New directors tipped to drive glass business forward
INDEGLAS has appointed two senior managers to its board of directors to help drive the firm’s expansion plans.
The interior glass solution provider has...
Foundations for growth
WINDOWS, doors and conservatories specialist, CR Smith, has claimed that almost 40% of customers wanting a conservatory are “caught out” by additional costs of...
A study in efficiency
When it comes to specifying windows for education facilities, the learning curve can be steep owing to the growing requirement for schools to maximise...
Firm is a ‘cut’ above
CMS Window Systems has installed two new Stuga ZX5 PVC cutting and prepping machining centres at its Castlecary factory in a bid to increase...
Origin targets million mark after milestones
ALUMINIUM doors, windows and blinds manufacturer Origin recently marked two major milestones.
The business made the 200,000th Origin bi-fold door and 50,000th Origin window at...
Back to basics: NorDan CEO wants industry to focus more on quality
Alex Brown, CEO of the Norwegian windows and doors manufacturer NorDan, responds to a recent Project Scotland article with leading quantity surveyor, Michael C...
Local knowledge key to Scottish growth
A strong product, workforce and service capability sounds like a good basis for any business targeting growth and expansion.
Martin Revie, who was appointed general...
A dram fine facility
A £30 million Scotch whisky distillery used architectural glazing by Kawneer to improve transparency and showcase its equipment in a bright and spacious setting.
Kawneer’s...
CMS honoured for sustainability
CUMBERNAULD-based windows, door and curtain walling specialist CMS Window Systems has won a prestigious Queen’s Award for Enterprise.
The firm was honoured in the Sustainable...
A return to learning
Kaz Spiewakowski, managing director of GEZE UK, discusses some recent projects in the education sector and the challenges involved when working on such buildings
A...
Window replacement project brings fuel savings in Glasgow
CCG has completed a major window replacement contract to over 400 properties in the north of Glasgow.
Delivered on behalf of Whiteinch and Scotstoun Housing...
Cumbernauld glass solutions supplier announces rebranding
Deko Scotland has announced a rebranding, with the supplier of interior glass solutions now known as Indeglas, which means "inside glass" in Danish.
The rebranded...
New range checks in at hotel projects
A new range of aluminium doors and windows from Senior Architectural Systems has been described by the firm as providing the “perfect solution” for...
Innovative roof windows have new nursery rocking
BMJ Architects’ design of the University of Aberdeen’s £2 million Rocking Horse Nursery has set standards from a number of perspectives.
In terms of Passivhaus...
FIT for purpose
Project Scotland's Fraser Rummens speaks to Matthew Glover, chairman of the FIT show, which will welcome thousands of visitors to Birmingham in May to...
Offsite to play vital role in the biggest growth sectors
It has been widely reported that two of the largest growth sectors in the coming years will be affordable/social housing and student accommodation. Steve...
Pushing the envelope for better buildings
By Graham Hurrell, commercial director, AluK
IN order to achieve optimal building envelope performance, the envelope itself should integrate and work with other elements of...
Glasgow firm seizes window of opportunity
GLASGOW-based glass installation firm, J & C Architectural, is going from strength to strength after securing a string of Scottish projects, having already firmly...
Flexibility is key as glazing solution shines light on arches
THE once abandoned Waverley Arches in Edinburgh - which date back to 1878 - have been revitalised with help from a restoration programme and...
Raising a glass to new partnership
Saint-Gobain in Scotland has announced it has teamed up with Cumbernauld-based CMS Window Systems in a “closed-loop collaboration” to recycle and reuse unwanted glass.
The...
