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APRIL 2014 PRO INSTALLER
PRO NEWS
www.proinstaller.co.uk
ESC Responds To CLG
Committee Report On Part P
The Electrical Safety Council (ESC) has welcomed the
CLG Committee’s latest report on Part P – the only
legislation which protects the consumer from unsafe
electrical work in the home - particularly the need for
much greater public awareness of the regulation.
Phil Buckle, Director
General of the ESC
said: “Our own research
has illustrated the low
level of public understanding of Part P of
the Building Regulations and the ESC is
perfectly placed to
assist the Government
and the industry in any
public information campaign on this issue.
“The collaboration between NAPIT and CERTSURE - the largest of the
scheme operators - to
produce a single register of
Part P registered electricians
will make it significantly
simpler for the consumer
to find a suitably qualified
contractor.
“The ESC also supports
the report’s call for effective enforcement of Part P,
although funding this via
a levy on those registered
with a scheme may undermine both the schemes and
Part P itself.
“However, we cannot
agree with the report’s claim
that the competent person’s
schemes allow incompetent
electricians entry. Under
Part P, around 27,000 more
‘simpler for the
consumer to
find a suitably
qualified
contractor’
electrical contractors are
having their competence assessed and samples of their
work checked regularly, according to the Government’s
own impact assessment on
Part P.”
‘27,000 more electrical contractors
are having their competence assessed
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100% Of
homeowners
want their
own bfrc
energy rating
certificate
BFRC asked 523 randomly selected
homeowners in England and Wales
whether they wanted a Homeowners
Energy Rating Certificate – and all of
them (100%) said ‘yes’.
This BFRC certificate is specific to the
property and the products purchased and
will feature the installers name and date of
installation as well as the well-known ‘rainbow’ colour label. The ratings displayed
will be ‘A+’ to ‘C’ for windows and ‘A+’ to ‘G’
for doors
‘the only such
certificate available’
It is the only such certificate available in
the UK glazing sector.
This certificate is a valuable new marketing tool for installers. Issuing of the
certificate can be promoted by the installer
to the homeowner as a value added benefit
of using that company. It will also link the
new windows or doors supplied with the
installation company and could facilitate
‘word of mouth’ recommendation.
It is issued at the same time as the FENSA
certificate and can be supplied with no
extra administration for the installer. Just
tick the box at the point of notification on
the FENSA website. It costs just £1.50 (ex
VAT).
“The industry asked for a window energy
rating homeowner certificate – and here
it is,” commented BFRC MD Chris Mayne.
“With all homeowners asked wanting one
too it shows how right our installers were.”
For more information please
contact BFRC direct:-
020 7403 9200 [email protected]
£6m boost to construction
industry in Coventry
A £6million fund to help digitise the construction industry has been launched in Coventry.
A £6million fund to help
digitise the construction industry has been
launched in Coventry.
Firms from across the UK
gathered at Coventry University’s Simulation Centre
to learn more about the new
scheme, which will see companies compete for cash to
fund collaborative research
and development.
The UK’s innovation agency, the Technology Strategy
Board, has set up the fund.
It brings together construction, digital and ICT to develop innovative new products,
processes or services that
could revolutionise collaborations between supply
chain partners and unlock
new business models.
‘Compete for cash’
Organisations are now
being asked to register and
submit applications, with
proposals expected to range
in size up to £2million.
Mark Wray, lead technologist from Technology Strategy Board, said: “We’re really
excited to have launched this
competition which encourages the take-up of digitally
enabled processes within the
construction supply chain.
“Adopting digital solutions
will not only improve quality, timing and performance,
but cut costs by reducing
waste and errors, and will
introduce a way of working in which data is stored
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