COUNTRIES REPRESENTED

Li Kai(Director of Foreign Affairs Office)

Since 2006, ABRINSTAL has carried out projects involving technical studies, planning, strategic evaluations and dissemination of information, linked to the compliance and efficiency of building facilities, seeking to support decision-making processes, formulation and implementation of public policies, and companies.

The CIPHE has a membership of over 7,200 including individuals from a wide range of backgrounds such as consultants, specifiers, designers, public health engineers, lecturers, trainers, trainees and practitioners. There are 170 manufacturers and distributors (Industrial Associates), which support CIPHE’s. Whilst the majority of members live in the UK, some 1,000 are resident in Hong Kong and a further 300 are resident in over 30 other countries. The Institute provides public benefit by raising awareness of plumbing and heating issues such as Legionnaires’ disease, hot water scalding, water efficiency and promotes a register of competent individuals established in 1886.

Each individual member has to abide by a six point Code of Professional Standards which helps to uphold high standards to protect public health and safety.  To further protect the public, the CIPHE has a complaints procedure, which is overseen by the Registration Authority.

The CIPHE is a member of the Construction Industry Council – www.cic.org.uk – and a licensed member of the Engineering Council (UK) – www.engc.org.uk

• Organises more than 100 trade fairs worldwide, including many worldwide leading events
• Has the third largest fairground in the world
• Is linked through an extensive international network of subsidiaries, branch offices and foreign representatives

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• Textiles fairs

Heimtextil, Interstoff, Techtextil

• Consumer goods fairs

Ambiente, Paperworld, Beautyworld, Christmasworld

• Technical fairs

ISH, Light+Building, Automechanika, IFFA, Texcare

It represents and defends the interests of its members: 45 local associations and 20.000 installers which employ more than 100,000 people.

René Mächler has been responsible for technical consulting, product management, international sales, marketing and communication as well as the business development of strategic major projects.

On the basis of this experience, RMC Consulting AG advises companies on every step of expansion into new markets. In order to meet the needs of the customers in the target market, we take into account all elements: designing products and advertising media, defining sales aids, sales points and personnel resources, training our own team or sales partners  in the export country – and much more.

The roots of RMC Consulting AG are founded in the construction industry. As a result, our main focus is on the support of companies that produce, trade and distribute investment goods.

The PHCC Educational Foundation, a partnership of contractors, manufacturers, and wholesalers, was founded in 1987 to serve the plumbing-heating-cooling industry by preparing contractors and their employees to meet the challenges of a constantly changing marketplace. For more information, visit http://www.phccfoundation.org.

The UA has been training qualified pipe tradesmen and women longer than anyone else in the industry. We provide the premier training programs available in the industry today, including five-year apprenticeship programs, extensive journeyman training, a comprehensive, five-year instructor training program, and numerous certification programs. We help our signatory contractors grow their market share by identifying new opportunities, providing support and connecting them to the safest, most skilled and most highly trained workforce in the industry.

T&S products are highly acclaimed throughout the industry for being well-built, long-lasting and reliable. Rigorous testing and a focus on interchangeability have helped set T&S apart from the competition for nearly 70 years.

Today, more than 300 employees manufacture products and serve customers from the company’s main headquarters in South Carolina USA — with many more working behind the scenes at distribution facilities in California and China. In the last two decades, T&S has significantly increased its overseas presence, with representatives now selling products in Europe, the Middle East, Canada, Asia and South America. We’re ready to supply what our customers need, wherever they are.

PICAC’s facilities are pre-eminent amongst training providers and include the Fire Protection Centre of Excellence, the Occupational Health and Safety Centre of Excellence, a demonstration Green Plumbing House, world class reticulated water systems, the newest technology in water and energy efficiency. ). PICAC was awarded the Victorian and Australian Small Training Provider of the Year 2015 at the Australian Training Awards. By showcasing the world’s very best, leading edge technology we are training the plumbers of tomorrow, today.

Retrofitting water meters, a necessity for water management, should be mandatory for all dwellings, lot entitlement schemes for water are no longer fair or reasonable, all dwellings should have their own water meter. It is not right that a family living in a unit pays the same as the single person next door, just because of an out-dated term- Lot entitlement, this was OK when water was cheap, and a flat rate applied, water rates now have price tiers that penalise those who use little or conserve water, how times have changed, water is now one of life’s necessary budget items. Retrofitting in older dwellings such as units and apartments can be a costly exercise, retrofitting water meters with Automated meter reading (AMR) can deliver the usage data via radio wave or hard wired solutions, retrofitting water meters can now be carried out easily and afford-ably, no need to remove walls etc.

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The Board is responsible for administering the registration and licensing systems of plumbers, gasfitters and drainlayers and in doing so, is responsible for setting the minimum standards for registration and ensuring those persons carrying out regulated work are competent to do so. Broadly speaking, the Board’s powers and functions can be categorised into registration, licensing, competence, discipline and prosecution. The Board receives complaints and, as a result, may investigate and discipline registered persons (including provisional licence holders) or instigate a prosecution in the District Court against those working illegally in the industry, most commonly unregistered or unlicensed persons.

The Board is a not-for-profit body whose operational revenue is derived from fees (such as registrations, licences, examination) and levies on the tradespeople who are registered and licensed. There is no general tax payer contribution to any of its operations.

The Board operates within the building industry framework, including the Gas Act 1992 and the Building Act 2004.