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Fire Protection ChapmanBDSP looks at the impact of modern design trends on fire safety

Design & Desire The new flagship Hilton London Bankside showcases a deep understanding of the area’s past

Sustainability in Development An Isle of Wight scheme of 28 affordable homes is designed and built to the Passivhaus standard

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REEAM (BRE Environmental Assessment Method) is the leading and most widely used environmental assessment method for buildings and communities. It sets the standard for best practice in sustainable design and has become the most common measure used to describe a building’s environmental performance.

In this month’s edition, FC&A profiles The Edge in Amsterdam, Holland – the greenest building in the world according to BREEAM. The Edge was conceived by London-based PLP Architecture, in close collaboration with Deloitte and project developer OVG. The 15 storey building is a completely connected, eco-friendly hub, where workers control everything from finding a parking space to meeting their colleague via an intelligent app.

The building is powered by solar panels that produce more electricity than the project uses – in fact, The Edge uses 70% less electricity than a typical office building. Turn to page 10 to read how this was achieved.

To coincide with this, on page 18 Future Constructor & Architect hears from Martin Townsend, Director of Sustainability at BRE Global. Here he looks at how assessment methodology will be likely to affect and interlink with future standards and best practice initiatives.

Elsewhere in this issue, Mobilane explains how you can bring facades to life, ChapmanBDSP looks at the impact of modern design trends on fire safety and British Gypsum discusses why today’s homes must work harder.

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Hannah Frackiewicz Editor in Chief, Future Constructor & Architect ChapmanBDSP looks at the impact of modern design trends on fire safety.

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Portfolios

News 06 Industry Updates:

FC&A rounds up this month’s industry news, including awarded contracts, completed projects and much more.

18 Voice of the Industry:

BREEAM gives an overview of how its assessment methodologies are likely to evolve in future to drive future standards.

34 Floors, Walls & Ceilings:

Sarah White at British Gypsum explains how the industry needs to tackle home design to make spaces work harder for homeowners.

36 Kitchens, Bathrooms & Washrooms:

Geberit provides five-star luxury at the touch of a button for Park Hyatt Vienna Hotel guests.

26 Legal & Business:

Associate Andrew Clarke of Gullands Solicitors discusses the importance of controlling contractors when it comes to health and safety.

38 Building Access: An innovative and highly adaptable edge protection system from Combisafe has helped ensure safe passage for thousands of visitors to the NEC.

Features 24 Technical Focus:

CMS Windows provides an in-depth review of its systems used in an office building project at Glasgow’s new Queen Elizabeth Hospital.

32 Facades:

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40 Fire Protection:

10 Greenhouse: A selection of GROHE’s products have been chosen to kit out the greenest building in the world according to BREEAM.

14 Sustainability in Development:

FC&A profiles Cameron Close on the Isle of Wight – a scheme of 28 affordable homes designed and built to the Passivhaus standard.

28 Design & Desire: The new flagship Hilton London Bankside combines a deep understanding of the area’s past with an understated quality.

Paul McLaughlin, Head of Fire Engineering at ChapmanBDSP, looks at the impact of modern design trends on fire safety.

44 Ecobuild Preview:

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Ecobuild returns this month with an increased and in-depth focus on the latest industry trends, challenges and 11:10 AM Page 1 opportunities.

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In Brief

Serpentine Pavilion 2016 designed by Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG); Design render © Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG)

Mecanoo wins major competition Mecanoo architecten has won the competition to design the new Tainan Public Library in Taiwan.Working in partnership with Kaohsiung-based MAYU architects+, the Dutch practice will create the 35,000m2 library, which will feature reading rooms, special collections, study spaces, a children’s area, cafe, conference hall, a 200-seat auditorium, and public courtyards.The plan for the site also encompasses a future extension of 13,000m2.

TJS Homes merges with Eclipse & Son

TJS Homes, the Swindon-based homebuilder, is merging with the Wiltshire building firm, Eclipse & Son.Though less than a year old,TJS Homes has recorded impressive growth in the new homes sector.

The business has six vans and works with 10 qualified tradesmen.

Eclipse & Son, established in 2011, employs four people and enjoys a reputation for quality workmanship and excellent customer satisfaction.

Lendlease moves into Salford Quays

Lendlease’s construction business is delighted to announce it has moved into a new office in Salford Quays, Greater Manchester. The move, into the iconic Quay West building, underlines Lendlease’s ongoing commitment to supporting key clients and delivering construction projects and consulting services in the North. Lendlease’s new UK Regions North Office will house approximately 50 Lendlease staff, the majority of which will be working on construction projects and consulting services for external clients.

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Four summer houses to join The Serpentine Pavilion 2016 The Serpentine has announced that, in tandem with the 16th Pavilion, it expands its internationally-acclaimed programme of exhibiting architecture in a built form by commissioning four architects to each design a 25m2 Summer House.The four Summer Houses are inspired by the nearby Queen Caroline’s Temple, a

classical style summer house, built in 1734 and a stone’s throw from the Serpentine Gallery.

In line with the criteria for the selection of the Pavilion architect, each architect chosen by the Serpentine has yet to build a permanent building in England.

The Serpentine Pavilion will be designed by Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) (Copenhagen/New York);

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Sika UK appoints new General Manager

New appointment for consultancy WYG

Wienerberger appoints new Technical Manager

Global building product manufacturer, Sika, has appointed Dragan Maksimović as General Manager, a role that will see him build on the continued growth of the company across its multiple UK markets. Dragan joined Sika in 2002. Based in Belgrade he was responsible for developing the company’s operation in Serbia where the company today has become market leader in a number of local market sectors.

Global programme, project management and technical consultancy,WYG, has announced the appointment of Simon Pringle as Head of Strategy and Corporate Development, reporting directly to the CEO. Simon joins with more than 20 years’ experience in commercial strategy, innovation and risk management. Simon was most recently the Head of Sustainability and Innovation at BDO LLP.

Wienerberger, one of the UK’s leading providers of wall, roof and landscaping innovations, has announced the appointment of Paul Miller as its new Porotherm Technical Manager. Paul, who joined Wienerberger in 2013, has extensive experience of the construction industry, accumulated from 25 years as an architect working with a number of high profile UK house builders.

