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Dame Judith Hackitt to chair discussion on digitalisation and building safety O
n 18 May at London’s ExCeL, Dame Judith Hackitt will chair ETIM UK’s panel discussion at Digital Construction Week 2023, highlighting the importance of digitalisation in the drive for building safety. In the wake of the Grenfell Tower disaster, Dame Judith conducted an Independent Review for UK Government into Building Regulations
and Fire Safety. She has continued to press for regulatory change and for industry culture change.
ETIM UK’s panel at Digital Construction Week will see four senior representatives from across the construction supply chain discuss building safety as a driver for digitalisation and the need for standardised product data to enable and accelerate the process.
John Newcomb, CEO at the BMF said: “We are delighted that Dame Judith will host this important discussion to highlight the huge signifi cance that high quality product data has for every step of the supply chain – contractors simply cannot work without it.”
ETIM UK Ltd is a partnership between the BMF and the EDA. The panel discussion will be followed by a reception and lunch on the Sunborn Yacht Hotel, jointly hosted by the BMF and the EDA.
Recolight welcomes scheme membership growth
D
uring 2022, a total of 22 companies joined Recolight’s widely acclaimed WEEE compliance scheme. From the beginning of 2023, another eight companie s have joined Recolight.
New members include TRT Lighting, Lumino Distribution, Llumarlite, Fotolec Technologies, Make and Test, XAL, Nitelux and J. Adams & Co. Recolight CEO Nigel Harvey said: “The Recolight team works incredibly hard to make sure we provide great collection, recycling and reuse services to our members. We have been instrumental in providing webinars, conferences
and training workshops to drive sustainability within the industry. So it is particularly pleasing that more and more companies are choosing to trust Recolight for their WEEE compliance.” 2023 promises to be a pivotal year for WEEE, with a major Government review and consultation planned. Recolight will be working with members, old and new, to ensure that the needs of the lighting industry are fully represented. The opportunities and challenges for remanufacture in the lighting industry will be addressed in a Recolight conference on 27 April in London.
ESRAbove and Beyond awards winners announced T
he Electrical Safety Roundtable has announced the winners of the Above and Beyond Awards 2022, created to recognise and celebrate individuals and organisations who go above and beyond their legal duty as they strive to enhance and improve electrical safety in the workplace. With four categories, applications were very varied and the judging panel’s discussions concluded the following winners, as well as issuing two highly commended awards.
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Electrical Safety Initiative of the Year: South Tyneside Homes, Post Occupancy Electrical Safety Check Product of the Year: LINIAN, NanoClip™ Changemaker of the Year: Louise Adamson
Derek Thompson Industry Service Award: Gary Hayers Highly Commended: Mark Allison for Changemaker of the Year Believe housing for Electrical Safety Initiative of the Year
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EDA welcomes its 93rd President, Charlie Lacey
T
he Electrical Distributors’ Association (EDA) has confi rmed Charlie Lacey, managing director at Stearn Electric, as its 93rd
president.
Charlie takes over from CEF’s Chris Ashworth and will lead the Association for the next two
years.Charlie joined the EDA Board in July 2018, and has served as vice president since December 2019. Charlie commented: “As president, I plan to continue to encourage EDA businesses to engage with all areas of our work: in particular, I hope to see our wholesalers and affi liated members attending our on-line and in person events where so much crucial information is shared.
“One of our key activities since 2020 has been to try and help our members and affi liates with the digitalisation of the sector through the growth of EDATA, the data pool. I believe that the data pool is the most eff ective channel through which to share product information with wholesalers.”
David Moore, director at Medlock Electrical Distributors, who joined the EDA Board in March 2022, steps up into the vice president role. Mark Ashworth, director at ABM Electrical Wholesale, joins the board as the representative for The IBA Buying Group.
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