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...
Lewis holiday home doesn’t have Long wait for success
A luxury holiday home in the Outer Hebrides has won a coveted prize in the European Holiday Home Awards 2016.
The Lewis Longhouse scooped first...
63 jobs go as East Kilbride windows supplier ceases trading
AN East Kilbride-based supplier of double glazing windows to trade and the housebuilding sector has ceased trading with the loss of 63 jobs.
Donald McNaught,...
CMS lands Aberdeen Art Gallery curtain wall contract
CMS Window Systems will provide curtain walling on the £30 million project to redevelop the Aberdeen Art Gallery.
Working for main contractor McLaughlin & Harvey,...
East Kilbride company moves in right direction
EAST Kilbride-based Quality Trade Windows is doubling the size of its premises to meet growing demand for the aluminium doors and windows manufactured by...
One size definitely doesn’t fit all at revamped resort
THE eyes of the world focused on Ayrshire recently when US Presidential candidate Donald Trump flew into Scotland to attend the reopening of his...
Healthcare treble for CMS
CASTLECARY-based CMS Windows has been helping deliver modern healthcare facilities across Lanarkshire.
The firm has manufactured and installed alumimium windows, doors and curtain walling for...
A healthy outlook
THE new £270 million Dumfries and Galloway Hospital is using Kawneer curtain walling, windows and door systems.
The facility, developed by the High Wood Health...
Industry feels the heat
There has been much discussion recently as to whether the industry’s drive for greater thermal efficiency in building has led to overheating in homes.
Rob...
Rooms with a view
THE seafront Harbour Green development in Portobello, near Edinburgh, has been earning plaudits with a little help from REHAU TOTAL70 PVC-U windows in anthracite grey.
More than 300...
Stylish doors in full swing
SWING doors from GEZE UK have helped create an elegant entrance to a centre in Oxford which aims to help people affected by cancer.
The Patricia Thompson Building...
Work of art: disused building converted into student halls
CMS Window Systems has helped deliver much-needed accommodation for Glasgow School of Art (GSA) students.
The project has transformed a disused city centre office building and solved...
NTech out in front
NorDan has designed a new front entrance doorset for the UK market, following extensive consultations with local authorities, housing associations and police initiatives.
It’s called...
All systems go
A suite of systems from Metal Technology including curtain walling, windows and doors have been used at the Emerson Building at D2, Aberdeen.
The facility will support...
