Choosing a flooring supplier is one of those decisions that shapes every job that follows it. Get it right and you have consistent stock, trade pricing that actually moves the needle on margin, and a delivery schedule you can plan a fit around. Get it wrong and a single late pallet of LVT can push back a completion date by a week.
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Most small construction firms think trade shows are for the big players. They’ll wander around UK Construction Week Birmingham, grab some brochures, have a coffee with someone they half-know, and drive home with nothing concrete to show for the day.
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Sustained attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure have left millions of people facing disruption to electricity, heating and water. Alongside the urgent work to repair damaged infrastructure, Ukraine and its international partners are looking at how a more decentralised energy system could provide greater resilience in the face of Russian attacks. Here, Carl Everitt, Operations and Supply Chain Director at AirPlus Renewables, considers the role that smaller-scale renewable generation could play as part of that much wider effort.
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In a market where land value, density and viability are under constant scrutiny, it is understandable why open space is sometimes seen as a compromise, writes Joana Lideike at Ruskins, specialists in trees and soil…
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Nowadays, specifiers researching products for a new building don’t have manufacturers at the top of their list to contact. Instead, they head to Google to compare similar products and increasingly, they ask AI tools to act as their source of expertise and work out the differences between two specs before they’ve even spoken to a sales rep. By the time they call, the buyer has usually narrowed down their choices to two or three products. Julaine Speight, co-owner and marketing director of First Internet, has written the following guest article…
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Product photography shows the finished face. Specifiers decide on what sits behind it. Why technical literature is moving towards cutaways and sequences, and what to ask a manufacturer for.
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There is a point in most infrastructure projects where cost stops being the only lens. Performance starts to carry more weight, especially in places where heavy traffic and constant use are part of the daily routine. It is in that context that gatic covers tend to come up, usually with the expectation that they will last longer than the rest. That expectation is not based on branding alone. It comes down to how these systems are built and how they behave once installed.
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Commercial facilities rely on continuous access to maintain profitability. Even short periods of downtime at office buildings, warehouses and logistic centres can have a cascading effect on business productivity. But what happens when the problem lies beneath the surface – and entirely outside a facilities manager’s control? Here, Jon Chevin, commercial and infrastructure director at geotechnical specialist Geobear, explores how advanced ground engineering techniques can simplify complex commercial projects…
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This article provides a more comprehensive understanding of contractors’ various tactics and how these strategies might apply to your particular project situation…
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Heritage property developers across the UK are increasingly choosing classic kitchen design, and the plots that get it right are moving faster at asking price than equivalent plots that took the modern route.
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