Lignacite launches blockbuster website

Leading block manufacturer, Lignacite, has launched a brand-new website, packed with fresh interactive features, accessible content and enhanced functionality. Designed to meet the needs of a wide range of customers – including architects, specifiers, housebuilders, and builders’ merchants – the... View Article

Conceal and protect exposed pipework with Pendock metal boxing

The Pendock metal pipe boxing range is designed to conceal building services and utilities associated with low carbon district heating schemes or air-source and ground-source heat pumps, while also providing protection against accidental damage or vandalism. Bespoke manufactured to a project’s individual... View Article

Concealment reduces risk of door closer damage

Renowned for its ability to assure a clean, unhindered appearance to doors and interiors, Samuel Heath’s Powermatic controlled, concealed door closer is used extensively in flats, apartments and HMOs throughout the social housing sector thanks to the safety, reliability and... View Article

Electricity substation now a carbon neutral family home

Located on the moorland of Cornwall, a 12-metre tall stone building, originally an electricity substation, had been abandoned since the 1960s. Damp had taken its toll and the building had fallen into a state of disrepair. Cornish couple, Abi and... View Article

Installing solar PV with enhanced safety

Marley’s new solar connector enclosure, ArcBox, is designed to further drive safety standards as the number of solar PV installations surge in the wake of the Part L regulation changes. As solar PV installations escalate, it is important that the... View Article

M-AR Offsite joins new trade body – Make UK Modular

Offsite specialist contractor M-AR has become a member of the UK’s modular housing trade body, Make UK Modular, as part of its mission to drive Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) into the mainstream and provide continued support for the industry... View Article

Clear Windows & Conservatories joins the Steel Window Association

A family business with over 25 years in the window and door industry, Clear Windows & Conservatories (London), has joined the Steel Window Association to support the company’s diversification into the steel window and door market. Since 1996, Clear Windows & Conservatories has manufactured uPVC... View Article

Now you see it, now you don’t!

Take control with Switchable™ One of the most innovative glass products of recent years is privacy glass. Privacy is, increasingly, an important feature of corporate, commercial and public buildings and increasingly, of domestic property design too. In some areas, privacy... View Article

Better safety by design

Ben Meek of the Smoke Control Association (SCA) looks at significant upcoming changes to building codes with respect to design for smoke ventilation The British Standard code of practice BS 9991:2015 – ‘Fire Safety in the design, management and use... View Article

Technical Bulletin: Fire Classification of Bonded Insulation Materials

Introducing the new ROCKWOOL Technical Bulletin, ‘Fire Classification of Bonded Insulation Materials’. The bulletin, freely available for download, is designed to support compliance for bonded construction materials and composite products – especially in light of the 2018 ban on combustible materials*.... View Article