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Roof window manufacturer VELUX® has added three more sizes to its world’s first curved glass rooflight range. The VELUX curved glass rooflight, designed for flat roofs, is now available in eight different sizes and features CurveTech, an innovative curve-shaped glass... View Article

Airedale Academy in Castleford recently underwent significant refurbishment to repair its failing flat roofs, which had surpassed their natural life expectancy and were experiencing water ingress. Prior to the work commencing on site, flat roof manufacturer Bauder helped the academy... View Article

The roof refurbishment of Kirkgate Market in Leeds is a story of problem solving and partnership. Rising to the challenge, Protech Roofing and Sarnafil Plus delivered an exemplary solution, which allowed the market to remain open throughout. Europe’s largest covered... View Article

Saint-Gobain Building Glass looked on proudly last month as a £27.5m university building it helped to design and create was opened by the University of Huddersfield to provide a new home for its Law School and the School of Music,... View Article

Hot on the heels of its very first homogeneous vinyl collection, produced in a new state-of-the-art production facility, Forbo Flooring Systems has now launched a second range: Sphera Energetic. Reflecting the latest education trend colours, and with low emissions and... View Article

Metal Technology’s commitment to performance engineering has contributed to the Excellent BREEAM rating achieved by Arvalee School in Omagh, Northern Ireland. The school, which caters for children with learning difficulties, is phase one of a £130m education project and is... View Article

Designed by Architects for Architects, EQUITONE fibre cement facade materials from Marley Eternit have been specified on two school constructions for their design flexibility, durability and creativity. The EQUITONE materials were chosen as part of two separate developments located in Manchester... View Article

The staircase has been built within the hall of the academy, which exhibits a modern blend of stylish interior design glass features together with the spaciousness and open-air feeling of an outside area. TAPER-LOC® is the simple way to install... View Article

Interest in creating natural effects on metal continues to grow and Powdertech Corby has just launched a brand new range of seventy-two shades to keep abreast of this trend. The new coatings, aptly named Evolution, form part of the company’s... View Article

Evinox Energy are delighted to be working with EcoWorld Ballymore and Clarion Housing Group on the London City Island development, which was recently awarded Best New Place to Live at the London Planning Awards 2017. This new neighbourhood on the... View Article

It’s not often that a manufacturer of drainage systems is asked to consider floods of milk within its system designs, but that’s what Polypipe faced in one recent project. When a historic dairy processor in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire needed to expand... View Article

AET Flexible Space, leading provider of Under Floor Air Conditioning systems has supplied forty of their innovative low energy Fantiles for the flexible meeting pods at the Sky Central media campus in Osterley, West London. The outstanding Sky Central building... View Article

The stunning new Queen Elizabeth II (QEII) Hospital in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, opened its doors to the public in June 2015. London based landscape architecture practice, Macfarlane & Associates, was provided with the task of designing an attractive landscape... View Article

Kingspan Insulation has announced the launch of two new products to join their innovative new Kooltherm K100 Range, designed to deliver lower U-values with a minimal construction thickness. Kingspan Kooltherm K112 Framing Board and K107 Pitched Roof Board are the... View Article

The 2017 edition of Simpson Strong-Tie’s flagship catalogue is here. Alongside the UK’s largest range of connectors for timber and masonry construction, sit over a dozen new products and several range extensions, including: Post Bases I-Joist hangers Angle Brackets Structural... View Article

Hadrian toilet cubicles starred in the refurbishment of both the ladies and gents washrooms at the Putney Arts Theatre. The theatre is run by a charitable incorporated organisation and the new washrooms had to be good value for money as... View Article