Entries by Lyn

Crossover to Electric Aircraft Well Progressed

Electraflyer has announced that it has passed crossover, meaning it now sells more battery-electric aircraft than polluting ones. Pipistrel sold over 100 battery-electric aircraft last year as they take over from its traditional offerings. Bye Aerospace does not even make conventional aircraft. With its Tesla-style approach, its order book exceeds 720 battery-electric aircraft evenly split […]

CONSTRUCTION SECTOR WAGES RISE EIGHT TIMES FASTER

BUILDING UP STEAM – CONSTRUCTION SECTOR WAGES RISE EIGHT TIMES FASTER THAN AVERAGE SALARIES Construction salaries advertised by employers have soared by 6.7% in the space of just five months1, according to new data from the world’s largest job site Indeed  With employer demand for workers outstripping the number of candidates, advertised wages are also […]

SIKA’S NEW MONOTOP® SYSTEM RAISES STANDARDS

SIKA’S NEW MONOTOP® SYSTEM RAISES STANDARDS IN SUSTAINABLE, LONG-TERM CONCRETE REPAIR   Global building products manufacturer, Sika, has launched a new concrete repair solution that provides greater long-term protection for buildings and sets a new standard for low environmental impact concrete by significantly reducing CO2 emissions. Sika has invested in the trusted Sika MonoTop® brand […]

Fassa Bortolo lends render knowledge to transform new Co-op convenience store

Leading Italian render manufacturer, Fassa Bortolo has recently added convenience and service provider, the Co-operative Group, to its list of commercial brands completing a new render project at Maypole Garage in Bream, Gloucestershire. With a brief to source a high quality, long lasting render that would suit the store’s hightraffic environment, following a full specification […]

The evolution of energy

A potted history of the evolution of energy by Joe Bradbury From fire to water, how mankind’s hunger for manmade energy has evolved from the first spark of flint on stone to process of nuclear fission taking place in nuclear power plant reactors.   Life is strange. So strange, in fact, that in a bid […]

LANDLORDS MUST GO GREEN

Gavin Holvey, Priva General Manager UK & Ireland   London’s commercial landlords must invest now in building tech to ‘green’ their building stock, or risk being ‘unrentable’  A new report which claims that around 10% of London’s office space, has an EPC rating of F or G making it potentially unusable when new MEES regulations come […]

TESLA BOT, will carry out repetitive tasks

But don’t worry if it takes the hump at these tasks, as long as you can run faster than 5 miles an hour it wont be able to catch you, hopefully it equally can’t figure out how to use a weapon! Tesla will build a humanoid robot called Tesla Bot, to tackle “dangerous, repetitive and […]

Future opportunities and challenges for M&E companies

The future carbon economy will present major challenges and opportunities for M & E (Mechanical and Electrical) companies over the next 10 years with the need to deliver innovative design solutions for new and existing buildings, according to Julian McCamphill, Operations Director of Dowds Group. There is already considerable pressure for change, but while most […]

Kentec’s Taktis fire panels protect landmark

Cypriot University student accommodation   Award-winning Taktis fire panels, manufactured by Kentec Electronics, a leading manufacturer of life-critical control systems, are protecting students and property at the University of Nicosia (UNIC)’s new state-of-the-art student residences in Cyprus. The integrated fire system was installed by Kentec Installation Partner (KIP) Glosec Dragon, a Cyprus-based business specialising in […]

Ensuring Access for all

GEZE UK’s popular RIBA-approved CPD Removing Barriers to Access has been completely revised and updated and includes new visuals and updates to regulation all in GEZE’s new branding.   The CPD looks at why door controls are needed, explains the various standards and regulations that apply, where and when to use a manual door control or […]