MONTH IN FM
APRIL 2021 49
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TECC ENJOYS SUCCESSFUL LIFTOFF
WITH APOLLO PAT TEST KITS
WATCO TAKES IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL WITH
CONCREX CARBON FIBRE
Watco, the UK’s leading
manufacturer and supplier of
high-performance industrial
strength paint, repair and
maintenance materials, has
recently launched the next
generation of its best-selling
Concrex product, further
expanding the Concrex range.
Concrex Carbon Fibre is a
premium epoxy resin mortar designed to permanently repair damaged concrete
floors. It is now even stronger, more chemical resistant and dries even faster.
Concrex Carbon Fibre has been designed to o† er its users a solution that is
guaranteed to repair areas where other mortars on the market would fail. As
such, the versatile repair mortar is ideal for a wide range of applications including
very heavily tra† icked floors, holes, ramps, loading bays, step nosings and guide
rails.
With a resin-rich formula that is loaded with epoxy and reinforced with carbon
fibre and ceramic, Concrex Carbon Fibre o† ers real benefits over the original
Concrex formulation – already a market leading product. With interlocking sand
particles and the ability to be feather edged, the solution provides both stronger
results and a smoother finish.
Furthermore, Concrex Carbon Fibre is simple to prepare. There is no need to
use a primer and while other repair mortars require a three-part mix that can take
up valuable time, Concrex Carbon Fire is already part mixed with the resin and
aggregate combined.
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IMPROVE YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF BS 8629
WITH ADVANCED
Fire protection solutions manufacturer Advanced, has launched two new courses
to aid understanding of the BS 8629 Code of Practice recommendations and the
EvacGo system designed to meet them.
‘A Guide to Meeting BS 8629’ is a continuing professional development
course, approved by the FIA and the CPD Certification Service, suitable for all
those responsible for fire safety in tall residential buildings. Delivered online
by the Advanced evacuation alert team – Ken Bullock, Advanced’s Business
Development Manager and
Shaun Scott, Applications
Engineer for Evacuation
Alert Systems – the one-hour
session covers a range of
essential BS 8629 facts, from
key clauses, evacuation alert
zones and siting of devices,
to evacuation alert control
and indicating equipment, its commissioning and handover.
As well as the accredited CPD course, Advanced has also launched a new
training programme for its EvacGo evacuation alert system. Aimed at installers
and engineers.
Alongside its CPD, Advanced’s EvacGo training programme o† ers partners free
workshops which not only cover theory, but also applied exercises and tests,
ensuring good working knowledge of all aspects of the EvacGo equipment and
so ware. BS 8629:2019 is the new Code of Practice for the design, installation,
commissioning and maintenance of evacuation alert systems for use by fire and
rescue services in England.
www.advancedco.com
Investment in the latest appliance testing
technology is helping a specialist electrical
contracting business to introduce dedicated
company-wide testing protocols and standards as
part of a nationwide expansion programme.
Formerly known as South West PAT Test Ltd, the
electrical contracting company started in 2006 by
Managing Director Peter McCallum has recently
rebranded as The Electrical Compliance Collective
Ltd (TECC) to reflect its success in growing its
operations across the South West, South East,
East Anglia and the
Midlands.
As part of the
expansion of its
operations, TECC has
equipped its 20-plus
team of electrical field
test engineers with
Apollo 600+ Elite test
kits from Seaward as
part of a strategy to
ensure that customers
in a wide range of industries and sectors can meet
their electrical safety responsibilities as e iciently
and cost-e ectively as possible.
The Apollo 600+ carries out all of the electrical
safety tests required by the 5th Edition of the IET
Code of Practice, with the instrument automatically
sequencing through the required tests, which can
include earth continuity, insulation resistance,
protective conductor current, touch current, IEC lead
polarity and RCD trip times.
Test results are recorded in the instrument’s
internal memory and downloaded to the PATGuard 3
PC so ware program.
A er completing their daily test schedules, TECC
engineers send the test results back to head o ice
remotely for inclusion in client databases, with the
downloaded data also being used to produce test
and inspection reports, provide test certificates and
produce client invoices.
This approach has enabled TECC to establish fully
professional working practices and standards across
its network of engineers, delivering a fully automatic
and integrated electrical safety testing system for its
customers.
Seaward has worked closely with TECC and its
predecessor company over a number of years to
ensure that the PAT testers and accessories continue
to meet their needs.
For example, TECC has already upgraded its test
instruments with the latest firmware to meet the 5th
Edition of the IET Code of Practice requirements and
are among the first users of new customised QR code
labels for automatic appliance identification and test
specification set up.
The Apollo 600+ tester and PATGuard 3 test
results management so ware forms part of a
comprehensive range of Seaward PAT instruments,
accessories and so ware that have been specifically
designed to meet the needs of electrical safety
dutyholders in all workplaces.
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