Entries by Lyn

BREAKTHROUGH REPORT REDEFINES BUILT ENVIRONMENT PACKAGING 

Image source: IBstock Brick The report by the Supply Chain Sustainability School offers innovative strategies for optimising packaging practices in the housebuilding sector, highlighting real-world examples, barriers to change, and policy challenges, with implications reaching across the entire built environment industry.    18 September 2023, London, UK — The Supply Chain Sustainability School (the “School”) […]

PPD Security Ratings Made Simple

An illustrated guide aimed at ironing out confusion over standards and accreditation for security rated powered pedestrian doors (PPD) has been published by the Automatic Door Suppliers Association (ADSA).   Guidance for Security Rated Powered Pedestrian Doors is a free 20-page illustrated document which defines principal burglary resistance security standards currently used in the UK […]

Wales: Investigation into Shop Collapse

Council investigates Spar collapse in Wales Gwynedd Council stressed ‘the responsibility for ensuring that a building is safe rests with the owners of the property’ Two shop workers and a member of the public were dragged from the rubble of a collapsed company-owned Spar store earlier this month. Emergency services were called to the store, […]

Lords overturn move to ease river pollution rules for developers

The government’s amendment to ease nutrient neutrality rules for rivers in sensitive areas was rejected in the House of Lords with 192 peers voting against versus 161 in favour. Baroness Willis of Summertown said the Homebuilders Federation’s claim that urban development counted for less than five per nutrient loading was out of date. She said […]

ZUMTOBEL GROUP GRAND OPENING OF NEW LONDON LIGHT CENTRE

  ZUMTOBEL GROUP TO OPEN NEW LIGHT CENTRE   AT THE BUSINESS DESIGN CENTRE IN ISLINGTON London, UK – The Zumtobel Group is excited to announce the opening of a new Light Centre at the prestigious Business Design Centre in Islington, London. The newly unveiled Light Centre will serve as a captivating platform, showcasing the company’s […]

New heritage professional learning programme at the Engine Shed

Join the Engine Shed, Historic Environment Scotland’s (HES) dedicated building conservation centre, for a new programme of Continued Professional Development (CPD) events for heritage professionals this autumn.   The five sessions will cover key areas and agendas within the heritage and built environment sector including building conservation, heritage planning, climate change, energy efficiency and retrofit, […]

PERMAGROUP SPEARHEADS GROWTH WITH NEW M.D.

PERMAGROUP ANNOUNCES NEW MANAGAING DIRECTOR TO SPEARHEAD GROWTH   NATIONAL building products company, PermaGroup has appointed Duncan Kirkwood as its new managing director to spearhead the organisation’s ambitious growth plans.   Collaborating alongside long-standing director, Adrian Buttress, Duncan brings with him more than 30 years of experience in the roofing and building products industry, having […]

CUTTING COSTS & MEETING FUTURE DEMAND

Heat storage specialist Caldera has engaged the Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) to design a heat cell gigafactory to mass manufacture its unique low carbon heat storage system at scale. The company plans to commence commercial production in 2025 and scale up rapidly thereafter, with thousands of heat cells being rolled out UK-wide. In June, Caldera […]

Call goes out for construction firms to shape new decarbonisation and retrofit framework for public sector

Specialist contractors are being sought to help influence a multi-million-pound framework dedicated to tackling the energy-efficient retrofit and decarbonisation of Great Britain’s public sector buildings and social housing stock.   Not-for-profit public sector construction framework provider LHC Procurement Group (LHC) is looking for specialists to take part in market engagement and provide feedback on initial […]

Council Leader calls for full RAAC funding

Council Leader Cammy Day has written to the Scottish Government Minister for Local Government Empowerment and Planning Joe FitzPatrick calling on him to fully fund the costs of work linked to Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC). The Council has been carrying out surveys and remedial work since March this year with eight schools having RAAC […]