Entries by Lyn

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EUROBRICK FOR MODULAR SCHOOLS INNOVATION

Leading brick slip cladding specialist, Eurobrick, has been supplying its systems to the education sector for 30 years and, more recently, with offsite construction specialist Reds10 to supply two new school projects in Reading; Green Park Village Primary Academy and Addington School. Green Park Village Primary Academy is a new two-storey primary school that is […]

Government to kick off talks over Sizewell C nuclear power plant

The UK government is set to begin discussions regarding the construction of a new £20bn nuclear power station in Sizewell, Suffolk. The site, located near the coast, is already home to a pair of nuclear power stations: Sizewell A and Sizewell B. Sizewell B is still operational, under the management of EDF Energy. The Sizewell […]

Blyth selected for battery gigaplant

BRITISHVOLT SELECTS NORTH EAST SITE TO BUILD BRITAIN’S FIRST BATTERY GIGAPLANT Britishvolt has selected Blyth, Northumberland as the site of its first battery gigaplant £2.6bn total investment, one of the UK’s largest ever industrial investments and the largest in the North East of England since the arrival of Nissan in 1984 Gigaplant will provide 3000 […]

US STUDY SHOWS CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY HAS HIGHEST COVID-19 INFECTION RATE

Study: Construction has the highest COVID-19 rate of nearly any industry A new study tracking the results of more than 730,000 COVID-19 tests found that construction workers had the highest positivity rates for asymptomatic cases of any occupation, including healthcare staff, first responders, correctional personnel, elderly care workers, grocery store workers and food service employees. […]

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Automatic wall divides stepped lecture theatre

As part of a £1.7m investment, Loughborough University recently remodelled Quorn Hall into an impressive 560-seat lecture theatre. Adding functionality to the new facility, Style was contracted to install a 57dB Dorma Hüppe Variflex ComfortDrive moveable wall system with fully automatic operation, allowing the vast space to be divided into two separate areas. A complex […]

‘Plan ahead’ Warns DHF as British Ports face Perfect Storm

“Plan well ahead!”  Door & Hardware Federation (DHF) advises members on backlog at British ports as Brexit and COVID cause ‘perfect storm’ Door & Hardware Federation (DHF) has issued advice to its membership to ‘plan well ahead’ in the wake of supply chains being stretched due to delays at British ports.  In particular, serious issues […]

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Innovative cladding fire detection system undergoes testing

A cladding fire detection system that could offer a lifeline to thousands affected by the UK’s cladding crisis is undergoing a critical period of testing with one of the UK’s leading testing bodies, the Fire Protection Association. Intelliclad, created by Darron Brough and Mohammed Zulfiquar, believe that their sensor, which would be retrofitted to integrate […]

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ROCKWOOL® supports contractors in managing flat roofs fire risk

New whitepaper explores how to improve fire performance in the fifth façade With roofs maintaining their prominent role in contemporary building design, ROCKWOOL has released a new whitepaper exploring how roofing contractors and specifiers can manage fire risk when planning and installing flat roofs. The ‘Flat Roofs: Managing fire risk in the fifth façade’ report […]