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Construction Health and Safety Awards

The Minister for Work, Des Browne, will present champions of the construction industry with awards for health and safety on Thursday 6 November 2003. As part of the construction industry’s biggest health and saf...

13 Oct 2003

Pocket Lintel Guide Released By Catnic

The UK’s leading manufacturer of lintels and building components, Catnic, has released their new “Lintel Pocket Guide”. The new guide is a fully comprehensive guide in a lightweight yet hard wearing for...

13 Oct 2003

Easy Traditional Cobble Paving

Atlas Stone has added four different quick and easily laid Cobble Sett Fan Paving sections to its classic paving range. The fan sections are designed to complement the already popular square, radius, planter designs a...

13 Oct 2003

Door and Shutter Manufacturers' Association Merges With The Association of Building Hardware Manufacturers

Two major trade associations in the door and hardware sectors have merged to strengthen their influence within the industry and on Government. The Door and Shutter Manufacturers' Association (DSMA) which represent...

13 Oct 2003

Innovative Balustrading System Selected For School Use

Kee Klamp Ltd's Keenect system has been chosen as the balustrading solution for extensions at Coombe Hill School. It’s excellence in aesthetics, safety and versatility led to it’s selection. The Keenec...

10 Oct 2003

Ibstock Brick Helps To Win Housing Development Award

Terrace One in Lanark Street, Glasgow, has taken out the BDA 2002 Best Private Housing Development award. The striking exterior of the building uses Ibstock's Westbrick Staffordshire Slate Blue Smooth bricks in a sta...

10 Oct 2003

Soapstone As A Construction Material

When compared to other natural stone and man-made materials, soapstone has many uses and superior attributes. Like other natural stone, soapstone quarried from the ground and is not man-made as commonly believed. Soap...

9 Oct 2003

Paint Popularity Decreasing, Wallcoverings Increasing

The Freedonia Group, a research firm from the US, has reported that demand for wallcoverings other than paint is expected to rise 5.7 percent per year through to 2007. These wallcoverings include ceramic tile, wood pa...

9 Oct 2003

New Shower Sealing Product Released

Byretech have released “ShowerSeal” - the newest, simplest and most effective way of sealing your shower tray to a tiled wall. ShowerSeal was developed for the hotel industry and is designed to prevent wat...

8 Oct 2003

Schüco Steel System Passes Severe Weather Test

Schüco International, Europe’s leading supplier of profile systems for windows, doors, facades and conservatories, have announced that the Jansen VISS curtain wall system has successfully passed the CWCT Stand...

8 Oct 2003

Renewable Energy in Housing

30% of total UK energy consumption is taken up by housing and is therefore a major contributor to carbon dioxide emissions. By integrating renewable energy sources into new and existing dwellings there is tremendous pote...

7 Oct 2003

Push For More Fire Sprinklers In UK Buildings

The recently formed Fire Sprinkler Association (FSA) has been put together to provide a comprehensive service to the Fire Sprinkler industry and to substantially increase the use of fire sprinklers in the UK. The FSA&...

7 Oct 2003

Revolutionary Lighting Available at CEF

The revolutionary intelligent touch control lightswitch, “The Switch”, from Intelliswitch is now being stocked by some City Electrical Factor (CEF) electrical wholesale outlets. An initial trial was run in fo...

7 Oct 2003

Smaller Pack Sizes For Some ARDEX Products

ARDEX have released Feather Finish, Ardurapid 45 and ARDEX DPM in smaller, more user friendly smaller pack sizes. The change in pack size makes them ideal for smaller projects like conservatories, classrooms, domestic fl...

7 Oct 2003

Adhesive and Grout Coverage Calculators

ARDEX UK have produced a CD ROM containing a useful tool to help Contractors, Distributors and Architects calculate the number of units of ARDEX adhesive and grout products that are required to complete a given project. ...

2 Oct 2003