Our comprehensive understanding of typical future fit-outs and their associated maintenance requirements shapes our approach to initial CAT A design and specification.
Category Archives: Advice
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Mar
Mar
For all those start-ups and entrepreneurs taking the plunge into running a business. We would like to share our experience and our advice for being successful in your early years of business.
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Jan
Jan
L56 (Fifth Edition) Published 2018
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Jul
Jul
We started our chemical-free journey at this landmark office building about a year ago. Some of you may have read our original post on what we were hoping it would deliver.
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Sep
Sep
A decade since its inception and following a two-year consultation period, BS 8519 (selection and installation of fire‑resistant power and control cable systems for life safety, fire‑fighting and other critical applications – code of practice) has been revised. BS 8519: 2020 came into effect on the 30 June 2020 and is a full revision, introducing […]
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May
May
Local point-of-use electric water heaters and electric immersion cylinders have been widely specified for many years. More recently, electric combi-boilers have been promoted by industry and manufacturers’ as a potential greener alternative to the traditional gas-fired combi-boiler. Utilising electricity as the energy source, instead of gas, has some obvious advantages including the omission of discharge […]
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Mar
Mar
Operation & Maintenance Manuals are an essential element of handover documentation that should be populated correctly and in detail. In our capacity as Operational Engineering Consultants, we regularly see poor quality O&M’s on quality commercial and residential sites, sometimes having been built not more than a few years ago. More and more we see: Huge […]
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Jan
Jan
Insight FM recently undertook an asset survey at a large mixed-use development which involved inspection of every plantroom, switchroom and riser cupboard on the premises. What was an onerous task to begin with was made even more difficult and time consuming by the fact that each door had a different key – and needless to […]