FAST-TRACK ADMASTER IDEAL FOR GRAND ARCADE

Over 4,000 sqm of Admaster Composite Support System panels with an 80mm thick LPCB-approved PIR (polyisocyanurate) insulation core were specified by Chapman Taylor Architects for the low pitched roof and upper floor wall areas of the impressive new Grand Arcade retail centre in Cambridge. Bovis Lend Lease was the main contractor and T. R. Freeman Ltd installed the Admaster CSS... Click Here to Read More

MARLEY ETERNIT TILES GIVE NORTH EAST HOUSING DEVELOPMENT...

A new housing development project of 110 homes in Chilton Moor near Sunderland is nearing its completion using Marley Eternit’s Edgemere interlocking slates and concrete plain tiles. The project by Gentoo Homes, formerly known as Sunderland Housing Group, is built on a Brownfield site that previously contained traditional terraced houses. The new development contains a mix of modern bungalows... Click Here to Read More

YORKON INCREASES RECYCLING RATES IN ITS OFF-SITE MANUFACTURING...

Award-winning off-site construction specialist, Yorkon, has announced that it now recycles 91 per cent of waste generated in the manufacture of its steel-framed modular building system. According to WRAP, the construction industry is responsible for around 120 million tonnes of construction, demolition and excavation waste every year – around one third of all waste in the UK – but also that off-site construction.... Click Here to Read More

MUMFORD & WOOD ENGLISH HERITAGE CONTRAVENES GOVERNMENT’S...

Whilst the introduction of the Government’s Green Deal may offer tax cut incentives to thermally efficient homes, many Conservation Officers under English Heritage guidance stand resolutely defiant against many listed properties and those in Conservation areas being sensibly renovated to reduce CO2 emissions demanded by Government targets. Ignoring every green initiative endorsed by everyone active... Click Here to Read More

NEACO: NEW ROOF WALKWAY SYSTEM IS DESIGNED FOR FAST INSTALLATION

Neaco have developed a superb addition to their roof access range with the launch of Paldek 2, a new roof walkway system designed for fast and efficient installation. Paldek 2 walkway panels feature Neaco’s patented swage-locked construction with swage bars, frame and serrated load bars in aluminium alloy. The system’s dual action fixing clamp is secured to the roof seam and walkway with only one fixing... Click Here to Read More

ASH & LACY: STYLISH ASHTECH FAÇADE FOR LONDON’S STATE-OF-THE-ART...

Perforated AshTech rainscreen cladding panels from Ash & Lacy Building Systems were chosen to clad the walls of the £4.5m Metropolitan Works in London, developed specifically for architects and designers. The centre houses £2m worth of state-of-the-art rapid prototyping and digital manufacturing equipment and is the only industrial resource in the centre of London to combine CAD training... Click Here to Read More

ENER-G LAUNCHES NEXT GENERATION BUILDING ENERGY MANAGEMENT...

Clean technology group ENER-G (www.energ.co.uk) has launched a new tamper-proof building energy management system (BEMS) – called E-MAGINE - that is pre-engineered to provide fast installation and commissioning, and assured lifetime delivery on energy costs and carbon savings. ENER-G estimates that E-MAGINE can reduce energy usage by up to 25% and save costs on capital purchase... Click Here to Read More