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Percy Doughty is excited to announce the latest addition to the Vision brand, the E-Line range of contemporary luxury electric fires. Launching January 2019 the new E-Line Collection will have the same ethos as the Trimline range where attention to... View Article

The demand for new school places and the crumbling state of primary and secondary schools is a pressing issue for Local Councils all over the UK. The situation, however, is starting to improve thanks to Government funding – in 2017... View Article

RCM, the complete through wall solutions supplier is delighted to announce the addition of Abet Laminati MEG HPL facade to its already impressive portfolio. Robust, compact and long-lasting, MEG – Material Exterior Grade building facade by Abet Laminati is specifically... View Article

Tower Bridge Magistrates’ Court and Police Station has been reinvented as a four-star boutique hotel in a Dominvs Group development. It includes the installation of a tapered roof insulation system from Kingspan Insulation — ensuring the only thing taking the fall from now... View Article

The StoVentec Glass Rainscreen System supplied by Sto UK was chosen for a museum collections centre extension project in Edinburgh, thanks to its outstanding aesthetic properties and its durable nature. The black infused colour StoVentec Glass was installed on the... View Article

Vectaire’s Microbox 125/2DC was chosen to ventilate St Peter’s House and Admiral’s House in Kents Road, Torquay. This prestigious development converting two listed buildings into apartments needed discreet, but effective ventilation. The Microbox, provided this. The unit is slim (less... View Article

The first tower block to be built in Paisley, West Scotland, has undergone partial refurbishment, using ultra lightweight external cladding from Chromatics Glass Ltd. George Court was built in 1959 and has been one of the most popular high rise... View Article

SureSet Permeable Paving are proud of our market leading 21 year guarantee, and rightly so. During February half term our installation team returned to a local installation we completed 15 years ago on a community project at an outdoor theatre... View Article

A faceted on plan curtain wall completed in AluK’s SL52 system is the centrepiece of the two storey community hub known as The Curve in the newly opened Bryn Gaer Place housing development. AluK’s technical team worked closely with their... View Article

The new £1billion Tottenham Hotspur Stadium claims to be world class, in every way – through to accessibility. The new venue – heralded as a benchmark in global stadium design – is the latest to be built fully compliant with... View Article

Murchison House, a building steeped in history since its construction in 1977, has received a significant refurbishment, giving the University of Edinburgh a stunning new purpose-designed venue on its King’s Buildings Campus. Reconfigured to provide light-filled, comfortable spaces for students... View Article

As universities compete with each other to win new students, one area that has been given more attention over recent years is the quality of student accommodation. For some, the days of old fashioned accommodation blocks are gone, with the... View Article

Accelerating Innovation is the theme of the seventh VinylPlus Sustainability Forum which will explore key drivers of innovation that support the PVC industry’s targets within the circular economy when representatives from the entire value chain meet in Prague, Czech Republic on May... View Article

A package of Altro products has been fitted in a new £10m dementia-friendly ‘super’ care home in Scotland, helping to create the ultimate environment of comfort and support for residents. Crosslet House in Dumbarton is a 90-bed, ultra-modern complex that... View Article

Birmingham City University can trace its establishment back to 1843 as the Birmingham College of Art. It gained University status in 1992, and has three main campuses serving four faculties, and offers a variety of courses in art and design,... View Article

Be inspired by the latest innovation from flooring specialist Gerflor, the launch of digital printing technology to make your sports halls completely unique. My Taraflex® is the first integrated customisation service for sports flooring projects, combining the latest and newest... View Article

Minimalist alpine houses with slate roof and facade next to Lake Balaton A unique roofing and cladding project at Zen Garden Resort in Zánka (Hungary) has chosen CUPA 12 slates for their unique triangular resort homes. The project was done... View Article

Jason Leech assesses the implications of an important new guidance document, deriving in part from the Grenfell disaster, and having far-reaching implications on the selection of spandrel panels for high-rise buildings. Down the decades, the Building Regulations have, as a... View Article

James Latham has announced the addition of three new collections to its popular high-end range of decorative panels, Xylocleaf. The inspirational new collections include; Mosaico, which offers a weaved leather surface, Duna, comprising a registered, embossed stone surface and Alpaca,... View Article