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Denaploy on tour-Ireland's National Construction Summit

Annual trip to the National Construction Summit in Ireland, Mar 04, 2022

The last couple of days saw us on a plane crossing the water over to Ireland for the National Irish Construction Summit. It was an opportunity to talk to some of the republic’s industry experts, garner some information, as well as savouring a nice cold Guinness by our Head of Business Development, Kev Hill. A cracking couple of days and very constructive.

For those who don’t know the purpose of the National Constriction Summit is simple; Bring together over 2000 construction companies, developers, policy makers, project owners, building owners , government and municipal bodies, lenders & private investment firms, architectural and design firms, planners, facility managers, property managers, large industrial companies technology companies, legal & tax professionals, equipment and machinery providers, building material providers, professional advisors, energy and environment professionals — in order to stimulate debate, enrich knowledge and connect stakeholder’s involved in the finance, design, construction and management of Irelands buildings, infrastructure and industrial projects.

  • What are O&M Manuals?

    When any significant building work is undertaken, either as a NewBuild, a Cat A refit (of the basic structure) or a Cat B refit (tenants fittings), it is a legal requirement in the UK that an O&M (Operations and Maintenance) manual be provided as part of the Health & Safety documentation for the building.

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  • Home User Guides

    It is not only the O&M manuals that are going digital. It is the user guides for apartments too. The requirements of companies such as Paradigm are increasingly to provide detailed bespoke manuals for each apartment.

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  • Regulation 38 and the 'Golden Thread'

    Regulation 38 what is it? And what does this means for the future of fire safety and preserving the Golden Thread' of information?

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  • RiDR

    Rapid intelligent Data Retrieval A bespoke search and retrieval system that enables rapid access to all the information collected across multiple O&M manuals. Our objective is to increase the value of these documents beyond Handover.

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  • O&M manuals for clients with large property portfolios

    Clients with large property portfolios are increasingly determined to take control of the documentation relating to their properties and store them in data base silos with a common access and structure

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  • Building Long-Term Relationships

    Find out about the benefits of our Framework Agreements

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  • What are residual hazards?

    Since CDM 2007 there has been an increasing emphasis on providing a residual risks section in the health and safety Manual. Some sub-contractors find this particularly confusing because of the apparent similarity with the risk assessment that they are required to make before they start work.

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  • New building regulations will be in effect from 15th June 2023

    New Building Regulations require documentary proof that the build quality conforms to the build plan. Photos during the build and increased certification.

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  • What Makes a Good O&M Manual?

    Our objective is not to create great literature – many manuals are longer than War & Peace. Our aim is to capture large amounts of detail so that any of the wide variety of future users can find what they need whether it be the details of a floor tile that needs replacing following an accident with some inks, or a major overhaul of the Air conditioning.

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  • Why should you spend on a professional O&M Manual?

    Is it worth the cost? It's a no-brainer justifying our O&M services.

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  • The Future Homes Standard 2025

    The new Future Homes Standard being introduced will require significant additional information to be collected and documented to pass Building Regulations.

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  • Information that we need to start creating your Project Manuals

    A quick reference for Project Managers of the information that we need from you to start our work

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  • End of Project Checklist

    End of Project check list Having put together all the O&M information from all the subcontractors, there are several areas that need to be cross-checked, especially for the inclusion in the H&S file.

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  • About Us

    In 2019 we celebrated our thirtieth year in business, Denaploy are arguably the Construction Industry’s leading provider of digital O&M documentation.

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  • The Expectations of Quality in Documentation are Increasing

    Talk to any old time project managers about O&M manuals and you get the same response; a box ticking exercise in which it is only by the most extreme luck that you will find anything useful when you need it. As we move into the digital world everybody has much higher expectations.

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  • Thinking about printing O&M manuals

    Modern O&M manuals are created as digital documents replete with hyper links, search tools and the type of navigation structures that we have become used to when browsing the internet. Denaploy is one of the leaders in this trend and as a consequence has documented approaching £1bn of construction projects for some of the most demanding customers in the industry.

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  • As built drawings PDF or DWG?

    The final As Built drawings have always been a critical part of an O&M Manual, and it has always been clear that these need to be the final version of the drawings

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  • Digital Home User Guides

    People have a right to expect good quality documentation explaining how to use and maintain their property and the old way of throwing a few bits of product literature into a file is no longer acceptable.

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  • BREEAM

    BREEAM (Building Research Establishment's Environmental Assessment Method)

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  • What is a CIBSE TM31 Logbook?

    Log books provide a simple, easily accessible summary of a new or refurbished building rather than the detail contained in O & M manuals.

