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- Call for outstanding women to “SET” the standard in 2009
4 August 2008 The UK Resource Centre for Women in Science, Engineering and Technology (UKRC for Women in SET) is calling for nominations from the engineering industry for its Women of Outstanding Achievement in SET photographic exhibition (WOOA). - Northwest launch for new maintenance guide
6 August 2008 Transport operators are constantly seeking to improve maintenance procedures and practices.
- Motor saves Anglian £1,400
1 August 2008 Anglian Water reports significant energy savings as a result of replacing old, screw pump gearboxes with planetary gearboxes and Eff1 motors, using energy saving plasma lubricant. - Airbus wing assembly is well oiled
1 August 2008 Upgrading to a Bielomatik MQL (minimal quantity lubrication) machine tool lube system is improving manufacturing efficiency of wing panels for the A380 Airbus at Broughton, according to the firm. - Milford Haven goes wireless
1 August 2008 Total’s Milford Haven refinery is now safer and more efficient, thanks to a wireless network in its Zone 1 and 2 hazardous areas.
- Gallagher Report prompts rethink of biofuel plans
1 August 2008 UK government plans for the introduction of biofuels are set to be scaled back following last month’s publication of a hard-hitting report by the Renewable Fuels Agency (RFA), part of the government’s Department for Transport. - Truck registration figures that seem to defy economic gravity
1 August 2008 An array of economic indicators pointing to an alarming economic slow-down in the UK is confounded by truck registration figures from The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). These show that the total number of new trucks (over 3.5 tonnes gvw) registered here in the first half of this year reached 30,093, fully 33 per cent up on the same period in 2007. - Government spells out plans for VOSA
1 August 2008 Long-running uncertainty over government plans for the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA) ended last month with a House of Commons statement from junior transport minister Jim Fitzpatrick. The essence of the statement is that the government has decided to keep statutory commercial vehicle testing in England, Scotland and Wales in the public sector.
- Safety: A tall order
1 March 2008 Sixty-one Engineer Surveyors from many counties descended on Central London in February for an evening lecture on the Code of Practice relating to tower cranes. Tim Watson, Technical Secretary & Advisor to the Construction Plant Hire Association (CPA) tower crane interest group, explained why this Code was necessary. - Three cheers for the BESt in Ireland
15 March 2008 It is an exciting time for the Bureau of Engineer Surveyors as it expands yet again.