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In Brief

Serpentine Summer House 2016 designed by Yona Friedman; Design render © AECOM

Work starts on high-tech science and technology centre

the four Summer Houses will be designed by Kunlé Adeyemi – NLÉ (Amsterdam/Lagos); Barkow Leibinger (Berlin/New York);Yona Friedman (Paris); and Asif Khan (London).

The expanded scheme was submitted to Westminster City Council Planning Office and District Surveyor’s Office for planning last month.The Serpentine Summer Houses, sited one minute’s walk from the Serpentine Gallery, will complement the world-famous Pavilion commission on the Gallery’s lawn by offering visitors an unrivalled, first-hand experience

of contemporary architecture by leading international architects from across the generations, within the historic parkland of Kensington Gardens.

The Serpentine’s Pavilion commission, conceived in 2000 by Director Julia Peyton-Jones, has become an international site for architectural experimentation and has presented projects by some of the world’s greatest architects.

Each Pavilion is sited on the Serpentine Gallery’s lawn for four months and the immediacy of the commission – taking a maximum of six months from invitation to completion – provides a unique

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The selection of the architects, chosen for consistently extending the boundaries of architecture practice, is led by the Serpentine’s core curatorial thinking, introducing contemporary artists and architects to a wider audience.

The brief is to design a 300m2 Pavilion that is used as a cafe by day and a forum for learning, debate and entertainment at night. Serpentine Galleries will be partnering with Harrods for the 2016 Pavilion Cafe. www.serpentinegalleries.org

Work has now started on the £10.1m centre which will provide high specification laboratory and workshop space for science and engineering businesses in Wolverhampton.The Science, Technology and Prototyping Centre is being built on land at the University of Wolverhampton Science Park.The project has been funded through a £4.8m grant from the Growth Deal to the Black Country Local Enterprise Partnership, with the remaining £5.3m coming from the University of Wolverhampton.

The View named Newcastle’s Best New Building Developer Downing has been recognised at the Newcastle Lord Mayor’s Design Awards for its student accommodation development,The View, which was voted Best New Building.The awards are given to outstanding projects in the fields of architecture, planning, environmental, urban and landscape design.The building was also awarded a People’s Choice award for its innovative design.

The 18-storey development was designed by architect Simpson Haugh and Partners.

Planning consent granted for Bath World Heritage Site

Meyer Homes has been granted planning consent by Bath and North East Somerset Council to redevelop the former Bath Press site.The £60m mixed-use scheme has been designed by ColladoCollins Architects and will bring a plot vacant since 2007 back to life.The 2.12 hectare scheme will create 244 one, two, three and four-bedroom homes as well as affordable housing, approximately 16,000ft2 of office space, 162 car parking spaces and 301 bike storage units.

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Industry Updates

Ecobuild Updates

FC&A previews the upcoming highlights and talking points of Ecobuild, the industry’s most established show for the sustainable built environment.

New practical guides to closing the Performance Gap

Facts & Figures

Rob Pannell is the Managing Director of the Zero Carbon Hub, a role to which he brings a wide range of knowledge.

70% growth rate forecast for the market by 2025

800+ exhibitors scheduled to showcase their products

40k visitors that attend Ecobuild each year

Research undertaken by the Zero Carbon Hub in collaboration with the house building industry has demonstrated the existence of a significant ‘Performance Gap’ between the energy use of new homes at the design stage, compared to the as-built stage (pre-handover), writes Rob Pannell, Managing Director of the Zero Carbon Hub: “This project was specifically investigating the potential of the completed home to perform as designed rather than the impact that occupant lifestyle

can have on energy use. But how damaging could the impact be if constructed homes require more energy than predicted at design? What are the causes of this Performance Gap? And how can we help close the gap?

“Initially, there was a misconception that this gap was simply caused by inaccuracies in energy modelling and poor construction practice on site.

However our research has shown that whilst a gap can be influenced by both these factors there are a number of other key issues from building concept stage through detailed design, procurement, construction and testing that also affect the buildings performance.

“In an effort to help industry close this Performance Gap and improve skills and knowledge

in low energy construction, we have produced a series of practical handbooks looking into the impact and importance of Thermal Bridging, Building Services and SAP when designing and building a new home.

“Intended to be used by architects and building designers, building inspectors and SAP and energy assessors, these simple to use guides will help users identify the greatest areas of risk and most common issues, alongside practical advice on improvements.”

The guides will launch on Day 1 of Ecobuild at the Zero Carbon Hub Stand (E7045) The Zero Carbon Hub will be located at stand number E7045 and more information on the Hub’s activities can be found at: www.zerocarbonhub.org

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50+ conferences and seminars available at Ecobuild 2016

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Infrastructure Revolution debate The ways in which affordable, resilient infrastructure that supports economic growth and addresses future challenges such as climate change and population growth can be delivered will be debated at the Infrastructure Revolution powered by ICE – a major new conference centre at Ecobuild 2016. ICE Director of Knowledge, Nathan Baker, said: “The Government has committed to £100bn investment over the next five years and a pipeline of projects.

The opportunity is there, but it comes with a host of challenges.”

Groundbreaking solution to homes shortage Architect firm, Zedfactory, is set to unveil a groundbreaking solution to the housing shortage. The solution claims to require no land whilst offering zero energy bills and the ability to relocate the property in the future. Zedfactory Founder Bill Dunster OBE said: “We are refining the zero carbon agenda and making it economically viable today by our homes being capable of having net zero annual energy bills. This offers a tangible benefit to everyone affected by rising fuel prices.”

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Delivering Better Places for People The UK Green Building Council (UK-GBC), Ecobuild’s lead partner for 2016, will be discussing its recently published Better Places for People report at this year’s show.The study examines health, well-being and productivity in retail and the impact of green buildings on people and profit.

UK-GBC Chief Executive Julie Hirigoyen will also pose five future challenges for the construction industry in Leadership Insights on each of Ecobuild’s three conference days to a panel of industry leaders and future leaders, inviting them to respond with practical ideas on delivery.

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Redefining the workplace A selection of GROHE’s products have been chosen to kit out The Edge in Amsterdam, Holland – the greenest building in the world according to BREEAM.

