Have you ever considered that a chest of drawers, a bookshelf or even a TV could be a dangerous piece of furniture to your children?
Furniture falling onto children can cause serious injuries such as fractures, head injuries, amputations, cardiac injuries or, in the worst case, death.
Secure all tall furniture to a stable wall using angle-brackets available from hardware stores.
As a guide, any furniture units 1 metre or higher should be secured, such as chests of drawers, bookcases, wardrobes (particularly those with shelving inside that children could climb up), or any other furniture that could potentially fall as a result of a child climbing it.
Ensure wall brackets and straps are used when supplied with TVs or when their size or position presents a hazard.
cform Deadline: All applications must be postmarked by January 15, 2004.
By signing this form, the applicant agrees that The Furniture Society will retain 25% of the retail price on sales of work, and grants The Furniture Society the right to retain work for up to 12 months if additional venues are arranged, the right to retain and reproduce the slides submitted with this application, and the right to photograph and publicize the work for educational and promotional purposes.
This may include use in catalogues, newsletters, The Furniture Society web site, slide kits of the exhibition, and press publicity.
Work, which is not exhibited, will be returned at the expense of The Furniture Society.
Furniture Stores
Retail furniture stores sell a wide variety of products for the home, with the mix typically including living room, dining room, kitchen, and bedroom furniture.
Furniture stores still hold the largest share of the market, but sales through home centers and discount department stores represent a significant percentage of the market.
The percentage of furniture retailers who use co-op advertising funds from furniture manufacturers is 71%.
The $64 billion furniture industry is eager for sales to turn upward after two consecutive years of stagnant or declining sales, according to an article in The Wall Street Journal (September 25, 2002).
Intense competition and soft business conditions are driving out-of-the-box type thinking in terms of new retail lines, creative advertising efforts, and sharp focus on customer service.
waiver_mos
request, waiver, PIA, furniture, review, modular, procurement, agency, determination, Office Systems, contract, original signatures, Sales, contract vendor, Product Manager.
The procedures for departments to follow when requesting a waiver have been revised (See Department of General Services memo dated April 21, 2003).
Departments are now required to obtain approval by either their Agency Secretary, Department Director, or a level not less than the department's Procurement and Contracting Officer (PCO) to ensure the functional needs of the end user cannot be met by utilizing PIA products.
For all such requests the PIA Waiver Request form must be completed and submitted to PIA.
Waiver requests for Modular Office Systems furniture require additional review.
B. PIA will review the project and it will be accepted, accepted conditionally, or referred to a contract vendor.
overview
forest, certification, China, wood, conference, Asia, furniture, investment, trade, demand, supplying, community, Chinese, trends, market.
Its entry into the World Trade Organization and the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation group, its trade liberalization program and fast economic growth make it attractive for investment.
Aimed at introducing certification in the furniture and wood products industry, the conference coincided with the Furniture China 2001 trade exhibition (Sept 11-14).
China's rising production of furniture and other wood products can help to meet the potentially large demand for third party certified wood and wood products from mega stores like IKEA, B&Q, Home Depot and Lowes.
There is a discernable trend towards community control over forests in countries supplying wood to China and there is also considerable potential for community-based wood supply in China itself (12).
furnit_firms_back_flamab_std
flame, fabrics, standard, furniture, upholstered furniture, chemicals, CPSC, flame retardant, fire, industry, interliners, ignition, open flame, draft, barrier.
At a two day meeting with Consumer Product Safety Commissioners and staff held June 18-19, representatives from the American Furniture Manufacturers Association and the Upholstered Furniture Action Council both told CPSC project manager Dale Rae that work by the CPSC staff to draft a standard is "moving in the right direction."
But they said the industry can only support adoption of a standard that contains "practical" requirements addressing open flame ignition of upholstered furniture.
In that regard, the industry seemed unanimous in its opinion that treating upholstered furniture fabrics with flame retardant (FR) chemicals is a doubtful approach due to environmental and safety concerns.
led_ubicomp03
instructions, affordances, furniture, physical objects, patterns, functionality, light patterns, sensors, flat-pack furniture, static affordances, green light, intrinsic guidance, attention, Smart-Its, screws.
In this paper we show a simple way to immerse instructions into the real-world.
Using the example of a flat-pack furniture demonstrates how to guide and teach the user during the assembly.
This paper studies how affordances of physical object can be exploited and enhanced by dynamic cues: LED's attached to the parts draw the user attention to and signal the next action.
An ideal design should not require any instructions at all: by simply looking at the physical objects the user can guess and understand the functionality.
For this phenomenon Gibson coined the term affordance [2] and it was widely spread in HCI by Norman: "Affordances are perceived properties of an artifact that indicate how it can be used" [3].
pricelistFMS_PDF http://www.manengineer.com/pdf/pricelistFMS_PDF.PDF
furniture, management, design, engineering, Schedule, interior, installation, SIN, customer, contract, Comprehensive Furniture, Supply Schedule Price, architecture, proper, inventory.
Furniture and furniture related services available from MEA are detailed by SIN.
Comprehensive support for the design, reconfiguration, relocation and increasing/downsizing of office space and similar facilities.
