BREEAM is having a growing impact on sustainability standards for buildings in the UK and around the world. The latest ABC D magazine features a story about how the Co-op’s former head office will achieve 80% lower carbon emissions, and 50% energy reduction, saving an around £500k per annum. Even the football stadiums for the next FIFA World Cup in Russia are being assessed under BREEAM.
Positive economic outlook is underpinned by a couple of reports last week: Glenigan report that construction is activity set to rise by more than 7%; CPA say 100% of construction product manufacturing firms report rising sales in Q2, the 5th consecutive quarter of rise; and the BDA report a massive rise in brick production as new homes are being built at the fastest rate for a decade.
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Videos this week include C-TEC live at Firex talking about new life-safety electronic equipment; me talking from inside Abloy in London’ at the Building Centre; find out why everyone is going to The Build Show; BBC on how a charity called Bounce Back is getting ex-offenders into the painting & decorating trade; and Saint-Gobain on the opening of a student-designed Nottingham H.O.U.S.E (Home Optimising the Use of Solar Energy) that will help with solutions for low-energy affordable homes.
And finally, Buildingtalk is promoting the Special Needs Store handbook, a dedicated resource for special educational needs establishments. Do take a look, especially if you have building products for this sector.
A rundown office and warehouse building completely transformed into a modern headquarters for Atlas Copco has been fitted with more than 120 internal fire doors from Enfield Speciality Doors.
Posted in Access Control & Door Entry Systems, Articles, Building Industry News, Building Products & Structures, Building Systems, Case Studies, Doors, Interior Design & Construction, Interiors, Posts, Restoration & Refurbishment, Retrofit & Renovation, Security and Fire Protection, Sustainability & Energy Efficiency, Timber Buildings and Timber Products, Wooden productsAbloy UK, a leading provider of security and access control solutions, has launched a new white paper.
Posted in Access Control & Door Entry Systems, Architectural Ironmongery, Articles, Building Industry News, Building Products & Structures, Building Services, Doors, Facility Management & Building Services, Health & Safety, Information Technology, Innovations & New Products, Publications, Research & Materials Testing, Security and Fire ProtectionDavid Roy of MCRMA member company Roofconsult has more than 50 years’ experience to draw upon working in the building envelope sector and a unique perspective on how it has changed in that time.
Posted in Articles, BIM, Infrastructure & CAD Software, Building Associations & Institutes, Building Industry News, Building Products & Structures, Building Services, Building Systems, Cladding, Information Technology, Restoration & Refurbishment, Retrofit & Renovation, Roofs, WallsCraig Fox, Sales Director for Strand Hardware, outlines how door industry professionals might apply door limiting stays…
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