the cooling
pipework flows directly into the external
chillers where the chilling process
begins again. This cyclic, closed loop
system with air handling situated within
the building is the most effective for
environmental temperature control.
Conclusion
With global warming seeming to be a
reality, temperature control issues are
likely to become even more of a
problem in warehouses that are not
equipped with appropriate, adequate
cooling. To ensure compliance of
temperature control guidelines Carl
Webb, Sales Director of Andrews
Specialist Hire Division suggests
establishing a working relationship with
an experienced chiller hire company
before its services are required. Prequalified
requirements mean that a
solution for maintaining correct
temperature control is closer to hand -
equipment on-site in just a few hours
which could save a reputation and
prevent financial losses.
Choosing the right hire company can
certainly pay dividends – quicker
response to cooling problems,
competent engineers, faster delivery –
and above all temporary installation of
the right chiller and any ancillary
equipment.
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Bodet Launches New Award-winning
Staff Communication Terminal
Bodet Ltd has just launched the
Kelio Visio X7, an award
winning interactive attendance
and communication terminal
designed to simplify and improve
staff interaction. The new
multifunctional terminal has already
scooped a 2015 Red Dot Award for its
innovative qualities and design
excellence.
Initially conceived as a hand-held device
to allow all staff members to clock on and
off using card, key fob or fingerprint, the
Kelio Visio X7 developed into a mobile
multi-functional unit. As well as providing
attendance data, the console also allows
staff to request holidays or time off, and
different departments within an
organisation can send personalised
messages to each staff member, issue
announcements and make documents
directly available to everyone in the
company.
The Kelio Visio X7 has a range of
applications for HR departments
including managing staff attendance,
advising remaining holiday time, and
creating meaningful real-time
management and payroll reports. It can
also be used for additional personnel
functions that will assist staff in their
normal daily activities, such as a staff
directory, a database of phone numbers,
accessing their own personnel reports
and even booking meals in advance
from staff canteens.
Featuring a 7” touch screen, the Kelio
Visio X7 has an easy to operate and
highly intuitive interface which means
minimal training is required. It is also
ultra customisable, upgradable and the
screen graphics can even be adapted to
match the user company’s corporate
colours and style.
The innovative and interactive clocking
terminal and information source
impressed the Red Dot Award jury who
commented “We were impressed by the
Kelio Visio X7 time & attendance
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management system’s feature-rich
functionality and ease-of-use.”
“We’re thrilled with this award” said
Richard Manby, managing director of
Bodet Ltd. “It recognises our product’s
outstanding design and underlines how
important design and functionality are
to our organisation. The Kelio Visio X7
provides businesses with a very userfriendly
and high-performance terminal
which we expect will revolutionise time
& attendance management.”
Reader Reply: 184022
Did you know that pumps
consume 10% of global
electricity? Not only that, but
as most are needlessly
inefficient, they offer huge
potential for a wide range
of organisations to save
up to 50% on pump
energy costs.
Grundfos Pumps have been
at the forefront of energy
optimised pump
development for years, they
take real pride in their
achievements and their
approach to sustainability.
Today this leading edge
approach has taken yet
another step forward with
the introduction of a
specialist Energy Pack that
combines a plethora of useful
information that can help you to save
money.
Finding out what energy savings you
could make is now even easier as
Grundfos can provide a range of
diagnostic tools such as an Energy
Check or Pump Audit that will establish
the current pump system
performance. Not only that, but
these tools also provide various postanalysis
reports that
include details regarding
the potential savings and
payback periods as well
as various pump options
you could opt for.
So if your priority is cost
reduction, CO 2 savings,
ROI, water usage
reduction or simply
receiving advice on your
current installations,
Grundfos have the tools,
expertise and integrity to
help you to achieve your
ambitions. Find out more
by visiting
www.grundfos.co.uk and
see how you can use your energy
more wisely.
Reader Reply: 184025
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New Guide Reveals How Temporary Buildings can
Provide the Answers
Businesses seeking extra
space are being urged to
consider a quick, flexible and
cost-effective solution.
All types of companies need additional
storage at times – whether it’s to boost
short-term capacity or create long-term
semi-permanent warehousing.
And Spaciotempo has now produced a
guide which reveals the main
advantages of its temporary buildings
compared to other storage solutions.
The document, entitled ‘Temporary
Building Basics’, available to download
at
http://www.spaciotempo.co.uk/resourc
es/white-papers, also dispels some
common misconceptions about
temporary structures.
It spells out the huge variety of
potential applications for a
Spaciotempo building and explains
how the company’s innovative
solutions can save both time and
money compared to either a
permanent build or off-site storage.
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Stertil Dock Products has
installed a series of loading
dock houses for Greggs plc to
ensure safe and efficient
distribution from the Group’s bakery
in Birmingham.
In 1951, John Gregg opened a small
shop and bakery in Gosforth using
flour from specially milled wheat to
achieve the distinctive Greggs taste
and texture. During the next two
decades, Greggs grew steadily by
acquiring regional bakery retailers
across the UK and established shops
in Scotland, Yorkshire and the North
West. This was followed by expansion
into the Midlands, Wales and North
London and the Group now has almost
1700 shops. Significantly, Greggs
remains rooted in its local communities
and, alongside its national product
range, the Group is proud to offer its
much-loved regional specialities.
Greggs Birmingham Bakery recently
approached Stertil Dock Products to
evaluate its distribution operations
following the purchase of a new fleet of
delivery vehicles. In particular, the
As market leaders in the design,
manufacture and installation of
temporary structures, Spaciotempo is
well placed to help decision-makers get
the most from their business.
So the guide includes details on the
flexibility of a temporary solution and
10 steps which show how the
installation process can be both brief
and painless.
It answers questions about the need
for groundworks or planning consent
and, importantly, reveals how
Spaciotempo stacks up against its
competitors by providing a string of key
bakery’s management was looking to
not only streamline loading and
unloading activities but also overcome
the problem of lorries being damaged
by the existing loading dock
equipment.
Following a detailed evaluation, Stertil
Dock Products proposed replacement
of the existing outdated installation with
a series of 12 dock houses. This
proposal took into account the different
shapes and sizes of the bakery’s new
35-strong delivery fleet which includes
18 tonne standard
delivery vehicles and
articulated lorries.
Each dock house
features a 6000kg
capacity, XP 2518
hydraulic dock
leveller. Manufactured
from high tensile
steel, the leveller
incorporates a 600mm
telescopic extending
lip to ensure precise
positioning of the lip
onto a vehicle bed
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quotations.
Scott Jameson, managing director of
Spaciotempo, said: “Almost every
business, regardless of size or in which
sector it operates, will identify a need
for additional storage from time to time
– whether it’s to get them over a
seasonal peak or for something more
long-term.
“This guide explains how our
temporary buildings can provide a
solution which is flexible, quick,
adaptable and cost-effective.
“They can be used for almost anything
– from storage and warehousing with
loading bays and canopies, to
workshops, manufacturing and
maintenance areas.
“They’re used as sports halls, gyms,
car showrooms, supermarkets and
garden centres – and though our
structures can be hired for as little as
three months, they’re strong and
durable enough to be used as a semipermanent
option.
