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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[…]
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[…]
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[…]
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[…]
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[…]
