Entries by Lyn

ABUS UK FAMILY RALLIES TOGETHER TO SEND HELP TO UKRAINE

In light of the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Ukraine, the ABUS UK family has joined forces with colleagues in Eastern Europe to collect and deliver urgent essential items including food, blankets, clothes, and toiletries to centres for refugees in Poland and the Ukrainian borders as people fleeing the war are escaping into the EU.   […]

ONS: Storms impact on February Construction

Monthly construction output decreased by 0.1% to £14,610 million in volume terms in February 2022 compared with January 2022. This is the first monthly decrease since October 2021 (a fall of 0.9%) following three consecutive months of growth. Storms Dudley, Eunice and Franklin bought heavy rain across much of Great Britain between 16 to 21 […]

STERLING OSB STARS IN WESTMINSTER PROJECT

SterlingOSB Zero stars in Westminster housing and retail community project SterlingOSB Zero panels, popular with specifiers, architects and builders, are not only durable, strong and easy-to-handle, they are carbon negative and employed for interesting aesthetic properties.  An interesting example which demonstrates the flexibility of the boards can be seen at Edbury Edge in Pimlico. Ebury […]

RINNAI ADDS HEAT PUMPS TO EXPANDING H3 PRODUCT LIST

Creating a healthier way of living RINNAI ADDS HEAT PUMPS TO EXPANDING H3 (Hydrogen, Hybrid, Heat PUMP) PRODUCT LIST     Heat pumps are now included in the H3 product list of solutions that further expand on Rinnai’s array of present and future low carbon products. Rinnai are also introducing a unique carbon calculation service […]

STRIVING FOR GOLD

Striving for the Gold Standard: A Practical Guide to framework selection for public sector construction is a handy booklet for any public sector organisation seeking to understand how to go about choosing a framework within the 24 guidelines set out in the recent Gold Standard Framework report led by Professor David Mosey for the Cabinet Office. […]

200 CALEDONIAN JOBS SAVED

200 jobs have been saved after administrators agreed the sale of the UK’s largest modular construction company Caledonian Modular. The Newark-based offsite building solution provider has been sold to the JRL Group after falling into administration in March. JRL is a £280m-turnover group with 14 divisions including J Reddington, Midgard, and London Tower Cranes. Joint […]

£300m Wind Factory Images

New images of the mammoth £300million SeAH Wind factory were unveiled today as the project took yet another step forward. Plans have now been submitted for the 40-metre-tall building, which will redefine the Teesside skyline and stand as tall as Stockton’s Infinity Bridge at its peak – or ten double-decker buses. The facility, part of […]

Nuclear Power Stations May be scaled up to help UK energy

The UK could massively scale up its nuclear power capability by 2050 – with new stations having far greater capacity, it is understood. The Business Secretary has suggested six or seven new sites could be in operation by that point, with all but one of Britain’s existing plants set to be decommissioned by 2030. The […]