June 2016 - Andrews Sykes

Andrews Air Conditioning help GB Rowing Team prepare for competition

Posted Date 30/06/2016

The Rowing World Championships in Holland are now nearly upon us, with the GB Rowing Team currently preparing themselves for what is traditionally a demanding training camp at their usual quarters in Breisach, Germany.

Boasting Europe’s best facilities, the town offers athletes an ideal platform for physical activity and planning ahead of what is widely regarded the biggest event in the rowing calendar. This year’s World Championships will be held between the 21 and 28 of August at the Willem-Alexanderbaan in Rotterdam.

Facilities Show proves tremendous success for Andrews Air Conditioning

Posted Date 25/06/2016

Between the 21^st and 23^rd of June, Andrews Air Conditioning were once again among several hundred companies exhibiting at the Facilities Show in Excel London. Having showcased our equipment and services at the corresponding event last year, our sales team were extremely confident that we could emulate that success this time round.

As expected, the three-day trade show provided us with a fantastic opportunity to promote ourselves to big names in the industry. Our London-based experts were also on hand to interact with both potential and existing customers, offering technical advice to those who sought it.

Sykes Pumps called into action following thunderstorms across southern England

Posted Date 23/06/2016

Flash floods have caused chaos across Greater London, Kent and Essex on EU referendum day following heavy and prolonged rainfall overnight. The effects of the water have left at least two polling stations closed, while cars and properties have also become submerged after freak June weather struck in the early hours of Thursday morning.

The London Fire Brigade have already rescued more than 500 people, and that number is expected to rise further with local forecasters predicting more thundery downpours over the coming days.

At Last! UK set for hot weather on EU referendum day

Posted Date 22/06/2016

Thursday the 23^rd of June 2016 has been earmarked by experts as a potential turning point for UK citizens – and not just from a political perspective! At last, forecasters are suggesting that Britons can finally start getting excited about the prospect of sunshine and hot weather, with 30°C highs predicted over the coming days.

After weeks of thundery downpours and grey skies, it seems summer is finally about to get underway according to Met Office officials.

Meteorologist Mark Wilson said: “We have [had] some heavy showers on Sunday night and Monday night before things start to improve.

Andrews Air Conditioning ready for third Facilities Show appearance!

Posted Date 21/06/2016

If you’re attending the 2016 Facilities Show in the Excel Exhibition Centre, then make sure you come and visit us at stand N1250! Following the two previous years of success, we at Andrews Air Conditioning are once again set to appear at the FM sector’s most prominent exhibition and are looking forward to networking with as many people as possible.

The event provides us with a wonderful opportunity for developing relationships with some of the industry’s big players, whilst also enabling us to reconnect with existing customers and partners.

Temporary server room keeps museum open during refurbishment scheme

Posted Date 16/06/2016

At Andrews Air Conditioning, we regularly provide cooling solutions to clients looking to protect their data centres and telecoms facilities. We are therefore exceptionally well-placed to recommend equipment designed to maintain the optimum temperature and thus prevent such applications succumbing to downtime.

This expertise was recently demonstrated when a prominent London museum approached us seeking a temporary air conditioning system for a server room conversion. An extensive renovation project included the removal of asbestos from the ceiling of the original server room, meaning the equipment contained within would have to be relocated.

Company employee competes in Sykes Pumps-adorned stock car

Posted Date 14/06/2016

Over the last few decades, we as a company have become accustomed to seeing our logo appear in various sporting contexts – from football shirts to rally car chassis. This coverage has typically been generated via sponsorship deals and commercial packages, but a Sykes Pumps employee has come up with a different way to increase our brand exposure!

Portsmouth-based Steve Henty, who works in Pump Hire and Sales, has been a keen stock rod driver for more than twenty-five years. Stock car racing is a form of automobile racing most prominently found in Canada and the United States, usually taking place on an oval-style track.

Andrews Air Conditioning set to unveil football-themed infographics

Posted Date 10/06/2016

Europe’s most prestigious international football tournament commences on Friday amidst much anticipation from the majority of the continent! Football fever will once again sweep the globe, with hundreds of millions of spectators expected to tune in and find out which of the twenty-four nations will emerge triumphant in France.

And we at Andrews Air Conditioning will be keeping a close eye on proceedings to see which of the tournament’s ‘hot prospects’ perform best on the big stage. As such, we’ll be producing a series of comparative infographics to analyse the contributions of various up-and-coming players throughout the month-long competition.

Bangladeshi inventors use simple trick to reduce temperature

Posted Date 09/06/2016

Summer temperatures in Bangladesh generally range between 30°C and 40°C, making it one of the warmest countries in the northern hemisphere. And due to the unpredictable climate which has frequently resulted in disastrous flooding, the vast majority of people have built their houses out of tin, rather than mud.

While this measure ensures that residential structures are more able to withstand the effects of torrential downpours, they are however extremely badly equipped for dealing with the unbearable heat.

Sykes Pumps help quarry avoid downtime over two-year period

Posted Date 08/06/2016

A Sykes GP150 electric pump has reached a two-year milestone of continuous operation at a Cheshire quarry – further strengthening our claim as the UK’s most reliable supplier of pumping equipment. The unit was originally hired to assist a well-known building contractor and has functioned unremittingly without a single breakdown incident.

In 2014, we recommended the pump for a specialist stockpile dewatering application which required the removal of excess water from sand once dredged from a nearby lake. With maximum flow rates of up to 90 litres per second, our pump then discharged the water into a freshwater pond situated adjacent to the quarry.