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At the weekend I visited the new Serpentine Sackler Gallery in London’s Hyde Park. Designed by Zaha Hadid, this most beautiful of carbuncles, built on the face of an old 1805 munitions store in Hyde Park, is my nomination for the best new building in Britain (BBB) in 2013. Email me your nomination plus photo and I’ll include it in our end of year BuildingtalkBBB poll.
We now run a live Twitter feed on the Buildingtalk home page just one more reason to bookmark Buildingtalk and have quick daily scan to see what’s new in the industry.
A recent report shows that the construction industry is top for job prospects for graduates. If you are looking for a job, or for a better job in the improving economic climate, check-out the new Buildingtalk JOBsearch which offers you a free opportunity to search through thousands of current vacancies.
Check-out the all the latest product and project news below, and follow the links for full details and downloads. Or click-through to our VIDEO OF THE WEEK which features new cast iron floor drainage from Saint-Gobain PAM.
On the exhibition front, Buildingtalk is supporting BATIMAT 2013 in Paris in November. It is the world’s biggest building and architecture show – and is less than 3 hours from London! If you are one of a number of key UK companies exhibiting at BATIMAT, do send me details via news@buildingtalk.com
And finally, a reminder that Grand Designs Live opens at the Birmingham NEC on Friday always an inspirational show.
Evomax 2, the UK’s number one selling commercial wall-mounted boiler from Ideal Heating Commercial, is now available with a 10-year warranty.
Posted in Articles, Building Industry News, Building Products & Structures, Building Regulations & Accreditations, Building Services, Facility Management & Building Services, Heating Systems, Controls and Management, Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning - HVAC, Innovations & New Products, Pipes, Pipes & Fittings, Plumbing, Retrofit & Renovation, Sustainability & Energy Efficiency, Videos
FLIR, a Teledyne Technologies company, introduces the Si1-LD, an industrial acoustic imaging camera that brings faster and more accurate compressed air leak detection to those operating on a modest condition monitoring budget.
Posted in Acoustics, Noise & Vibration Control, Articles, Building Industry News, Building Products & Structures, Building Services, Facility Management & Building Services, Information Technology, Innovations & New Products, Retrofit & Renovation, Sustainability & Energy Efficiency, Thermal Imaging and Monitors
Registration has opened for LIFTEX 2025. Now in its 37th year, LIFTEX 2025 is the UK’s only dedicated exhibition for the lift, escalator and access industry and takes place only once every three years.
Posted in Access Control & Door Entry Systems, Accessibility, Articles, Building Industry Events, Building Industry News, Building Products & Structures, Building Regulations & Accreditations, Building Services, Exhibitions and Conferences, Facility Management & Building Services, Health & Safety, Retrofit & Renovation, Security and Fire Protection, Seminars
A UK division of the global steelmaking business ArcelorMittal has become the latest new member of the MCRMA, the industry association representing the metal building envelope sector.
Posted in Articles, Building Associations & Institutes, Building Industry News, Building Products & Structures, Building Systems, Cladding, Facades, Posts, Restoration & Refurbishment, Retrofit & Renovation, Roofs, Steel and Structural Frames, Walls