Building Industry News

GEZE UK wins twice at the National Fenestration Awards

Nov 3, 2026 | Articles, Access Control & Door Entry Systems, Architectural Ironmongery, Awards, Building Industry Events, Building Industry News, Building Products & Structures, Building Services, Doors, Facility Management & Building Services, Innovations & New Products, Posts, Recruitment, Retrofit & Renovation, Security and Fire Protection, Training

GEZE UK is celebrating a successful evening at the National Fenestration Awards 2026, taking home two awards recognising both product innovation and individual achievement.

Saniflo MD visits delighted key client to see latest installation

Nov 2, 2026 | Articles, Building Industry News, Building Products & Structures, Building Services, Drainage, Drainage, Guttering, Soffits & Fascias, Facility Management & Building Services, Pipes, Pipes & Fittings, Plumbing, Posts, Restoration & Refurbishment, Retrofit & Renovation

Dave Cook, Managing Director of SFA Saniflo UK, visited Belfor UK to officially cut the ribbon on a new commercial restoration room built in the company’s Swanley Depot.

Ideal Heating launches four-day Premier Club double points boost

Oct 30, 2026 | Articles, Building Industry Events, Building Industry News, Building Products & Structures, Building Services, Competitions, Heating Systems, Controls and Management, Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning - HVAC, Pipes & Fittings, Plumbing, Posts, Retrofit & Renovation

Ideal Heating is giving installers an extra boost towards Thailand, with double Premier Club passport points available for four days only.

Mitsubishi Electric reaction to Autumn Budget

Oct 30, 2026 | Articles, Building Industry News, Building Products & Structures, Building Services, Facility Management & Building Services, Heating Systems, Controls and Management, Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning - HVAC, Pipes & Fittings, Plumbing, Posts, Sustainability & Energy Efficiency

Following Wednesday’s Autumn Budget, Russell Dean, at Mitsubishi Electric has shared his thoughts about why cuts to the Warm Homes Plan or Boiler Upgrade Scheme risk undermining the UK’s clean heating ambitions, potentially pushing more households towards fossil fuel heating for years to come…

BMBI August year-on-year value sales up +0.5%, but volumes down -5.4%

Oct 28, 2026 | Articles, Building Associations & Institutes, Building Industry News, Building Products & Structures, Building Systems, Posts, Publications, Research & Materials Testing, Steel and Structural Frames

The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report, published in October, shows August’s total like-for-like value sales (adjusted to remove the effect of trading days) were up +0.5% compared to August 2025. Year-on-year like-for-like volume sales were down -5.4%, while prices increased +6.2%.

Rinnai: How Hybrid Systems Combine Gas and Electricity for Maximum Efficiency

Oct 28, 2026 | Articles, Building Industry News, Building Products & Structures, Building Services, Heating Systems, Controls and Management, Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning - HVAC, Pipes & Fittings, Plumbing, Posts, Retrofit & Renovation, Sustainability & Energy Efficiency

Rinnai’s Peter Seddon discusses hybrid systems and the separate technologies that combine to create an efficient configuration of components that produce heating and hot water. Continue reading to find out how a hybrid system operates and how gas and electricity are used to optimise system longevity, efficiency and performance.

EJOT: Advanced façade substructures drive higher building performance

Oct 28, 2026 | Articles, Building Industry News, Building Products & Structures, Building Systems, Facades, Posts, Restoration & Refurbishment, Retrofit & Renovation, Walls

As performance expectations are set continuously higher for rainscreen and rear ventilated façades, the substructures used to construct them can no longer be regarded simply as a means to fix cladding panels. Gary Robson, Business Development Manager at EJOT UK, explains why.

Ideal Commercial Heating boiler cascade delivers reliable heating for historic Berkshire hotel

Oct 27, 2026 | Articles, Building Industry News, Building Products & Structures, Building Services, Case Studies, Facility Management & Building Services, Heating Systems, Controls and Management, Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning - HVAC, Plumbing, Posts, Restoration & Refurbishment, Retrofit & Renovation, Sustainability & Energy Efficiency

Three Evomax 2 commercial condensing boilers from Ideal Commercial Heating have been installed at Littlecote House Hotel in Berkshire, providing a modern, energy-efficient heating solution for one of England’s most historic country house hotels.

MCRMA welcomes first solar PV systems specialist

Oct 27, 2026 | Articles, Aluminium Products, Building Associations & Institutes, Building Industry News, Building Products & Structures, Building Systems, Cladding, Posts, Restoration & Refurbishment, Retrofit & Renovation, Roofs, Steel and Structural Frames, Sustainability & Energy Efficiency, Walls

Nationwide solar energy contractor Mypower has joined the Metal Cladding & Roofing Manufacturers Association (MCRMA), strengthening the association’s expertise in this increasingly important area of metal building envelope design and helping to unite two traditionally distinct sectors.

Impressive new Garador display showcases the latest in garage doors

Oct 27, 2026 | Access Control & Door Entry Systems, Architectural Ironmongery, Articles, Building Industry News, Building Products & Structures, Doors, Innovations & New Products, Posts, Restoration & Refurbishment, Retrofit & Renovation, Security and Fire Protection

Garador has refurbished its groundfloor showroom at its headquarters in Somerset. The new display showcases all the latest in Garador’s extensive range of garage and front doors in realistic home settings.

C-TEC to host free CPD event on lockdown and accessibility

Oct 26, 2026 | Articles, Access Control & Door Entry Systems, Accessibility, Building Industry Events, Building Industry News, Building Products & Structures, Building Services, Continuing Professional Development (CPD's), Facility Management & Building Services, Health & Safety, Innovations & New Products, Posts, Security and Fire Protection, Seminars, Training

C-TEC is hosting a free CPD event focusing on lockdown and accessibility. Taking place at its manufacturing facility in Wigan on 4 November, the event is worth four hours of CPD points.