Category: Guest Articles

GUEST ARTICLE: Decarbonisation & Green Energy – the impact on water safety

GUEST ARTICLE: Decarbonisation & Green Energy – the impact on water safety

Oct 2, 2026 |

Decarbonisation and green energy measures can have a major effect on water safety in buildings. Although they reduce carbon emissions, they may also create serious unintended risks, including increased growth of Legionella and other opportunistic pathogens caused by system stagnation, lower water temperatures, and reduced disinfectant residuals. Andy Clews, Senior Consultant at the Water Hygiene Centre, writes the following article…

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Best trade flooring suppliers in 2026

Best trade flooring suppliers in 2026

Oct 1, 2026 |

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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GUEST ARTICLE: Rebuilding Ukraine’s energy system with resilience

GUEST ARTICLE: Rebuilding Ukraine’s energy system with resilience

Oct 1, 2026 |

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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GUEST ARTICLE: Manufacturing expertise doesn’t count if nobody can find it

GUEST ARTICLE: Manufacturing expertise doesn’t count if nobody can find it

Sep 17, 2026 |

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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Why Gatic Covers Often Outlast the Alternatives

Why Gatic Covers Often Outlast the Alternatives

Sep 14, 2026 |

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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GUEST ARTICLE: Keeping commercial assets open during ground remediation

GUEST ARTICLE: Keeping commercial assets open during ground remediation

Sep 10, 2026 |

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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