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AWARD-WINNING SLIDING DOOR COLLECTION

With four di erent sightline options available – ranging from 20mm through to 77mm – the Origin Sliding Door Collection is sure to o er an aesthetic to suit your development’s style and character. O ering a modern and architecturally striking take on the traditional door system, our products have large panel sizes to maximise light entering the home.

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IN BRIEF: SCOTLAND MANDATES PASSIVHAUS EQUIVALENT LEGISLATION

The Scottish Government has announced plans for all new-build housing to meet a Scottish equivalent to the Passivhaus standard. Jon Bootland, CEO of the Passivhaus Trust, comments: “It is fantastic to hear the Scottish Government has committed to bringing forward a bill requiring higher energyefficiency standards in domestic buildings, which also recognises the need to assure occupants that the design and construction of these buildings will deliver the actual performance sought in practice. Statements including ‘a Scottish equivalent to the Passivhaus standard’ and ‘explicit support for Passivhaus and equivalent standards’ fill us with hope."

North East Skills And Employment Programme Wins Global Praise

An innovative skills programme designed and developed by Ryder and Gateshead College has received international recognition. PlanBEE (Built Environment Education), which was launched in 2016, won the further and higher education category at the 2022 Inspire Future Generation Awards. The first programme of its kind, PlanBEE is an industrydriven higher apprenticeship scheme designed to help attract and retain talent in the built environment and construction sector and solve the skills shortage the industry is facing. Supported by a growing consortium of over 40 businesses across the UK, the pioneering programme combines study with working for some of the construction industry’s leading companies.