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| News Bytes for Professionals & Contractors in the Construction Industry |
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Selectaglaze The Arts & Crafts of Secondary Glazing in Beautiful Family Home |
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A quaint family home in the South Downs Conservation Area has recently seen upgrades to its noise and thermal insulation with Selectaglaze secondary glazing, making it more peaceful and tranquil to live and relax in.
The property was first built in 1650-1660 as two farm cottages. In 1907 the building was purchased by architect William Frederick Unsworth (1851-1912), who based his studio there as well as making it his home...Read More |
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Waterloo Brings a Breath of Fresh Air to Studley Castle |
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Waterloo Air Products grilles, air valves and diffusers have been used
extensively throughout the magnificently renovated Studley Castle,
successfully creating the perfect environment at Warner Leisure’s new
landmark hotel. Set in 28 acres of Warwickshire countryside, this Grade
II-listed, Gothic Revival style castle was originally designed by Samuel
Beazley, the leading London theatre architect, as a family home. In its
180-year history...Read More |
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Andel Provides Innovative & Cost-Effective Flood Defence & Flood Alarm Systems |
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According to the latest reports on the impacts of climate change in the UK, the risk of flooding is set to increase due to rising sea levels, coastal erosion and increasingly severe and frequent rainstorms.
The Environment Agency warns that over five million properties in the UK are at risk of flooding by rivers, the sea and surface water flooding from overflowing drains.
The misery caused by flooding is a growing problem with the loss of valuable and...Read More |
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Zehnder - New Year Blue-Hues |
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News in for designers and brands… it’s goodbye
Living Coral and hello Classic Blue. The eagerly awaited Colour of the
Year has been announced by global colour institute Pantone and for 2020
it’s a ‘timeless and enduring hue elegant in its simplicity’. With so
much uncertainty surrounding us globally it is fitting that the chosen
colour for the New Year ahead, highlights our desire for a dependable
and stable foundation on which...Read More |
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Cembrit Cemsix Provides Stylish Finish for Passivhaus Project |
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Cembrit Cemsix has been installed on a modern, low energy home in Colerne near Bath, that has been designed and built to Passivhaus standards — delivering on quality, comfort and energy efficiency.
Greenheart Sustainable Construction was contracted to demolish an existing bungalow and construct a new build low energy home. Working alongside Passivhaus Consultant and Designer, Piers Sadler, Greenhouse took S2 Architects...Read More |
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Gent's Vigilon Flying High with HESIS at Liverpool John Lennon Airport |
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Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LJLA) is one of the UK’s longest established operational Airports. It opened on 1st July 1933. More recently, LJLA’s passenger volume rose ten-fold since the 1990s, taking the airport to the 12th busiest in the UK. LJLA currently handles over 5.1 million passengers per year.
The Airport is owned by a partnership of The Peel Group, a leading infrastructure, transport and real estate investment...Read More |
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SIG Design & Technology Our Top Ten Roofing Design Blog Posts of 2019 |
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It’s January, and as per tradition, we’re counting down the top ten SIG Design & Technology blog posts from last year. This time we are covering five blogs, including the new SIGA Natural Slate Knowledge Base which launched earlier in the year. Will they come out on top? Here is the first half of the top ten roofing design blog posts, in reverse order. Next time we’ll share with you the top five. Have a look at what you missed, tell us what....Read More |
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Titon Appoints New Key Account Manager for Vent Systems Division |
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Leading ventilation and window hardware manufacturer Titon has appointed Ian Morgan as Key Account Manager for its Ventilation Systems Division.
Ian will be covering London and the South East area of England, working alongside colleagues Nicola Rivers and Mike Matlin. Reporting to Titon’s Vent Systems Director, Lee Caulfield, Ian will be responsible for helping the company grow its market share, especially in the residential...Read More |
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TORMAX - A Welcoming Entrance to New Wildlife Centre |
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Creating a warm welcome to all visitors to the Staffordshire Wildlife Trusts’ new Wolseley Centre, two TORMAX automatic single sliding doors work in tandem to create a spacious lobby area that helps ensure a clear through-flow of pedestrians whilst also reducing heat-loss from the building. Enhancing the internal ambience, natural light floods through the glass doors whilst an attractive frosted wildlife manifestation to the external...Read More |
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