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Greggs Relies on Stertil Dock Products for
Safety and Efficiency
and a constant contact rear hinge
assembly for the smooth transfer of
goods. The accuracy of the lip allows
full loading up to the rear of a vehicle
and eliminates the possibility of
damage to goods during loading and
unloading operations.
To accommodate double deck trailers,
the proposal also included the supply
of a WI 307 inflatable dock shelter
which supports the bakery’s special
freezer dock. Mounted directly to the
building, this shelter features a system
of inflatable head and side
air bags to ensure an
effective seal between the
trailer and the dock, thereby
preserving the internal
temperature of the building.
Safety and efficiency at the
Greggs Birmingham Bakery
site has been further
enhanced by the inclusion
of various complementary
loading bay ancillaries
within the Stertil installation.
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Travelators are taking over.
Escalators are on the rise. But
sometimes their cleaning
regime is playing catch-up. Stephen
Pinhorne, UK National Sales
Manager of Truvox International,
sets out some options for keeping
control of cleaning needs and costs.
The onward march of technology never
stops. So as buildings are designed
with the customer’s comfort and
convenience in mind, escalators and
travelators are proliferating. In airports,
rail stations, department stores,
sporting venues and cinemas, we walk
less and let the moving walkway carry
us along.
This poses a challenge for the
facilities manager. The
understandable priority is to
ensure this apparatus functions
safely and smoothly, so
mechanical maintenance will be
scheduled. But what about
cleaning? What’s the best way
to clean escalators and
travelators, and how to plan and
budget for the task?
It’s a topical issue. Over the last
12 months or so we’ve been
alerted to situations where
cleaning has not been carried
out on a sufficiently regular
basis. In some cases there
seems to be a tendency to put
off the task of cleaning
escalators and travelators. This
may be partly because it’s
perceived as being a specialist
job and also due to concerns
that the underlying machinery
could be damaged if the work is
not carried out correctly. As live
electrical circuits power
travelators and escalators, liquid
cleaning solutions pose an
unacceptable risk.
However, what’s true of carpets
also holds for the modern
manifestation of the flying
carpet. Neglect the daily, routine
clean and you store up the need
for a more expensive and
disruptive deep clean. Except
instead of carpet staining, in the
case of a travelator or escalator,
there’s the risk of corrosion due, say, to
spills of fizzy drinks.
So what are the options for daily
cleaning? Dedicated sweepers are
available for these applications, but
they can be costly. Thankfully there are
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economical and efficient alternatives,
either using specialist kit or other,
adaptable assets in the cleaning fleet.
The scrubber dryer is the workhorse in
many cleaning teams, largely due to
the great versatility and productivity of
the more advanced models. Our
Multiwash range can wash, mop, scrub
and dry both hard and soft floors,
consistently achieving excellent results.
Fitted with an escalator brush, the
battery-powered Multiwash 340/Pump
also takes escalators and travelators in
its stride. The machine has a pump
that sprays solution as a fine mist so
the dose is closely controlled.
Swapping the escalator brush for one
of the machine’s other three colouredcoded
brushes is quick and easy. The
compact machine, which has a 34cm
brush width, is also easy to operate
and manoeuvre. So clients can make
full use of the Multiwash’s renowned
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versatility without the need for
additional investment in specialist
cleaning equipment or staff having to
familiarise themselves with yet
another machine.
Alternatively, it is possible to deploy a
dedicated machine for travelators and
escalators without over-extending the
cleaning budget. The low-cost X46
developed by Truvox International
integrates vacuuming and dry
scrubbing in a simple, easy-to-use
unit.
It is designed to simplify cleaning
travelators and escalator treads, while
freeing staff to carry out other
cleaning duties. The unit sits on
the comb at the foot of the stairs
– with the stairs (which are
reversible) going away from the
machine – or at the start of the
walkway. It can be left in
position as the powered,
rotating brushes clean away.
Depending on the width to be
cleaned, the unit needs only to
be re-positioned several times.
Where cleaning is undertaken
daily, one or two rotations will
be sufficient. If the dirt is heavily
ingrained, more numerous
passes will be needed.
No cleaning chemicals are
normally required though a light
alkaline spray may speed
removal of greasy dirt.
The height of the hard-wearing
brushes fitted on the X46
adjusts automatically for
consistent performance. It
comes with nylon brushes that
are suitable for daily cleaning,
or Tynex brushes for
aggressive, heavy-duty
cleaning. These can be
replaced easily without tools,
and the same goes for the
disposable 5 litre vacuum bags
that collect dirt.
Whichever cleaning solution is
chosen, we advocate a ‘little
and often’ approach through
daily, light cleaning. Department
stores, for example, typically
schedule this as part of the
morning clean before store opening.
Ultimately, the aim should be to make
best use of the cleaning fleet and
team, as well as the people-moving
technology.
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Solar PVs for Prestigious Reading Office
Development
Installation of an integrated solar PV
system has just been completed at
1 Forbury Place, Reading. The
property is among the biggest
speculative office developments yet
to be seen in the Thames valley.
Reading based Photon Energy Ltd was
appointed to design and install a solar
PV system for part of the roof and the
south, east and west façades of the eight
storey building, by Briggs & Forrester a
leading building services engineering
company. The main contractor for the
£38m project was Galliford Try.
The solar PV system is one element of
an ambitious range of measures
designed to achieve a BREEAM
Excellent rating and an EPC rating of
B, and, unusually, has been designed
and installed to form an integral part of
the building. The system comprises
292 Upsolar 250Wp modules in total,
to give a power output of 73kWp,
together with five Huawei inverters to
covert the DC power into AC. Both the
modules and inverters were chosen for
a combination of cost and technical
reasons. The projected annual carbon
saving is 26,110kg.
Having won the contract on the basis
of highly competitive pricing and good
communications with the building
services contractor, Photon Energy’s
highly qualified professional engineers
completed the detailed design work
over a period of two months, earlier
this year.
The installers comprised three
electricians and three roofers, who
worked on the building over a number
of weeks, usually in teams of two,
three or four people. The major
challenges they faced were working in
conjunction with many other trades on
site and mounting a proportion of the
modules vertically as a façade to act
as a plant screen.
The installation is also unusual in that
three different types of mounting
system were needed to ensure the
energy requirement was met. A
ballasted mounting system was used
for the 46 PV modules installed on
the flat roof. Two trapezoidal roof
mounting systems, each housing 20
modules, were used on the roofs of
the switch room and stair core and a
further 206 modules have been
vertically mounted on the south, east
and west façades of the building to
screen the rooftop plant.
The vertical mountings required
bespoke heavy duty rail, fixed on
steel posts spaced 3.75m apart in
some locations. This is a very
significant span to cover by regular
PV mounting system standards.
Jonathan Bates, director and
general manager at Photon Energy
said: “We enjoy the very
considerable challenges of
designing and installing integrated
solar PV systems, and this project
has been no exception. It is one of
the most advanced installations we
have worked on to date. Following
the successful completion of the
project, the company is now
looking at pricing a further
installation for No 2 Forbury Place.
Reader Reply: 184036
Plymouth University saves £50,000 on water bill with HWM
data loggers
COMLog’s half-hourly data allows for deeper interrogation of individual buildings’ consumption
Plymouth University has saved
more than £50,000 in water
consumption costs with the
help of half-hourly data loggers from
water and asset monitoring
specialist HWM.
