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Natural By Choice team

Customer focus is set in stone for leading supplier

ADVERTORIAL LIVINGSTON-based supplier of specialist stone and slate products, Natural By Choice, has credited its founding principles of only offering carefully handpicked materials and ‘above...

Deadline extended by one week for UK Roofing Awards 2024

DUE to popular demand from busy contractors, NFRC has announced a one-week extension to the deadline for entries into the UK Roofing Awards 2024. The...

The cladding issue must be addressed immediately

By Eric Curran, a partner of DM Hall Chartered Surveyors, based in the firm's Glasgow office THE Grenfell Tower tragedy horrified Britain. Subsequent enquiries have...
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A Sure thing: engineered stone cladding solution boosts student living

SHACKERLEY’S SureClad engineered stone system has reportedly brought benefits to a Glasgow student living scheme. Constructed by Watkin Jones, a contractor that has built more...

Roofing and cladding contractors report strong workloads as labour and cost challenges intensify

NEW research has revealed that more than half of roofing and cladding contractors found it tougher to recruit suitable labour in the third quarter...
PERI at Scaffolding Excellence Awards

PERI celebrates award success for adaptable cladding system

PERI has expressed its delight after winning the Product of the Year category at the Scaffolding Excellence Awards for its PERI UP Cladding system. The...

NFRC introduces two new membership benefits

NFRC (National Federation of Roofing Contractors) has announced two new benefits to help member companies safeguard their people and strengthen technical competence. Members can now...

Roofing recruitment challenges persist but labour costs go up

DIRECT employment levels 'plateaued' in the second quarter of 2023 among roofing contractors, new research has revealed. The findings were made in the latest State...

Edinburgh Traditional Building Festival line-up confirmed

ORGANISERS of the Edinburgh Traditional Building Festival, which will take place online due to Covid-19, have revealed this year's line-up. The event is normally part...

Vivalda launches ‘dust-free’ fabrication services nationwide

VIVALDA Group, the parent company of Cumbernauld-based MSP Facades, Prism Powder Coating and Vivalda Scotland, has announced the completion of its roll-out of ‘dust-free’...

Education proves a hot topic for Lakesmere

LAKESMERE Group has been appointed to deliver the roofing and cladding packages on several education contracts across Scotland, including the new Windmill Community Campus...
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Vivalda Scotland now offering Cedral Facades on three-day cycle

CONTRACTORS and merchants in Scotland can now order Cedral’s core cladding range in just 72 hours thanks to a new distribution agreement with Vivalda,...

Managing reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) roof structures

By Stuart Fleming, director, Will Rudd PROPERTY owners and managers of buildings built between the mid 1950s and early 1990s will be interested to know...

‘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...

Sotech ‘breakthrough’ sees launch of new alternative to terracotta cladding

RAINSCREEN cladding specialist Sotech has launched an alternative to terracotta cladding called the Optima XTR Contour range. Named Contour in reference to an 'irregular, bespoke'...
Ardgowan Distillery

Finalists announced for UK Roofing Awards 2025

THE finalists for the 2025 UK Roofing Awards have been announced, following a 'record' number of entries. Winners of all 16 categories will be announced...
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...

NFRC hails recognition of traditional skills success at Edinburgh event

NFRC is celebrating recognition by the Scottish Parliament for efforts at the 10th Festival of Traditional Buildings, held in August. A parliamentary motion submitted by...
A colour of many coats provides rich texture for homes

A colour of many coats provides rich texture for homes

A multi-coat render system has been specified for a house builder’s award-winning ‘zero carbon’ development. The high performance Weber.rend MT multi-coat render system from...
The installation, the latest phase of which has just been completed, is one of the largest factory solar panel projects 
in the UK and saves West Midlands extrusions company Selecta Systems £16,500 a month in electricity bills.

The power station that’s on the roof

IT has been dubbed the ultimate rooftop power station, producing enough electricity for 60 houses. The installation, the latest phase of which has just been...