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Experience ROCKWOOL’s stone wool insulation like never before

Wednesday, 19th May 2021

Developed to inspire building design and save time, the ROCKWOOL Interactive City demonstrates how stone wool insulation solutions can be used across the whole of the built environment in a single state-of-the-art 3D space. Using cutting edge augmented reality, the... View Article

Buildings are for people

Wednesday, 19th May 2021

At Komfort Partitioning we believe buildings are for people, designed with the occupants’ needs, wants and wellbeing in mind, and here’s why. Our built environments can affect us in many subtle ways. Simply sensing fresh air and natural light or... View Article

How to Attract Dependable Tenants For Your Buy-to-Let Property

Wednesday, 19th May 2021

A successful buy-to-let investment depends on having reliable tenants to pay monthly rent. This means you can repay your initial investment and profit from it down the line. Attracting the right sort of tenants is crucial to make your investment... View Article

How electrical estimating software can benefit your business

Wednesday, 19th May 2021

If you are an electrical contractor or engineer looking for ways to improve overall business efficiency and productivity, electrical estimating software may just be the solution for you. Electrical estimating software involves a series of databases and information designed to... View Article

How to choose the right mechanical estimating software

Wednesday, 19th May 2021

Estimating is a particularly important process in construction, and it is essential that it is carried out properly. Construction estimating is the process of forecasting the cost and expenses of building a physical structure. Forecasting the costs and expenses allows... View Article

Your fire doors may come with more than one overhead

Wednesday, 19th May 2021

Aside from the inconvenience and expense of repair or replacement, damaged door closers can render fire doors inoperable, exposing tenants and occupants to risk. Highly visible, surface-mounted door closers are an obvious target for removal, vandalism and misuse. Whilst a... View Article

Career development on target for next generation of Green Building Solutions experts

Wednesday, 19th May 2021

As major construction and planning continues to reopen across Europe, the spotlight is turning again towards developing new and innovative sustainable building solutions. For architecture and construction graduates or young professionals, the shift towards green solutions is an opportunity to... View Article

The Industry Challenge – Digital Event

Wednesday, 19th May 2021

Today, and in the future, the building industry faces major challenges. Health related, economic, and environmental aspects of buildings will soon be a top priority in our societies. Creating healthy, productive and sustainable indoor environments will be a key issue... View Article

LGA – Offices left empty by COVID-19 could result in surge in substandard home conversions

Wednesday, 19th May 2021

Office blocks that are left empty following the coronavirus pandemic risk being turned into potential substandard housing as a result of rules that allow developers to convert buildings into homes without planning permission, councils warn today. New analysis by the... View Article

More than a third of landlords have recently bought or soon intend to buy another buy-to-let property, suggests survey from the DPS and Zephyr Homeloans

Wednesday, 19th May 2021

More than a third (34%) of landlords have recently purchased another buy-to-let property (BTL) or intend to buy one within the next nine months, a survey by The Deposit Protection Service (The DPS) and Zephyr Homeloans has suggested. Results from... View Article

Cool concrete sinks for today’s industrial style kitchens

Wednesday, 19th May 2021

Building on the popular trend for industrial style kitchens, a truly unique range of concrete-style sinks has been introduced by design pioneer, BLANCO UK. Eight sinks, from three ranges – ETAGON, VINTERA and METRA – are now available in the super-durable,... View Article

The importance of green spaces

Wednesday, 19th May 2021

Paul Cassidy of Meadfleet explores how green space in housebuilding projects is crucial for the sake of residents’ health and their environment, and the role open space management specialists play here. If the last year has taught us anything, it... View Article

The great bungalow rescue

Wednesday, 19th May 2021

Years of wet and windy winters in rural Shropshire had brought the 1960s bungalow on Bob Griffiths’ farm to the point of near collapse, but he decided to give it a new lease of life Text Roseanne Field Tucked down... View Article

Functional flooring

Wednesday, 19th May 2021

Darren Trivett of Ridgespear Group offers insights into why developments in underfloor heating make it a practical option, and gives some installation tips The commonest forms of underfloor heating (UFH) involve circulating water through a high-performance plastic pipe, set within... View Article

Live launch of Sika’s new green roof systems – sign up today

Wednesday, 19th May 2021

In response to the construction industry’s drive to build a more sustainable future, Sika’s Roofing experts are hosting a live online launch event for its new Green Roof systems on 1 June 2021. All attendees will be in with a... View Article

Hanover gets the green light

Wednesday, 19th May 2021

A pioneering project by housing association Hanover (Scotland) to provide 15 Passivhaus social homes near Loch Lomond, on the site of the developer ’s first ever scheme, has been given the go -ahead. Jack Wooler speaks to the people behind... View Article

View Point: Architect Richard Harrison of the Association of Consultant Architects

Wednesday, 19th May 2021

Architect Richard Harrison (of the Association of Consultant Architects) reviews the scrutiny the industry has been under since Grenfell on accountability and decision-making on high rise projects, and whether architects’ roles could be strengthened Three and a half years after... View Article

Why not all bifold doors are the same

Tuesday, 18th May 2021

At a quick glance on a website, in a magazine or at a showroom you could be forgiven for thinking that aluminium bifold doors are all pretty much the same – but you’d be wrong. When IDSystems began importing SUNFLEX bifold... View Article