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  • Construction Bloopers

    This page is dedicated to the construction blooper. It's just a bit of fun and not to be taken too seriously

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  • BREEAM Meaning: A Deep Dive into Sustainable Building Practices

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  • Building Regulations for Greener Construction: Progress, Challenges, and the Path to Net Zero by 2030

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  • Comprehensive O&M Manuals for Schools: Ensuring Safety, Compliance, and Excellence in Education

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  • Denaploy Achieves Constructionline Gold Accreditation, Elevating Industry Standards

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  • The Future Homes Standard 2025: Progress, Delays, and the Path Forward

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  • Understanding The Purpose And Importance Of O&M Manuals

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  • Creating Effective Operations and Maintenance Manuals for Healthcare Facilities

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  • From Construction to Handover: Managing Residual Hazards for O&M Manual Compliance

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  • Understanding Regulation 38

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  • Constructionline Meet the Buyer Crawley

    Another jaunt for Constructionlines Meet the Buyer event in Crawley

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  • Denaploy on Tour-Constructionline Meet the Buyer Leeds

    Denaploy on tour again! This time for Meet the Buyer but in Leeds.

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  • The Nation Mourns for the Queen

    Our longest standing Monarch unfortunately passes away.

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  • July 2022 Heatwave

    Temperatures soar and hit peak levels here in the U.K.

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  • Constructionline Meet the Buyer Derby

    Denaploy on tour for Meet the Buyer.

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  • Denaploy on tour-Ireland's National Construction Summit

    Annual trip to the National Construction Summit in Ireland.

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  • CIS and VAT reverse charge from 1st March 2021

    Please note that the provision of documentation services provided by Denaploy Limited are specifically excluded from the CIS and therefore the VAT rules applicable from 1 March do not apply. We will therefore continue to apply VAT to our invoices.

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  • Manuals for Small Projects

    Small Projects in the region of £200k+ can be really difficult for documentation. They are big enough to require careful documentation, but too small to justify the cost involved.

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  • Denaploy's New Offices

    Denaploy are pleased to announce that we have moved our entire Operations & Maintenance Manuals department into new offices.

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  • Common pitfalls in preparing O&M Manuals

    Advice to Project managers - 3 Steps to good quality O&M manuals

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  • Documentation in the event of Covid-19 lockdown

    As we prepare for a Covid-19 lockdown, we need to take simple precautions for the eventual restart whenever it comes. We want to help by collecting as much information as possible on the current status of the project

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  • Policy update on Covid-19

    The impact of Covid 19 is growing every day, so our response is under constant review. So far it is business as usual apart from lots of working from home.

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  • Earth day 2022 and Sustainability in construction

    A key talking point at the moment in the construction industry is of course net zero and sustainability.

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  • Constructionline Gold Member Accreditation for Denaploy

    As far as we are aware we are the only O&M Provider to hold this level of accreditation.

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  • Denaploy and Kier Unite for RCA Flagship Building

    After working on a large number of projects together Kier and Denaploy unite again for the RCA

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  • Thousands saved on refrigerators thanks to O&M Manual and RiDr system.

    O&M Manual and RiDr system saves client thousands through refrigerator changes.

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  • THFC manual - Holding the ace for BASE, MACE and STACE

    Denaploy was appointed by BASE, one of our valued regular clients, to manage the documentation for this major stadium project

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  • Recent Projects

    Over the last 10 years we estimate that we have documented over £2bn of construction projects for many main contractors and some of the most demanding clients and consultants in the country.

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  • Denaploy Flashdrives

    One of the reasons O&M manuals are so disparaged is that they are never there when you need them!

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  • Data Supply Chain - BIM Systems

    One of our clients is a company that builds and fits-out high-end, exclusive homes in some of the most exclusive areas of North London. They approached us to create the O&M manual and User Guide for one of their latest luxury homes for a well-known TV personality who has a penchant for Apple products.

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  • Dagenham Park C of E School

    A new school built by Laing O’Rourke in record time using Laing O’Rourke’s model for delivering primary and secondary schools, using standardised building components manufactured and assembled at Europe’s leading construction offsite pre-assembly facility

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  • BSRIA Performance indicators

    O&M manuals have a terrible reputation. If you mention them to most people in the construction industry you’ll be met by a resigned shrug. They are considered a painful legal necessity and an afterthought to the main job of getting the building project completed. Nobody likes doing them and it requires a completely different skill set to those normally expected of a project manager.

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  • Denaploy Digital O&M Manuals

    About Denaploy and our processes

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  • O&M Manuals for Schools

    Undertaking projects for schools have some special requirements and these are also reflected in the documentation production

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  • St Bernard's Hospital

    A new build hospital unit within the Ealing Hospital complex.

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