Round-up of latest construction industry news
Howard Chapman, Editor of Buildingtalk
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Trade shows, training + latest products andamp; projects
Big Pitch Live at Ecobuild 2015
BIG PITCH live at Ecobuild
- opportunity to promote whats new in sustainable retail property construction, direct to senior representation from Mandamp;S and other leading industry voices
Explore Offsite
- with offsite construction now accounting for over 5% of the new build construction, we have details on Explore Offsite, a new style event
UK Construction Week and Timber Expo
- Timber Expo is to be part of UK Construction Week which now spans 5 halls of the NEC in October and will include 9 shows specific to the UK construction industry
ARCHITECT@WORK
- Aperam stainless steel solutions at ARCHITECT@WORK
Biomass Training from Wood Energy
CPD and training
- 78 nationwide CPD and Meet the Experts events on the DCE Roadshow
- REHAU fenestration CPD sessions for University students
- wetroom and underfloor heating workshops held by Schlter at Wembley arena
- Wood Energys new Biomass Training Centre opens for installers andamp; engineers
BAU in Munich
I will be at BAU in Munich next week to report on one of Europes biggest construction trade shows including the Schco stand with 5 studios exploring Intelligent Urbanisation.
If you are exhibiting at BAU and have something new for me to see, do be in touch.
Industry Hot Topic
Ellis Patents – London Power Tunnels installation
- the dilemma facing suppliers of air conditioning and parts now it is illegal to use the refrigerant R22 for service and maintenance purposes.
Product andamp; Project stories of the week
- Kingspan TEK insulation panels now available in thicker options
- Ellis develop cable cleat for major UK Power Networks specification
- Fire control panels from Kentec installed at Hard Rock Hotel
- Security door from Abloy approved by LPCB
Video of the Week
- Video of Alumasc Traditional Brick Slip system that offers an easy-to-apply, high performance real brick finish, where the use of real bricks would not be viable.
Je suis Charlie
Top Tweets from Buildingtalk
- Women win the Battle of the Taxes as more men send tax forms late
- Nightmare on Green Deal Street with Nando vouchers for botched insulation
- British property developer to build andpound;300m Surrey homes in Middle East
- Housing initiative by Boris Johnson flops as builders shun homes
- 50k workers to build $40bn inter-oceanic Canal in Nicaragua
- Q4 construction workloads up but bricklayer skills shortages worse
- Solidarity with journalists under threat and with the friends andamp; families of those killed in France
