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BESA moves into “industry hub”

UK: The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has moved into a new “industry hub” near Tower Bridge, London.

BESA, and its long-time premises-sharing partner the Electrical Contractors’ Association, moved into the newly refurbished Rotherwick House in St Katharine’s Dock, yesterday.

Joining in the move from Hammersmith are the Specialist Engineering Contractors’ Group (SEC), the Electrical Distributors’ Association and the electrical installation web portal Voltimum. They are joined by the British Electrotechnical and Allied Manufacturers Association (BEAMA), the Electrical Industries Charity and GAMBICA, the trade association for instrumentation, control, automation and laboratory technology.

Rotherwick House is a grade II listed building situated on a private cobbled courtyard. It has been completely refurbished to provide three floors of grade A office space.

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