NEWS
FE ENGEL WORKWEAR APPOINTS UK AREA
SALES MANAGER With its continuing expansion into the UK workwear markets, Danish company FE Engel have appointed Gareth Bladen as Area Sales Manager.
Gareth, who has a successful background over the past nine years in sales and sales management within the UK workwear and PPE industries has joined the company to focus on customer relations and develop new opportunities, chiefly within the builders’ merchants sector and the plumbing and electrical retail trades.
Commenting on the appointment, Head of Sales for the UK Mark McBrayne said: “One of the company’s main objectives is always to ensure that we give the best possible customer service; as we continually introduce new items and a steadily increasing number of end-users become aware of the value and comfort of our products, Gareth will be able to help us maintain our high standards in this respect as well as introducing the benefits of our range and the support we provide to new outlets who are progressively taking on the Engel brand”
FE Engel will be displaying a wide choice of products including the introduction of some brand new items from its 2017 catalogue, on stand number U18, at this year’s Safety and Health Expo, 20th – 22nd June
www.f-engel.com
CONSTRUCTION SAFETY APP
TO SET NEW STANDARDS IN BIM A North East-based construction safety and risk management company is partnering with Northumbria University to develop a new digital approach to building information systems.
Safety specialist Lucion Services is partnering with Northumbria University to develop an innovative new app to directly connect building plans and drawings with data from asbestos surveys and laboratory analysis information.
The NexGen app forms part of a new approach to Building Information Modelling (BIM) systems and is being undertaken as part of an Innovate UK Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) project.
As part of the KTP with Northumbria University, Lucion Services is hosting one of the university’s specialist developers to work on the project, which will provide a new and technically- advanced way of completing safety and risk management assessments in buildings.
The new software will present users with a 3D image of a building, including floor-by -floor and room-by- room representations, allowing users and surveyors to flag-up the presence of asbestos or other safety hazards more accurately and efficiently.
The new app design aims to reduce human error, eliminating the risk of mistakes made with traditional paper-based plans and subsequent
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problems associated with the inspection of buildings.
Lucion’s current NexGen BIM database already allows users to access asbestos and building safety information including site survey reports and historical data. Linking this to the 3D visualisation of sites, buildings and individual rooms will bring new levels of detail for more accurate risk management considerations.
Patrick Morton CEO of Lucion Services, explained: “Because of the potential risks associated with exposure to asbestos containing materials during refurbishment or building works, it is essential that clear information is provided to everyone involved in the supply chain or with access to a building.
“The new NexGen app is designed to meet this need. In doing so it will help to set new standards in the development of effective risk and safety management assessments in the construction sector.”
Continuous growth since its formation in 2002 has enabled the Gateshead-headquartered Lucion group to build a 295-strong workforce around the country. The company operates from a network of 11 regional offices and provides a range of occupational safety, risk management, consultancy and training services in the field of asbestos and hazardous materials.
www.lucionservices.com www.tomorrowshs.com
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