How cast stone is reshaping the future of architectural renewal

As the built environment confronts the twin pressures of climate responsibility and an ageing building stock, retrofitting has shifted from a niche intervention to a fundamental design imperative. Across cities and communities, architects are challenged to elevate the performance of... View Article

How much can a cool roof save you? Calculate it in seconds

RENOLIT ALKORPLAN presents a new digital tool designed to help designers, installers and property owners quantify the real value of a reflective roof.  RENOLIT ALKORPLAN Bright’s new energy calculator allows you to immediately estimate the financial and environmental benefits of installing a cool... View Article

Designed for Better Buildings

Helping architects specify lower carbon precast concrete without compromising design, structural performance or programme. Discover how Milbank Concrete Products is driving sustainable innovation across every project. Architects are under growing pressure to reduce embodied carbon while continuing to deliver projects... View Article

A game-changing new addition to Osmo’s UK range

NEW to the UK, Osmo LED Smart-Oil helps residential projects move faster with durable wood protection that cures instantly under an LED-UV lamp. Osmo is introducing a game-changing new addition to its UK range with the NEW LED Smart-Oil –... View Article

Strength meets style. Performance meets precision.

Introducing the refreshed and enhanced Colorcoat Prisma® pre-finished steel from Tata Steel. First launched in 2005, Colorcoat Prisma® has been used on a wide range of projects across the UK and throughout the world, earning a trusted reputation for performance and positioning Colorcoat Prisma® as... View Article

Bespoke residential design for sensitive rural environments: RENOLIT ALKORPLAN roofing products boosts solar efficiency by 8% in the Val Au Bourg project

RENOLIT ALKORPLAN roofing products delivers an advanced engineering solution for a contemporary cliffside home in Guernsey’s south-coast cliffs. The project highlights the synergy between the RENOLIT ALKORPLAN F Bright system and solar technology, which achieved a measurable 8% increase in photovoltaic yield while preserving a sensitive natural... View Article

ADSA: Joint Competency Initiative Nears Completion

The Automatic Door Suppliers Association (ADSA) has flagged that its partnership work to deliver a competency framework Initiative for the door, gate and shutter industry is nearing completion, following two years of intensive collaboration to define clear, role-specific competency pathways.... View Article

Commercially sensitive

Jemma Saunders at Crown Paints says colour has long been seen as a ‘finishing touch’ in commercial settings, but it is key to get it right for increasingly multi-purpose spaces. Colour shapes how a space feels and how well it... View Article

Commercial cool comfort

Steve Molloy from Daikin explores how well-designed HVAC systems can contribute to thermally resilient commercial buildings as the Earth continues to warm. With four of the UK’s hottest years on record occurring between 2022 and 2025, the conversation around climate... View Article

The case for an evidence base

Adam Boumnaia from product testing laboratory Attain RTC details the exhaustive methods used to help translate fire test results into reliable, evidence-based applications under the UK’s evolving standards framework. In recent years, the UK construction sector has transitioned from historic... View Article