“Half-hourly meters have brought us a
whole new management regime, where
we can interrogate consumption in a lot
more depth,” said Paul Lumley, the
University’s Energy and Environmental
Manager. “When you really want to
interrogate how a building uses water,
you need to have half-hourly data. It’s
impossible to do otherwise.”
Since 2011, HWM has installed
COMLog GPRS data loggers at 21
sites in and around the campus. The
loggers transmit data twice a day to
HWM’s web-hosted server, Datagate,
which then distributes data to South
West Water’s commercial division and
others as part of the University’s utility
management strategy.
Aside from identifying potential leaks
very quickly, Paul pointed out that the
COMLogs allow the University to
monitor trends in specific buildings and
alert staff to any unintended or wasteful
use. “The information is paramount to
effect behavioural change. I can think
of two instances where I’ve relayed
information to building users regarding
large consumptions caused by
equipment. Staff have responded really
positively once they see and
understand the need to improve
control, and the related cost savings.”
Plymouth University has topped the
People & Planet University League
(formerly the Green League) twice in
the last five years and is its best overall
performer, making it one of the most
environmental and ethical universities
in the UK. The league is a
comprehensive and independent
ranking of UK universities by
environmental and ethical criteria.
With a student body of 27,000,
Plymouth is the largest university in
south-west England.
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Saville’s SMART Room Solutions for Government
Agency
Systems integrator Saville
Audio Visual has completed a
contract to supply and install
SMART Lync Room solutions at
three regional offices for a national
government agency.
The Homes and Communities Agency
(HCA) is a non-departmental public
body that helps create successful
communities by making more homes
and premises available to the residents
and businesses that need them.
Sponsored by the Department for
Communities and Local Government,
the HCA also regulates social
housing providers in England.
Saville regional technical manager,
John Andrews said: “We worked with
HCA last year when they were
looking at new solutions for multilocation
Lync meetings. We
discussed the SMART SRS Systems
with them and they opted for a Proof
of Concept pilot scheme, so we
installed a system in their Gateshead
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Jangro Celebrates 35 Years of Sparkling Success
with Anniversary Conference in Ibiza
Jangro, the UK’s largest network
of janitorial supply companies,
celebrated its 35th
anniversary by inviting its members
and suppliers to the beautiful Balearic
island of Ibiza for a very special
annual conference.
Since its launch in 1980 Jangro has
become a dynamic force in the cleaning
industry with 42 members covering
the UK and Ireland from Inverness in
the Scottish Highlands to Cornwall on
the South West Coast.
The annual conference, which is celebrated
abroad every five years, took
place between Wednesday 9th and
Sunday 13th September. Both members
and suppliers will come together
to share best practice and ideas to ensure
Jangro continues to be a market
leader providing quality products, innovation
and unrivalled service throughout
the group.
Joanne Gilliard, Operations Director at
Jangro, said: “As we celebrate the past
we are also looking forward to a prosperous
future, with lots of exciting
plans in the pipeline. This conference
Office for them to try.”
“The SMART Room System combines
touch-enabled display screens, HD
video camera, microphones and
speakers with Microsoft Lync software.
It enables high resolution video, audio
and data collaboration, for a fully
interactive, face-to-face meeting
experience including users anywhere
on their own devices.”
After a satisfactory trial period, HCA
released a tender for two 70” SMART
SRS systems for the offices in
Gateshead and Leeds and a larger 84”
system for the London office. Saville
succeeded in winning the bid and
installed the systems at the end of
March 2015. In the first two months of
use, the Agency identified that they
were in use 46% of the time.
Amanda Staincliffe, Head of IT Service
Delivery at the Homes and
Communities Agency said: “The
business requirement was to improve
the meeting room experience for
users taking part in Lync
meetings. We had found some
users were not confident in
setting up the existing
videoconferencing equipment.
This often led to delays in the
start of meetings, undermining
confidence in using Lync as an
alternative to arranging meetings
in person.”
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will bring together the industry’s finest to
look at strategies to enable Jangro to
continue to flourish.”
Phil Cullumbine, Director at Ace Janitorial,
added: “Ace Janitorial is proud to be
one of the founding members of Jangro
and it has been fantastic to see the
group go from strength to strength. The
shared passion for quality and value
amongst the members is the reason that
Jangro has become what it is today and
we will all continue to work together for
the benefit of our customers.
“Of course, none of this would have been
possible without the vision and commitment
of our Honorary Life President
Bryan Squires and we will certainly
be raising a congratulatory glass to
him in Ibiza.”
There have been many investments
and developments over the years,
and these are becoming increasingly
more frequent as Jangro continues to
lead the way in the cleaning, catering
and hygiene industry.
The group figures are more than impressive:
· Combined annual turnover of
more than £155m
· More than 8000 products
available
· Has a fleet of over 250 vans
· Over 780,000 sq ft of
combined warehouse space
· Over 1000 staff throughout
the Jangro network
For further information please contact
Jangro Head Office on 01204 795
955.
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Lanes Group Tackles Fatberg to Keep the Tills
Ringing in Regent Street
Lanes Utilities has removed a
fatberg from a sewer beneath
one of the globe's world class
shopping destinations to keep the
tills rolling and the shoppers happy.
Some retailers along Regent Street in
London's West End had reported drain
problems, prompting Thames Water to
send an emergency team from Lanes
Utilities, part of Lanes Group, to
investigate.
where some of it could be vacuumed
up to the surface using one of our jet
vacuumation tankers. Larger lumps
were lifted out in buckets."
The team was under pressure to
unblock the sewer as quickly as
possible to minimise inconvenience for
road users and shoppers and to reach
the sewer manhole, they had to close
one lane of Regent Street.
As well as fats, oils, sanitary products,
and wipes, they regularly find other
wrongly disposed of products down
drains, including plasters, bandages,
ladies' tights, and babies' nappies.
A six person team was deployed to
clear the Regent Street fatberg, kitted
out with respirators and full breathing
apparatus to guard against the
potentially deadly poisonous gases that
can gather in sewers.
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They found that a block of fat and other
debris weighing more than a tonne had
built up at a critical point in the sewer
that runs under Regent Street.
This then caused waste water to back
up into some connecting drains.
In a three-hour operation, the team
removed the fatberg and cleared the
sewer, allowing it to run freely again,
which cured drainage problems
experienced by the retail businesses
above.
Field Manager Craig May, who led
Lanes Utilities' fatberg-busting team,
said: "This was a relatively small
fatberg by the stands of some that
we've discovered. But it was causing a
nuisance, and had to be removed.
"It had built up at a weir in the sewer,
where the Regent Street Sewer drops
about 15 metres down to connect with
a deep-level trunk sewer. The fatberg
was about a metre wide, a metre high
and about a metre long.
"We had to dig it out with shovels, and
take the debris back to the manhole,
As Thames Water's sole wastewater
maintenance contractor, Lanes Utilities
is regularly tasked with tackling
fatbergs where, in London, specimens
have been found weighing more than
15 tonnes and more than 100 metres in
length.
They are caused by a build-up of fats
and oils, plus other debris, such as
sanitary products and wipes, which are
wrongly disposed of down sinks, drains
and toilets.
Tackling the issue costs Thames Water
over £1 million a month and it has an
ongoing campaign - Bin it, Don't block
it - urging water customers and the
public not to use drains to dump
materials and objects that have no
place in sewers.
