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Buddies see light at end of the tunnel

NEWLY promoted St Mirren Football Club will start life back in the top flight of Scottish football with a refurbished tunnel area featuring wall...

Cop a load of these apartments

A new 136-apartment building in Bristol boasts a 170m long façade, clad in Nordic Brown Light pre-oxidised copper.  Designed by Ferguson Mann Architects, the Copper...
Senior Architectural Systems

‘Excellent’ learning campus thankful for Senior moments

AN £18million education facility has achieved a BREEAM ‘Excellent’ rating thanks, in part, to the use of Senior Architectural Systems’ groundbreaking Hybrid curtain walling,...

New careers service launches to tackle ‘chronic’ shortages in roofing and cladding sector

THE National Federation of Roofing Contractors (NFRC) has announced the launch of a new careers service to help tackle 'chronic' skill shortages in the...
Kalzip

Rainscreen panels prove versatility in two new school designs

Kalzip’s low cost FC rainscreen system was specified in vertical formation by Glenn Howells Architects for two new schools in Birmingham: George Dixon Academy...
Fife flats

Fife Council responds to Grenfell Inquiry with enhanced fire safety programme

FIFE Council has stressed its focus on tenant safety by agreeing a comprehensive response to the Grenfell Tower Inquiry Part 2 report. The local authority...

The curious case of an industry at a time of change

THE roofing and cladding industry is preparing for takeovers as a series of “curious circumstances” begins to shape the industry, according to market analyst...

Putting safety first

By Adrian Pargeter, head of technical and product development, Kingspan Insulation Limited THE devastating fire at Grenfell Tower in June has raised many serious questions...
Marley takes a lead to put BIM on the slate map

Marley takes a lead to put BIM on the slate map

Marley Eternit has launched a BIM (building information modelling) service for fibre cement slates. Called BIM Space and available through its web site, the service...

Façade access strategy is collaborative process

By Mohamed Merchant, an associate director at TÜV SÜD Dunbar Boardman FACADE access is not limited to cleaning, as it must also support other maintenance...
(L-R) - Duncan McLean, former director of Calvay Housing Association; Steven Blomer, chair of Calvay Housing Association; Nick Dangerfield, director of Calvay Housing Association.

Calvay Housing Association marks 40th anniversary with major upgrade project

CALVAY Housing Association has marked its 40th anniversary with the transformation of 263 homes in Barlanark. The Glasgow-based housing association invested more than £5 million...

NFRC calls for ‘real consequences’ to address late payment issues

THE National Federation of Roofing Contractors (NFRC) is calling for 'real consequences' to help address the 'endemic culture' of late payment within the UK...

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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External wall insulation gives lift-off to rebuilds

AIREY houses in Norfolk are being restructured and clad with External Wall Insulation by Saint-Gobain Weber to improve their thermal performance and aesthetics. ...

The Shingle life

A luxury hotel in Dumfries and Galloway has used Marley Eternit’s JB Shingles to create a “stunning” cottage annex. Architect John Murray specified the product...

Fire safety prioritised with cladding mesh solution

SHACKERLEY claims to have become the first cladding supplier in the UK to develop an anti-fragmentation meshing process certified as Class A1 to BS...

Two Fife flats to undergo £4.5m improvement project

TWO Fife Council-owned blocks of flats in Methil are to undergo £4.5 million worth of improvement works. The work at Swan and Memorial Court comes...
Kenny Robertson, Managing Director at KR Group and Nicola Fraser, Business Director at KR Group

Aberdeenshire group celebrates recertification achievements

STEEL, sheet metal and cladding specialist KR Group has announced successful recertification of its UKAS ISO 9001, 14001, and 45001 standards, as well as...

Why diversity is good for the construction industry

The construction sector is not generally regarded as a bastion of equal rights for women. However, that situation is changing, says Gillian Thomson, branch...

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...