Entries by Lyn

ZENTIA’S FISSION FAMILY: EXCEPTIONAL VALUE AND SUSTAINABILITY

  Zentia’s Fission family is made up of three of its most popular ceiling tiles. Offering perfectly balanced and affordable acoustic performance alongside a range of differing semi-bevelled visuals, it offers exceptional value for money across a wide range of interiors.   The Fission tile family is always in stock, as it is manufactured at […]

SFS CPD seminars doubling down on key industry topics

  As a specialist in all areas of the building envelope, SFS Group Fastening Technology has created a comprehensive selection of CPD seminars which are intended to offer architects and other specifiers valuable insights into relevant industry topics, embracing key issues such as sustainability, safety and structural stability. The RIBA approved presentations have been compiled […]

AI-Augmented Architecture

  Dewan Architects + Engineers is set to unveil its latest innovations in AI-augmented BIM and automation alongside some of the world’s leading technology innovators at the Autodesk University (AU) 2024 in San Diego, USA. This high-level event marks a significant milestone in Dewan’s digital transformation journey as the firm, celebrating its 40th anniversary this […]

School Closure should have been a ‘Flash Warning’

  A Norfolk MP has called for derelict city school to be transformed. Alice Macdonald, Labour MP for Norwich North, has urged County Hall to bring the Angel Road Junior School building back into use. The school suddenly closed down more than three years ago after tiles fell from the ceiling and could sit empty for another […]

New Homes Must Meet Area Demographics

  Propertymark has backed the Government’s reforms to the National Policy Planning Framework and other changes to the planning system but warns requirements need to be more area specific for each region. Responding to the Government’s consultation on planning reforms, the professional body highlighted concerns raised from a roundtable in September about what is working […]

Repurposed London Clay as low-carbon cement alternative

Funding for further trials of repurposed London Clay as low-carbon cement alternative   High Speed 2 London tunnels team Skanska Costain Strabag Joint Venture bags funding from Innovate UK’s £3.2M pot for trialling repurposed London Clay as an alternative to carbon-intensive Portland cement. The Skanska Costain Strabag Joint Venture (SCS JV) project is one of […]

Non-League Football Club To Decarbonise with RINNAI

  A Gloucestershire non-league football club is aiming to decarbonise the whole of its ablutions by installing a high temperature R290 heat pump solution for the DHW requirements in the club’s washrooms and showers.  The target for the football club is to reduce carbon by installing a state-of-the-art Rinnai commercial heat pump system. Rinnai produced […]

A Radical Design for an Awkward Plot

(Image credit: Will Pryce) Station Lodge peeks out between New Malden’s typical period homes, inviting visitors to the architecturally unexpected. This new home, designed by architect Andrei Saltykov in South West London is certainly unusual – and offers a radical subversion to residential architecture of its region.   Tour the surprising Station Lodge Built on […]

UK Returns to Growth

The FTSE 100 (^FTSE), European and US stocks were up by the close in London on Friday (11.10.24), following a GDP print that showed the UK economy returned to growth in August. Investors are also gearing up for Q3 earnings season, which begins in earnest today with reports by big US banks. The FTSE 100 […]

First new long-duration energy storage in 40 years

Dinorwig’s operational characteristics and dynamic response capability are still acknowledged the world over   Long-duration energy storage is required to support the UK’s renewable power fleet and bolster the country’s energy security, the Department for Energy Security and Net-Zero (DESNZ) said in a statement. Some 20 GW of new capacity could save the system GBP24 […]