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Since its inception, the right-to-buy scheme has been a great topic of debate in the UK. As we approach the election this week the controversial scheme is once again the subject on everybody’s lips. Buildingspecifier.com Editor Joe Bradbury discusses how right-to-buy has affected Britain – for better or worse. Over 2 million people have bought […]
A water pumping station built to provide a vital back-up supply for Birmingham is being protected from an ingress of potentially deadly methane by Ultimate GeoSeal, the waterproofing and gas protection system from Visqueen. The station at Lickhill near Kidderminster draws water from the River Severn which is then pumped over 16 miles to Frankley […]
LONDON, July 2 (Reuters) – Britain’s Brexit crisis tipped the country’s construction industry into its sharpest fall in a decade in June, a survey showed on Tuesday, in a stark sign of how quickly the world’s fifth-biggest economy is slowing. The IHS Markit/CIPS construction Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) plunged to 43.1, the lowest reading since […]
From the 22nd – 28th October the European week for safety and health at work will focus on the prevention of risks posed by dangerous substances within the workplace. In the UK 8,000 people die due to exposure of carcinogens at work and 13,500 new occupational cancer cases are registered in the UK. Our industry […]
Between August 1998 and February 1999 three Scalebuster® units were installed at the James Hornby School in Basildon, Essex. The Scalebusters® were specified to protect the calorifiers in the school heating system by inhibiting the build-up of harmful limescale and so preventing the need for costly repairs or premature replacement. In 2014 a refurbishment programme […]
Rinnai, leading manufacturer of a complete range of A-rated continuous flow gas fired water heaters, is supplying the UK with what is thought to be the most reliable individual units* on the market. The ErP A-rating** applies over the complete Infinity range – from small domestic models to XXL sized industrial units. Rinnai is the […]
GEZE UK, leading manufacturer of door and window control systems, has pledged its support to the very best of Scottish Architecture by sponsoring the RIAS Centenary and Awards Dinner having supported the RIAS Awards Dinner for the last two years. The 2016 Awards will be announced at The Hilton Hotel, Glasgow, on Wednesday 15th June […]
With the new additions to the MAXX family, Delta Membrane Systems offer a range of products that bring to the market the most secure basement pumping systems for type C (cavity drain) waterproofing. Specifically designed for the basement waterproofing industry, MAXX technology takes an ‘intelligent’ approach in the design of the product range, resulting in […]
A decade since it pioneered the first zero carbon 0.8 U-value PVCu window for the mainstream UK market, CMS Window Systems is first again, this time with the launch of the country’s first Quiet Mark approved acoustic PVCu window. Its development marks a step change in how noise issues for homeowners and tenants can be […]
Last night saw the launch of the most wide-ranging review of the impact of digital construction ever seen in the UK construction industry, to be undertaken by Ecobuild in partnership with Building magazine and Building Design (BD), with a call for papers from professionals across the sector. At the offices of Ecobuild organiser UBM in […]
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