How electrical estimating software can benefit your business

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

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

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

The Industry Challenge – Digital Event

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

Cool concrete sinks for today’s industrial style kitchens

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

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

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

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

Hanover gets the green light

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

Why not all bifold doors are the same

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

Case study: Compact service unit

A PKOM 4 Case Study: Bryn Bragl is a vanguard development in South Wales where 14 homes were built to become one of the first energy-positive social housing schemes in Wales. The development by Wales & West and Zenergy Design, includes... View Article