Pioneering Liquid Roofing For 50 Years
Sika Liquid Plastics is celebrating 50 years of innovation in the liquid roofing market and looking to the future with the construction of a multi-million R&D facility at its Preston …
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Heckmondwike FB supports the construction & property industry’s homelessness charity
West Yorkshire-based Heckmondwike FB has helped to enrich the lives of homeless people in East London, by supplying carpet tiles to Cardboard Citizens, a homelessness project supported by Oscar award-winning …
Reynaers launches it’s clearest sliding system yet with Hi-Finity
An infinite view combined with ultimate performance is offered with Hi-Finity – the new, ultra-slim and elegant large sliding door system launched and now available from Reynaers Aluminium. Revealed at …
Benefits of Riefa Green Roofs
Why Riefa Green Roofs? Riefa – Suitable for new or existing roofs RIEFA is totally organic and contains only natural material. It can be composted or disposed of safety. The …
Taking a positive approach to energy effficiency
Chris Dale, Director of Danfoss Ltd, looks at why air source heat pumps are increasingly being specified for new developments. “Building requirements, such as the Code for Sustainable Homes, mean …
GRAMMAR SCHOOL HEAD TAKES DESIGN LEAD FOR BRETT PAVING PROJECT
Brett Landscaping has successfully enabled a Headmaster with a side-line flair for design to pave his own success, by creating and implementing the installation of an impressive 3,000 sq m …
Landmark launches Promap Labs: providing early access to new and innovative digital mapping datasets and concepts
Landmark Information Group, the UK’s leading supplier of digital mapping, property and environmental risk information, has today announced the launch of Promap Labs; a new online portal that gives architects, …
Kemperol delivers a factory finish
The advanced chemistry of Kemper System’s innovative Kemperol V210 cold liquid-applied waterproofing membrane will help ensure efficient manufacture of fluorochemicals and fluoropolymer materials thanks to a roof refurbishment project at …
Good news for Government’s new industrial strategy as NBS reports rise in manufacturers going digital
Recognised as the primary source of generic and proprietary BIM objects, the NBS National BIM Library has seen a surge in interest from manufacturers keen to create objects that can …
Hush Acoustics comply with the performance standards of BB93
Hush Acoustics offer a full consultancy service and an extensive product range to ensure compliance with the performance standards of BB93. All performance levels for educational environments are detailed in …
Vinyl flooring specialist Gerflor wins top marks for school project
The Scottish Futures Trust is a national body committed to saving taxpayers’ money by ‘delivering the best possible value’ in the public sector. So when it joined forces with Scotland’s …
Triangular Weep Modernises Traditional Practice
Getting water out of any masonry wall at one time utilised reed straw, chosen because it provided a discreet conduit through which water could evacuate. Its’ size meant it could …
Schöck Isokorb proves ideal for Velux Headquarters
The industrial landscape leading out through the north eastern outskirts of Vienna is, perhaps surprisingly, a seemingly endless accumulation of dull unimaginative commercial buildings. Endless that is until you reach …
Sylglas Metalfix Protects Sea Front Railings
Hartlepool Borough Council were recently experiencing problems with corrosion of the sea front railings. Extending for approximately half a mile the railings were exhibiting signs of rusting within a few …
BRETT LANDSCAPING PAVING DESIGN UNITES MEDICAL CENTRE AND SCHOOL
Brett Landscaping has used its creative expertise to produce an aesthetically-pleasing, cost-effective paving design that provides a cohesive identity for a refurbished healthcare and education complex in Surbiton. The new …
Monodraught X-Air Systems Create a Future-Proof Controllable Natural Ventilation Strategy for a Primary School near Stansted Airport
Bold ambitions led an Essex primary school to move to a village’s new estate, and gain an exciting modern building by Sarah Wigglesworth Architects. With inventive design and successful collaborations …
The Midlands Most Acclaimed Construction Companies Sign Up to the Built Environment Hub
Just two months on from the launch of the Built Environment Hub, the new organisation for the construction industry in the Midlands has announced some of the region’s most prominent …
KEMPER SYSTEM BRINGS NEW LIFE TO UNIVERSITY CAMPUS ROOF
Waterproofing specialist, Kemper System, has helped Anglia Ruskin University transform a former office block into a prestigious faculty building thanks to its Stratex warm roof and Kemperol V210 cold liquid-applied …
Total Glass secures contract with Grey on White profile
PVC-U and aluminium window and door fabricator Total Glass supplied and installed quality PVC-U windows manufactured from high-quality Grey on White profile for a new mixed affordable and private housing …
Densoclad 70 Protects 1Km of Pipework in Brinefields Gas Area
Cofely Fabricom GDF SUEZ are near completion of a contract to install 1 km of protected multi technical underground gas systems for gas storage in the Cheshire brine fields. The …
REYNAERS ALUMINIUM PROVES ENERGY EFFICIENT FOR COUNTY HALL
Bright, airy and a need to reduce energy consumption by 40 per cent were the requirements when Reynaers Aluminium was contracted to provide their quality aluminium window and door solutions …
Lathams New Flooring Range Looking ‘Aged’ …..But In A Good Way!
