PSSA Newsletter - April 2015

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ISSUE 7 April 2015| NEWS
PSSA Member News
Standards Update – March
2015 Edition Available
The March 2015 edition of the PSSA
Standards Update List is now available.
The List, which was previously only available
to Verification Scheme members, is now
available to all PSSA Members via the PSSA
portal ).
Please contact Steve Munden (stephen.
if you have
not yet been registered for portal access.
This month’s list contains details of changes
to standards likely to impact perimeter
security suppliers, including the new edition
of the IECWiring Regulations (BS 7671).
New additions to the List include two
standards recommended by CPNI:
• BS EN 13670 – Execution of concrete
structures
• BSI PAS 754 – Software Trustworthiness.
Governance and management.
Specification
Rooftop MUGA for space age Salford MediaCityUK school
The UK’s digital and media hub in Salford is
home to one of the most unusual schools in
the country – UTC@MediaCityUK for 14-18 year
olds targeting digital and media jobs.
The sleek black and space-grey exterior of
the four-storey school nestles proudly in
the MediaCityUK skyline of futuristic and
sustainable buildings.
Students get hands-on experience in
specialisms from TV and film to radio and
audio, graphics and design to interactive media
and gaming from classrooms overlooking
the BBC, ITV and the criss-crossed building
of the University of Salford’s arts and media
departments.
UTC is a radically different kind of campus
with massive filming studios, a gleaming radio
studio and live lounge, hi-tech gaming and
design labs and a state-of-the-art science cluster.
The originality extends beyond the study
environment: soft-seating group work areas
incorporate built-in power- and data-points;
acoustic panelling shrouds quiet study
spaces; wifi is available everywhere; and
there’s a unique rooftop football pitch and
Multi-Use Games Area (MUGA).
The 29m by 17m MUGA sits on top of a first
floor roof, butted up against the four-storey
building, with the wall part of the play area.
Dawn Fencing Limited of Leigh, which has
been going more than 30 years and is the
only fencing contractor dedicated solely to
sports, installed the fencing on the other
three sides.
They chose 4m-high Duo8 SuperRebound
twin horizontal wire fencing panels from
Zaun, which are highly durable, low
maintenance, ‘graffiti-proof’ and offer great
rebound properties similar to a wall.
They also minimise students having to head
to the ground floor to retrieve balls exiting
the MUGA!
Zaun had to design special base plates
for the fence posts every 2.44m as they are
mounted on the hard surface of the roof. 
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National Barrier Asset
Highway Care Security Solutions and Hardstaff Traffic Barriers, working together with Sussex
Police are now offering the supply of the National Barrier Asset product range.
Working for the Home Office partnership with Sussex Police, a new, jointly owned Joint Venture has
been formed between Hardstaff and Highway Care, creating a the new organisation H2S2. H2S2 is
responsible for the promotion and the supply of the National Barrier Asset products.
Both Highway Care and Hardstaff are proud members of the PSSA. We support and recognise the
value and importance of the scheme. 