PERI launches new scaffold cladding system

PERI has introduced its new scaffold cladding system to the UK, designed to suppress construction noise, protect workers from the elements, and reduce the...

Collaboration holds the key to tackling cladding challenges

INSITE Group has called on the construction industry to continue working collaboratively in navigating its way through the current cladding challenges amidst ‘more demands...

UK Government to consult on banning combustible cladding

THE UK Government is to launch a consultation on banning the use of combustible materials in cladding systems on high-rise buildings. The announcement comes in...

McConnell hails success of adding to principal contracting capabilities

KILMARNOCK-headquartered McConnell has revealed the business has strengthened its principal contracting capabilities and is on course to achieve revenues exceeding £20 million. The business, which...
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Great Lakes: Scottish activity helps boost profits for facade specialist

LAKESMERE Glasgow has built up an enviable portfolio of projects across Scotland, having worked on such high-profile schemes as the regional sports facility in...
New Garden Square, Birmingham

A Sure thing: façade work wows at Birmingham development

BRINGING up to 1,600 homes and £6 million of public realm improvements to the Edgbaston area of Birmingham, New Garden Square is creating a...

A façade for all seasons

Aliva UK worked with Belfast architects White Ink to provide a stunning, durable facade for the Holiday Inn Express hotel at Aberdeen Airport. White Ink...

‘Greener’ cladding solutions proving popular to architects

SUSTAINABLE cladding and façade solutions have been tipped to help architects satisfy environmental standards and changing urban landscape demands. Berry Systems revealed that architects are...

Deadline looms for UK Roofing Awards 2024

ENTRIES are being sought for the UK Roofing Awards 2024, with the January 12 deadline now just a week away. The awards recognise roofing, cladding...
Fife College

Scottish roofing excellence celebrated at awards lunch

THE winners of the 2025 Scottish Roofing Awards have been announced at a ceremony held in the Grand Central Hotel in Glasgow. Special guest Tam...

Cladding panels offer first class solution at university building

CLADDING panels from Proteus Facades feature prominently on Nottingham Trent University’s (NTU) new centre for enterprise and innovation. Proteus explained that higher education providers are...
KR Group team

Steel and cladding specialist shortlisted for top environmental award

ABERDEENSHIRE-based steel and cladding specialist KR Group has been shortlisted for the 2024 VIBES Scottish Environment Business Awards. The family business is the only north...

Back to the future on Glasgow cladding works

LYNDON SGB is providing a comprehensive access package on a project to remove and replace ACM cladding panels from residential apartment blocks at Glasgow...
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Airbloc means low energy costs at oldest university

MAINTAINING the energy efficiency of buildings is a challenge at the best of times but with the entrances of two state-of-the-art buildings at the...

Training for today and tomorrow

With a more buoyant construction market, it is those firms continuing to invest in training that are best placed to help housing providers bring their homes up to modern standards. Billy Baird, Projects Director at roofing and cladding services provider Marley Contract Services, looks at how the company has managed to maintain its skills base. THE skills shortage is particularly acute in the construction industry and encompasses a wide range of disciplines from bricklaying through to plumbing. A lack of...
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Collaboration creates new shared campus

A new development to create a shared campus for four schools has benefited from a roofing and cladding package by Lakesmere. The new scheme has...
FIBRE cement panels in three colours of grey allowed the architect for an education complex to emulate the appearance of stone or slate bands.

Shades of grey – Architect emulates stone look

FIBRE cement panels in three colours of grey allowed the architect for an education complex to emulate the appearance of stone or slate bands. Marley...
DALES Fabrications, which manufactures aluminium eaves products, had their products specified for a college project where the requirement was to combine a visual statement with a relaxing environment for pupils.

Sharp thinking sees blades make their debut on college job

DALES Fabrications, which manufactures aluminium eaves products, had their products specified for a college project where the requirement was to combine a visual statement...
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Flashings for luxury cabins

FAKRO has supplied 31 FTP-V centre pivot and FPP-V top hung and pivot roof windows with bespoke flashings for luxury, self-catering log cabins at...
Scottish Building Federation event on Building Safety Act

SBF marks milestone year by hosting Building Safety Act insight event

THE Scottish Building Federation (SBF) preceded its AGM last week with a legislative briefing from Michael Conroy, partner with Harper Macleod LLP, who provided...