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Greenhouse

The 15-storey building is a completely connected, eco-friendly hub

Greenhouse

The work space is organised around a grand 15-storey atrium

The building also uses water sustainably, utilising recycled rainwater to flush the toilets and water the building’s plants. In the summer, warm water is pumped to an aquifer underneath the structure where it is insulated and re-used to heat the building in the winter months.

Integrated technology Dutch-born architect Ron Bakker is a founding partner at London-based PLP Architecture, the team that conceived The Edge. Currently used by accountancy firm Deloitte as their Amsterdam office, in 2014 it was rated “Outstanding” by the environmental sustainability assessment agency BREEAM – the highest rating ever.

He comments: “With The Edge, we tried to unite different aspects of the office environment by integrating technology with sustainability in a way that redefines the concept of the workplace. We looked at different strategies, like phasing and multi-purpose functionality, and also read up on studies about how we could balance sustainability with cost efficiency, which helped us discover that there were better ways to build the structure.

Ron adds: “The Edge is a market office building and Deloitte occupy six or seven levels while the rest shared by a variety of other companies.”

In 2014, the environmental

The Edge was rated “Outstanding” by the environmental sustainability assessment agency BREEAM – the highest rating ever

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msterdam’s Zuidas area is rapidly emerging as one of Europe’s most significant business districts, with excellent connections to public transport and cycle-route networks and the new high-speed train station.

Situated in this prime location is The Edge – a highly efficient office building conceived by London-based PLP Architecture, in close collaboration with Deloitte and project developer OVG. The 15-storey building is a completely connected, eco-friendly hub, where workers control everything from finding a parking space to meeting their colleague via an intelligent app.

The work space is organised around a grand 15-storey atrium, a window animated by office activity, circulation bridges and lift cores. The base of the atrium is activated by a restaurant, a cafe, exhibition spaces and conference facilities. The atrium is the lung of the building, ventilating the office space. The shape of the building allows north light into 60% of the offices.

East, west and south walls have smaller openings in a dense load-bearing structure; on the south, photovoltaic cells shade the openings.

The building is powered by solar panels that produce more electricity than the project uses – in fact,The Edge uses 70% less electricity than a typical office building.

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Greenhouse The public toilets are equipped with GROHE’s sustainable Europlus E basin mixers which harness flowing water and turns it into electrical energy

corporations” of the 2015 German Sustainability Awards – was the perfect choice to supply products for the project.

GROHE’s Blue and Red kitchen taps were chosen to feature in The Edge

Refreshments on tap GROHE’s Blue and Red taps were the natural choices for this sustainable project.

The Red tap keeps filtered kettle hot water ready for immediate use at all times, removing the need for a kettle and therefore saving energy and reducing water wastage. The Blue provides three types of filtered water – still, sparkling and semisparkling – straight from the tap, and is designed to save up to 86% of greenhouse gas emissions compared to bottled water.

The public toilets are also equipped with GROHE’s sustainable Europlus E basin mixers which harness flowing water and turns it into electrical energy.

Graham Wilby, Head of Projects GROHE UK, comments: “We are delighted that GROHE’s products feature in The Edge, as the project mirrors our sustainable ethos.

GROHE is committed to the efficient and economical use of resources, and is continually looking for innovative ways to reduce water and energy consumption without compromising on product performance.”

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assessment agency, BREEAM, awarded The Edge with the highest score ever, thus making it the most sustainable office building in the world. Ron explains how this was achieved: “When the recession hit it became harder to take the risks involved with developing a large project. However, we carried on, and researched how we could make it work. We looked at different strategies, like phasing and multi-purpose functionality, and also read up on studies about how we could balance sustainability with cost efficiency, which helped us discover that there were better ways to build the structure.”

Ron continues: “BREEAM looks at every tiny aspect relating to sustainability, so it’s easy to lose your way by trying to score as many points as possible. That said, Deloitte and OVG weren’t interested in point scoring. They wanted a sustainable building for the sake of sustainability, which is why the building was conceived like that even before we discussed accreditation. OVG and Deloitte set targets high, which made us realise our potential.”

Due to their inherent eco-friendly properties, GROHE’s Blue and Red kitchen taps and Europlus E basin mixers were chosen to feature in The Edge. With GROHE’s commitment to sustainability, the brand – which is one of four nominees in “Germany’s most sustainable large

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Cohesive community

Cameron Close in the rural village of Freshwater, Isle of Wight, is a scheme of 28 affordable homes designed and built to the Passivhaus standard.

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he 16 semi-detached houses and 12 sheltered apartments have been developed on a 1.5 acre site

by Registered Provider Southern Housing Group, working with PCKO Architects, Passivhaus Designer Warm: Low Energy Building Practice, Contractor Stoneham Construction Ltd, Structural Engineer Conisbee and Employer’s Agent Calford Seaden.

The £4.2m project’s key features are: All 28 homes have been built to Passivhaus standard – currently 4 are certified, the remaining certifications are imminent Homes are built using a solid thin-joint aircrete frame construction The scheme has provided learning opportunities in design and construction of Passivhaus. This was Stoneham’s first Passivhaus project, while this was one of two debut Passivhaus projects for PCKO The site had previously been occupied by a Southern sheltered housing scheme which was at the end of its life.The site is bordered by existing buildings to the east and by playing fields to the north and west, with the new homes being approached via a cul de sac. A

pedestrian route crosses the site.

Stoneham was one of six contractors invited to participate in a two-stage tender process.

Andrew Hulmes, Area Development Manager of Southern Housing Group, comments: “We did not set out initially with the intention of developing Passivhaus. But like others across the industry, the Group was considering how to respond to the zero carbon agenda and so we looked at a fabric first approach, because we wanted to get away from the use of micro-renewable technologies to meet the higher levels of the Code for Sustainable Homes. This wasn’t innovation for innovation’s sake – it was a means to an end.”

He continues: “By the time we had decided to go down the Passivhaus route PCKO had already done the design. It was stepped and staggered and wasn’t suitable for Passivhaus.”

Andrew Ogorzalek, Director of PCKO Architects adds: “We spoke to the Passivhaus consultant and between us we decided that there was no point taking forward the scheme we had – it was a courtyard design and so had extensive external walls and that is something that

The houses are semi-detached rather than terraced

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Houses are two- and three-storey units ranging from two to five bedrooms

needs to be limited for Passivhaus.”

