Celebrate culture change

Visitor registration for UK Construction Week Birmingham is now live, as the mammoth three-day show returns to the NEC from 4-6 October UKCW Birmingham 2022 will “celebrate culture change in construction” with three days of debate and discussion from top... View Article

View Point: Sonia Travis of Nordan

Following June’s significant changes to Part L, Nordan’s Sonia Travis reviews the implications for window specification, and aluminium-clad timber in particular The state-of-the-art demonstration COP26 Zero-Carbon House at last year’s international COP26 climate conference in Glasgow was an effort to... View Article

Educational Nordic Copper

LISTEN HERE The architectural clarity of a new teaching facility at Gresham’s School in Norfolk – incorporating panels of Nordic Brown Light pre-oxidised copper alongside full-height glazing – typifies an innovative approach to education. Enabled by Sir James Dyson, a... View Article

A world first moves Unilin Panels closer to circularity

Transformational recycling technology from Unilin Panels reclaims wood fibre from HDF and MDF and gives it a second life. MDF and HDF boards are commonly used in furniture and interior design, yet it has been impossible to recover and recycle... View Article

Improved smoke protection

Series 61 (S61) is the latest smoke control damper to come to market from Gilberts, Britain’s leading independent air movement specialist. The single ‘door sized’ S61 compliments the company’s established, successful UKCA certified and CE marked Series 60 (S60) smoke... View Article

The False Banana Pavilion by FleaFollyArchitects

Designed and built by FleaFollyArchitects, The False Banana Pavilion has taken up residence within the grounds of Kew Wakehurst National Trust site in West Sussex, England. The pavilion is one of five temporary installations that are located across 500 acres... View Article

Simon Clarke replaces Greg Clark as Housing Secretary

After just two months in the job, Greg Clark has been replaced by Teeside MP Simon Clarke as Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities in new Prime Minister Liz Truss’ Cabinet. Clarke, 37, was previously Chief Secretary... View Article

Resapol – Northwood Town Wall

LISTEN HERE 🔊 Resapol, the UK’s trusted supplier of Specialist Construction Products, recently worked with existing customer Northwood House Charitable Trust for the recommendation of suitable products for the renovation of the Town Wall Entrance to Northwood House, situated in... View Article

Industry reacts to Truss appointment as PM

When Liz Truss is formally appointed Prime Minister today, she will become the fourth Conservative PM in six years. Truss faces an array of immediate challenges, in particular the cost of living crisis, which is expected to see the announcement... View Article