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10/12/2019

Mechanical services for new airport lounge

HVAC specialist Ecomech has recently worked with Edinburgh Airport to provide mechanical services for restaurant, bar, kitchen and toilet facilities at its No.1 Lounge.

East Midlands based Ecomech, a division of LED lighting specialists Ecolighting, worked under main contractors AA Lovegrove to help the airport. Comfort cooling, designed to cool ... » Read More

06/12/2019 Furnace project completed Edwards Engineering has successfully completed a £4.5 million project with ... » Read More

05/12/2019 Award for Dustcontrol Dustcontrol UK has won the Sustainability and Corporate Social ... » Read More

04/12/2019 Drone trials successful IAG Cargo has successfully trialled autonomous drone technology within its ... » Read More

03/12/2019 Flood doors agreement Environmental and risk reduction specialist Adler and Allan has partnered ... » Read More

02/12/2019 Shieldhall modernised ECS Engineering Services has completed the modernisation of Shieldhall ... » Read More

29/11/2019 Atlas Copco celebrates Atlas Copco has marked a century of UK operations with a look at how ... » Read More

01/11/2019

Steady on the tiller

The SOE’s new patron is Sir John Parker, a near 60-year veteran of industry. He sat down with OE to reflect on his career in shipbuilding and heavy industry and to state the importance of carrying on learning

Sir John Parker’s career began as a teenage apprentice draughtsman at the Belfast shipyard that had built the Titanic, Harland & Wolff, ... » Read More

01/11/2019 Comment: Diversity is key The cover story this month comes from an interview with new SOE Patron Sir John Parker – a man that has held many roles for nearly 60 years. » Read More

01/11/2019 Building a better way A ‘golden thread’ of core information throughout the lifecycle of a building lies at the heart of a new building safety regime, in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire. A vital part of that thread will be the building safety manager » Read More

01/11/2019 Show business Energy efficiency and sustainability movers and shakers meet at The Energy Management Exhibition (EMEX) – a free to attend annual event – from 27-28 November at ExCeL in London » Read More