07 May 2014

Extra schools building and Green Deal funding plus UK top solar PV growth

Extra schools building and Green Deal funding plus UK top solar PV growth Growth in construction continues apace with English schools building programme now boosted by an extra £2bn  on top of the allocated £2.4bn for repairs; UK house building is experiencing the longest period of continuous growth in 8 yrs; and aggregates and asphalt[…]

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30 April 2014

CareerStructure survey asks if the housing boom is really translating into jobs

Industry professionals are split on whether the UK is heading towards a housing bubble. This is leading to uncertainty regarding job prospects in the sector, with over half (57%) of industry professionals feeling that the increase in residential sales is not translating to jobs.  The survey of over 500 industry professionals by specialist built-environment job[…]

  • 30 April 2014

29 April 2014

World-first whole-house retrofit success + Google smart homes

World-first whole-house retrofit success Google smart homes Saint-Gobain Salford House Effective city-wide urban retrofit is still the Holy Grail for a truly sustainable future. It is a big challenge and needs research-based solutions and perhaps some ‘blue-sky thinking’. Saint-Gobain’s support for a ‘world-first’ whole-house retrofit research project at Salford University is featured below. It is[…]

  • 29 April 2014

22 April 2014

Stroma Certification extends scope of Competent Person Schemes

Stroma Certification Green Deal Installer (GDI), Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS) and CPS bundles have long-since offered versatility to Green Deal installers when gaining certification. The breadth of CPS services now offered by Stroma includes the following trades: Air Conditioning Electrical Fabrics Heating Engineers Plumbing Ventilation For more information on our CPS services, assessment day discounts[…]

  • 22 April 2014

15 April 2014

Zinc spares Stonehenge blushes + is R&D the key to profitable building?

Zinc spares Stonehenge blushes + is R&D the key to profitable building? New Visitor Centre at Stonehenge Last week I visited Stonehenge, once voted Britain’s most embarrassing tourist attraction. This iconic pre-historic archaeological site used to be surrounded by car traffic and one million mostly overseas visitors were serviced with a couple of old portacabins[…]

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11 April 2014

How the future of construction is built on innovation through R&D and collaboration

Didier Roux, Vice-President in charge of Research and Innovation for Saint-Gobain, speaking at the Saint-Gobain Innovation Centre in London during the week of Ecobuild 2014.       “As one of the world’s top 100 innovators, Saint-Gobain tackle some of the biggest challenges of our time through our R&D programme”. In his presentation to a[…]

  • 11 April 2014