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21 August 2015

Escaping from prison fires – designing fire safety for prisons

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  Jane Embury, commercial director Wrightstyle Limited, a leading UK supplier of integrated steel and aluminium glazing systems and exports worldwide, looks at some notorious prison fires – and the appalling conditions in some facilities today.     Escaping from prison fires When fire breaks out in a highly-populated building, the first priority is to[…]

  • 21 August 2015

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[…]

  • 21 August 2015

20 August 2015

Timonox upgrades to be showcased at The Building Centre

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Crown Trade’s Timonox flame retardant finish has been developed to slow down the spread of flames in the event of a fire, allowing additional time for buildings to be evacuated. The Timonox flame retardant system has been designed to limit the spread of fire. The system can be applied on both walls and ceilings, and[…]

  • 20 August 2015

20 August 2015

Kooltherm wall insulation installed in Dundee residential towers

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The tower blocks, originally constructed in the 1950s using a solid concrete no fines wall construction, each comprise of 30 flats. Kingspan’s Kooltherm Wall Insulation System makes up part of a £3.5m refurbishment. Following a Green Deal Advice Report (GDAR) undertaken by Sustainable Energy Scotland, it was recommended that an internal wall insulation system was[…]

  • 20 August 2015

20 August 2015

Tinytag data loggers utilised in NHS building assessment

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Tinytags are used in the monitoring of temperature, relative humidity and other parameters of buildings, and are helping Martin Environmental Services to make recommendations and assess equipment performance. Gemini’s Tinytag data loggers are used to monitor the parameters of buildings. The data loggers are used to help the company to understand client issues, providing data[…]

  • 20 August 2015

20 August 2015

Over 30 Brick Award nominees utilise Wienerberger products

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The 39th annual Brick Awards 2015 are scheduled for Wednesday 18th November at The Hilton, Park Lane in London.  Shortlisted entries include Swift Brickwork’s work on CJCT Architects’ Imperial College London project, specifying Wienerberger’s platinum white brick. Ronald McDonald House, Glasgow was nominated using Wienerberger Marzaile brick Shift Brickwork were also recognised with a nomination[…]

  • 20 August 2015

20 August 2015

Polyflor safety vinyl flooring for dementia-friendly hospital ward

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Polysafe flooring was specified to help create safe environment at Manor Hospital’ Safe flooring for dementia-friendly facility MTX Contracts Ltd designed, manufactured and constructed Ward 29, a 1491m² modular construction made up of 31 modules which were built and fitted out off site before being lifted into position at the hospital by a 350 tonne[…]

  • 20 August 2015

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[…]

  • 20 August 2015

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

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