Author: bt-editor

24 August 2015

Iconic London hotel benefits from Schlüter underfloor heating

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The new designs will enhance all 93 guest bedrooms and bathrooms in the hotel, in addition to all public areas in the building. The project aims to honour the building’s architectural heritage as one of London’s most revered Regency landmarks. Schluter’s unique tile substrate Schlüter-KERDI-BOARD KERDI-BOARD tile substrate Underflooring solutions specialists Schlüter has provided a[…]

24 August 2015

Is London’s super sewer just money down the drain?

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GUEST BLOG Steve Durdant-Hollamby, Managing Director, Alumasc Water Management Solutions (AWMS) The Thames Tideway scheme is a proposed 25km (16mi) tunnel running mostly under the River Thames through central London, intended to provide storage and conveyance of combined raw sewage and rainwater discharges that currently overflow into the river. The decision has given rise to[…]

24 August 2015

Invite to work hard and play hard at UK’s biggest building show

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Work hard andamp; play hard at UK Construction Week UK Construction Week is offering a complete business and networking package, hosting a casino night in partnership with Construction Enquirer and a beer festival to help visitors and exhibitors relax and unwind at the show. Casino night Taking place on the first night of the show[…]

24 August 2015

Invite to work hard & play hard at UK’s biggest building show

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Work hard & play hard at UK Construction Week UK Construction Week is offering a complete business and networking package, hosting a casino night in partnership with Construction Enquirer and a beer festival to help visitors and exhibitors relax and unwind at the show. Casino night Taking place on the first night of the show[…]

24 August 2015

Toolstation’s 200th branch opens as major growth continues

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Toolstation’s 200th branch opens in Newton Abbot 200th Toolstation branch opens in Newton Abbot fourth Toolstation branch to open in Devon Toolstation networks many large cities over 40 branches within the M25 11 branches in the West Midlands Craig Higgins, Retail Director at Toolstation: ñThe opening of our 200th branch is a real landmark in[…]

24 August 2015

Schlüter enhance range with thermostat and underwall heating

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The Schlüter-DITRA-HEAT has become popular with specifiers, installers and homeowners as an all-in-one integrated solution for use under tiles and natural stone flooring, most recently being used at the historic Lanesborough Hotel in Hyde Park Corner The underfloor heating system was recently used on an iconic London hotel The product has been developed to provide[…]

21 August 2015

Johnstone’s colourful help for architecture and design students

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Johnstone’s gives colourful insight to students Johnstone’s colour insights Johnstone’s Trade has joined forces with design studio Unit3 to help architectural and design students gain a valuable insight into their chosen professions. Throughout 2015, Unit3 is hosting a series of two-hour long sessions at the Baltic Creative in Liverpool, which includes presentations and discussions with[…]

20 August 2015

Lack of facilities for disabled people means loss of dignity and business

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GUEST BLOG Robin Tuffley, marketing manager at Clos-o-Mat. Contact [email protected] Robin challenges architects, facilities managers andamp; businesses to wake-up to the benefits of providing proper changing places for disabled people and their carers and warns about the dangers of not acting on Equality Act legislation. Clos-o-Mat assisted-access living for social housing The Equality Act has[…]

20 August 2015

Graham Plumbers’ golf tournament produces two winners

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Beginning in mid-May, Graham branch families across the UK competed for their respective regional trophy, from Scotland to the south coast of England. More than 840 participants took part in the event, with golfing venues ranging from the Cathkin Braes Golf Club in Glasgow to Weston-super-Mare Golf Club in Somerset. Northern final Graham’s Evesham branch[…]

20 August 2015

New Centre Parcs village benefits from Schlüter flooring products

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Woburn Forest has become the fifth Centre Parcs village in the UK, after construction started in 2012. The new village has received backing from Prime Minister David Cameron, and is expected to inject £20 million each year into the regional economy and has created a total of 1,500 new jobs. It features a ‘Subtropical Swimming[…]