James Latham has bolstered its already extensive solid and engineered Bausen flooring portfolio with the addition of ‘1757’, a contemporary range of ‘aged’ Oak engineered boards with broken edges, a …
Halo’s FlushSash offers classic style with modern performance
The latest innovative window system to come from Halo – a highly-specified brand of The VEKA UK Group – has been hailed as an innovation in heritage fenestration applications. The …
The Anatomy of the Perfect CG Visual Tool
STOP PRESS: ‘The MCC and master planners Populous announce Lords Cricket Ground site redevelopment’; ‘Rydon Construction & HTA Architects win planning for Queen Elizabeth Hospital’; ‘Quintain Estates announce next …
Use Bitumen
Bitumen is good RECYCLED WASTE CARBON STORAGE SUSTAINABLE ZERO LANDFILL NATURAL DURABLE Bitumen – black in colour but with the greenest of credentials. Bitumen is good for the building and …
Coloured Movement Joints by CMJ
CMJ produce bespoke joints for Hard Flooring, Natural Stone and Slate. We specialize in colour matching our joints to the grout or the floor finish creating a stylish designer look …
ECO PROJECT PROVIDES RESPITE SPACE IN COUNTY DURHAM
TWO ‘eco-kabins’ at Holmside in County Durham, that will provide respite care to young people and adults with autism and learning disabilities, are reaching completion by architecture and design firm …
An array of colour for council offices in Worthing
ECE Architecture, based in Worthing, West Sussex, has specified Broadrib and Array carpet tiles from Heckmondwike FB as part of the refurbishment of Portland House, on behalf of Adur and …
CEMBRIT HELPS COMMUNITY SPIRIT IN YORKSHIRE
Cembrit, has helped transform a beautiful but neglected town hall in Yorkshire, and bring the building back to the centre of community life. 10,000 of Cembrit’s Duquesa slates have been …
Hobs Reprographics 3D printing & augmented reality showcased at the Coronation Festival
Hobs Reprographics received a tremendously enthusiastic reception to its 3D and Augmented Reality showcase at the Coronation Festival for Royal Warrant holders at Buckingham Palace from 11th-14th July. Hobs, the …
New Städel Art Museum Contemporary Art Underground
The basic idea was compelling from the very outset: the architects schneider + schumacher, who won the international design competition for the project in 2008, decided to go underground to …
A HAPPY MEDIUM BETWEEN WET AND DRY FIX
Marley Eternit is first to launch mechanical fixing system for mortar bedded tiles Demonstrating its commitment to product innovation, Marley Eternit has become the first roofing manufacturer to introduce a …
Cavity Wall Movement Challenges PD 6697
Parapet cavity walls behave differently because both faces are exposed. Such dual exposure dictates the protection against damp penetration takes into consideration more variable elements than are normally encountered. And …
Hochiki Europe fuels the need for life safety at Europe’s biggest service station
When the Extra Motorway Service Area (MSA) Group opened its facility on the M25 at Cobham in September 2012, it marked the culmination of a project that had first been …
Rockfon Ceilings provide Colourful and Acoustic solutions to new Heartlands Academy
Students and staff at Heartlands Academy, Birmingham, have a brand new £20 million state-of-the-art school building; which is part of the Birmingham ‘Building Schools for the future’ programme. ROCKFON ceiling …
Acoustic floor, Chetham's School of Music, Manchester
Challenge Chetham’s is the largest specialist music school in the UK and the only music school based in the North of England. A new building was commissioned to modernise and expand …
USE BIM – Axter at the National BIM Library
As a leading design focussed manufacturer of roof waterproofing systems, Axter has created, in partnership with RIBA, a series of Building Information Modelling (BIM) objects enabling design teams to include …
Hobs to showcase Augmented Reality at Coronation Festival at Buckingham Palace
Hobs Reprographics will demonstrate its 3D printing and brand new Augmented Reality services, which are in demand from the AEC sector, at the Coronation Festival at Buckingham Palace, from 11th …
Prince Charles given a Thermally Efficient welcome in Stoke
When HRH Prince Charles walked through the entrance to the Co-Operative Academy of Stoke-on-Trent in Tunstall it is unlikely he knew he was walking through one of the most thermally …
The Wonders Of Window Film
Environmental Control Films, having demonstrated via their wireless monitoring that window film can reduce temperatures within hotel rooms and offices by as much as 5 degrees, have now taken things …