MOBILANE LAUNCHES ‘PICTURE’ WORTH A THOUSAND BREATHS
Leading green screen company Mobilane is breathing fresh air indoors and out with the launch of its latest innovation, LivePicture – a framed arrangement of plants that can be hung …
Landscaping
BRETT LANDSCAPING SEALS ITS EXCELLENCE AT LONDON 2012
Brett Landscaping supplied a number of paving and kerbing solutions to the London 2012 Games, reinforcing the company’s credentials as a leader in the manufacture and installation of projects combining …
Townscape extends hostile vehicle mitigation offering
PERIMETER security specialist, Townscape Products Limited, has extended its range of hostile vehicle mitigation (HVM) products with the launch of the Performa-Cast™ PAS 68 bollard sleeve. The sleeve is designed …
Vertical louvres living wall system takes Treebox to new heights
Urban greening company Treebox has unveiled an innovative style of living wall for use in both residential and commercial projects. Living walls are becoming increasingly popular in both external and …
LIVING HOARDINGS IMPROVE AIR QUALITY AND PROVIDE SECURITY
Mobilane’s Living Hoardings have been installed at Ponders End in Enfield as regeneration work takes place following the 2011 riots. The council has leased the Living Hoardings for three years …
Green Screens Security Fencing
Mobilane Green Screens provide a perimeter security solution which satisfies environmental and social sustainability requirements, and which delivers a wide range of further benefits including; security, aesthetics, improved air quality, …
Partnership Pays
Ian Bailey, Managing Director of Bailey Artform, specialists in design-led street furniture, talks about the need for architects and suppliers to work in partnership to overcome the challenges of the …
LIVING HOARDINGS HELP IMPROVE LONDON BOROUGH HIT BY 2011 RIOTS
Mobilane’s Living Hoardings have been installed at Ponders End in Enfield as regeneration work takes place following the riots of August 2011. This is the first time that the company’s …
Living Walls – A Realistic Solution to UK PM10 Problem
Local authorities must introduce new techniques and measures if we are to improve air quality across the UK says Sean Farrell of Living Walls company Mobilane. It is estimated that …
BAILEY ARTFORM LAUNCHES ‘LANDSCAPE FORMS’ DESIGN-LED STREET FURNITURE
An inspiring new collection of design-led street furniture from Landscape Forms has been launched in the UK, by Cheshire-based Bailey Artform. Aimed at helping landscape architects and specifiers to enrich …
MOBILANE WORKS WITH RESEARCHERS AND CLIENTS TO HIGHLIGHT BENEFITS OF WELL-DESIGNED GREEN SPACES
Mobilane has embarked on a pioneering partnership with Staffordshire University help existing and potential customers understand how well-managed green planted spaces can enhance wellbeing and solve social and environmental problems. …
Green Screens give social housing a lift
Building work does not take place in a vacuum. When a new development is planned and built, careful consideration needs to be given to the environment in which the new …
BREEAM TARGETS BOOSTED BY SUDSCAPE'S LANDSCAPING SYSTEM
A unique SUDS-compliant hard landscaping system, Sudscape ™ can earn a construction or hard landscaping project up to eleven BREEAM credits due to its range of excellent eco-credentials, based on …
LIVING, BREATHING, GREEN INTERIORS
Sean Farrell of Mobilane explains how living walls are moving from building exteriors to create healthy interiors. It is widely accepted that greening the urban environment is a positive step …
Iplas to transform fencing market and help the unemployed with new plastic range
Iplas, the manufacturer of the Zyplex™ range of sustainable building products, is set to transform the market with a new type of plastic fence. The Halifax-based firm has launched Zyplex …
LIVING WALL FLOURISHES ON WAITROSE’S GREENEST STORE
The living wall installed on the Waitrose store in Bracknell is flourishing just six months after it was installed by Hedera Screens. Named as their lowest carbon store the 25,000 …
Sudscape Hits The Heights For Trowbridge Town Council
The re-development of the Civic Hall in Trowbridge Park for Trowbridge Town Council by Beard Construction has involved the installation of an innovative hard landscaping system that offers unique eco-friendly …
Townscape supplies anti-terrorist protection to Belfast
TOWNSCAPE Products Limited is helping to safeguard one of the UK’s highest profile new visitor attractions against the threat of terrorism. Townscape is supplying 47 Counter Terror (CT) Blocks, designed …
Unique and Sustainable Paving System for WS Atkins
Global design and engineering consultants, WS Atkins are benefitting from a sustainable SUDS-compliant porous paving system as part of a refurbishment of their headquarters in Epsom, Surrey. SUDSCAPE is a …
Climate change minister urged to rethink cladding solution
Cladding eight million homes with up to 8in of insulation to cut greenhouse gas emissions is an inappropriate one size fits all approach which needs rethinking that’s according to Sean …
SUDSCAPE boosts eco credentials of Olympic Village
A unique SUDS-compliant paving system comprised of recycled car tyres is being used to boost the eco-credentials of landscaping provided at the Olympic Village. The SUDSCAPE system is being used …
LIVING WALLS – RELIABLE AND SUSTAINABLE
Critics of living wall systems who claim that living walls are too vulnerable and are not truly sustainable are wrong, says Sean Farrell of Mobilane. The comment comes as Mobilane …
New Brochure – Experience the art of landscaping with the dramatic effect of stone… naturally.
With over 140 years’ experience in the decorative aggregates sector, Long Rake Spar has gained national status as one of the UK’s largest suppliers of hard landscaping products. Our products …