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Titon helps keep the noise down at new Birmingham apartments

75 SFX Sound Attenuator vents from Titon have been installed at the newly constructed Honduras Wharf project in Birmingham. Located in the heart of the city centre, the building comprises 99 residential apartments and penthouses, each with between one to three bedrooms. The project, which was completed in June 2017, was overseen by Leicester-based Unique […]

Gatic appoints new Sales Director to drive growth

Gatic Civil Drainage, part of Alumasc Water Management Solutions (AWMS), boosts its growing team with the appointment of a new Sales Director Martin Neale. Martin joins the team at an exciting time for the business and will be central to driving Gatic’s commercial strategy to its next level of growth. He comes with over 27 […]

Makita’s new 10.8v BL rotary hammer CXT is a ‘Mighty Mini’ – big power, small size

16mm in concrete with 4,800 impacts per minute from 1.1 joules SDS-PLUS with one-touch sliding chuck Weighs just 2.0kg including 4.0Ah Lithium-Ion battery Makita is expanding the increasingly popular 10.8v range of power tools where the superb machine power performance is coupled with the compact physical size of the machines. This valuable combination of power […]

Midland Lead ahead of the game in environmental standards with new ISO 14001 accreditation

Leading British lead sheet manufacturer Midland Lead is one of the first in the lead industry to have been awarded the new ISO 14001 2015 Environmental Management accreditation by the British Standards Institution (BSI). With a high commitment to reducing environmental impact, the company received the updated ISO ahead of schedule in December 2016, having […]

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Leading Eco-Roof company calls for Yorkshire colleges to upskill or risk being left behind

Huddersfield-based energy efficiency roofing specialist, Ploughcroft, has issued a stark warning to construction colleges across the region: upskill and evolve, or risk being left behind in the fast-moving roofing industry. With hundreds of students leaving construction colleges to seek employment this summer, Chris Hopkins, Divisional Director at Ploughcroft, is warning the majority of those leavers […]

The next evolution in ceiling tiles – Dune eVo

New Dune eVo ceiling tile range helps architects meet targets around sustainability and acoustics Architects striving to design more sustainable and attractive modern buildings are being given a helping hand by Armstrong Ceiling Solutions, after the company launched a range of new ceiling tiles, all of which are 100% recyclable. The range has been designed […]

Brio puts a curve in it

Brio architectural hardware made an adventurous curved door project a reality for an innovative wedding venue in north Devon. Tunnels Beaches is a network of hand carved tunnels leading to sheltered beaches and a tidal Victorian bathing pool at Ilfracombe, the location of a breath-taking beach front wedding venue operated by Devon Beach Weddings. The […]

Aggregate Industries Keeps it Light for High Rise Apartments

Aggregate Industries’ Lytacrete solution was the product of choice when it came to helping to introduce an additional floor mid-construction at a new seven story upmarket apartment scheme in Southampton. Located on Albert Road South, Southampton, the luxury apartment block was originally conceived as a six story scheme. Part-way through construction, plans were redesigned to […]

Uninterrupted views with Alumen’s Cor-Vision Plus

This summer, established aluminium fabricator Alumen Ltd is launching a new product that’s set to revolutionise the aluminium sliding door market. Partnering with Spanish aluminium giants Cortizo, Alumen is one of the first fabricators to launch the Cor-Vision Plus sliding door to the UK market. Alan Robinson, Alumen’s MD elaborates “The new aluminium sliding door […]