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The New Frontier in Distribution
In the first of a new monthly series, Scott Craig of Pipe Center and Climate Center highlights the emerging role of the distributor as agent of change in adding value to the supply chain. As we all...
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Radar Station Gets Emergency Power Upgrade
Pipe Center has supplied specialist fuel pipe for a new emergency power system at Stornoway radar station on the Isle of Lewis, off the West coast of Scotland. The Durapipe PLX pipe is being used as...
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Offsite working will transform the industry
Last month we highlighted the profound changes taking place in the construction industry, and how this is driving a revolution in technology and working practices in the building services sector....
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Time to bring down the walls
There is a saying that “There was so much writing on the wall, the wall fell down.” For the construction and building services industry, this contains an uncomfortable nugget of truth. There has been...
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Steve Lands Top Prize in Customer Service Competition
Climate Center customer Steve Taylor has landed top prize in a new service excellence competition run by the refrigeration and air conditioning distributor. Steve, a refrigeration service engineer...
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Ability to adapt is vital as sector faces change
The key to success is often the ability to adapt. What was true for the dinosaurs long ago remains inescapably true for those in business today. With so much change happening in our own sector, it is...
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Wyke College
Wyke College harnesses ground energy from boreholes to cool and heat new £20m building development An advanced ground source heat pump system that harnesses free energy from boreholes sunk beneath a...
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Bringing the M&E Wings Together
There is an apocryphal tale about two shoe salesmen sent to Africa to open up new markets. Three days after arriving, one of them calls the office in despair and says, "It’s a complete waste of time,...
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Cornish School Takes Modular Approach
Pipe Center’s Modular Engineering has won the contract to design and build a complete modular mechanical and electrical services solution for a new low-carbon school in Cornwall. The offsite assembled...
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Recognising the best in the HVAC sector
Scott Craig, Sales and Marketing Director, Pipe Center The H&V News Awards are the industry’s longest established and most prestigious awards. Their focus on excellence, in terms of both technology...
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Challenge for the A&R men of building services
You may not have heard of Dick Rowe. He is the executive at Decca records who turned down the Beatles, just before their meteoric rise to global fame and fortune. It is reported that he famously said:...
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Harrow School harnesses ground energy to heat new state-of-the-art green...
Harrow School, the world-famous boarding school established 400 years ago, has installed a state-of-the-art heat pump system to harness free energy from the ground. The hi-tech green technology is...
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Why the middleman is the new centre forward
The demise of the distributor has long been predicted. It was trumpeted when the internet sprang from nowhere, and promised a direct and immediate communications channel between suppliers and...
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Wolseley’s Modular Engineering provides offsite M&E solution for major new...
Pipe Center’s Modular Engineering has won the contract to supply modularised building services for a major new shopping centre development in the South of England. When complete, it will have 306 shops...
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How to nip the heat pump poopers in the bud
In a recent column we reflected on the perils of over-looking potentially brilliant new technology, in order to avoid being cast by history as “the man who turned down the Beatles” in our own sectors....
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Climate and Pipe Center back National Heat Pump Awards 2011
Climate Center and Pipe Center have become official sponsors of the National Heat Pump Awards 2011. The awards were launched earlier this year with the backing of industry and leading companies to...
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Pipe Center and Climate Center scoop awards hat trick with Merchant of the...
Pipe Center and Climate Center have won a hat-trick of awards in quick succession for services to the building services industry. In the latest, the supplier won the coveted Merchant at the Year Award...
View ArticlePipe Center delivers large goggle valve for project at Tata Steel and wins...
Pipe Center has completed one of the largest valve contracts it has undertaken with the supply of a large goggle valve to Tata’s steelworks in Scunthorpe. The valve, 8ft long, weighing 6 tonnes and...
View ArticleHeron Tower rises to green challenge with innovative building services...
Key building services components for Heron Tower, the new landmark building in the City of London, have been fabricated by Pipe Center. Topping 232m, Heron Tower is now the tallest building in the City...
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Climate Center to supply Toshiba air conditioning across UK following...
Climate Center is to supply Toshiba air conditioning equipment across the UK following the signing of a wholesaler agreement with Toshiba Carrier UK Limited. Climate Center will supply an extensive...
View ArticleNew nursing home equipped with Combined Heat and Power (CHP) plant for low...
A new £4million nursing home in Southampton has been equipped with a state-of-the-art Combined Heat and Power (CHP) plant to deliver high quality, low carbon heating and electricity for residents. The...
View ArticlePipe Center secures major export contract for new National Hospital in St. Lucia
Pipe Center has won a contract to supply the full range of pipe, fittings, valves, sheet metal and ancillaries required for a new state-of-the-art National Hospital being built to serve the island of...
View ArticleRoger Hoskins takes on wider role in Pipe Center and Climate Center
Roger Hoskins has been appointed Regional Sales Manager (Building Services) for Pipe Center and Climate Center. The promotion and expanded role reflects Roger’s success in developing sales and...
View ArticleMark Wilson heads up expanded industrial team at Pipe Center
Pipe Center has appointed Mark Wilson to the position of Regional Sales Manager – Industrial. Mark will head up an expanded industrial sales team with a brief to grow new business in what is seen as a...
View ArticleGold awards for Pipe Center and Climate Center branches delivering...
Coveted gold awards for outstanding customer service have been presented to two Pipe Center and Climate Center branches, as part of the company’s Operation Service Excellence (OSE) programme. Staff at...
View ArticleNew sustainable Co-op headquarters building uses offsite approach from Pipe...
The Co-operative’s new £100m head office in Manchester, due for completion in Summer 2012, is designed to set a new benchmark for sustainable design in commercial buildings. The low-energy,...
View ArticleHeartlands gets pioneering building services solution
A new flagship visitor centre at Heartlands, the £35m regeneration scheme for heritage tin mine workings in Cornwall, has been equipped with a pioneering building services solution from Pipe Center....
View ArticleSolar energy provides low-cost, low-carbon heating and hot water for...
Pipe Center has supplied a state-of-the-art solar water heating system for installation at the recently redeveloped Brixham Fish Market. The Andrews Water Heaters system was installed by specialist...
View ArticleNew West Bromwich branch becomes largest and greenest Pipe Center and Climate...
Wolseley has opened a new format Pipe Center and Climate Center in West Bromwich – the first in a new breed of large, green branches backed by a new unique Customer Service Guarantee.
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