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There is a veritable rainbow of standards for the generic specification of colour. John Gelder, Content development manager, looks for the pot of gold.
The colour coding of low voltage fixed wiring cable cores changed on 31 March 2004 . These changes affect not only electrical contractors, but also specifiers, builders, do-it-yourself
enthusiasts and anyone who carries out work on electrical cables.
We round-up a range of articles looking at Specification - the supporting document at the heart of a construction project that codifies requirements and expectations.
We round-up a range of articles looking at asbestos - a versatile material that led to prvalence and has left a toxic legacy that needs to be suitably controlled.