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Howard Chapman, Editor of Buildingtalk Todays Buildingtalk newsletter marked Armistice Day – with our thanks and respect for the men and women who fought in The Great War that began 100 years ago. My grandfather, Harold Preece, was badly injured at the battle of the Somme. He survived the war but was tormented all his[…]
The system does not require drilling or cabling to be carried out Designed to support all leading RFID technologies including MIFARE, DESFire, iCLASS by HID and 125 kHz, the Aperio cylinder uses standard batteries rather than the mains connection alternatives required by most wired access doors to ensure a cost effective solution. A live demobstration[…]
Michael Willoughby, proposing speaker, wins the mega-merger debate with a majority vote of 60%. Richard Halderthay, Director of Communications, Saint-Gobain UK, announced the result. Michael referenced an extremely interesting point that the industry has a two year lag, and is often the last sector to recover after a recession. This, he believes could be helped[…]
Ensign court is a mixed use development for 65 new homes Ensign Court is a residential mixed-use development for 65 new homes in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. The site neighbours the Wilton Music Hall Conservation Area to the east, city fringe to the west and completes the southern end of an urban block[…]
The two winning group submissions will each receive a andpound;500 prize and one will get the chance to work alongside flooring manufacturers Altro and Polyflor to produce a prototype of their winning products. Launched in March by the national vinyl flooring recycling scheme, the competition aimed to find an innovative product that will increase the[…]
Round-up of latest construction industry news Howard Chapman, Editor of Buildingtalk Take a look at the full version of the weekly Buildingtalk Newsletter that was emailed to industry subscribers yesterday. You can subscribe for free here and you can follow us via Twitter. Clean energy for building sites Clean energy for construction sites We began[…]
Skills To Build The Skills To Build report by London Chamber of Commerce and Industry and KPMG The report found that: This could impact the wider economy as early as April 2015, when over a total of over 600,000 workers will be needed on site to deliver major projects currently in planning, a 51% increase[…]
Alex Stephenson, chair of the British Water Surface Water Management Focus Group Alex Stephenson, chair of the British Water Surface Water Management Focus Group and Group Market Development Director of Hydro International said: The speed and scale of changes have come as a surprise to many, caused confusion and raised many unanswered questions. The result[…]
The door, window and curtain walling systems improve aesthetics Senior’s aluminium SMR800 curtain wall system was specified by CPMG architects for the building’s entrance, staircase and along the length of the canteen in order to encourage natural light to come into the building. The SMR800 medium rise system was installed by Dortech and is fully[…]
The EBR calls for low income homes to be brought up to Band C on an Energy Performance Certificate by 2025 through energy efficient measures, and would like all other households to be offered 0% interest loans to improve their EPC standards by 2025 as part of a major infrastructure investment programme. Jade Lewis (pictured)[…]
