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The Building Safety Bill contains a series of reforms to building safety and is the main legislative response to the Grenfell Tower fire in 2017. The Government established the Building Safety Programme and the Independent Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety (the Hackitt Report) in response to the fire. Due to the Building Safety […]
Steel industry buoyant despite material price rises and shortages Steel prices doubled in eight months last year but despite the potential dent to client confidence from price rises of that scale, steelwork contractors report strong order books into the third quarter of 2022. The annual steel industry-commissioned Market Shares survey, which canvasses the views of […]
Councils urge MPs to prevent Building Safety Bill creating ‘two-tier’ safety system The Local Government Association is urging MPs to back amendments to the Building Safety Bill – tabled by LGA Vice President Daisy Cooper MP – to protect the future residents of new buildings under 18 metres not covered by the scope of the […]
ALTRO ADDS COLOUR TO REJUVENATED WAITING AREA AT SHEFFIELD CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL A chance hospital visit resulted in a refurbishment of the Emergency Department waiting area at Sheffield Children’s Hospital, using Altro floors and walls and delivered at no cost to the hospital. Over the last two years the NHS has faced unprecedented challenges that have […]
Chris Goggin, Operation Director for Rinnai Creating a healthier way of living with HYDROGEN BLENDS READY RINNAI H3 – THE NEW ELEMENT IN HOT WATER, LOW CARBON HEATING & HOT WATER SYSTEMS IN HYDROGEN, HYBRID & HEAT PUMPS RINNAI ANNOUNCES NEW PRODUCT ROADMAP IN DRIVE TO NET ZERO Rinnai is set to launch […]
Sloping ceilings at a Plymouth primary school feature Zentia products. A new school for a new community in Plymouth has relied on ceiling solutions by leading UK manufacturer Zentia for delivering both form and function. Some 1,200m2 of Zentia’s Perla OP 0.95 Tegular 600mm x 600mm tiles, which were the first mineral tile in […]
Phoenix Brickwork delivers greener construction with 90 per cent reduction in on-site fleet CO2 emissions Fast growing national brickwork, scaffolding and drywall business, Phoenix Brickwork has committed to switch its entire on-site fleet to hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) – slashing CO2 emissions by up to 90 percent. Working with several fuel suppliers across the UK, […]
For the second time in a week, a deadly fire has ripped through a low-income apartment building in an American city. Last Wednesday morning, a fire broke out in the top unit of a duplex row house owned by the Philadelphia Housing Authority in the city’s Fairmount neighborhood. Twelve people were killed, nine of them […]
The Constructing Excellence Awards are back for 2022 to recognise the very best of the construction and built environment across the South West. Open to all organisations and project teams, they celebrate those involved in delivering building and civil engineering projects in the region. The awards are a clear demonstration of the core […]
British Safety Council responds to Government’s cladding announcement Commenting on an announcement today (10 January) by Michael Gove, Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Communities and Housing, in which he set out plans to raise £4bn to replace combustible cladding on buildings of heights between 11m and 18m, Mike Robinson, Chief Executive of British Safety […]
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