Housing associations

This week’s episode begins with our Relationships Manager, Tina Mistry, speaking to HQN’s Founder and Chief, Alistair McIntosh about our partnership.

Next, Regional Specification Manager, Andy Sturgess takes us through process mapping the SmartLINK Gateway; what it is and how it can help you get the most out of your data and insights.

For the third segment, we revisit our Smarter Homes Safer Communities event and explore ‘Scottish Standards, a template for the UK?’ with Regional Specification Manager, Gregor Morrison and special guests. As always, we round up the episode with an FAQ: how to dispose of your alarms.

In this episode we will be speaking with apprentices from Coleg Cambria Electrical, ‘Chewin’ the Facts’ with Tony and Gregor, our National Technical Manager will be speaking with The Fire Industry Association (FIA) and we will be answering a popular FAQ! In a Covid-safe manner, we welcomed students from Coleg Cambria to our Aico TV studio. The students have completed their Expert Installer training and shared their experiences of the training with Regional Specification Manager, Dan Thomas. For more information on Coleg Camrbia please visit: www.cambria.ac.uk Two of our Regional Specification Managers, Tony and Gregor, take us through a day in the life of a Scottish Regional Specification Manager, the impact of recent legislation changes, and go on the road to previous installations. And finally, our National Technical Manager, Andy, speaks with Technical Manager at the FIA, Will Lloyd. They discuss the FIA, their aims and objectives, as well as FIA membership and what this means.

Noise pollution can have a significant impact on resident quality of life, so should housing associations and commercial contractors be doing more? HA Magazine reports...

Noise pollution was recently listed as second only to air pollution by the UK’s Chief Medical Officer for its negative impact on public health. Studies show that exposure to unwanted noise can contribute to sleep disturbance, hypertension and even diabetes and heart disease.

So, given this, should housing associations and their supply partners be re-thinking their approach to move beyond requirements in Approved Document E to deliver a step-change in acoustic performance - particularly in future developments?

In 2018, the Hackitt review required building managers to keep digital building records, from the design and conceptualisation phase through its life cycle. With the boom years of High Rise Residential Buildings (HRRB) development between 1953 and 1972, and with 6544 buildings erected in the half-century following the end of World War 2, nearly all of the remaining 270 HRRBs were built in a pre-digital age.

Thus, in 2021, complying with new design regulations while creating new digital records for those HRRBs presents a major challenge.

AKW shows that it is possible to build cost-effective inclusivity into a bathroom’s design, so it is fit for purpose, no matter what the tenants needs. How is this possible? By using AKW’s latest cost-effective ‘Bathroom for Life’ solution.

In this episode, we will be exploring PBM – the British Superbike Champions, life at The Shropshire Chamber of Commerce, and answering a popular FAQ.

This week, we present a special episode of Aico TV, streaming live from the opening of Willowdene Rehabilitation’s Family Assessment Centre. In attendance will be Dr. Matthew Home, Director of Willowdene, Neal Hooper, Managing Director of Aico and the High Sheriff of Shropshire, Dean Harris.

We have recently supported Willowdene Rehabilitation in Bridgnorth and are proud to have sponsored their brand-new Family Assessment Centre, which will enable the cultivation and support of family relationships with students at Willowdene.https://www.aico.co.uk/aico-tv/