Electrical Contracting News (ECN) August 2017 | Page 3
CONTENTS
VOLUME 37 NO. 08 • AUGUST 2017
CONTENTS…
Special features:
Lighting
Regulars
5 Editorial
It’s show time!
7 Industry News
Electrifying news coverage.
14 Contract News
Catch up with the biggest
projects around.
28 The cost of LEDs and fi ttings can be
a challenge for contractors to cost-
justify the switchover from legacy
HID lamps. Michael Morrison, of
Light Effi cient Design UK, highlights
the benefi ts of retrofi t alternatives.
31 Rob Crookes, product manager at
CP Electronics, explores the best
connector confi guration for modular
lighting control applications.
24 Project Focus
Harrow Council is installing Aico’s
mains-powered multi sensor fi re alarms.
26 Competition
Win a top music streamer courtesy of
Connected Distribution.
33 Human centric lighting harnesses
the power of natural daylight
to improve the well-being and
performance of workers and
students. Paul Jones, sales director
for UK and Ireland at BEG, explores
its impact.
37 Lighting Round-Up: ECN turns the
spotlight on some illumining solutions.
52 Technology is changing customer
expectations. Neil Plumbley,
operations director at Protean
Software, explains how technology
can improve customer satisfaction,
increase service revenues and boost
contract renewals.
Software and Apps
20 Key Issue
The FIA asks if qualifi cations can fi x
the skills gap?
22 Training
Top training news from the coal-face
of the industry.
44 Claire Fletcher discovers how a
new app from Pro Certs Software
provides electricians with instant
access to all the tools, reference
charts and tables required for
complex electrical calculations.
46 Alan Darlow, commercial director of
Pemsa UK, highlights the benefi ts of
building information modelling and
explains how the company’s cable
management systems are supported
in the BIM work environment.
48 Dan Mott, contracts manager at
Electrical Installation and Appliance
Testing, explains how a new mobile
app from Design and Management
Systems has cut client reporting
from 28 days to just four.
55 Company Showcase
If it’s hot news, it’s in here.
Features
12 Electrical Design and
Installation Expo (ED&I)
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