| Chromatics demonstrates environmental capability at Kings Mill Hospital - 07/09/2010 | Application |
King's Mill Hospital in Mansfield, part of the Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, is undergoing an extensive re-development of its existing acute facility by creating a single unified hospital. It comprises 28 new wards, a state-of-the-art Diagnostic and Treatment Centre, new Emergency Care and Assessment Centre and an out-of-hours GP service and dedicated Women & Children’s Centre.
| Independent waste market launched for the construction and demolition industry - 07/09/2010 | News |
Waste-a-base, a unique business employing a bespoke online platform that allows users to compare the waste market, wasteabase.com is set to be launched on September 13. As leaders in the waste industry, Waste-a-base will provide a flexible, comprehensive source of waste disposal and recovery facilities for large Waste Producers including project specifiers, designers and contractors.
| Uponor pipes up with impressive sales results - 07/09/2010 | News |
A leading underfloor heating specialist is celebrating an ‘excellent’ year of trading which it hopes will shake off its tag of being ‘the best kept secret in the plumbing industry.’ Uponor Ltd has defied challenging trading conditions in the plumbing and heating industry to boast a 15 per cent increase in overall sales for the first six months of the year and is predicting further growth for the remainder of 2010. The Lutterworth based company boasts solutions for both underfloor and radiator heating systems, using a unique polyethylene product that is more flexible and reliable than copper and plastic piping respectively.
| StoRend over the rainbow - 07/09/2010 | Application |
StoRend Cote is the chosen render system for the UK’s first social housing PassivHaus development, certified by the Scottish Passive House Centre. The ‘Tigh-Na-Cladach' or ‘house by the shore’ development consists of 15 one, two and three bedroom semi-detached houses and one workshop, each with its own unique Sto colour, overlooking the Firth of Clyde in Dunoon.
| Steelway Brickhouse secures framework extension with Severn Trent Water - 07/09/2010 | News |
Steelway Brickhouse have recently secured a one year extension to their existing framework to design and supply non security access covers into the Severn Trent Water region. The extension is based around their new range of products called Stamp-Lock Multi-Use. The new Multi-Use compliments their existing range of already popular ‘Stamp-Lock’ Defender and Prolift access covers. The new design allows end users to obtain a high quality, built to last product at an affordable price.
| RIBA approval for WHITEBOOK Health sector guide - 07/09/2010 | News |
Following a rigorous assessment process, British Gypsum’s WHITE BOOK Health sector guide has received continuous professional development (CPD) accreditation from the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA). Developed to detail British Gypsum’s portfolio of drylining systems that are designed to meet the requirements of modern healthcare environments. The sector guide contains essential information on acoustics, fire, sustainability and robustness for healthcare construction.
| Mind the Gap - Proskills Academy helps businesses to achieve best practice - 07/09/2010 | News |
Achieving industry best practice means finding and using the best ways of working to achieve your business objectives. Having the right skills is critical to business sustainability but for many businesses defining and measuring those skills accurately can be difficult. Proskills Academy for Materials, Production and Supply aims is to ensure the spread of best practice by giving employers access to a wide range of products and services that are designed to help businesses achieve greater productivity and profitability by improving workforce and business performance through skills.
| Terrain product range is expanded to meet the needs of the UK market - 07/09/2010 | News |
A project to analyse the needs of its UK customer base has led Polypipe Terrain to expand and update its HDPE product range. Now branded as Terrain Fuze, the BBA-certified, high-density polyethylene piping system provides a proven, modern solution for above-ground soil and waste drainage requirements. The move adds a number of new products to the Terrain portfolio, each one carefully designed and manufactured to meet the specific needs of the UK market and offer users maximum flexibility in the design and installation processes.
| NIA warns householders not to delay on insulating - 07/09/2010 | News |
Following the coldest winter for 30 years, householders are rightly concerned about forthcoming winter fuel bills and the National Insulation Association (NIA) warns the public not to be complacent. Improving your home’s energy efficiency is a sure way to reduce bills and now is the time to address this before the cold weather returns.
| New fire figures cause concern - 07/09/2010 | News |
Statistics just released by the government suggest that the gradual reduction in fire deaths at home over the last two decades has stalled and that more needs to be done to alert occupiers early when fires occur. Provisional figures for the period April 2009 – March 2010 just released by Communities and Local Government show that, of the 328 fire fatalities over the year, almost two-thirds occurred in accidental dwelling fires. Clearly, fire safety in housing remains the most important area to focus on.
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