Fatbergs are at the extreme end of a
constant battle to keep drains and
sewers running freely, with Lanes
Group engineers clearing more than
300,000 blocked pipes for Thames
Water every year.
Four drainage engineers worked below
ground, while two others formed a
rescue team at the surface, in regular
radio contact, to ensure those working
below remained safe.
The Victorian brick egg sewer,
constructed in the 1800s, is 1.2 metres
high and just under 1 metre wide, and
takes both surface water and foul water
away to be treated.
Craig May said: "The Victorian sewer
system under London is in good
structural condition for its age, and
Thames Water spends a lot of money
maintaining it, so it's still good at its job.
However, there are some pinch points
where fatbergs can build up, and this
was one of them."
For further information contact Lanes
Group: www.lanesfordrains.co.uk.
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Westminster Abbey, one of
London's most important
religious and historic
buildings, has undergone a BMS
(building management system)
retrofit. Using Priva Blue ID, the new
BMS has replaced an outdated
system, bringing the building's
heating and ventilation function into
the 21st century. As a result of the
project, temperature control within
the abbey is far more efficient, while
the extensive and laborious checks
required with the previous BMS are
confined to the history books. In
fact, some jobs have been reduced
from hours, to just seconds.
Time for change
Fed up with requesting support from
the abbey’s system integrator in order
to attend failures associated with its
previous BMS, which was installed in
the 1990s, Jim Vincent, clerk of works,
decided enough was enough.
"It was in dire need of upgrade," he
says. "The controls weren't
communicating very well and kept
failing, which meant I would have to
call our system integrator, Electrical
and Mechanical Controls Ltd [EMC], to
attend to the issue. This obviously
incurred costs both in terms of time
and money. Eventually, EMC
convinced me that a retrofit would
make financial sense, especially using
Priva Blue ID."
Priva Blue ID hardware consists of a
base, on which individual functional
modules featuring all the missioncritical
components can be installed.
This intelligent design is both cost
effective and guarantees maximum
operational reliability. In the unlikely
event of a failure occurring in a
module, the failure will remain
restricted to that specific part of the
system. The base is always live, and
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Priva BMS Brings Performance and Cost Benefits
to Westminster Abbey
communication always remains intact.
Two-week retrofit
EMC was able to replace the old
system with Priva Blue ID across most
of the site in a little more than two
weeks. One of the huge cost
efficiencies of the project was that
Priva Blue ID could use the existing
BMS network,
including the
temperature
sensors. What's
more, Priva 2-
wire technology
meant that the
existing twisted
pair network
could be used
for IP
communicati
ons. Compared
with installing a
whole system
network from scratch, the ability to
retrofit Priva Blue ID technology has
minimised costs significantly.
In one instance, a large panel in the
museum would have incurred
considerable costs to change, but EMC
was able to simply replace the controls,
saving Westminster Abbey a small
fortune. Furthermore, due to the
sensitivity of the existing building
fabric, and the history it contains, the
usual running of cables and fixing of
temperature sensors would have been
impossible: drilling holes and clipping
cables to 1000 year old surfaces was
clearly not appropriate. Energy
management in historic buildings is
often a challenge due to this issue, but
Priva’s retrofit capabilities provided a
simple solution.
Also of important consideration was
that the reduced upheaval of the retrofit
option would lessen disruption and
inconvenience for the high footfall of
worshippers and tourists at
this extremely busy cultural
site. With the system installed
during the winter of 2014-15,
ongoing temperature control
was vital.
The new BMS network is a
mix of controllers using
Ethernet and 2-wire
connections, with full
scalability moving forward
(unlike the previous system).
The system helps preserve a host of
important artefacts within the abbey,
especially in the museum, which
needs to be kept at a constant 20°C,
with humidity at 50%. The heating and
ventilation controls, now under Priva
Blue ID control, play a vital role in
meeting these requirements. The
numerous panels
located around
the site feature
Priva S10
controllers with
various
input/output
modules to suit
the specific plant,
while certain other
panels have a
Priva Blue ID
Touchpoint
installed on the
front for local access to the
equipment.
Front end benefits
Mr Vincent, says that one of the best
attributes of the new BMS is the front
end user interface, which he
describes as "idiot proof".
"I can view the system with a web
browser on my PC, using either our
internal network or remotely," he
states. "The format is very simple and
easy to understand. Previously I had
to use engineering software, but there
was no front end. I used to be an
electrician so it was fine for me, but
the rest of the team couldn't
understand it."
Now, if Mr Vincent needs to change
anything, he can just click a button on
the screen.
Reduced effort
Beyond greater performance
efficiencies and better front end
controls, a further major benefit is
time savings. With the previous
system, a staff member was required
to spend two hours a day walking
around the boiler houses, which are
spread across the site, to check that
nothing had tripped and everything
was working as required. Now, Mr
Vincent simply logs on to his PC in
the morning to see if the system has
flagged any faults. A two hour job has
been reduced to little more than 30
seconds.
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Securikey’s Low Cost Key Tracking Solution
Offered as Standard
Leading supplier Securikey has
extended the functionality offered
by its extensive range of
high security key cabinets, vaults
and key filing systems, by incorporating
the innovative closed loop feature
across all steel door models as
standard.
Securikey’s closed loop system offers a
reliable, low cost solution for homeowners
or business owners who, in addition
to controlling the use of day-to-day
keys, also need to monitor the use of
specific ‘high importance’ keys but without
the expense of complex high tech
systems. The types of keys that require
usage monitoring can range from a
homeowner’s spare car or safe
key, to master keys for blocks of
flats used by estate agents or high
value car keys at car dealerships.
Steel loops are moulded onto the
back wall of each Securikey key
cabinet and tamper-resistant seals
are supplied, allowing customers
to fasten selected keys in place so
they cannot be removed without
detection. These loops are accessed
by removing the top hook
bar within the cabinet, which can
then be replaced to cover the
ASSA ABLOY Security Doors,
a UK division of ASSA
ABLOY, the global leader in
door opening solutions, has
recently installed high security
doors at the National Cycling
Centre.
Located in Sports City, Manchester,
the National Cycling Centre is Britain’s
first indoor cycling track and has
become one of the world’s fastest
board tracks. Regular users of the
track include members of the Great
Britain Cycling Team, as well as
local schoolchildren and cycling
enthusiasts.
The track is open seven days a
week and is one of the busiest
tracks in the world; therefore,
access and security is paramount.
ASSA ABLOY Security Doors
installed four double leaf
Powershield Strangford Steel Doors
in the external perimeter walls of
The Manchester Velodrome. The
doorsets are certified to LPS 1175
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sealed keys if desired to allow the full
complement of hooks to be used, as
well as providing additional security by
ensuring ‘high importance’ keys are
kept out of sight. The number of loops
varies depending on the size of the Securikey
key cabinet required, from three
loops in a 20 hook cabinet to seven in a
100 hook cabinet.
Securikey’s extensive range of key cabinets
provides a robust, reliable key
protection solution to meet a diverse
range of requirements. A variety of effective
management features are offered,
including index cards, key tabs,
rings and numbers in addition to security
seals and closed loops that provide
clear evidence of tampering or removal.
