Titon reaches golden milestone

Incorporated in 1972 following the creation of the first Titon product, a window casement stay, John Anderson created Titon Hardware from his garden shed in Feering, Essex. 50 years later, Titon Hardware has gone from strength to strength and is... View Article

Senior’s tall order in Bristol

Senior Architectural Systems, the UK’s largest privately owned aluminium fenestration solutions manufacturer, has supplied the fenestration package for use on the tallest residential building in Bristol. At 26 storeys high, the residential tower block forms part of the wider Castle... View Article

What is the Golden Thread in the Building Safety Bill?

What is the Building Safety Bill? The Building Safety Bill was first proposed in 2019 as part of the response to the Grenfell tragedy, which laid bare issues contained within some British residential properties. The central goals of the Building... View Article

Endless options with Tradelink’s new composite door range

Offering incredible choice and flexibility, the new Soteria range of composite doors from Tradelink allows the specification of high-quality doors with the same style and colour options available whether a foam or solid core is selected. A new 1,500m² (16,000ft²)... View Article

Intelligent roof solution from MOY

The next step in roofing technology, the MOY intelligent roof solution provides LIVE monitoring that pinpoints any anomaly in a building’s waterproofing integrity. Protecting the asset long term, extending the lifetime of the property and reducing the costs and litigation... View Article

Payapps Partner with Eque2

Payapps is delighted to announce its official partnership with Eque2, a construction, contracting and housebuilding software firm that offers a range of cloud solutions to manage the end-to-end lifecycle of a construction project. This partnership will provide Eque2’s contracting and... View Article

Actis Future Homes Standards CPD earns RIBA approval

An Actis CPD which shows how to comply with changes to Part L and prepare for the Future Homes Standard has been approved as a Royal Institute of British Architects approved training module. The CPD, which looks at how to ensure professionals meet the... View Article

Grand Designs Live and Green Living Live Show Highlights

Grand Designs Live returned to Birmingham NEC last week and closed its doors on Sunday 9th October after a hugely successful outing. Welcoming thousands of visitors, the show hosted by Grand Designs presenter Kevin McCloud, was packed with hundreds of... View Article

A guide to low carbon heating

Joseph Raftery from Samsung Climate Solutions gives architects the lowdown on the specification and installation of heat pumps One of the central conundrums to solve in architecture over the next decade will be how our homes can be sustainably built,... View Article

Roll on sustainability

Paints and coatings can deliver sizeable sustainability benefits to a building project. Peter Howard from Dulux Trade outlines some of the top considerations for specifiers To meet net zero targets and customer demand for more sustainable building practices, it is... View Article

A renewed focus on sustainability

All sectors are having to strike the tricky balance between addressing the climate crisis and navigating a pessimistic economic outlook. Thomas Pearson from Arup looks at an example of renovation and renewal in hospitality as one solution The built environment... View Article

Mancunian melancholy

Two fifteen-story residential towers, like a pair of ballerinas, soar upwards high above the northernmost Salford Quays in Manchester. Slender backs linked together, they fan out towards the water and have earned the title the “Duet”. Anyone who moves into... View Article