The houses are semi-detached rather than terraced, which would be the most efficient form for Passivhaus design. Andrew Ogorzalek adds: “They couldn’t be terraced because we needed to keep an open aspect into the field and the trees. We tried to make as much attached wall as possible to comply with the Passivhaus standard, and that resulted in the creation of quite deep units.” Homes are oriented to provide a feeling of security while maintaining privacy.

Karl Parsons, Passivhaus Designer at Warm: Low Energy Building Practice comments: “The semi-detached house is not ideal for Passivhaus.The scheme has a very distinctive aesthetic and that drove us to push what could be achieved in terms of thermal performance, so that Passivhaus compliance could be achieved.We’ve created a Passivhaus compliant scheme but not lost sight of the architect’s vision for the site.”

Houses are two- and three-storey units ranging from two to five bedrooms.The apartments are all one-bed self-contained units, with the living space incorporating a flexible folding partition to allow for the creation of a temporary guest bedroom for a carer or visitor.The varying sizes of the houses and the flexibility of their plan are designed to encourage a sustainable, cohesive community.

Houses have front and back gardens while

Sustainability in Development

Harris, who estimates that the Thin-Joint blockwork went into place 20% faster than traditional block work.

The external solid walls are insulated with phenolic insulation boards and finished externally in white render, a fairly common aesthetic for Isle of Wight homes.

Internally, the block walls have a parge coat, then a services void and finally a plasterboard lining. Karl explains: “This solution gives a speedy internal finish and is a robust way to integrate the services while maintaining airtightness.” Separating walls were formed of two 100mm leaves of thin jointed aircrete.

Another innovative aspect was the use of retrofit joist hangers for the internal floors. This avoided the need to cut blocks or penetrate the walls. This removed any concerns with regards to air tightness performance and sound transfer. All units achieved below 0.6 air changes per hour at 50Pa (n50 tests).

Internally, the block walls have a parge coat, then a services void and finally a plasterboard lining

Challenges of Passivhaus Speaking of the challenges, Andrew Hulmes comments: “We made sure the contractor was on board at the start of the process.

A lot of housing associations have built to Passivhaus principles, but have not gone down the full route of Passivhaus certification for all homes – it has meant we have had to

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apartments have landscaped kitchen gardens.

The homes are constructed using H+H’s Thin-Joint system, which combines aircrete blocks with Celfix Thin-Joint mortar.

Karl Parsons explains:“There is no need for Passivhaus certification for a type of blockwork per se – it is like timber, an element that is part of the structure. In some ways block is more straightforward to get airtight.”

Andrew Ogorzalek concurs: “Thin-joint proved to be a very smart method of construction. It provided a clean, nice, fast build.”

David Harris, Director of Stoneham Construction adds: “In our view, Passivhaus is made simpler when constructed from masonry, rather than timber frame. We worked very closely with H+H who were exceptionally helpful. At the time of project planning aircrete blocks were in short supply but H+H pulled out all the stops to ensure that our important project was supplied. We had not used Thin-Joint before but that did not pose any problems.

Passivhaus is all about air tightness so if you can reduce the gap between blocks to 2mm instead of 10mm it makes life a lot easier.”

Block laying began in January 2014. The blocks were laid by two gangs of four bricklayers, and Stoneham Construction had two hand saws on site, “to ensure the blocks were cut millimetre perfect” says David

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David Harris estimates that the ThinJoint blockwork went into place 20% faster than traditional block work

Passivhaus design ruled out features such as porches and letterboxes

take great care with processes and materials.

“There are several elements of this project that we would happily and readily import to other developments irrespective of certification, primarily the specification of H+H’s Thin-Joint System and the mechanical ventilation and heat recovery system.”

Andrew Ogorzalek says of the Passivhaus standard: “It is very stringent and can be quite marginal – avoidance of cold bridging and air tightness are so critical. We’ve taken this very seriously from the point of view of detailing and execution on site. We did a lot of drawings. The project was helped by having a great contractor.”

Karl Parsons: “We had some quite technically challenging details to deal with, because of the semi-detached form and the particular aesthetic.We also had to look quite carefully at overheating.The external sliding shades are a nice feature, but it was a challenge to integrate them into the building.”

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Andrew Hulmes concludes: “We were aware that going down the Passivhaus route would cost more but saw benefits internally. The extra capital cost had the potential to be offset by lower running costs for tenants, which would benefit us in helping tenants to afford to pay their rents and keeping tenants happier and in their homes for longer, and that in turn would reduce voids for us. Isle of Wight Council played an important part in providing some grant aid to the scheme, as it was consistent with their ambitions.”

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Voice of the Industry The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) Saw Swee Hock Student Centre (SAW)

Driving best practice standards For 25 years BREEAM has challenged the construction industry to do better, driving improvements in standards in all areas which have led to regulatory change. Martin Townsend, Director of Sustainability, BRE Global looks at how the assessment methodology will be likely to affect and interlink with future standards and best practice initiatives.

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REEAM is celebrating its 25th birthday this year and throughout its existence the standard has been at the leading edge of the debate driving innovation and change in the design, construction and operation of our buildings. It has evolved over time to reach beyond the building and into the wider built environment and look at the whole range of sustainabilityrelated and wellbeing impacts which developments have on users and the surroundings.

Because the standard has always gathered and incorporated global best practice it has naturally influenced policy, regulation, standards and industry practices both in the UK and overseas, and many standards have been created as a direct result. Encouraging construction to think about how it can improve, whether it is resource efficiency, life cycle impacts, health and wellbeing or a host of other factors, has been followed in many cases by Building Regulations driving efficiency via a compliance route.

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However, having influenced regulations and established new norms, BREEAM moves on to further push standards beyond the mandatory. This allows it to continue driving change – higher performance and quality outcomes – as it matures. In future this will enable emergent drivers like BIM to be factored in, without BREEAM becoming unwieldy.

BREEAM also seeks to incorporate more as it matures and to relate better to industry processes such as Building Information Modelling (BIM) yet not become unwieldy.

Many best practice and standards over the last 25 years can trace their formulation directly back to BREEAM. Examples include: Sustainable timber: BREEAM always encouraged designers and specifiers to demand sustainable timber, including an audit trail as proof. The earliest versions of the standard pre-dated FSC certification which has in turn influenced responsible sourcing of other materials.

