TECHNICAL: Building a safer future
FIS technical director Joe Cilia considers the key points from the review into Building...
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Tag: FIS Technical
Creating the right image with your pictures
Now that we’re all walking around with smartphones, taking images of our work has never been easier. But are they good enough, and could they be much better? FIS technical director Joe Cilia met up with interior and...
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TECHNICAL: Standards – and why they are our friend
FIS technical director Joe Cilia considers the usefulness, and importance, of standards in the...
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Steel partitioning stays strong
Any modular system can trace its origins to single and double skin steel partitioning. So, what...
Read MoreTechnical: Plasterboard margins – a margin of error
When we are required to investigate the causes of ceiling collapses and tiles falling, the construction of the suspended ceiling is often the primary issue. However, a contributing factor can be the construction of the...
Read MoreTECHNICAL: Tips for writing a specification
At some time or other, we’ve all done it: either scanned the spec and made an assumption, in the case of responding to a tender, or been tempted to cut and paste, when writing the spec. Both actions carry huge risks that anyone...
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