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Energy efficiency on trial
Balfour Kilpatrick, the multi services and power systems business of Balfour Beatty, has been awarded a £3m contract to provide design, supply and installation services for a new court building at Caernarfon Criminal Justice Centre for tenant, the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government. 
Turbine first for FPSO vessel
Fred. Olsen Production ASA has chosen UK engineering company Peter Brotherhood Ltd to supply two condensing steam turbine driven generator sets for the Knock Allan FPSO (floating production, storage and offloading) vessel for the Olowi field off the coast of Gabon. The turbines are the most powerful to be installed
Extended ICT offering
NG Bailey, through its subsidiary Bailey Teswaine, has strengthened its ICT and building services capability, following the acquisition of s2s Limited, an internet protocol (IP) security focussed managed services provider, with a turnover of £7m.
Primary substation handover
Power On Connections has handed over its first ever 33kV/11kV Primary substation to Central Networks, the electricity distribution company for central England.
Wolseley lights Heathrow crash site
Wolseley has supplied lighting equipment at short notice as part of the investigation into the recent plane crash at Heathrow airport.
Wolseley’s Brandon Hire depot in Hayes and its Electric Center branch in Heathrow collaborated to supply 30 lighting towers to British Airport Authority (BAA), which were delivered
Aerco helps get historic bomber back in the air
The only airworthy Vulcan bomber in the world has returned to the skies over Leicestershire. The Avro Vulcan XH558, having last flown 14 years ago after a 33 year career in the Royal Air Force, took to the air from Bruntingthorpe airfield for a 34-minute test flight.
An olympic effort
A contract to supply general lighting in the national stadium, the iconic ‘bird's Nest,’ is among a range of lighting contracts secured by GE for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. GE recently announced it is working on over 335 infrastructure projects for the Beijing Games including a variety of lighting
Cibse certification scheme wins CLG approval
The Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (Cibse) has confirmed Cibse Certification's application to provide an accredited energy assessors scheme has been approved by the Department for Communities and Local Government (CLG).