Building Regulations

Delta

04 June 2024

Delta: Building Safety Act and Waterproofing Design

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Following the Grenfell Tower fire in 2017, and Dame Judith Hackitt’s Independent Review of the Building Regulations and Fire Safety in 2018, it became clear that there was a need for the government to change legislation. Delta Membranes have written the following article…

Hush

14 March 2024

Hush: When does the Building Safety Act apply to my project?

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The Building Safety Act came into force in England & Wales in April 2023, heralding a new era for construction – Hush Acoustics has more…

Gilberts

05 February 2024

Gilberts ups the standard in smoke and fire protection

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With growing emphasis on managing the risk of smoke and fire within building safety, Britain’s leading air movement engineer Gilberts is leading the way to optimise control.

18 December 2023

Hybrid Cooling System from Nuaire tackles residential overheating

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Nuaire’s Hybrid Cooling System is a cooling extension for its boxed-ventilation range designed to tackle residential overheating.

Hush

05 December 2023

Hush: Bespoke soundproofing solutions deliver outstanding results in Yorkshire mill conversion

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The developer behind a Victorian mill conversion in West Yorkshire has achieved superior levels of sound insulation for the building’s separating walls, floors and ceilings through a range bespoke sound insulation systems and products from Hush Acoustics.

Newton

28 November 2023

Newton Waterproofing Releases Full List of RIBA CPD Webinars for 2024

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Newton Waterproofing, the UK’s leading independent designers and suppliers of guaranteed waterproofing systems, has released its list of free, RIBA-approved CPD webinars for 2024.

24 November 2023

Rain, snow, ice? No problem for West Fraser’s CaberDek

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CaberDek is one of West Fraser’s flagship quality flooring products designed to ensure that, whatever weather befalls UK construction sites, work can continue cleanly and safely.

Hush

09 November 2023

Hush: How do I soundproof a party wall created when splitting one house into two?

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Not all conversion projects that sub-divide a house or other building into two or more domestic dwellings will involve creating upper and lower floor self-contained flats. Another approach is to divide vertically, so, for example, a large detached house becomes two semi-detached houses. Hush Acoustics has more…

Nuaire

27 October 2023

More sense ventilation with Nuaire’s iSense-Plus dMEV fan

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The new iSense-Plus from Nuaire, part of the Genuit group, is a decentralised mechanical extract ventilation (dMEV) fan.

CCF

19 October 2023

CCF and Knauf Insulation unite to guide housebuilders through Part L and beyond

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Leading insulation, drywall and ceiling product distributor CCF joined forces with Knauf Insulation to identify some of the most common issues surrounding meeting Part L.