Cladding

NEW research has highlighted the impact of material and skills shortages and rising costs in the roofing and cladding industry. The NFRC/Glenigan State of the...

Peter Barrow, Marketing Executive for Forster Group Ltd examines the future of new build house design in Scotland - and tells Project Scotland why...

AN insurance specialist has urged construction companies to assess the risks associated with living walls, which may not be fully covered by standard insurance...

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

RAINSCREEN cladding manufacturer Steni UK is marking almost 50 years of manufacturing with the launch of a 40-year functional warranty. It has been extended...

THE deadline for entering the UK Roofing Awards 2023, which recognises roofing, cladding and rainscreen projects as well as individuals, will close on January 13. The...

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...

ARTIST Alex Chinneck’s project “Miner on the Moon” is an upside down house in London. Norbord’s Sterling OSB proved invaluable to Alex, a fan...

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...

THE Fire Protection Association (FPA) has called on the UK Government to base the banning of combustible building materials on risk, rather than height. Currently,...

BRYAN Kay has been named sales engineer for Scotland at EJOT UK. He has been tasked with developing the firm’s customer base north of the...

The £3 million regeneration of a historic Perthshire castle has reached completion with the installation of the roof to its adjacent museum. Balhousie Castle’s...

By Matthew Evans, technical manager Kingspan TEK ONE of the most important aspects of any new build today is to get the energy efficiency of...

CLARK Contracts has completed a £2.3 million external refurbishment of the University of Strathclyde’s Curran Building. The facility, which is home to the university’s Andersonian...

By Gary Ledger, technical director at Kawneer UK THE interaction between a building’s façade and its structure is frequently ignored in the design phase but...

THE National Federation of Roofing Contractors (NFRC) has celebrated the official opening of the Future Roofing programme at Prestwick Academy. Future Roofing builds on the trial...

The new learning centre at a college in Liverpool has a stunning façade thanks to RigiSystems LokFold standing seam aluminium. Around 1,500 sq m of...

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...

THE first Women in Roofing conference took place on February 26 in Nottinghamshire, in the run up to International Women’s Day. Women in the...

HUNTER Douglas is to consolidate its position in the architectural systems sector with a new operations base.
 The company has announced it is to transfer...