Hightown’s 8000th home goes to veteran experiencing homelessness

Hightown Housing Association is celebrating a special milestone after delivering its 8,000th affordable home, within its Whippendell development in Watford. The development delivers a total of 81 affordable properties, which will house people nominated by Watford Borough Council or allow people... View Article

How to realistically net Net-Zero

This month has seen another show of force by climate protestors. Whether you agree with their tactics or not, their actions capture a wider sentiment, that we’re not doing enough to halt climate change. The same could be said for... View Article

ITP Ltd celebrates win in Façade 2022 Design and Engineering Awards

Yorkshire-based building membrane specialist, Industrial Textiles & Plastics (ITP) Ltd, celebrated a major award win when the Stamisol Safe One breather membrane scooped Product of the Year in the Façade 2022 Design and Engineering Awards. As the exclusive UK suppliers of Stamisol Safe One, ITP attended the... View Article

Retiring – but far from shy

Realising their Victorian house would be unsuitable as they approached retirement, Elaine and Tom Devine decided to take matters into their own hands and tackle a new build in their garden, but their timber-framed project faced some planning battles TEXT... View Article

Overheating is out

TuffX’s Paul Higgins explains what the new Part O of the Building Regulations means for glass and glazing in new homes The new Building Regulations Approved Document Part O is designed to tackle overheating in new residential buildings. As the... View Article

Aggregate Industries launches new high-performance, sustainable concrete

Leading building materials supplier, Aggregate Industries, has launched DYNAMax, a new high-performance concrete that reinforces the business’ commitment to building progress towards a more sustainable construction industry. DYNAMax will complement Aggregate Industries’ existing range of low carbon concrete products, while... View Article

Celebrating creativity in building design

Perched on a hill overlooking York, Clifford’s Tower has played a significant role in the city’s history. Following a £5m refurbishment project, which included the construction of a roof deck using Marley’s CitiDeck® this historic monument can continue to delight and educate... View Article

Bodmin Jail Attraction

The five-year project to restore and reinvent the Grade II listed Bodmin Jail from its derelict state into a luxury boutique hotel and leading visitor attraction required the installation of disability access lifts. Platform Lift Company’s expertise was called upon... View Article

Saniflo provides a new CPD offering

Saniflo UK – part of the SFA Group and a leading designer and manufacturer of pumps, macerators and lifting stations – has a new CIBSE-approved CPD offering for Public Health Engineers, Mechanical Consultants, Architects, Mechanical Installers and Specialist Resellers. The... View Article

Packaged Sewage pumping station

JTPumps has released a new Packaged Sewage pumping station for the Domestic and Commercial markets to complement other packaged pumping stations. If a property doesn’t have gravity flow it will need a pumping station, and these can come in all... View Article

Nature gives life to Dulux’s Colour of the Year 2023

Dulux is celebrating two decades of Colour of the Year and has just launched its colour for 2023: Wild WonderTM  – and four complementary, versatile colour palettes that can be used to create stunning spaces across all sectors. Wild WonderTM... View Article

The Singular™ journey to better commercial washrooms

To create the right space, architects and specifiers have a lot of factors to consider. Singular™ from Ideal Standard brings them all together into an easy, end-to-end product journey. A Singular™ solution Bringing the specification, installation and maintenance processes together, Singular™ from... View Article

Introducing the Aritco HomeLift Compact

Award-winning Swedish lift company Aritco has unveiled its smallest and most compact home lift yet, the Aritco HomeLift Compact. Designed with space-efficiency in mind, its footprint takes up as little as a square meter, making it compatible with even the... View Article