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Kick off 2017 in a green way
2017 is set to be the year the world ups its game and pushes towards more eco-friendly ways of living. Electric vehicles are on the rise, recycling is increasing all the time and people are now more conscious about using unnecessary energy. Thanks to this heightened...
Venture industrial luminaires used to help company save energy
Venture Lighting Europe’s high performance industrial luminaires have been used to upgrade the lighting at two depots owned by vehicle maintenance and repair company, Marshall Fleet Solutions. Over 50 of Venture’s 150W Highbay Professional luminaires were used across...
Architectural Technology Awards: 2016 winners
The Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists (CIAT) is pleased to announce the winners for its annual Awards. The awards celebrate Architectural Technology globally at its very best. The winners and shortlisted entrants were selected by a judging panel made...
Rodeca cladding helps bring theatre to Redbridge College
Translucent polycarbonate rainscreen panels by Rodeca were specified for a performing arts building for their transparency, light weight, ability to be back-lit and range of colours. More than 300m2 of Rodeca's 40mm PC 2540 wall cladding panels in Kristall and...
Mapei construction products used for Swansea housing refurbishment
Matthew Street flats were originally built in the 1960’s as part of a wider housing boom at the time. The two ten-storey blocks of flats, owned and managed by the City and County of Swansea, have recently undergone a large scale refurbishment using Mapei construction...
Tobermore helps meet SuDS requirements at University of Leicester’s £42m Centre of Medicine
Landscape Architect, Gillespies, was set the task of sourcing a SuDS method to meet the requirements of the new £42 million Centre of Medicine at the University of Leicester and Tobermore provided the ideal solution with Hydropave Fusion – a permeable block paving...
Charcon’s Cycle Kerb wins top London innovation award
Charcon, the commercial hard landscaping division of Aggregate Industries, has been crowned the winner of the Innovation of the Year – Materials category at the 2016 London Construction Awards, thanks to its Eco Countryside Cycle Kerb Segregation System. The judges...
ISO-CHEMIE’s advanced foil technology seals winter installations
With the onset of winter, rapid and effective onsite sealing of windows in temperatures as low as - 10°C is provided by advanced sealing foil technology from leading foam tape manufacturer, ISO-CHEMIE. The flexible humidity variable sealing foil ISO-CONNECT VARIO SD...
European Standard for concrete structures is revised
BSI, the business standards company, has revised BS EN 206 Concrete – Specification, performance, production and conformity. The European Standard applies to concrete for structures cast in situ, precast structures, and structural precast products for buildings and...
New multimillion St John’s modular housing project will bring 59 new apartments to Scunthorpe by 2017
Specialist developer, Pulse Modular Homes Ltd, is working with North Lincolnshire Council to develop and build 59 apartments in a new, modular housing project in Scunthorpe’s town centre. Pulse will complete the “St John’s” multimillion housing project by the end of...
Charcon delivers new concept in cycleway segregation kerbing
Carcon, the commercial hard landscaping division of Aggregate Industries, has delivered its latest innovative concept in cycleway segregation kerbing for the first phase of Nottingham City Council’s new Western Corridor cycleway route, just three months after...
New study shows LED lights attract fewer insects than other lights
Research team highlights the potential of LEDs in reducing the attraction of disease-carrying insects. New research by scientists from the University of Bristol has revealed that domestic LED lights are much lessattractive to nuisance insects such as biting midges...