Services will include the interior design and configuration of the office assets.
develop project management plan and implementation strategies, which identify all significant issues related to the project; partner with the customer agency and manage the interior design process to insure it meets with their requirements; develop and manage the phasing of the reconfiguration project; assist in preparing the budget requirements for the furnishing and equipment acquisition, delivery and installation; and manage logistics of interior renovations and furniture installation.
tsd080
furniture, fire, regulations, accommodation, label, complies, mattresses, bed bases, Trading, hazard, law, fire resistance requirements, private, FURNISHINGS, Trading Standards Department.
These regulations apply to anyone who lets furnished accommodation, and includes persons who act as an agent on behalf of someone else, such as estate agents, landlords, letting agencies.
Student halls may fall into this category.
In both instances however there is a potential for civil liability for damages, where for example, non-compliant furniture was a contributory factor in a fire.
It includes beds (and their bases and headboards), childrens furniture (including prams), mattresses and pillows, outdoor furniture that is suitable for indoor use, but not bedding or floor covering.
Manufacturers have a duty to affix a permanent label headed "Carelessness Causes Fire", detailing the measures taken to ensure compliance with the law.
Read the label carefully and FULLY to ensure it complies.
99a-08
expenditures, NRC, expenses, review, Presidential appointees, management, laws, regulations, responsibilities, furnishing, ADM, documentation, controls, report, recommendations.
During December 1998, the Office of the Inspector General received an anonymous concern suggesting that substantial funds may have been expended for furnishing, redecorating, purchasing furniture or making improvements to Commission offices within the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).
Based on our evaluation, we found that: (1) NRC is in compliance with laws and regulations regarding limits on expenditures of monies for Presidential appointees' offices, (2) these expenses are recorded and tracked during the complete term of each Presidential appointee, and (3) NRC needs to improve its accountability and controls for funds spent on Presidential appointees' offices.
Our overall objectives were to determine whether the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) complies with applicable laws and regulations regarding expenses associated with furnishing, redecorating, purchasing furniture or making improvements to Commission offices and to determine whether associated expenses are recorded and tracked during the complete term of office of each Presidential appointee.
workspace
design, plastics, engineering, furniture, Honeywell Plastics, nylon, customers, materials, workspace, PET, support, recycling, environment, resins, capabilities.
The very way furniture manufacturers speak demonstrates how focused they are on the needs of their customers.
workspaces affect performance At Honeywell Plastics, we believe that an industry so focused on the needs of its customers certainly deserves suppliers who are just as focused on its needs.
We're bringing out new and better grades of our performance-proven plastics: Capron® nylon 6, Petra® PET and Nypel® recycled nylon 6.
We're continuously refining our materials and processes to make them better for you, your customers, the workspace and the environment.
We've developed new, more open and responsive ways of working with furniture manufacturers --- implementing electronic processes and file transfer capabilities, sharing our knowledge to support your development of new workspace solutions.
An engineering group to make designs work.
Furniture Notice
standard, environment, Australian, draft, working group, Ecolabel Program, Australian Ecolabel, standard development, environmental labelling, furniture, labelling association, members, assessors, AELA, standard development notice.
The Management Committee acting in an interim capacity for the Australian Ecolabel Board is seeking to appoint a working group of members and external stakeholders to develop a voluntary environmental labelling standard for indoor and outdoor furniture for household and commercial use.
It is expected that the working group will commence and implement the steps to deliver a draft standard as detailed in the below instructions and the standard development guidelines available at http://www.aela.org.au/aela/library.htm.
We suggest that this is should be considered another product category and dealt by through a separate standard with the different considerations in mind, specifically durability and water resistance in an outdoor environment.
implementation_plan
city, bus shelters, design, Adshel, installation, street furniture, approves, permit, implementation plan, feet, panels, City Council, standards, Council District, objections.
Pursuant to this Agreement, Adshel agrees to provide 256 advertising bus shelters, 256 litter bins, and 22 advertising kiosks within eighteen (18) months of the approval of the Implementation Plan.
Design and color of all street furniture; Timing of the installation of all street furniture ("Phases"); Methodology and schedule for community input meetings; Prioritized location of all street furniture.
no more than six feet (6') by four feet (4') of advertising while the third panel of every unit will be for use of City designated material of the same size.
Accordingly, meetings should commence no later than thirty (30) days from the time that the City Council receives and approves of the final Implementation Plan.
VC CaseStudy
employees, store, City Furniture, eLink, customers, business, Dybiec, Tomax, VCF, infrastructure, accounting, communications, technology, saving, management.
However, we knew they could be making a more significant impact on our business if we provided them with better tools to perform their jobs.
in their efforts to provide customers with superior service.
With the rapid store expansion, Mr. Thompson recognized VCF needed stronger underlying technology to provide the support he and his employees required to manage the business in the new millennium.
With an understanding of how IT improves business, Rhonda Dybiec, IT Director, proposed a new backend infrastructure to streamline operations and improve customer service.
eLink Runs on an RS 6000 Based at Headquarters Value City Furniture named its new system eLink.
