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n his inaugural address, new Building Engineering Services Association (the BESA) president Malcolm Thomson has highlighted the over-riding duty of the association to help its members face up to present and future challenges. At the association’s AGM he said: ‘We must emphasise to clients the high levels of technical competence, commercial capability and adherence to safety best practice that members are required to maintain – and we must address the skills shortages that threaten to limit the extent to which members can take advantage of commercial opportunities.”
“We must protect and enhance the reputation of the BESA badge as one of quality and reliability – and we must ensure that membership remains healthy in number and representative of the sector.” He added that he would be very proud indeed if, during his presidency, he could encourage BESA’s major members to use its smaller members as preferred sub- contractors.
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firms joined the association was to gain an understanding of the practices adopted by larger members, so that they could become “more professional, more innovative and more efficient in all aspects of their business,” said Mr Thomson. “I believe that, by fostering lasting relationships between the large guys and the small guys, much advantage can be gained by both parties.”
The first Institute of Refrigeration (IoR) Cool Talk breakfast meeting took place in May. It was attended by service engineers and technicians, and included some lively debate. Hosted by A-Gas at its Bristol headquarters, speakers included John Ormerod who covered F-Gas and some of the potential refrigerant alternatives.
Gordon Adams of the IoR Service Engineers Section explained glide and how it should be used in determining superheat and subcooling points. In an entertaining and educational presentation Kevin Glass of Bitzer looked at some of the most common causes of compressor failure.
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Speakers presentations and supporting papers are available on the IoR website.
New guidance on heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration has been published by the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) in the new edition of CIBSE Guide B.
This expanded edition takes into account new technology, revised sections on noise and vibration control, as well as new legislation. It also includes a new chapter, B0, which serves to summarise the issues involved in designing for a variety of different building functions including types of building and the activities within.
This new chapter is designed for new engineers, or experienced engineers tackling a new and unfamiliar area, and contains a generic overview as well as a focus on the issues associated with different building types from hospitals to gyms.
Last updated in 2005, and last replaced in 2001, the Guide is one of CIBSE’s flagship publications and
provides guidance on the practical design of heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems. Roger Hitchin, chair of the Guide B Steering Committee, said: “We are delighted to be able to release this comprehensive update to Guide B, which has required years of stringent work as one of CIBSE’s most important guides to one of its core areas of expertise.
“The inclusion of Part 0 to the Guide has been driven by changes we have seen in the industry, which has seen more and more engineers join building services from other disciplines or more general engineering degrees.
“The intention is to make this transition easier and to make their future work more effective by helping them to understand the issues created by different contexts, and their relevance to HVAC design.” The new Guide B is available from the CIBSE website as four hard- copy volumes or in digital form, at a discounted price to CIBSE members. Part B0 is only available in a digital form, and can be downloaded free of charge from the CIBSE website.
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