Cabinets are constructed from
pressed and folded steel and can be
secured with a choice of locking options
depending on the model selected,
from traditional key locks to a
range of electronic locks. All high security
key control systems are tested
to the highest standards to enable reliable
safeguarding against lost or stolen
keys. A 3mm steel body and 6mm
slab door, mounted on concealed
hinges, offer impressive resistance to
attack, whilst meeting another practical
need in the form of a powder coating
for easy cleaning in a sterile
environment.
Also available are specialist key
systems to suit specific applications,
including cabinets that offer
secure storage for both keys and
personal belongings and are fitted
with an electronic lock as standard.
For more information on Securikey’s
key control cabinets or
any other products, please contact
Securikey on 01252 311888,
email enquiries@securikey.co.uk
or go to securikey.co.uk
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ASSA ABLOY Security Doors are Right on Track
SR4, offering protection against
attempts at forced entry with higher tool
levels, including sledgehammers and
felling axes.
Andrew Fisher, Area Sales Manager at
ASSA ABLOY Security Doors, said: “It
was great to be involved in such a
prestigious project. The velodrome
cycling track is regarded as one of the
world’s finest and fastest board tracks,
and consequently attracts a large
number of visitors. We were able to
provide high security and durable doors
to the National Cycling Centre that will
withstand the test of time, as well as
minimising repair and maintenance
bills.”
Jarl Walsh, Head of Operations,
Eastlands Trust, said: “We were
impressed with the knowledge and
capability of the ASSA ABLOY Security
Doors team, as well as the quality and
aesthetics of the doorsets. We now
have the peace of mind that we have
doorsets in place that are designed to
withstand abuse from simple hand
tools, through to prolonged attacks
with a range of power tools, in
accordance with the standards of
LPS1175.”
For further information, please visit
www.assaabloy.co.uk/Security-Doors
or follow Security Doors’ LinkedIn
showcase page
https://www.linkedin.com/securitydoors
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Pearl of a Business:
Selectamark Celebrates 30th Anniversary
When an enthusiastic businessman
called Jim Brown
started a new property
marking company in 1985, little did
he imagine that 30 years later that
same company would be the global
leader in forensic marking solutions,
with big name clients including
McDonalds, Network Rail,
Balfour Beatty and Shell.
Jim is now Selectamark’s Chairman,
after handing the day-to-day running of
the business over to his sons James
and Jason Brown in 2014. Both sons
have worked for the company for many
years and are now Managing Director
and Commercial Director, respectively.
The early years
“We started to work with local police
forces who were trying to
reduce household burglaries
and cycle thefts,”
said Jim. “Selectamark’s
property marking system
formed a key element of
crime prevention campaigns,
and it wasn’t long
before the deterrent value
of householders
marking their household
goods and cycles was
being reflected in falling
crime statistics.”
The company’s first ever
police property marking
campaign launched in
1995 in Darlington and
resulted in an impressive
98% reduction in burglaries. As the
system became better known, Selectamark
expanded into providing
property marking solutions for companies
needing to identify and track their
equipment and other assets for audit
purposes, as well as to prevent losses
and theft.
“In those early days we didn’t know
how things would progress,” says Jim.
“We just wanted to help the police do
their job and got stuck in. It was sometimes
quite difficult to persuade some
of the senior police officers to back the
idea of property marking, but we continued
to work closely with Crime Prevention
Officers who had faith in the
concept.
“We had a lot of early morning starts
and late night finishes helping them
with their crime prevention campaigns,
and, after a while, it started to become
pretty clear that the crime statistics
were, at long last, starting to fall. It was
not just the fact that property marked
with the owner’s details is a deterrent
for burglars – it makes the job of the
police easier when a suspect is arrested
with property that is easily traceable
to its rightful owner.”
Global Reach
In helping homeowners, businesses,
local government, schools, shops and
hospitals protect their property, Selectamark
has marked approximately
75 million valuable items worldwide
over the last 30 years.
Headquartered in Kent and with a staff
of more than 20, it serves its customers
both directly and through a wide network
of nearly 40 distributors worldwide.
Selectamark products have Secured by
Design status and the company operates
to the highest database standards,
having achieved LPS1224 Issue
3 (the latest version of this standard)
and most recently ISO27001, which is
an international standard covering the
safe and secure management of information.
Product line
The company’s products are patented
and distributed to every Continent.
Selectamark, the company’s original
permanent marking system, was
launched in the early 1990s and is still
a popular choice as a visible theft deterrent
today, often being used in conjunction
with tamper proof labels. Also
available is an Asset ID system and a
wide range of asset labels.
The company’s SelectaDNA forensic
marking product was launched in 2004
and is the first true DNA security system
in the property marking field. The
product range has been extended to
include
a Grease and Trace application to prevent
and deter metal theft of items
such as lead roofs, copper piping and
manhole covers, and a Gel for the protection
of indoor materials. SelectaDNA
is also available in Spray format to deter
retail burglary and smash and grab
raids.
Other security products from Selectamark
include the Chelsea
Clip, which was launched back in the
1980s, and is still being used to deter
bag theft from bars, restaurants and
hotels all over the UK.
Selectamark also owns
and
maintains BikeRegister,
the National Cycle Database
(http://www.bikeregister.c
om). Over 400,000 bikes
are registered on the
system and it is used by
every UK police force to
help identify and reunite
stolen bikes with their
owners. A selection of
bike marking products
are available to purchase
online.
Looking forward
“Our business has
grown over the last 30
years because we pride ourselves on
top quality products, the best customer
service and exceptional value,” said
MD James Brown.
“We continue to research new technologies
and have expanded our range
significantly. Our customers appreciate
the fact that our products come at a
one-off price, with no annual renewal
fees.
“As we celebrate this huge milestone, I
would like to take a moment to thank
all of our staff, distributors and customers
who have helped Selectamark rise
from humble beginnings to become the
global leader in forensic marking.
We couldn’t have made it this far without
you – here’s to the next 30 years!”
Reader Reply: 184043
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Signbox Sets the Scene for Opening Chapter of
Springer Nature Journey
Following its formation in May
2015, Springer Nature – a new
educational publishing brand –
enlisted the services of Signbox to
help create a vibrant new work
environment for the company’s
offices in London. The sign
specialist’s proposition comprised a
host of bespoke signage and visual
communication including
wayfinding, directory, statutory,
display graphics and glass
manifestations across three
buildings during a four-stage
process.
The result of a merger between
Springer Science+Business Media with
the majority of Macmillan Science and
Education, Springer Nature aims to
become a major force in scientific,
scholarly, professional and educational
publishing and required a corporate
office environment that would help
stimulate and drive this vision.
Fit out contractor, ISG Interiors, was
quick to recommend long-term partner
Signbox and collaborated with the
project architect, Broadway Malyan, as
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New Gradus Safety and Protection Systems
Gradus’ Safety & Protection
Systems is a collection of
products designed to provide
wheeled traffic with visual and physical
barriers to impact, minimise
damage when impact does occur
and improve pedestrian safety by
segregating pedestrian walkways
from vehicle routes.
The new range comprises a selection
of heavy-duty products
that are suitable for specification
in areas such as
car parks, loading bays
and service corridors.
These products can be
combined together to create
a comprehensive protection
system, with
several different profile
options available for each
product to accommodate
different applications.
Products in the range include
safety barrier systems,
steel wrap column
protectors, handrail systems,
lamp post protector
kits, speed bumps, wheelstops, chequer
plating, heavy duty rubber and a
selection of posts and bollards.
