Abseilers saved the day in Seville
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Access to the higher parts of the British pavilion at the Seville Expo '92 to install electrical fittings was impossible by conventional means and abseiling techniques had to be used. The company Technitube specialises in this technique. David Gamble of Rotary, the electrical and mechanical services contractor, said that the contruction components were as small as they could be and the spaces within them even smaller yet lighting and power systems, alarms, telephone and data equiment all needed to be installed. The night lighting of the pavilion, designed by Ove Arup's Tom Harris, was stunning with a water wall illuminated by metal halide lamps.
Publication Name: Electrical Contractor
Subject: Engineering and manufacturing industries
ISSN: 0308-7174
Year: 1992
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The market for evaluations
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Advances in computer networks have significantly reduced the cost of collecting and distributing information, creating new opportunities for product evaluation sharing. A model of a computerized market for evaluations that consists of pricing and subsidy mechanisms for eliciting, sharing and paying for information is presented. The mechanisms can overcome three major problems with this type of market. These are the underprovision found with several public goods, emergence of inefficient ordering of evaluators and the dependence of the optimal quantity of evaluations on initial evaluations.
Publication Name: American Economic Review
Subject: Economics
ISSN: 0002-8282
Year: 1999
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Cutting edge gadgets
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Greater application of technology for manufacture of electric shavers is discussed. Competition between wet shaving and dry shaving sectors for business is also described.
Publication Name: ERMagazine
Subject: Electronics and electrical industries
ISSN: 0074-8714
Year: 2004
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