The new product is designed to offer architects and specifiers the installation and performance benefits of a premium fibre cement slate, but with the appearance of a natural slate. Manufactured to European standards, the slates are an addition to the Jutland and Moorland ranges to offer a cost-effective solution for any project.

The product’s open ribbed top surface has a R11 slip resistance rating under DIN 51130 and a profile height of 6.5mm, making it ideal for areas with no existing matwell. Frontrunner SB and Frontrunner SB is manufactured using flexible PVC, allowing it to withstand sharp and heavy objects, whilst its ‘scrape and clean’ matting is[…]

The aim of the project was to improve the thermal performance and energy efficiency of the building by installing Kalwall panels, designed to transmit light evenly into the main rooms. Kalwall can achieve a U value of 0.28W/m²K when the 70mm thick translucent panels are filled with an aerogel.

The company will fit new smoke seals onto doors, install fire barriers in roof spaces, repair and plane doors and fire proof extractor fans as part of the work which is due for completion in early 2014. Novus will ensure that the building can be evacuated quickly in the event of a blaze by fire-proofing[…]

The company’s team laid out the flooring in just a day and a half as part of the challenge to complete a new community centre for disabled children in ten days. Knauf worked with Nu-Heat to lay its own GIFA flooring as soon as each panel of pipework of the underfloor heating system was laid.