Domestic smoke alarms: The first

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Martin Townsend joined BRE as Director of BREEAM in 2008 to drive BREEAM forward not just in the UK market, but also internationally.

BREEAM New Homes (BR208) launched in 1991 contained a credit for mains operated smoke alarms and this became a Building Regulation requirement in the following update of Approved Document Part B. Water saving devices: By awarding credits for incorporation of water saving products and methodologies into projects, BREEAM has helped drive their widespread adoption.

These include dual flush and low flush volume devices, rainwater harvesting, the Part G water calculator, and SuDS systems and approaches.

Emissions from insulation and board products: The first BREEAM Offices and all versions of BREEAM itself raised awareness of formaldehyde content in board products and resins and influenced the switch from urea formaldehyde foam insulation to healthier materials.

Domestic recycling: The first BREEAM New Homes (1991) included a credit for provision of space for bins to store recyclable materials.

Cycling: BREEAM introduced credits for cycle storage facilities in the first update of BREEAM Offices (BR 234) 1993.

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The £25.2m LSE building achieved a BREEAM ‘Outstanding’ rating at the design stage with a score of 86.45%

BREEAM in a BIM world Building Information Modelling and the processes that surround it can create reliable, consistent and transferable data through design and construction and into the operation of buildings and other assets.

This digital model can then interact with other modelling – such as energy models allowing better predictions of performance and so greatly contribute to closing the now well recognised gap between design intentions and performance in use.

BREEAM is approaching this in two ways; firstly to interact and collect data from the BIM which will both increase efficiency for the BREEAM process and make “doing BREEAM” fit more seamlessly into what has to be done anyway to create a building. Secondly, in using BIM data in this way and combining it with other models and algorithms BREEAM can contribute enormously to the data analysis required to help answer the question “where exactly does the performance fail?”

Harnessing data for standards

We face a dual question in the future, firstly how do we turn the data which is increasingly generated from buildings into best practice? We commission a lot of research to develop best practice in keeping BREEAM up to date and at the leading edge as well as harnessing best practice from across the world. As digital data derived from the BREEAM process begins to give us a much better idea of building performance, we are also in an environment of increasingly open data allowing us to truly address the challenge of better understanding how the industry is moving and making it more transparent, and so help us to understand what best practice looks like.

As data begins to give us a much better idea of building performance, the challenge is to supplement that research with openly available data to better understand how the industry is moving and make it transparent to help it understand what best practice looks like.

Raw data will never replace investigative research but it is the fuel for quantitative research. Both are necessary. We always want to be ahead of the curve so there will always be design and techniques which will need to be discovered. For example as lighting systems develop, they may produce more efficient light but there are nuanced issues which require detailed research to support decisions in standard-making.

Asbestos is an extreme example which shows the need for research, but hindsight is unfortunately less useful.

The second major question for the future is that we are looking at an increasingly deregulated landscape in the UK for the construction industry. Can the industry effectively self-regulate and what is the role of BREEAM in supporting this? What is the ultimate goal, is it just about setting minimum standards, or is the industry going to arrive at a mature position where it can work in a more joined up, collaborative and cooperative way, sharing best practice to work as a whole to generate tough but achievable standards? This will mean funding necessary research and having transparency of data. The industry needs to work together to ensure that quality is balanced against quantity of delivery across the board, and the only way to ensure that is to work to robust standards.

The trick to a successful standard is to not make it too expensive or complex such that it creates an unnecessary burden, and we know that we are always driving value by ensuring BREEAM works for the industry.We also have to continually look into the future to make sure that emerging best practice which isn’t apparent across the construction sector is included in the scheme. In this way we encourage people to think about not what they are required to be doing, but what they should be doing.

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Some factors listed in early published versions of BREEAM could not be addressed at the time in the standard itself but stimulated specific BRE research, which led to them being included in later versions.

Examples include embodied energy ratings of materials, from the Green Guide to Specification, weighting issues according to relative importance, and development of Life Cycle Assessment techniques.

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Doors, Windows & Facades

Mike Stevenson Development Director for offsite fenestration specialists Sidey and Founding Partner of the Fabric First Academy

A big thing at the minute when designing windows is ventilation, and the positive and necessary impact it has on the overall picture

Is drive for greater thermal efficiency leading to overheating in new homes?

The drive for greater thermal efficiency in the building of new homes has led to a new problem according to a survey and report published by the Zero Carbon Hub – namely overheating in homes.

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ob Pannell, Managing Director of the Zero Carbon Hub, and Mike Stevenson, Development Director for offsite fenestration specialists Sidey and Founding Partner of the Fabric First Academy, consider the implications.

“It might seem like an odd subject” says Rob, “considering that for years architects, designers and specifiers have all been pushing as hard as they can to deliver the most thermally efficient homes.

“But the reality is that there is an estimated 20% of homes currently overheating.The implications to homeowners of their buildings overheating are numerous,

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it can have a negative effect on their physical well-being as well as there being negative consequences for the physical structure.

“We are clearly now seeing homes with inside temperatures beyond those highlighted as comfortable in the government’s Housing Health and Safety Ratings System. It is perhaps an unforeseen consequence of the problems which architects and specifiers face when trying to include a suite of energy efficient products in their designs, without necessarily having recourse to the information as to what the impacts of using them together will be.”

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“Like many other suppliers over the past few years we have constantly been tasked to provide ever more energy efficient products to the market,” agrees Mike.

“In our role as a supplier over that time frame, and in our role as a supporter of the Fabric First Academy, which is designed to provide some of the much needed education to architects and specifiers, there is one thing that we have constantly championed, to be included from the outset as a part of the design team on major projects.

“The issue of overheating in homes simply reinforces our belief that we need earlier involvement in the design process so that we can play a part in discussing the interface of materials and the effect of using certain products in combination with one another.

“Particularly important is addressing the issue of airtightness and the impact of it on the performance of the building when using certain materials and products.

“A big thing for us at the minute, when designing windows, is ventilation and the positive and necessary impact it has on the overall picture. So often the importance and the effect of ventilation is underestimated.”

Rob added: “When we carried out the survey there were close to 40% of those who responded who did not have any process in place to assess the potential for overheating, while many of the others relied on the experience of their staff to make a judgement rather than having a formal process.

