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“Selly Oak students get bronze!”

Birmingham University scholars, lucky enough to have student accommodation at the new Athena Sudios, Bristol Road, Selly Oak, have top quality bronze anodized, composite windows, with dark Anthracite Oak veneers internally, in every room – which sets them apart from ordinary accommodation. Uniform Architectural Ltd is pleased to have supplied the latest, Italian designed uni_one® […]

Decorative casing – in a class of their own

If it wasn’t for column casings and interior wall lining solutions, building interiors would be considerably less attractive environments, which is as true for academies, schools and universities, as it is for the commercial or retail sectors. Yet, as they are usually designed to integrate as part of the fabric of an educational building, their […]

More than just academic: The importance of lighting controls solutions tailored for education applications

Important legislative changes have impacted on the use of lighting control systems within the education sector. Contractors must now provide controls which deliver greater energy savings in line with increasingly stringent regulations around sustainability. Additionally, these must be designed to meet each institution’s precise operational requirements, making decision-making around lighting and controls more complex. Meanwhile, […]

Ticking the right boxes for social housing

When it comes to ventilation social housing has very specific needs. It is therefore important to select fans designed especially for the sector. Jenny Smith, Marketing Manager at Vent-Axia explains: Keeping tenants happy is an important part of being a landlord. After all an unhappy tenant equals an unhappy landlord. At Vent-Axia we understand landlords’ […]

Powdertech (Corby) Ltd selected to undertake powder coating as part of Eurostar’s refurbishment programme

Image above: New e320 train on the left and refurbished e300 train on the right. Alongside introducing its new Siemens e320 trains, the first of which began operating in commercial service on November 20th 2015, Eurostar is carrying out a complete re-modelling of its original trains. The Class 373s which are being rebranded as e300s […]

Birmingham dental hospital

The long awaited new Dental Hospital designed by healthcare experts One Creative Environments Ltd brings together state of the art teaching and medical facilities. Designed using BIM, this process enabled One Creative to provide a virtual building for all parties involved in the project to visualize and contribute to. This is the largest and first […]

Komfort launches the next evolution in frameless glazed partitioning

Over 40 years as the UK market leader in the design, manufacture and installation of partitioning systems, specialist internal glazing, doors and access panels, the new system Polar Evolve meets the performance requirements and the demands of today’s designer. Under independent and supportive owners, Komfort is now stronger than ever. We are investing in growth and innovation, with a fresh […]

Saving money saving lives

Kidde Safety’s Firex range of smoke and heat alarms offers opportunities to improve fire safety during refurbishments at lower costs. Hard-wired, interconnected smoke and heat alarms, with reliable power back-up should now be the norm for all housing, whether existing or new-build. This is spelled out in the Code of Practice BS 5839-6:2013, which takes […]