11 July 2014

Bounce Back charity offers ex-offenders painting and decorating training

Buildingtalk visited the Bounce Back prize winning garden at the recent RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Show to meet Francesca Findlater, Founder/Chairman. She explains about Bounce Back and why the building industry should support it: Francesca Findlater at the Bounce Back prize winning garden at RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Show Bounce Back is, above[…]

  • 11 July 2014

08 July 2014

Buildings’ energy strategy to save £billions + plans for 500k new homes

Latest products, projects stories, news and comments from Buildingtalk Editor, Howard Chapman Gradus ensures safe flights of stairs at The Queens Terminal at Heathrow Our pick of this week’s product and project stories includes a block of 150 flats where Dimplex heaters are already producing a 22% energy saving the safe stairways installed at the[…]

  • 08 July 2014

02 July 2014

Bricks make history + top green insulation + a warning about women

Latest products, projects stories, news and comments from Buildingtalk Editor, Howard Chapman Northcot Brick factory in the Cotswolds “I recently visited the UK’s most historic brickworks to see why their business is booming. Northcot Brick use nearby Jurassic clay from the Cotswolds to make beautiful traditional bricks. Some were used to build the original Battersea[…]

  • 02 July 2014

  • 30 June 2014

25 June 2014

CE marking for wood panels examined by BM TRADA’s technical manager

The information required by both the CPR and BS EN 13986 is:• The CE symbol• Last two digits of the year that the mark was first affixed• name or logo of the manufacturer allowing unambiguous identification of the manufacturer’s name and address• Identification number of the notified body• Number of the harmonised standard• Levels or classes of performance, as required by[…]

  • 25 June 2014

24 June 2014

Infrastructure boom as construction output set to grow 30% + effective Green Deal at last?

Green Deal Home Improvement Fund is beneficial to homeowners Infrastructure is set to boom as the latest industry research predicts that construction output will grow by 30% over the next 5 years, including 6% growth in 2014 to £129bn; China plans to invest £14 billion in UK infrastructure – even if we choose to exit[…]

  • 24 June 2014

  • 20 June 2014

  • 17 June 2014

  • 10 June 2014

  • 09 June 2014