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Category Archives: Plant & Equipment
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Jan
Jan
L56 (Fifth Edition) Published 2018
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Jul
Jul
We started our chemical-free journey at this landmark office building about a year ago. Some of you may have read our original post on what we were hoping it would deliver.
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Jul
Jul
Air conditioning systems are going to be pushed to their absolute limits and beyond at the beginning of next week!
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Mar
Mar
Chemical treatment for closed loop networks, it can be argued, is just throwing good money after bad, or figuratively and sometimes literally, putting it straight down the drain. In twenty years of design and operational engineering consultancy I have not met a water treatment company that does not recommend throwing more chemicals at the problem. […]
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Sep
Sep
A decade since its inception and following a two-year consultation period, BS 8519 (selection and installation of fire‑resistant power and control cable systems for life safety, fire‑fighting and other critical applications – code of practice) has been revised. BS 8519: 2020 came into effect on the 30 June 2020 and is a full revision, introducing […]
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May
May
Local point-of-use electric water heaters and electric immersion cylinders have been widely specified for many years. More recently, electric combi-boilers have been promoted by industry and manufacturers’ as a potential greener alternative to the traditional gas-fired combi-boiler. Utilising electricity as the energy source, instead of gas, has some obvious advantages including the omission of discharge […]