INDUSTRY NEWS
Community offered new lease of life thanks to Baxi
surrounding community will experience a new lease of life, thanks, in part, to a boiler donation from Baxi. Installed with help from
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students at The Technical Academy East Durham College, the new boiler – a Baxi Duo-tec 40kW with a flue – will form a crucial part of a wider project to transform the building, known as the Pulse, into a much needed community hub. A requirement for the project is
for it to provide practical training and development opportunities during its transformation and to provide a facility for training once the project is completed. Robert Hutchinson, centre
manager and stakeholder of engagement for the college, said: “Baxi’s generous contribution to the project will make an
enormous difference to the community and, from our college’s perspective, has also given our students a fantastic opportunity to gain valuable work experience on a real installation.” Baxi’s collaboration, alongside East Durham College, was
n underused social club in Peterlee, County Durham and its
agreed following a Trade and Industry Day at the Technical Academy, which Peterlee Town Council and the project’s main contractor, Mark Ferguson also attended. Roy Fugler, training officer at
Baxi added: “Funding for community projects can be very tight. By Baxi supplying the boiler and flue, we hope to have helped ease that pressure and enable the Pulse to redistribute the money that would have been used to purchase it somewhere else. In addition, it’s so important to help students build their portfolios through practical training and this project is such a great way to do that. “We chose a Baxi Duo-tec
boiler as it is a widely tried and trusted model that comes with a seven year warranty, plus the 40kW model means it will cope well with the needs of a busy community centre.”
J S Wright staff raise thousands for St Richard’s Hospice, Worcester
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ig-hearted staff and directors at the Aston HQ of building services
provider J S Wright, pumped themselves up to raise £2,960 for St Richard’s Hospice, Worcester. They raised the impressive sum
after taking part in the Great Birmingham 10K Run and holding a raffle on a fun day for their colleagues and families. St Richard’s is the adopted
charity of J S Wright for 2015, as the award-winning company celebrates its 125th anniversary. The lion’s share of £1,610 was
raised by a team of 10 who successfully pounded the streets of Birmingham along with 7,000 other runners in the city’s first 10K run. Their finishing times were good
enough to win third place in the men’s category and ninth in the overall mixed category of the event’s Business Challenge. Other funds came from an in- house tombola and a garden
party at Castle Bromwich Hall Hotel that included a raffle to win prizes donated by suppliers and the opportunity to throw wet sponges at the company’s directors seated in stocks! Lizzie Brazier, Community
Fundraiser for St Richard’s Hospice, said: “J S Wright has raised a fantastic amount of money and the Hospice will benefit from this hugely. For example, it costs £2,195.15 to
provide complete care for a patient in our In-patient Unit for five days.” Angie Swann, Head Office
Receptionist who presented the cheque to St Richard’s on behalf of J S Wright, said: “A huge thank you goes to all those sponsors and supporters who enabled us to raise the money. We are already looking to build on that figure by organising further fund-raising activities throughout the year.”
Safety warning for wire rope suspension system installers
suspension system and reminding installers of the need for training. Wire rope suspension systems
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are a safe, fast and efficient method for suspending static loads such as electrical services and HVAC equipment and products like DobyGrip are independently load tested to meet the highest standards. However, if the installation is not
carried out using the correct procedures, and the Safe Working Load (SWL) is exceeded, there is the potential for the product to fail, which can result in damage to the property and potential injury. Malcolm Moss, Managing
Director of Doby Verrolec, said: “DobyGrip is independently tested to a 5:1 safety factor but it is imperative that it is installed correctly. For example the wire must enter and exit the gripper in a vertical manner. If any part of the installation is not vertical, either where it attaches to the structure, or where it exits the gripper, the SWL is reduced.
“We therefore urge contractors
and installers to ensure that they are properly trained to carry out this type of installation and that they are fully aware of the correct selection and installation procedures.” Doby Verrolec has introduced a
free Product Selection Service allowing customers to provide installation details to the Technical Support Team who will select the most suitable products and provide advice on the correct installation procedure for the application.
www.dobygrip.com
Parisian pedal power from Big Foot Systems
support solutions supplier, has taken part in a return charity bike ride from Eastbourne Pier to Paris – in one weekend! The 255-mile bike ride raised
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more than £4,000, including sponsorship from Big Foot’s Belgium distributor Linum. Twelve people took part, including Big Foot’s Technical Marketing Manager, Joe Rose and Miles Hardy, the Commercial Support Coordinator, with the money raised going to Macmillan, Parkinson’s
Vetasi and Cognito announce Integral's implementation of new joint FM solution
Vetasi Ltd, in partnership with workforce management solution providers Cognito, have been appointed by Integral UK Ltd – the independent property maintenance company – to implement their new joint Computer-Aided Facility Management (CAFM) solution. The solution, named APEX,
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brings together IBM Maximo and Maximo Service Provider, with Cognito’s workforce management
ork, asset and maintenance management experts
solution Cognito iQ, and is the result of a three-year collaboration between Vetasi and Cognito. Antony Collett, Strategic
Director at Integral, says: “I firmly believe that APEX will keep Integral at the leading edge of CAFM technology.” Vetasi Director, James Fair,
explains: “Whilst bringing these solutions together isn’t new, what’s innovative is that this is the first time that a working integration has been developed between them to offer significant functionality enhancements in the
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area of workforce management.” Cognito CEO, Laurent
Othacéhé, adds: “Vetasi and Cognito have developed the industry’s first advanced off-the- shelf software that offers 100 per cent functionality in terms of both work and asset management and workforce management.” This APEX implementation
project involves replacing Integral’s legacy system, Vixen, and paper-based systems, with the new CAFM Solution, using IBM Maximo and Maximo Service Provider.
Vetasi is helping Integral to
augment its updated business processes with Maximo, as well as assisting in the training of 825 desktop users and 1,200 mobile users. The solution, which will include portal access for Integral’s 1600 clients, will be hosted through Vetasi to ensure a secure, high availability system with robust disaster recovery. “Integral is leading the way in
being the first adopters of this advanced, fully integrated technology,” James Fair added.
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ussex-based Big Foot Systems, the non- penetrative rooftop
UK and Sussex Air Ambulance. Along the way they battled
through torrential downpours, a couple of pile ups, Parisian traffic chaos and more than their fair share of punctures, but eventually they made it back to Eastbourne! “The bike ride was fantastic and
it’s always nice to combine a fun event with raising some money for some really great charities,” explains Joe Rose, Technical Marketing Manager at Big Foot Systems. “We’d also like to thank our Belgium distributor Linum Europe for their generous support of the event.”
oby Verrolec is warning of the dangers of incorrectly installing a wire rope
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