Anna Conrad-Smith, Marketing Product
Manager for Gradus, said: “The Safety
& Protection Systems range is a great
addition to Gradus and a natural extension
to our current product offering.
Much like our existing wall protection
systems, these products are designed
well as Springer Nature’s in-house
designers, to develop a signage brief
for Signbox. The latter responded with
a comprehensive signage package,
which included innovative systems
composed of high quality materials that
effectively visualise the brief and meet
Springer Nature’s new brand
guidelines.
The end result is a range of signage
and applied graphics that offers a clean
design based around the red, blue and
white colour palette of the Springer
Nature logo and an engaging
campaign theme that focuses on
‘curiosity’ – which
included work by a
world famous street
artist.
Signbox’s signage
solution included:
● Corporate signage
incorporating the
company’s distinctive
brand logo, featuring
raised 3D lettering
to protect buildings from damage and
offer guidance to inidviduals.
“Safety & Protection Systems help to
minimise the need for on-going repairs
and maintenance, reduce the risk of
accidents occurring and improve the
overall appearance of a building.”
“By incorporating this range into our
broader product offering, we can now
offer practical solutions from the front
to back of a building;
from barrier matting at a
building’s entrance, right
through to the high-visibility
protection posts that
might be found in an underground
car park.
Gradus supplies a wide
range of protection systems
to suit a variety of
applications. For further
information please contact
Technical Support on
01625 428922 or visit
www.gradusworld.com.
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behind reception desk
● Suspended departmental signage
that hung from the ceiling via robust
rare-earth magnets to remove the
need for drilling into the ceiling tiles
● Colourful ‘graffiti-style’ glass
manifestations on exterior windows
by the office entrance to draw
attention from passers-by, and
frosted interior glass manifestations
on office windows for occupant
privacy
● High quality wide format graphics of
abstract imagery applied to office
walls and breakout areas in
communal spaces
●Wall displays featuring
inspirational quotes from Albert
Einstein and eye-catching cutout
designs
●Clear directories for individual
floors, wayfinding signage for
multiple areas such as
cloakrooms and printers, as
well as statutory signage for
compliancy
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Forbo Flooring System’s
popular luxury vinyl tile
offering, Allura, now includes
an equally sophisticated safety tile
range. Combining the stylish
designs, flexibility and performance
of Allura with sustainable slip
resistance properties, the innovative
new Allura Safety Tile presents an
ideal solution for commercial and
public environments where
aesthetics and pedestrian safety are
key specification criteria.
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Forbo Launches Sophisticated Safety Tile
Range
specifiers have come to expect from
Allura.”
There are 16 inspiring designs,
reflecting today’s most prominent
flooring trends: from striking,
the highly effective and sustainable slip
resistance required of safety flooring.
Every Allura product is produced in
Europe using 100% electricity from
renewable sources, with each
alternative wood-effects and tactile
textile options, to earthy natural
elements such as concrete and sand,
and metal scratch designs.
The use of Forbo’s innovative Step
Crystals in the wear layer maintains the
integrity of the design, guarantees a
high level of design clarity and provides
component meeting REACH
compliance, and containing up to 30%
controlled waste in the backing.
For more information please call on
0844 822 3928 or visit www.forboflooring.co.uk/allurasafety
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Julie Dempster, Marketing Manager at
Forbo Flooring Systems explains:
“Allura has become recognised as a
cutting edge, design led collection
representing the very best quality in
luxury vinyl tile. The modular format of
the collection provides a flexible, high
performance offering that pushes the
boundaries of manufacturing
capabilities and design.
“Forbo has now taken this progressive
collection a step further by launching
the first true safety product available in
tiles with the ultimate luxury vinyl tile
look for retail, leisure and hospitality,
public buildings and the commercial
sectors. The new addition is a
functional safety flooring that provides
Health and Safety Executive compliant
slip resistance underfoot; R10, Wet
Pendulum ≥ 36 and surface roughness
≥ 20 ­ all with the same design ethos
and modular functionality that
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Advanced Wins ESX 2015 Innovation Award for
PerfectSync Emergency Communication System
Global fire systems business
Advanced has won a Fire and
Life Safety Innovation Award
for its PerfectSync emergency
communications system at the 2015
ESX Show in Baltimore, USA. The
awards recognise industry products
for their innovative design, as well as
how well the product helps security
and life safety professionals
maximise their businesses.
PerfectSync automatically
synchronizes audio, voice and
strobe signals across
Advanced’s Axis AX fire alarm
networks dynamically, as
conditions
change.
Synchronization of audio and
visual signals across multiple
notification zones, floors and
areas, prevents confusion in an
emergency situation and aids in
meeting intelligibility standards.
PerfectSync uses high
performance, distributed, digital
amplifiers that come standard
with an integral backup amplifier
and power source, while supporting up
to 16 messages. Messages can be
easily programmed from a library or
created manually. Activation and control
of messages can be automatic or
manual. Live notifications/paging can be
delivered through microphones or fire
wardens’ telephones. Upon completion
of paging, recorded messages will
restart, playing the full message from the
beginning.
FFE Launches Ambitious New Partner Programme
Comprehensive programme for its Talentum optical flame detectors
PerfectSync ensures that all audio
messages and strobes are fully
synchronized without the need for
special wiring or programming. Should
a fire spread to an adjacent floor or area,
audio and visual indicators come on
immediately, and the audio messages
will quickly synchronize with any
identical audio message on the system.
Mike Troiano, President and CEO of
Advanced in the USA, comments: “I’d
like to thank all of the engineered
system distributors, engineering
and consulting firms, AHJs and
regulatory officials from all across
the country that contributed to the
specifications that drove the
design of PerfectSync. The end
result is a technologically
advanced, easy to use audio and
visual communications system
that improves life safety for all of
the occupants of a building in an
emergency situation.”
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FFE has unveiled an ambitious
new partner programme for its
Talentum optical flame detectors.
The Talentum Partner Programme
offers unrivalled support by
helping partners expand
their customer base,
become more competitive,
reduce costs, increase
profits and
increase their industry
profile.
“The Programme is a vehicle
for us to engage with
our distribution channel
and build a relationship
with key partners which
will bring the unique Talentum
flame detection
technology to our chosen
markets,” comments FFE’s Managing
Director Mark Osborne.
Benefits of the Talentum Partner Programme
include:
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· Online partner portal
· Lead generation and referrals
· Training and education
· Technical support
· Marketing and sales material
· Certifications
· Regular newsletter updates
FFE acquired Talentum in 2013, adding
its highly respected range of optical
flame detectors to FFE’s established
product offering of Fireray infrared
beam smoke detectors, so providing a
unique value proposition to the fire protection
industry.
By utilising infrared (IR)
sensing technology,
Talentum products detect
flames within seconds,
irrespective of
any dust, steam or
smoke present. With the
addition of an ultraviolet
(UV) sensor the detector
also becomes immune
to false signals
such as sunlight. They
are often used in sensitive
or dangerous environments
to detect fires
even before there is any smoke produced,
or where smokeless fires may
occur. Applications are wide-ranging
and include warehouses, petrochemical
plants, waste handling facilities and
aircraft hangers.