“Overheating in homes is a real issue; it needs proper processes to ensure that it is designed out before the build process takes place.”

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Protection for the lifetime of a structure

The construction industry’s drive towards considering lifetime structural performance is having a noticeable impact on attitudes towards product selection and implementation.

Toby Champion, Commercial Director at Newton Waterproofing Systems, considers the motivations behind this, and the part that waterproofing solutions have to play.

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hilst the consideration of a structure’s lifetime performance has arguably always been an essential factor for any structure, it is only in recent years that it has developed into a critical focus.The benefits of modern software and technology has resulted in industry-wide campaigns to implement new processes, such as BIM, with the goal of unlocking “more efficient methods of designing, creating and maintaining” structures.

The campaign is supported both inside the industry, as institutions observe “significant efficiencies and improved asset value”, and outside, as Government initiatives define “cross-Government principles for setting functional requirements based on whole-life value for money and centred on performance”.

These relatively straightforward benefits – improved efficiency, sustainability, cost and performance – reinforce the focus on the NEWTON SYSTEM 400 PRE OR POST-APPLIED MEMBRANES ARE AVAILABLE. STRONGLY RECOMMENDED FOR IMPROVED WATER TIGHTNESS OF BLOCK CONSTRUCTED WALLS

lifetime of a structure, and BIM is inexplicably linked to achieving these.

Simply by its implementation, BIM creates a culture within which,“the consequences of design stage decisions over life-cycle performance” overcome the “risk that the quest for lowest initial capital cost will take precedence”. Consequently, this creates a “platform for more efficient and sustainable solutions…offering unparalleled benefits to clients and end users over the lifetime of buildings and infrastructure”.

How does this relate to waterproofing?

Frequently, either too little thought is given at too late a stage to the waterproofing, or it is not credited with providing any tangible value to the end user, being neither visible nor usable.The usual consequence of both scenarios is that waterproofing is either

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Frequently, remediation costs will run to many thousands of pounds and, depending on the type and size of the structure, will sometimes go into the millions.

completely excluded, or inappropriate solutions are implemented by inexpert installers in a last-ditch attempt to achieve a watertight structure on an unrealistic budget.

This blasé approach can have dire ramifications, and in worst case scenarios, significant water ingress will occur and cause irreparable damage to internal environments.

In these situations, even basic remedial work can incur significant costs, and when considering the potential damage in a fitted out area, consequential losses can be astronomical. In most cases, in order to affect a repair it will be necessary to: De-cant the occupiers Strip out damaged fixtures and fittings Successfully perform the repair All before completely replacing and reinstating the internal environment.

When considering these costs in light of BIM’s aim to “enable intelligent decisions… on the whole-life performance of facilities”, the recommendation of the BS 8102:2009 waterproofing code of practice that:“A waterproofing specialist should be included as part of the design team so that an integrated waterproofing solution is created,” becomes incredibly pertinent.

Whilst installing such a waterproofing solution at construction stage will usually add to the cost of basic construction, it is far better to install robust and comprehensive protection as part of a BIM-enabled, integrated and collaborative construction process with one eye on the lifetime performance of the structure, than it is to try and do so when the damage is already done.

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Technical Focus

The eye-catching three storey building provides a 21st century office environment for clinical and administration staff

CMS ensures optimum natural light

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esigned by BMJ Architects for Greater Glasgow & Clyde NHS Trust, the eye-catching three storey building provides a 21st century office environment for clinical and administration staff, accommodating 1200 desks and 110 touchdown areas.

Now operational as part of Scotland’s most significant new healthcare facility in years, the building is the realisation of the architect’s goal to provide a high quality, modern, working environment designed to strengthen working patterns and encourage more collaborative, integrated and crossfunctional activity amongst teams.

Key to delivering this high quality environment was to optimise natural daylight within office spaces. CMS worked with the architect and main contractor BAM Construction to achieve this, creating toplit atriums which allow natural light to reach the deepest part of each floor. The ribbon windows design is key to maximising daylight too, with each elevation featuring windows manufactured by CMS using the Metal

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Technology System 4-20 thermally broken aluminium system, finished in graphite grey (RAL 7024).

These windows feature solar control glazing units, which utilise Saint-Gobain’s COOL-LITE SKN glass for balanced solar gain and thermal insulation, ultimately delivering a consistently comfortable working environment all year round.

The intelligent glazing design and specification reflects the architect’s holistic design approach which was used ‘to integrate high efficiency, low energy mechanical and electrical building services within a high performance building envelope’. This includes integrating other low carbon and renewable energy technologies in the building, such as PV (photovoltaic) panels on the roof.

The new office building sits alongside the hospital’s new £27m state-of-the-art Teaching & Learning Facility, a project which CMS was also instrumental in delivering. Again, designed by BMJ Architects and delivered by main contractor BAM

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The intelligent glazing design and specification reflects the architect’s holistic design approach

Construction, it is a facility that provides an educational environment consistent with today’s world-leading healthcare ambitions.

The new teaching facility has been developed jointly by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and The University of Glasgow. It will provide a training facility for undergraduate doctors and postgraduate medical staff.

The centre will also house a stratified medicine facility capable of undertaking whole genome DNA sequencing to identify optimal treatments for patients with chronic diseases including cancer, cardiovascular and inflammatory conditions.

CMS was contracted to manufacture and install almost 400m2 of Metal Technology curtain walling incorporating System 5-200 doors, and 68 tilt and turn windows, as well as splayed feature pod round windows – all of which feature COOL-LITE SKN 154 glazing to deliver solar control with thermal insulation.

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Legal & Business

The view that “what contractors get up to is their business” is asking for trouble (HSG159)

Andrew Clarke, Associate at Gullands Solicitors, talks to Future Constructor & Architect about how much supervision clients and main contractors are expected to exercise over their subcontractors – and how to manage their risk.

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s a client or a main contractor, would you expect to be liable for an accident to one of your contractor’s employees when they have disobeyed a clear instruction? That is what happened when historic firm Josiah Wedgwood employed contractors at their warehouse in Stoke.They worked on the roof installing barbed wire and replacing skylights.Wedgwoods then instructed them not to go on the roof again. However the contractors ignored this – a worker fell and was seriously injured.

