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maintenance in accordance with BS EN
12193:2007. In addition, what is often
forgotten is that equipment, such as failed
lamps and electrical components that are
being thrown out, fall under the category of
hazardous waste - and, of course, there are
further regulations that deal with that.
SPORTS FACILITIES
A large part of the work that JHP Electrical
get involved in involves sports halls and
facilities. JHP offers companies involved in
their management advice and technical
support on the options available to them
and the type of lighting they should be
installing to suit particular sports or
activities. That advice is often extended to
local parish and other councils who are
entrusted with maintaining the harmony
between public sports facilities and private
housing - in other words preventing the
enjoyment of one facility from encroaching
on the lifecycles and comfort of its
neighbours - and who have the power to
grant or deny their approval dependent
upon designs and their compliance with
regulated industry standards.
Sports stadia, halls and courts may also
have substantially different lighting
requirements depending on the sport or
activity involved, the amount of light required
for its enjoyment and whether constraints
need to be put in place to prevent light
diffusion, or where the venue may be used
regularly for TV coverage. Jonathan
mentioned three levels of professional
lighting which should cover most types of
sport or venue. As an aside, and although it
wasn't discussed, I would have thought that
there is a difference between the focus and
positioning of lighting required for football as
opposed to cricket pitches - where a lot of
critical action entails skied cricket balls.
Multi-user games areas (MUGAs)
obviously have more complex lighting
requirements, and JHP are able to advise
on suitable combinations of different types
to enable the venues to be used to their
maximum throughout the year. As a result of
their involvement with many sporting
associations and sports clubs, JHP has
become a member of the Sports and Play
Construction Association
DRIVING AMBITION
Golf ranges are particularly vulnerable to
light pollution, as golfers need to follow balls
over greater distances, covering every
corner of the range. JHP Electrical's driving
range lighting provides floodlighting that
doesn't diffuse over areas outside the
range, and enables golf ranges to extend
their opening hours, especially in winter
months, thereby increasing their revenues.
JHP have also switched lighting
technologies to maintenance-free LED
technology, cutting back banks of 1100
watt lamps to just 300 watt systems, which
reduces the running costs considerably.
They are also easier to direct and minimise
light pollution in the air and at the sides of
the ranges, whilst providing sharper,
brighter lighting.
What I find fascinating, though, is the
growing use of technology to assist golfers
in following the trajectory of their practice
balls after each stroke. Many ranges now
offer one of two types of golf ball tracing
technology, namely Toptracer or Trackman.
Toptracer is a double-camera based system
that triangulates and records the exact
position of balls in flight, whilst Trackman
users radar technology to do the same.
Golfers can replay each strike on the
accompanying screen beside their practice
tee to see whether their ball has been sliced
or hooked or has, in fact, gone exactly
where they intended it to. Time to dig out my
rusty clubs and put it to the test.
For any golf pro running a range,
lighting designs and quotations can be
returned very quickly and JHP reckon
they could get you up and tracing by the
end of mid-summer.
EVERYONE'S AN APPRENTICE
As an Approved member of the National
Inspection Council for Electrical Installation
Contractors (NICEIC), JHP is inspected
every year. The company is also a member
of trade bodies such as Construction Line,
Trust Mark and Safe contractor. All of its
employees are CRB checked and ECS
approved and every job it undertakes is
risk assessed.
But JHP goes further than that, as it values
training and development for all its
employees, most of whom are currently
enrolled on apprenticeships, including both
Helen, who is on a Coaching Professional
apprenticeship and Jonathan, who is
currently studying Management and
Leadership at West Herts College. Every
new employee is invited to enrol on any
apprenticeship scheme that improves their
skills, expertise and professional abilities -
helping build loyalty and quality of
outcomes for the future.
Professionalism is an apt topic to end on,
as both Helen and Jonathan are
determined to maintain it as the motivating
force within their company. For them it
means being able to complete a task to the
full satisfaction of a client, and it applies to
every trade within the construction industry,
from the smallest subcontractor to the
largest organisation. JHP Electrical fulfil this
role admirably.
www.jhpelectrical.co.uk
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