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Helicopter Repair Facility Protected by Talentum
Flame Detectors
Helicopter support company
Heli-One has installed FFE’s
Talentum flame detectors as
part of a foam extinguishing system
at its helicopter repair and
overhaul facility in Rzeszow, Poland.
The units were installed by
Polish fire suppression
company Gureco on behalf
of UK distributor M D
Fire Systems.
Installed in the main hangar,
the flame detectors are designed
to instantly detect
any type of flame, not just
hydrocarbon flames. This is
extremely important in a facility
such as this, where
flames can potentially originate
from many different
sources – even metals.
“FFE’s Talentum optical
flame detectors are ideal for
this type of application, com-
Advanced electrical testing
technology is helping the
UK’s leading college for
those with sight loss maintain the
highest standards of safety.
The Royal National College for the
Blind (RNC) is using the specialist
Apollo 500 testers to verify the safety
of all electrical equipment and
appliances used by teaching staff and
students at its Hereford campus.
RNC is the leading college for those
aged 16 and over with visual
impairments, helping over 120
students each year into further and
higher education, the world of work
and independent living.
As part of the residential college’s
health and safety policies, an inhouse
technical support team uses
a Seaward Apollo 500 tester as the
focal point of a formal portable
appliance testing and planned
preventative maintenance
programme.
The technical support team
manages RNC’s IT network
infrastructure including the provision
of all laptops, PCs, monitors,
Flame detectors work with foam extinguishing system at Polish facility
ments Dr Daniel Waldron, product
manager at FFE. “By utilising infra-red
(IR) sensing technology, they detect
flames within seconds and are resistant
to any dust, steam or smoke
present. Alternatively, with the addition
of an ultraviolet (UV) sensor, the detector
becomes immune to false signals
such as sunlight.”
The way flame detectors work is
straightforward: optical sensors receive
the IR and/or UV radiation emitted by
the flames and a processor analyses
the optical sensor signal waveforms
and determines if they
represent flames and,
if so, accepts them. If
the signals do not
match the internal algorithms
for flames
then they are considered
to be false sources
and rejected.
Talentum flame
detectors are the only
ones on the market
capable of detecting
99% of all types of fires
in a single unit.
Pat on the Back for Apollo 500
at Royal National College For The Blind
printers, scanners, audio equipment
and peripherals – and all associated
cabling – used across the site’s
teaching facilities.
The Seaward Apollo 500 is used to
verify the safety of newly purchased
electrical items before they are put into
service and also on any equipment that
is being returned to use after repair or
maintenance.
In addition, regular periodic inspection
and testing is carried out in the lecture
rooms to identify any equipment
showing signs of misuse, faults or
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damage, with test intervals being
determined by the specific class of the
electrical equipment being used and their
patterns of use.
The Apollo 500 is a compact and
lightweight unit and incorporates all the
recommended safety tests for portable
electrical appliances in line with the IET
4 th Edition Code of Practice. These
include point to point testing of fixed
equipment and the testing of extension
leads, power cords and RCDs.
At the College around 1,000 items of
equipment are tested each year, with the
results being stored in a central
database for accurate record keeping
and traceability of test histories for
individual items of equipment.
The incorporation of a large internal
memory in the Apollo 500 supports
the data handling need, by allowing
stored test records to be transferred
via a USB link or downloaded directly
to PCs or smartphones using
Bluetooth connectivity.
More details at www.seaward.co.uk
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NEWS
health & safety
New Community Cinema Protected by Fire-
Cryer® Voice Sounders
The former St Thomas More
Community Centre in East Dulwich,
London is home to a new
three-screen cinema with a café-bar
and a courtyard garden. Refurbished
in 2015, East Dulwich Picturehouse
& Café offers diverse
programmes to all sections of the
local community and is equipped
with the latest digital and satellite
technology, enabling live broadcasts
of the best performing arts
productions from around the
world. As part of the refurbishment
project a new fire alarm system
was installed, together with Vimpex’s
EN 54-3 approved Multi-Message
Fire-Cryer® Plus Voice
Sounders to ensure timely building
evacuation in the event of fire. The
fire alarm system was designed
and commissioned by Southern
Fire Alarms Ltd in partnership with
consultants LTS International and
installed by D.W. Electrical.
“There is a high level of noise pollution
in today’s modern building environment.
Fire alarm bells, sirens, sounders,
security alarms, public address
and mobile ringtones are just some of
the cacophony of noises that bombard
FFE’s Fireray optical beam smoke
detectors provide wide area smoke
detection when it is impractical to use
traditional point-type detectors. They
are also ideal for large indoor spaces
with high ceilings, such as
warehouses, sports arenas, factories
or shopping malls. There are two
general types of detector: end-to-end,
which utilise two detector heads; and
reflective, which have one
detector head and a reflector
(prism).
With the onset of autumn, lower
temperatures can cause
condensation to form on detector
lenses and reflective prisms.
This obscures the lens and
prism, reducing the amount of
infrared (IR) light reaching the
detector. This has a similar effect
to smoke and can lead to
unwanted false alarms.
building users on a daily basis,” explains
David Fell, Sales Director of
Southern Fire Alarms. “The confusion
of tones means people can become
complacent and ignore safety critical
alarms. From experience we know that
the addition of unambiguous voice
messages that are heard and understood
vastly reduces this confusion.
To combat this issue, FFE has
developed a new range of anticondensation
heaters for its Fireray
range of optical beam smoke detectors
and reflective prisms.
The detector heater circulates a
current of warm air over the lens,
raising its ambient temperature by up
to 10°C and maintaining the lens at an
incrementally higher temperature than
Fire-Cryer® Voice Sounders deliver
this as a very cost effective solution
compared to standalone voice evacuation
systems.”
A total of 35 Mini Fire-Cryer® slimline
base sounders were installed under
ceiling mounted fire detectors in all
parts of the building. The Mini Fire-Cryer®
provides an attractive and unobtrusive
solution and is installed on a
conventional 2-wire sounder circuit. A
two-stage alarm strategy was deployed
- stage one alerts staff using flashing
beacons and then after a 3 minute investigation
delay stage 2 initiates a full
building evacuation aided by the Fire-
Cryers® with the fully synchronised
message: “Ladies and gentlemen, in
the interest of safety this building
must be evacuated. Please leave immediately
by the nearest exit. Staff
will assist you.”
Other models in the Fire-Cryer®
range include wall mounted units with
optional integral synchronised LED
strobe and high-output versions for
use in wide open spaces and outdoors.
Each voice sounder can be
programmed with up to 7 messages
from a library of thousands, many of
which are multi-lingual, ensuring that
any site requirement can be fulfilled.
The Fire-Cryer’s® multi-message capability
also ensures that system test
and all clear messages can be easily
transmitted avoiding confusion with the
fire/evacuation alarm.
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Fireray Heater Keeps Optical Beam Smoke
Detectors Clear of Condensation
the surrounding air. This dramatically
reduces the likelihood of condensation
forming on the lens which, in turn,
reduces the potential for false alarms.
The prism heater is an ultra-slim
heating pad which is fixed behind the
mounting plate. As with the detector
heater, it maintains the temperature of
the prism above that of the surrounding
air, preventing condensation from
occurring and reducing false
alarms.
As well as being an ideal solution
to the problem of seasonal cold
weather, the heaters could also be
used year-round on detectors and
prisms located in temperaturecontrolled
cold storage areas.