Wedgwoods must have wondered why they were to blame, having issued a clear instruction.

However they had not truly integrated the contractors into their permit to work system.

There should have been more supervision of the contractor’s activities given the high level of risk (contractors are normally unfamiliar with the client’s premises, safety rules and processes and therefore a greater risk to themselves and others). For this Wedgwoods were fined £60,000 and the contractor £20,000.

The HSE guidance Use of Contractors – a Brief Guide (INDG368) and Managing Contractors, a guide for employers (HSG159 2nd edition 2011) discuss the appropriate level of checking by a client. In some cases the client should not need to involve himself at all, for example if the job was a new build office.

In others the contractors may be working alongside the client’s employees and others, for example refurbishing an existing workplace.

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In such cases a number of statutory duties towards contractors could apply such as: Section 3 HSWA 1974 Paragraph 11 Management H&SW Regulations 1999 Part 4 CDM Regulations 2015 Paragraph 3 COSHH 2002 Paragraph 3(3) Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012 Occupiers’ Liability Act 1957 Clients (and main contractors) should consider the six steps in INDG368 namely: Identify the job Select a suitable contractor – investigate experience, qualifications, memberships, arrangements for using sub contractors, previous accident/safety records. Inspect insurances, H&S policies, RAMS and training records Assess the risks – sometimes this should be a joint exercise Provide information instruction and training – contractors should be integrated into policies and procedures to the same level as the client’s employees Cooperate and coordinate Consult – ie ask your staff how the contractors work might affect their health & safety.

Manage and supervise – a level of monitoring appropriate to the level of risk

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Andrew Clarke is a solicitor specialising in defending regulatory prosecutions and enforcement at Gullands.

HSG159 lists five slightly different steps Planning, Choosing a contractor, Contractors working on site, Keeping a check and Reviewing the work.

Although originally designed for the chemical industry, HSG159 is the more detailed and interactive publication – containing a useful toolkit for assessing competence. Procedures for using contractors should be built round both sets of guidance.

Clients should also build health and safety requirements into their procurement procedures. Contractors should expressly acknowledge rules such as permit to work procedures and all this (including the contractor’s responses to selection criteria) should be given contractual force.

The right paperwork may help defend a claim or HSE investigation. Good selection and management of contractors may ultimately bring savings through greater efficiency. However most important of all is to avoid the nightmare scenario of a Wedgwood type accident. The answer to that is genuine engagement with contractors on health & safety. HSE guidance INDG368 and HSG159 provide a framework for achieving this. Anyone employing contractors in a risky setting should check their procedures measure up to the same standard.

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Design & Desire

Industrial urban luxury The 20,509m2 flagship Hilton London Bankside stands proudly in the heart of Bankside’s bustling and thriving tourist and arts district. Dexter Moren’s design for the £48m luxury hotel combines a deep understanding of the area’s past with an understated quality that speaks positively to the building’s future.

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he 292 bedroom five star hotel, Hilton’s first in central London since 2006, adapts the traditional brand into an urban, design-led ethos that looks to the next generation of hotels.

Combining quality and assurance with an appreciation of the uniqueness of the site and its industrial past, Dexter Moren has created two adjoining forms, one low and one tall, each with its own identity and linked by a volumetric glazed entrance and inner lightwells.The height and massing relate to its existing and proposed neighbours, echoing the urban character whilst creating a distinct visual reference at the junction of Farnham Place and Great Suffolk Street.

The calmly layered facades of brick, metal and glass create a contemporary feeling,

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reflecting the tonality and character of the surroundings.A lighter tone of brick is in keeping with the traditional local London stock, and a similarly lighter bronze coloured metal cladding, of a more engineered and robust nature, provides an instant sense of quality.

Tone and character The layers of materials create depth and variety whilst retaining a common material language for the two main building forms.

The taller block adjoins a neighbouring residential development. Glazing forms the base layer, followed by pearlescent bronze aluminium topped with a prominent brickwork framework containing glass and bronze panels. The lower block similarly expresses a glass internal layer, which is

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encased by a continuous limestone cloak.

The two distinct forms are bound by a ribbon of glass that encircles the building at ground level, rearing up between the shapes to enclose and assert the hotel entrance on Great Suffolk Street, and again to express the dedicated Ballroom entrance on Bear Lane.

The robust and high quality materials not only proclaim the luxury and distinction of the whole building, but also provide a practical and hard wearing envelope that will continue to look good over a long life span.

Beyond the envelope The project also focuses on improving the public realm within the area through the pedestrianisation of Prices Street, creating a new tree lined piazza.

The proposed environmental improvements form part of the Bankside Urban Forest initiative to maximise the quality of public realm and open space in SE1, and introduce as much greening as possible.

The developer of Hilton London Bankside has set aside funds from the project to

Design & Desire The calmly layered facades of brick, metal and glass create a contemporary feeling

The lower block expresses a glass internal layer, which is encased by a continuous limestone cloak

improve the landscaping of the public realm around the building, including the streetscape along Great Suffolk Street, Bear Lane and Prices Street.

This includes the pedestrianisation of Prices Street and with new trees and planting, plus the installation of high quality yorkstone paving, cycle stands and a new lighting scheme.The scheme also provides disabled access to the rear of the neighbouring grade II* Kirkaldy Testing Museum.

Interiors The building’s brick, metal and glass facades are echoed throughout the interior spaces using a rich palette of exposed surfaces and layered materials, referencing the site’s industrial heritage. In the lobby, for example, the artwork is inspired by concrete reinforcement which adorns the wall behind reception, providing a minimalist backdrop.

In the guest rooms, artwork makes a lighthearted reference to a cheeky urban fox, whose footprints were found in the screeds during construction. The Distillery Bar makes reference to the Stephenson &

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Design & Desire Harwood Distillery which occupied part of the site during the 1900s.

Facts & figures The Hilton London Bankside is a five star, upscale 292 bedroom hotel with a ground floor Distillery bar and OXBO Bankside restaurant, executive lounge, plus basement banqueting and event spaces.These include a 570m2 ballroom divisible into three sections, eight meeting rooms including one boardroom and associated break-out and pre-function spaces.The leisure suite contains a 65m2 gym and 17m long pool with excellent changing facilities.

