Entries by Lyn

JCB launches its first ever Rotating Telehandler

JCB, the world’s number one telehandler manufacturer, is extending its portfolio, with the launch of a totally new JCB rotating telescopic handler. Recognising the growth in popularity of rotating machines with heavier lift capacities across Europe, the company will initially launch the JCB 5.5-210, offering a maximum lift capacity of 5.5 tonnes and a maximum […]

Fasteners, Fixings & Everything In Between for Fast Track Construction

Buildings need to come together more quickly than ever. To do so without compromising integrity and quality depends on every little detail being thoroughly considered. This detail comes right down to the fasteners and fixings that hold the building envelope together, explains David Fraser, NVELOPE® Business Unit Manager at SFS UK. Almost everywhere you look […]

Protect Membranes IS supplier of choice for flagship modular development

A variety of wall construction membranes, roofing underlays and accessories from Protect Membranes has been used by modular construction specialists Totally Modular as part of an innovative pilot scheme, built offsite on behalf of social housing provider Citizen in partnership with Coventry City Council. Built in compliance with BOPAS, CML and LA Building Control requirements, […]

ICF – Insulation Comes First

Now that the glamour of being photographed beside the latest renewable technology of wind turbines and solar farms has worn off, the principle of Fabric First is being recognised as a more immediate and reliable process of improving energy efficiency in buildings.    Even without the subsidies and grants awarded for generating energy, the benefits […]

Wernick Group’s new head office has ‘wow factor’

New office pushes the limits of modular construction “Visitors’ reaction to the building is just ‘wow’. And they can’t believe that it’s a modular building.” That was a comment from one of Wernick’s staff, Naomi Parratt, whose office is in the new building. Designed by Wernick’s in-house architectural team, the new building aims to push […]

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Flooding: a buildingspecifier overview

Buildingspecifier.com’s Joe Bradbury discusses the topic on everyone’s lips at present – flooding. “It’s a bit black over Bill’s mothers” is an understatement. Apparently, according to the Met, England has received 144% of the average February rainfall this month, and as a resident of Tamworth, a town in the Midlands that two rivers pass through, […]

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The human cost of rapidly rising energy costs

Life got a little harder for many last year when the last of” the big six” energy firms hiked prices to the maximum (SSE) – hitting customers with an average 10.3% price rise. This has increased the gap between the cost of energy and what people can realistically afford by 9%, worsening the ongoing national […]

Trump says no more to Brutalist Architecture, Perhaps Imperialist Rome is more his style

Projects by HOK, Arquitectonica and Morphosis have been singled out for criticism in president Trump’s draft executive order for federal buildings, which would outlaw brutalist and deconstructivist styles if it becomes law. The draft of the Making Federal Buildings Beautiful Again executive order highlights three federal buildings completed in the last 20 years as examples […]