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Top notch rainwater system does the trick… When the old cast iron guttering on Steve Parson’s house became detached from the fasçia boards, he knew that the house needed surgery! He was impressed by the latest Elegance uPVC cast iron look alike system from Polypipe. The Elegance Ogee Notched looked just right for the property providing a secure fit and coun- tered the problem of gutters becoming dislodged from their retaining clips during warm
weather due to heat expansion, making leaky joints a thing of the past. These benefits, in addition to the lightweight construction of the new guttering system, makes handling, assembly and installation as simple as possible.
t 01709 770 000
www.polypipe.com/elegance
T-T Controls Text-Tel Micro GSM unit T-T Controls, a division of T-T Pumps have over 25 years experi- ence of providing superior prod- ucts to clients worldwide, and has an established reputation for high standards, quality and client satis- faction in the production of control panels and systems. T-T Controls have recently introduced the new Text-Tel Micro, which is the latest addition to their ever popular Text Tel range of GSM telemetry prod- ucts. This unique easy to install
product can easily be retro-fitted into existing control panels with volt free con- tacts and therefore it is ideal for remote monitoring of both new and existing systems. The Text-Tel’s main features is that it provides remote alarm monitoring of up to three volt free alarms and power status by SMS and reports these to up to five mobile or land line numbers. Another key feature is the ability reset alarms remotely by phone when used with a compatible control panel.
Two million CAD drawing download milestone recorded this month
Technical Graphics Limited is please to announce, since its inception at the turn of the Millennium, their Architectural CAD Database website
www.fastrackcad.com has recorded over two million building com- ponent CAD detail and assembly drawing downloads. There are now over 44,000 registered FastrackCAD users including architects, architectural technologists, designers, consulting engineers, surveyors and other building component specifiers who regularly download in excess of 2,000 drawings every working day. This free source of approved drawings is estimated to have saved the industry at least 300,000 hours of drafting time. Managing director Terry Holding says, “It is generally acknowledged that the FastrackCAD website has greatly reduced the time taken to accurately include components into project plans. For the specifier this makes it one of the industry’s most worthwhile forms of electronic communication.” He continues, “For manufacturers, we know most FastrackCAD Databases are completely self funding as our service can regularly provide extra business opportunities that may not otherwise be achieved; a very positive return on modest investment.” Manufacturers can now opt for the full FastrackCAD service, including hosting and weekly market reporting or an Introductory link service, which directs users to drawings hosted by the manufacturer’s own website.
t 020 8668 4646
www.fastrackcad.com
Gillespie Macandrew expands housebuilder team
Law firm Gillespie Macandrewis expanding its Housebuilder team and is aiming to double its turnover in the sector. Harry Smith and Alan Minty have joined the firm from Morisons, where Harry was head of the Builders Unit. He will now lead the Gillespie Macandrew Housebuilder team. Harry has over 20 years wide- ranging experience in the sector, including working in-house with two national housebuilders, and is highly knowledgeable in the full range of industry activities from land acquisition and planning agreements to infrastructure initiation and full site maturation. He has extensive experience of complex, high value transactions and multi-million pound developments. With over 15 years advising clients across the sector, Alan has been involved in many projects including land acquisition and development agreements, plot disposals and supervision of px transactions and plot matters. He also deals with acquisition and disposal of subsidised housing sites and plots and funding agreements, and has also represented landowners in the sale of land to developers. Derek McCulloch, Head of Gillespie Macandrew’s Commercial Division, states: “We are pleased to recruit two such well qualified individuals. Gillespie Macandrew took the decision two years ago to invest in key sectors of the economy, one of which is the housebuilding and construction sector. Our chosen sectors are at different stages of the economic cycle, but there is no doubt that housebuilding is vitally important and, accordingly, we are investing ahead of full recovery in that sector.”
t 0131 225 1677
www.gillespiemacandrew.co.uk
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