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At the start of the year End Systems continued their commitment of supporting local communities and sponsored 3 youth teams, one being the Culcheth Eagles under 7’s Rugby Team. They are an enthusiastic young team who have had a fantastic season wearing their striking Orange and Black ESL Kit!

Shaun Daley, who coaches the team and is also a parent of one of the team members, gave us an insight into their successful season.

“Culcheth Eagles are a local rugby league club with players from age four all the way up to open age, the clubs junior section was set up by Jon McLeod and Phil Houghton in 1999 and has been growing ever since.

The under 7’s, consisting of 15 young men, have gone from strength to strength since forming in the summer of 2016 and are having a superb first season. Their biggest achievement so far is their successful run in the Warrington Clubs Challenge Cup, which involved a series of group games which resulted in two teams progressing to the final which was played at the Halliwell Jones Stadium.

On the night, the team produced a stand out performance which saw them finish the game as winners and be crowned the Under 7’s Warrington Clubs Challenge Champions. For their first season of rugby league the team couldn’t have made a better start and they certainly have looked the part in their brand-new kits that were kindly sponsored by End Systems.”

Congratulations boys – here’s to another great season!

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Based on a free to download IFC file viewer, the Technical Authors at End Systems will create a simple to navigate version of the final BIM with links to essential O&M Manuals and other handover documentation housed within the EndDocs O&M cloud based document store.

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In May 2013 we reported our efforts to support local youth in sport.

One of our chosen benefactors were Astley & Tyldesley JFC who play there football in the A Section of the local district league.

In a February fixture, the team played an away game at Darwen Vale High School in Darwen.

Darwen Vale was one of End Systems key projects in 2013 where we helped deliver both O&M Manuals and Commissioning & Testing Services.

As we are all too aware, decent sporting facilities for youngsters are few and far between, but the excellent facilities at Darwen Vale, with their state of the art 3G pitches ensure that winter fixtures, which all too often fall prey to the bad weather, are able to be staged.

Steve Kelly, End Systems Documentation Manager, who’s son plays for Astley & Tyldesley commented ;

“It’s fantastic to be involved in a project professionally only to see the real benefits these projects bring to the wider community,

Darwen Vale is an excellent facility and we hope to return next season“

The team went on to win 4-1 to keep their hope alive for a top 4 finish !

The value of expertly written and well-presented O&M Manuals is increasingly obvious to both clients and contractors alike.

Steve Kelly, Documentation Manager at End Systems, shares his thought on the rising popularity of professionally written documentation after 28 years of experience in this field;

“It isn’t too long ago when O&M’s were considered as somewhat of an afterthought which were often thrown together in the closing days of a project to attract that tick in the box.

Little thought was given to their technical content or ease of use, let alone the wider benefit of efficiently operated buildings.

Faced with rising fuel costs, building owners are now presented with technically complex facilities designed to operate in combat with these increased running costs. It is therefore of fundamental importance that clients and their facility teams are well appraised on the intended operating and maintenance regimes if buildings life cycle costs are to be realised.

The most advanced lighting control systems, intended to provide all manner of intricate operation are fundamentally floored if commissioned badly or nobody instructs the Building Manage how to use them!

End Systems have built their business model on ensuring that buildings are handed over fit for purpose with an educated client, the very essence of good customer service and delivery.

We have developed a host of services to ensure that design intent is both delivered and communicated to the people who matter – Your Clients.

These services include:-

1. O&M Manuals
2. Building User Guides
3. TM31 Energy Logbooks
4. As Fitted Drawings
5. Client Video Training
6. On-Line O&M Manuals
7. H&S Files
8. Soft Landing Consultancy

Recent feedback also suggests that modest investment made in this type of professional service at the tail end of projects gives contractors an improved customer service deliverable and reduced call back during the defects liability period providing for an overall cost saving.”

Presented with the prospect of producing O&M Manuals for a prestigious Data House in Sweden, End Systems had the perfect solution to the logistic of sharing information.

With the construction teams based in Stockholm, Technical Authors based in Lancashire and consultants and client representatives spread far and wide, End Systems created an on-line network of users across our dedicated, web based O&M website, EndDocs.

Utilising EndDocs, End Systems collated and compiled all of the third party information, including Technical Specifications, O&M Manuals, As Fitted Drawings and Test & Commissioning Data.

The information gathered was uploaded onto the on-line platform, where a technical appraisal loop was created, enable all users to comment on the documentation directly in EndDocs.
No matter where stakeholders were located, they could always gain access to the web based documents.