Alsecco’s external insulation and render-only systems were both used for the Clapham One PPP (Public Private Partnership) regeneration project by architects DLA Architecture in conjunction with joint venture partners United House and Cathedral Group plc.
The new wing at Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy, Fife is now open. The 500 bed extension to the existing hospital was delivered by Balfour Beatty for NHS Fife through a Public Private Partnership.
Henning Larsen Architects and a team consisting of Orbicon, SLA and Centre for Sports and Architecture have made it to the second phase of a competition about Denmark’s largest climate change adaptation project in Kokkedal ...
North West housebuilder Arley Homes has restored a former pub in the heart of a Lancashire village. Significant investment has seen the Dog & Partridge in Charnock Richard updated inside and out. Now the developer ...
‘Stockholm City Station’ will mark the entrance to Stockholm’s inner city center and integrates the station, a hotel and conference center along with apartments. The main idea behind the design was to create a building ...
The economic forecast may not be getting any brighter, but one Lincolnshire firm is bucking the trend of negative growth in the UK.
Profile Christopher Guy Harrison, award-winning internationally renowned designer, is the founder and CEO of luxury furnishings brand, Christopher Guy. Born in Britain, raised in Spain and France, now residing in Singapore, Christopher’s international background helps ...
Ardex UK was “delighted” to work in partnership with specialist tiling contractor, W B Simpson & Sons, to supply the “ideal tile fixing system” for the Aquatics Centre, by architect Zaha Hadid, at the Olympic ...
Sill has just provided the lighting for the new £13.5m Southend Swimming and Diving Centre, which will be the new training base for the British Olympic diving team prior to the London 2012 games.
With an angular, raked ceiling and further constraints imposed by the requirements of disabled access and energy efficiency, Hoare Lea has read a tricky situation well at Canada Water Library. Jill Entwistle reports
Tom started working in steel in the early nineties and opened his first workshop in Wiltshire in 1995, designing and making original pieces of distinctive metal furniture. Although much has changed since, the same values ...
DAS, a leading provider of legal expenses protection for Architects, has launched Loss Assist to level the playing field by giving Architects their own loss adjustor to process their side of the claim should a ...
Systems used: Schuco curtain wall, windows and doors; Alucobond; Avon Solar Control brise soleil; Alumet SFS
A £15 million refurbishment project is underway at Toryglen, Glasgow, where contractor Lawtech is completing the renovation of 1,083 properties. As part of this refurbishment, a system was required that would provide an efficient and ...
Leading UK shower manufacturer and designer, Roman Limited, have been delighted by the success of their Project 252 social media campaign. Conceived originally as a year in the life of Roman through photos, and managed ...
International Management and Construction Consultancy, Gleeds, has recently announced that their appointment as Cost Manager to the Marassi scheme at Sidi Abdel Rahman Bay in Egypt has been extended into 2013. Covering a surface area ...
Lichfield based business SE Controls celebrates 30 years in business this summer and still has ambitious plans for the future. After investing over £1,000,000 to acquire new premises at Fradley Park, Lichfield supported by Barclays ...
External façades have to cope with the full force of the weather and climatic conditions, from driving rain and high wind pressures to soiling through dirt and mould growth. The effectiveness of cladding products against ...
Portsmouth City Council has installed DMS (Deaf Message Service), a new fire safety product that informs deaf or hard of hearing people when the fire alarm sounds, in its civic offices. DMS gives deaf and ...
Managing the surface water across the £127million redevelopment of Stratford-upon-Avon’s waterfront – an area that includes the famous Royal Shakespeare Theatre – is an integrated drainage scheme created using ACO Water Management’s versatile ACO MultiDrain™ ...
Iron technology leader Saint-Gobain PAM UK, part of leading international materials company Saint-Gobain, has unveiled its new YouTube channel, a dedicated online platform designed to showcase the capabilities of its cast iron drainage, rainwater and ...
A hugely successful sports sponsorship story will write itself a brand new chapter in June, when Speedy returns to the oche to sponsor the UK Open darts championship. In sponsoring the ‘FA Cup of Darts’ ...
Two internal promotions, Joe Cavanaugh and Ian Fraser, emphasize the world-wide vision of the Tensar International business. From January 2012, Joe Cavanaugh has been appointed Vice President and General Manager for Europe Africa and the ...
Elliott Off-Site Building Solutions has completed and handed over the new West of England MS Centre in Bradley Stoke at an official opening on 22nd February. The brand new, purpose built facility was opened by ...
Canary Wharf Group plc (“Canary Wharf Group”) has commenced construction of 25 Churchill Place at Canary Wharf, central London, which is to be the new office headquarters of the European Medicines Agency. Two cranes have ...
Every day, every single employee is faced with a choice as to whether they use a skin care product or not. We take a look at how the Deb Global Product Range has provided a ...
Fireco‘s dynamic Building Consultancy Division is delivering integrated, effective solutions to the FM sector through their unique blend of specialist building consultancy skills and services that includes Access Audits, Energy Surveys, Fire Safety Consultancy and ...
At a time when many mirrors and mirror cabinets, from modern to period style recreations all tend to look very similar, the Porthole Mirror and mirror Cabinet, from ‘Chadder & Co’, makes for a visually ...
CoBaCo Group, owners of the ATG Access brand & business units, announced today that they have sold the exclusive distribution rights and manufacturing licence for North America to Ameristar Security Products (A Division of Ameristar ...
A specifier’s guide to the metal ceiling and wall solutions available for the complete range of applications has been launched by leading UK building interior solutions provider Armstrong Ceilings. The 60-page guide details Armstrong’s capabilities, ...
An upright freezer and two larder fridges by leading Polish appliances brand, Amica were used by the contestants in the first series of Cookery School – the highly successful Channel 4 cooking competition currently being ...
When Alumet’s National Construction Manager Graham Hindley retired after 45 years in the industry, he did it in style; Not just a few drinks after work for Graham – he hired the Royal Yacht Britannia for ...
The AGA Rangemaster Group plc has released the results of its first half year trading statement for the 2011 financial year The Midlands-based specialist in range cooking and kitchen living has announced an improved profit ...
ACO drainage plays its part in famous theatre town regeneration. Managing the surface water across the £127million redevelopment of Stratford-upon-Avon’s waterfront – an area that includes the famous Royal Shakespeare Theatre – is an integrated ...
After the exceptionally dry Spring this year, Access Irrigation have announced an extended seminar series for Autumn / Winter 2011/12. Of interest to all specifiers and installers of irrigation systems, Access now run 3 separate ...
Abloy UK, the sole distributor of EffEff products in the UK, is offering aesthetic and a more flexible approach to specifying with the new Profix II product range. Easy to fit, the multifunctional new Profix ...
A triangulated glass and steel restaurant sits beside a river in a remote forested gorge in southern China. Designed by Liu Chongxiao, the Tianmen Mountain Restaurant is located at the foot of a ravine leading down ...
Singapore, 26 July 2011 – CapitaLand Residential Singapore has appointed renowned international architect Moshe Safdie as the lead designer for its condominium at Bishan Central. Located a convenient five-minute walk to the Bishan transportation hub ...
Description: In early 1994, the architects began work on the project and while in construction (demolition, grading and foundations) the owner, due to circumstances beyond his control, halted all construction of the project. Seven years ...
The September intake of engineering students at the National University of Ireland in Galway (NUI Galway) have a lot to look forward to in their academic programme; world class tutoring, engaging projects and a shining ...
