INDUSTRY NEWS Inbrief


Chilventa, one of the leading air conditioning and refrigeration tr ade shows, has been cancelled as a result of the cor onavirus pandemic, but a virtual event is expected to tak e place in the autumn. The live show, which takes place every two years, wil l now be held in 2022 from October 11 to 13. www.chillventa.de


Magna IM Magna IM, IM, aWarwicks shire based e-based


heating, plumbing, electrical, refurbishment and ge ner


refurbishment and general maintenance services has appointed


maintenance services company has appointed Tracy A


as sales and marketing manager www.magna-im.com


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NBS, the specification platform for the construction industry, has announced its partnership with the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) to help drive digital adoption thr oughout the building lifecycle. www.thenbs.com


Wright Maintenance has appointed Tom Hill as


maintenance manager and Tom Tom Perks as operations supervisor The company believes this will help boost its maintenance, servicing and emer gency


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repair services to commercial landlords, management agents, housing associations, care providers and homeowners across London.


www.wright -maintenance.co.uk Ofgem’s amendments to the Gas


Transmission Charging Regime are set to significantly increase costs on gas stor age operators, which wil l lead to consumer price spikes –w arns the Energy and Utilities Alliance, Gas


Storage Operators Group (GSOG). www.eua.org.uk


The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) is calling for renewed focus on improving gender diversity across engineering to help deliver the economic recovery. www.thebesa.com


Cash constrained loca and public bodies are set to benefit from acceler


Cash constrained local authorities and public bodies are set to benefit from accele


al authorities erated


development of low c arbonelopment of low ca heat networks via the Re:fit Framework for Energy t


Performance Contracting. localpartnerships.org.uk


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heat networks via the Re:fit Framework for Energy Performance Contracting.


FOCUS ON OPPORTUNITIES, NOT BARRIERS SAY FEMALE ENGINEERSAY F


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Day (INWED20) on June 23, they said there was too much emphasis put on the barriers to women in engineering professions and not enough celebration of their successes.


able to be themselves and dnottrytofitinwiththe‘blokey’ culture,” she told a webinar hosted by BESA.


Elizabeth Donnelly,CEO of theWomen in Engineering Society (WES), said the pivotal role played by women in many engineering projects shouldbecelebratedincludingtheirwork in healthcare projects where they are helping to save lives. “Women like toworkw her weneed to promote theam


to ‘shape the world’ i.e. through sustainability; the climate emergency and addressing social inequalities,” she added. Just over 12% of all UK


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to Ms Donnelly. However, that figure falls to 9.7% (around 1 in 10) of those employed i n‘traditional’engineering. 18.5% of engineers working for n


women (around 1 in 5) – hence the overall figure of 12%. “The figures are still fa engineering sectors seem direction,” she said.


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suited to taking leadership roles. “We are also good at finding new solutions to old problems and bringing people together. “We do tend to focus on when, in fact, we should b


all engineers have in common – such as the technical challenges we face,” added Ms Taylor, who was the first chair of the BESA Futur e Leaders’ group.


Ms Donnelly agreed pointing out that men “tend to go straight at pr oblems and try to solve them by brute force” whereas a woman will try come at it froma newang


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AKES ACTION TO KEEP STAFF SAFE


ational training provider for elec and heating and plumbing apprenticeships, JTL, has


implemented a number of measures to ensure the health andwell-being of its staff and learners as they start returning back to its centres and


offices following COVID-19 restrictions. In line with the Government’s directiv


the training provider temporarily ceased all face-to- face training at its centres. Learners currently have access to a remote learning plan to ensure they can continue and progress safely during this challenging period. JTL has nowundertaken extensive planning, including detailed risk assessments, to introduce newsafetymeasures ahead of staff and learners returning for face-to-face learning. All staff and learnerswill receive a centre-specific induction on their return to a building.


A number of measures to support good hygiene practice and social distancing have been implemented.


omprises of comprehensive advisory e, an increase in intensive


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eaning and hand sanitising stations hroughout each building. Learners will notice some obvious changes ncluding reduced group sizes and orkshop bays being limited to one on only, as well as learners being clean down any tools used at the


end of every practical session.


Jon Grahamchief executive at JTL, said: “Central to all our decisions and thinking is the safety andwell-being of our learners, employers, staff and partner organisations. “In accordancewith the Government’s directive,we have beenworking hard to prepare our centres and offices for a safe re-opening. Aswe continue to adapt during these challenging times,we knowthatwith everyone’s effortswe canmake our learning activities as safe as possible.When it is time for learners and staff to return to our buildings, we’re looking forward to welcoming everyone back”.


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July 2020


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