The BRE allows businesses to achieve certification proving their ability to supply constituent materials and products that have been responsibly sourced. Despite calls from MP’s to preserve the current process, the DCLG are currently reviewing The Code for Sustainable Homes and looking to make changes to how manufacturers attain or maintain certification. The proposed actions[…]

Thanks to the cumbersome wrecking balls of yesteryear and the cavalier attitudes towards safety and the environment that came with them, the demolition industry has developed a stereotype as the poor relation to the construction sector. However, during the last few decades, a revolution has taken place within the industry which means that when today’s[…]

All low surface temperature radiator and architectural Aluminium solutions offered by building product manufacturer Contour Casings, can be downloaded as parametric, data-rich and fully-renderable BIM objects. All objects can be directly imported into a building model, allowing the user to identify, create and specify a precise solution, quickly and with confidence. Traditional CAD documents, in[…]

The new £16.5m low energy and sustainably managed building will feature Knauf Insulation’s Earthwool RainScreen HD Slab in a bespoke 120mm size, designed for delivering a good standard of thermal, fire and acoustic performance. The Earthwool rock mineral wool was specified due to it being manufactured using ECOSE®, a bio-based, formaldehyde-free binder technology that is[…]

Friday 3 July 2009 is a day that many people in the London Borough of Southwark will never be able to forget. The fire in Lakanal House, a 14-storey building on Sceaux Gardens estate in Camberwell, started just before 4:30pm in a ninth floor bedroom, sadly claiming the lives of three women and three children[…]