On a recent visit to the all-new Design Museum in London in its new home in Kensington, London, I was very pleased to find a much-improved exhibition space and lots of inspiration. I thought I should share some of the most interesting things I found...
We have all been there; you need to get a proposal out the door today, there are a million and one other things all screaming for your attention and then you realise half the items in your proposal don't have up to date prices. What is...
A while back we changed the way we were delivering wiring plan drawings to our clients. This followed on from developing our own ANSI J-Standard-710 symbol set which built on the benefits of the J-Standard symbols included in our design package. I have written about...
Following on from last months column on equipment consistency processes, this month I want to explore the project design process. In all fields of design, the design process is the key to a successful project with a positive outcome. Regardless of whether you have a written...
In a fast moving world of technology what is the right approach as an integrator to avoid fads and ensure you deliver quality solutions to your clients? As anyone who is ISO9001 registered knows, this quality management standard is rigorous about researching, testing and approving new...
For ISE this year I was approached by CEDIA to give their design documentation course. In order to do this I had to successfully complete the CEDIA presenter course, which meant a fun day out to the UK headquarters in St. Neots. Here I met...
Having adopted the J-standard in early 2015 and the becoming fully compliant with it later the same year we now find ourselves almost two years on. In that time the J-standard itself hasn’t changed but the way we have understood it and the way we...
The outsourcing industry is an increasingly important driver of the UK economy. According to the Business Services Association (BSA), almost 10 per cent of the UK’s workforce is employed in outsourcing. However, it was once the case that outsourcing often divided opinions as the very concept...
Following on from my last column on managing change, this month we will look at revising documentation including correct versioning and approval of design drawings. As a project develops through its lifecycle, changes will come about. Shifts in client requirements or budget, site restrictions and superceded...
As we all know every project, from the smallest to the largest, is subject to change over its lifecycle. The client’s requirements and budgets shift around, site restrictions come into play and equipment is superceded, all this falls under the banner of change control. It’s how...