Heaters are available for use with
the Fireray 3000, Fireray 5000 and
Fireray 50R/100R smoke detector
ranges.
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Taking Care of Turf
The colder months can have a
significant impact on turf and,
if not looked after properly,
grounds could struggle when the
spring comes back round.
Plugr aerators from Billy Goat offer a
solution to this that can improve
drainage and promote new growth by
making holes throughout the turf that
allow air circulation through the roots.
The results being healthy grass growth
and stronger turf.
The Plugr aerator range consists of
four products. These are the PL1800
The growing popularity of
electric vehicles (EVs) and
hybrids puts even more
emphasis on the ability of the
power charging infrastructure to
operate effectively and safely at all
times.
To meet this need, a new easy to use
specialist test and diagnostic tool has
been introduced that is capable of
carrying out comprehensive validation
and fault finding on all types of AC
electric vehicle charging and supply
equipment (EVSE).
The hand held EV100 tester from
Seaward carries out all of the tests to
ensure that EVSE operates correctly
and safely at the time of installation
and as part of any ongoing periodic
maintenance schedules, in
accordance with IEC 61851.
As well as carrying out basic field
tests, more detailed diagnostic data
from the chargepoint is retained in the
unit and can be transferred to a
NEWS
New Products
Chicopee Launches Superior Short-Term Use Microfibre Cloth for
Healthcare Cleaning
Chicopee, the leading brand
of speciality cleaning
materials has launched
Chicopee Microfibre Light, a
cleaning cloth for the healthcare
sector with a unique splittable
100% Microfibre structure that
delivers superior cleaning
performance.
Designed for short-term use,
Microfibre Light removes 99.99% of
microbes and the need to launder
cloths, reducing the time spent by
cleaning staff on non value added
tasks. Unlike traditional cloths, it also
removes bacteria without chemicals.
(with either a 205cc Briggs & Stratton
engine, or an 118cc Honda engine), or
the PL2500 (with a 163cc Honda
engine, or a 196cc Honda/Hydro
Drive).
The PL1800 has an 18” working width,
along with four tines and weighs just
109kg. It is ideal for smaller properties
or rental scenarios, and places cores
2.75” deep and aerates 22,000 square
feet per hour. It has an easy folding
handle that allows for compact use,
transportation and storage.
Billy Goat products are exclusively
available in the UK through Henton &
Chattell dealers nationwide.
The distinctive design and construction
of the splittable Microfibre Light
ensures that bacteria are trapped in the
cloth and not released onto the next
surface wiped.
Known as the ‘capillary effect’,
Microfibre Light’s fibres act like a
magnet, removing and trapping
bacteria until released. This is because
they are positively charged - whilst
bacteria, dirt and dust are negatively
charged – consequently they are all
attracted to the cloth.
One of the most challenging tasks
facing healthcare cleaning
professionals is keeping important
New Tester For EV Chargepoint Maintenance and Fault Finding
mobile Android app using NFC wireless
communications. This comprehensive
technical data can then be quickly sent
to a specialist engineer or head office
location for full remote fault diagnosis
and records management purposes.
The lightweight and handheld EV100
simulates all of the commonly used
charging cable ratings to quickly and
easily verify the correct response from
the EVSE.
An extensive set of tests and
measurements are automatically
carried out and displayed at the press
of a button, including output voltage,
maximum available charging current,
earth loop impedance and RCD trip
time. Insulation tests are also carried
out on the EV charging cable to verify
safety for users.
Importantly the new tester can
confirm the presence of correct
mains supply and earthing
connections on single or three
phase systems without the
See for yourself how Billy Goat tackles
really tough jobs at
www.billygoat.co.uk.
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areas of a facility clean and free from
contamination.
For more information visit
www.chicopee-europe.com
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need for additional equipment
or the dismantling the charging
point to access internal
conductors.
For diagnostic testing, the
dedicated EV100 tester also
simulates a number of vehicle
faults and measures the EVSE
response, including
disconnection time and the
amplitude, frequency and duty
cycle of the PWM signal.
Further details at
www.seaward.co.uk/EV100
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NEWS
business news
Advanced Consolidates Transportation Credentials by
Joining Rail Industry Fire Association
Global fire systems business
Advanced has recently
become a member of the Rail
Industry Fire Association (RIFA),
reinforcing the company’s
credentials in the transport industry.
Advanced is constantly developing new
products to meet the needs of the
transport and wider fire protection
industry. The company’s recentlylaunched
TouchControl touchscreen fire
system repeater and remote
control terminal is a 10” HD
touchscreen with dynamic
graphics and zone plans
called Active Maps. Active
Maps allow any image from
a technical drawing, zone
plan, photograph or even a
Google map image to be
used to display fire info.
Multiple views allow users
to interrogate the status of
zones in a site from different
angles or scales, while Map
App software makes it
Distech Controls Further Expands Into UK & Ireland Market
Distech Controls, an innovation
leader in energy management
solutions, is pleased to
announce a recent addition to its
sales team based out of the United
Kingdom; a move that supports the
company’s continued expansion
throughout the market.
Simon Ward has joined Distech Controls
in the role of Business Development
Manager, responsible for the
Midlands, Northern England and Ireland.
Simon Ward is a seasoned business
development professional,
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simple and easy to add map images and
associate them with a zone.
About RIFA
RIFA is a global association
established to share information,
experience and best practice in the
management of fire safety throughout
the railway industry. Fire prevention
within railways involves special
consideration that requires
ASFP Launches New Website
The Association for Specialist
Fire Protection (ASFP) has
launched a new website which
features a contemporary design and
improved navigation, aimed at
improving the visitor experience to
ensure they find the passive fire
protection advice and information
they need.
The newly updated site uses clear
labelling to ensure that the visitor can
quickly access the information they are
looking for, whether this is the ASFP’s
extensive range of free to download
guidance documents and videos,
access to events and training
information, or news of ASFP and
member activities.
The ASFP publications and video
libraries offer in depth technical
information with regard to built-in
passive fire protection. Meanwhile,
members can access a wealth of
documents and meeting minutes
through the extensive members’ area.
The site’s news section offers updates
on all of the ASFP’s activities, as well as
understanding of the operational
railway and its users. Whether it’s a
heavy haul goods operation, high
speed rail, metro or light rail, there are
impacts from fire that have to be
considered. RIFA is an independent
and authoritative source of fire safety
information for rail industry best
practice.
About Advanced
Advanced is a world leader in
the development and
manufacture of intelligent fire
systems. The legendary
performance, quality and easeof-use
of its products sees them
used in prestigious and
challenging locations all over
the world, from single panel
installations to large multi-site
networks. Advanced products
include complete fire detection
systems, multi-protocol fire
panels, extinguishing control
and fire paging systems.
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bringing with him many years of international
experience within senior positions
in the building automation
industry.
Having managed both System Integrator
and OEM sales channels within toptier
HVAC control manufactures over
many years, he has a superior knowledge
of the UK controls marketplace
and an established contact network that
will assist Distech Controls in continuing
to build a strong foundation within
the UK and Ireland.
For more information visit www.distechcontrols.com
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access to the ASFP e-bulletin which
provides news from the Association
and its members, while available
seminars and training courses are
detailed in the events section.
To access the site go to
www.asfp.org.uk
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