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The New Roads & Street Works Act 1991

As a result of various provisions [dated 28.11.92, 01.01.93 & 01.04.93] of the above code, all vehicles working on or beside roads had to be fitted with a amber rotating roof beacon. Thus the majority of BT vans have beacons fitted as a matter of course.

WITHOD

Working In The Hours Of Darkness is an initiative which was trialled during July 1994 and rolled out later in the year. Essentially it was a portable lighting kit to enable field service technicians to work safely in conditions of 'poor natural light.' It was intended to extend the working day, in order to maximise efficiency and to allow provision and repair of customers' overhead lines outside of normal hours.

openreach - a BT Group business

Openreach was launched by BT on the 11th January 2006 "Openreach is a new multi-billion pound business that will be responsible for the nationwide local BT network. It is set to become a familiar household name as it will contain BT's field force of 25,000 engineers. These engineers make more than 3.5 million home visits every year on behalf of hundreds of companies. They are the men and women who install new lines, upgrade the local network and maintain the green cabinets at the side of the road. In short, they are the people who ensure that tens of millions of people across the UK have reliable local access to telephony and internet services."

www.openreach.co.uk/