Entries by Lyn

New Offsite Construction Week Unveiled

  Offering unrivalled access to leading industry pioneers, demonstrators, dynamic factory tours, thought provoking roundtable discussions and CPD accredited masterclasses – a collective of industry bodies are collaborating to deliver Offsite Construction Week. Taking place from 16-20 September 2024, Offsite Construction Week will revolve around three major industry events – Offsite Expo, the Offsite Summit […]

Invaluable ventilation advice from Nuaire at Specifi 2024

   Indoor air quality and ventilation manufacturing specialist Nuaire will be discussing its ventilation solutions at five Specifi Mechanical Services events in 2024, kickstarting the new year off in Manchester in January, before moving on to Bristol and Birmingham in February, London in April and Leeds in October. Held in the evening, Specifi events provide […]

RINNAI CASE HISTORY: HYBRID HEAT PUMP SYSTEM

    RINNAI HYBRID HEAT PUMP SYSTEM IMPROVES EFFICIENCY AT LARGE HOTEL & GOLF COURSE RESORT   Rinnai UK’s team of Heating & Hot Water System Designers have provided a well-recognized hotel, spa and golf resort in the north of England with plans to install one of two new systems that are proven to reduce […]

The quietest member of the West Fraser family

Photo by Rebecca Campbell on Unsplash What is the best sound-reducing floorboard range on the market? CaberAcoustic from West Fraser is a highly versatile, effective and economical sound-reducing flooring solution. Reducing both impact and airborne transmitted sounds, it can be laid over concrete and timber floors in both new and existing buildings. CaberAcoustic comes in […]

Construction Underway on Vienna Airport’s €420m terminal expansion

Vienna Airport in Austria has broken ground on its €420m (US$450m) Southern Terminal Expansion project, with the expanded terminal scheduled to commence operations in 2027. The ARGE Porr/Elin/Ortner consortium will carry out the construction work. Vienna Airport’s 70,000m² Southern Terminal Expansion will enlarge its shopping and retail space by 50% to 30,000m². This area will feature […]

Big Three Calls for Stamp Duty Cuts

Three of Britain’s biggest housebuilders, including Taylor Wimpey, Barratt Developments and The Berkley Group, have each called upon Jeremy Hunt to reform stamp duty ahead of the Spring Budget on March 6th. Pressures ranging from the ongoing cost-of-living crisis, record interest rates and crippling deposit requirements have continued to weaken the UK’s housing market, dissuading […]

Manchester: Housing Development Back on Track

A plan to build more than 80 new homes in Hazel Grove, Manchester has restarted after a long delay. The council gave the green light for a new housing development on land off Melford Road in 2019 but the scheme stopped abruptly when a company working on the project went bust in February 2022. A […]

Builidng Inspections: Moral at an ‘All Time Low’

Concerns that industry will not be able to cope in April and moral at “all time low” New rules around how buildings are inspected following the Grenfell Tower tragedy in London seven years ago have been “poorly thought through” Concerns have been raised that it may leave the industry unable to cope when they come […]

RECESSION: ‘KICKSTART’ ECONOMY WITH CONSTRUCTION

WITH the news that the UK is in recession, the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) is calling for the Government to boost construction work to ‘kickstart’ the economic recovery. FMB chief executive Brian Berry said the ‘worsening’ economic picture reflects what has been happening in the construction industry for many months.   Brian Berry, Chief Executive […]

Cost Overruns Imperil UK’s Net-Zero Goals

Nuclear Delays, Cost Overruns Imperil UK’s Net-Zero Goals Électricité de France (EDF), the owner of the biggest construction project in the world—the giant nuclear power plant under construction at Hinkley Point in the southwest of Britain—recently announced further cost increases and delays to its completion, adding to doubts that the United Kingdom can fulfill its […]