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FLUSH GLAZING FROM TECHNAL FOR STATE-OF-THE-ART HOSPITAL BUILDING IN CHESTERFIELD

A new hospital building which provides state-of-the-art patient facilities and a high quality healing environment features structural glazing from Technal to create a flush façade and flood the wards with natural light. Designed by The Manser Practice, the scheme at Chesterfield Royal Hospital has a...

CONTEMPORARY FENESTRATION BY MUMFORD & WOOD FOR CHIC CODE 4 ECO-HOME

High performance, timber casements, French doors and bi-fold doors from the Mumford & Wood Contemporary™ range have been used extensively in the self-build design of a Code 4 eco-home in Essex. The Code for Sustainable Homes is the strategic benchmark to enable change in sustainable building practice and is the single national standard to drive...

YORKON LAUNCHES NEW ON-LINE VIDEO GALLERY FOR OFF-SITE CONSTRUCTION

Off-site construction specialist, Yorkon, has launched a new on-line video gallery to help improve the understanding of modular buildings among architects, contractors, specifiers and occupiers. This latest in a series of web resources....

WICONA’S HIGHLY SUSTAINABLE TEST CENTRE GENERATES 60 PER CENT MORE ELECTRICITY THAN IT NEEDS FOR ITS OWN OPERATIONS

In its first year of operation, the new dedicated test centre for Wicona’s façade products – one of the first energy-positive industrial buildings in Europe – has generated 60 per cent more electricity than it needs for its own consumption. Located at Bellenberg near the...

PORTAKABIN WELCOMES ENCOURAGING OPTIMISM IN MANUFACTURING SECTOR

Portakabin, the UK’s leading modular building specialist, is supporting the upturn in the UK manufacturing sector, with its range of interim building solutions which allow manufacturers to meet changing business needs very quickly...

COST, AESTHETIC AND MAINTENANCE BENEFITS UNDERPIN PRODUCT CHOICE AT EXTRA CARE DEVELOPMENT FOR OLDER PEOPLE

Marley Eternit’s Edgemere interlocking slates and Cedral Weatherboard cladding selected for new social housing construction project. Marley Eternit’s popular Edgemere interlocking slate and fibre cement Cedral Weatherboard cladding have been jointly specified on a contemporary...