The Distillery Bar makes reference to the Stephenson & Harwood Distillery

The restaurant features an OXBO Bankside restaurant, executive lounge, plus basement banqueting and event spaces

The Design Trail The hotel’s entrance is located on the main route and Design Trail from Southwark Underground station to the Tate Modern.

Since the opening of the Tate Modern art gallery and Southwark station on the Jubilee line, Union Street, Great Suffolk Street and Holland Street have linked together to form a key pedestrian route through this area of Southwark.This has been named the ‘Design Trail’ and delineated by orange lampposts.

Dexter Moren’s Hilton London Bankside is the newest five star hotel in Southwark, responding to the tourism boom in the area over the last 10 years, thanks to the development of The Shard, Borough Market, London Bridge station, etc.

Bankside is one of the oldest settlements in Britain, dating back over 6000 years to when the Romans built a bridge near the present day London Bridge.The surrounding area has been inhabited ever since.

Flourishing in the ‘Liberty of the Clink’ (the jurisdiction of the Bishops of Winchester) and outside the jurisdiction of the City of London, the area became a focus for activities

not always welcomed in the City itself.

Bankside became famous – or infamous – for its taverns, ‘stewhouses’ (brothels), animalbaiting pits (particularly bears) and, perhaps most disreputably, public theatres.The Rose, the Swan, the Globe and the Hope were the four Bankside playhouses of the Tudor

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era, and some of the first ever in London.

Some of England’s greatest writers and players, including William Shakespeare, lived and worked there.Today Bankside’s heritage survives in its street names – Bear Gardens was the site of the bear baiting and Rose Alley was the site of the Rose Theatre.

During the late 18th century, Bankside quickly developed into an industrial environment, with docks, warehouses and wharves. Following industrial decline after the Second World War it remained largely undiscovered, until its recent renaissance as one of London’s prime visitor destinations.

At Bankside, individual attractions have been joined up, to make a single lively coherent destination, accessible from the City via the Millennium Bridge and forming a natural riverside extension to the east of the South Bank. The area is refreshingly pedestrian friendly and around every corner another cultural highlight reveals itself.

In 2015 Bankside became a new Design District and the first south of the river for the London Design Festival.

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Bringing facades to life The growing realisation that we need more plants in urban settings is helping to drive the market for living walls. So what are the latest options for architects and designers thinking of incorporating living walls? Paul Garlick, National Sales Manager at Mobilane UK explains.

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ecent incidents of flooding have once again underlined the problem with bad land management and rampant urbanisation.Way back in 2007, after the Pitt Review, the Environment Agency estimated that around two-thirds of the floods in homes were caused by surface water runoff overloading drainage systems.

Quite simply, our urban centres do not have enough green spaces and trees to help cope with our wet climate.

Alongside the issue of flooding, air quality also presents a problem.While it is easy to think we are on top of urban air quality and pollution in the UK, it still presents a significant and growing risk. In May 2015, air quality in urban areas was raised as a key issue for Parliament;‘As understanding of pollutants has improved, the ongoing impact on public health, particularly in urban areas, has become increasingly apparent. DEFRA has estimated that particulate air pollution alone reduces life expectancy of people in the UK by six months on average, imposing an estimated cost of around £16 billion per year.’ Once again, a shortage of foliage is being felt in towns and cities as plants are one of the best defences against pollution and particulates.

The solution to these growing problems must be to find ways to increase the amount

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of plants in towns and cities. But with space at a premium, and urban sprawl continuing at an alarming pace, it makes sense to look at vertical walls as places where plants can be encouraged. After all, our towns and cities are rich in blank walls which are doing little other than holding buildings up.

At the same time, building design is becoming more exciting with every year.The aesthetic has never been more important for both designers and the people who commission them. Hence the growth in the living wall market, which ticks some very important boxes.

Modern living wall Living walls are nothing new and indeed the concept is an ancient one.They have always been around in one guise or another.

However, the modern living wall concept as we now understand it has had a troubled recent history. Early modern examples were plagued by technical problems, and it was often thought they were little more than an expensive extravagance.

That was then, this is now. Today’s living walls are vastly improved and easy to install, providing long lasting, low maintenance solutions that look great and which deliver not only the promised environmental and wellbeing

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There is a widespread confidence in living wall technology

interior and exterior of their homes.

However, it remains the commercial world where the living wall market is seeing the strongest growth. Living walls are a highly visible statement in support of sustainability and corporate social responsibility.

The Village Bakery in Wrexham is one such example. In 2015 installation was completed of a Mobilane LivePanel living wall on the company’s newly-built Innovation & Training Centre as part of a plan to make the family-owned local business more sustainable.

The green wall ties in with the company’s partnership with North Wales Wildlife Trust to create a six-acre nature reserve on land purchased next to their bakery on

Today’s modular systems can support installations of any size

a Wrexham industrial estate. As Christien Jones, Projects Director at Village Bakery explains: “We feel it’s really important that we invest in the future of the planet, and our new building makes a real statement about our commitment to the environment. Obviously, we need jobs and development but there’s no reason at all why they can’t go hand in hand with the world of nature.You really can have the best of both worlds.”

Sustainability benefits Meanwhile, an interesting interior living wall installation at Pinkmans Bakery in Bristol illustrates how this idea of a sustainability statement can be applied on a much smaller scale indoors.The 2m2 LivePanel installation is recessed into a wall in the dining area and incorporates a pink neon ‘P’ nestling within the plants.

As Adam Bristowe of the installer Just Plants explains:“We’re noticing a growing trend where new and younger architects are increasingly incorporating plants in their designs in interesting new ways and in projects where you traditionally would not expect to see them. Not only do plants make an interior environment look fantastic, but they add a strong contemporary feel and deliver a range of sustainability and wellbeing benefits.

“Pinkmans Bakery is a very exciting project.The ethos is all about natural food and connecting with the environment, while the experience for shoppers and diners is interesting. It’s all about producing beautiful bread in a lovely environment, and the liberal inclusion of plants helps to make that experience a unique one.”

There is very little, if anything, to discourage the installation of living walls in 2016.The modular systems are robust and easy to maintain and incredibly flexible from a design perspective.The only real question is; what exactly do you want? Because today most ideas can be easily achieved.

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benefits, but also huge design flexibility.There is now a realisation amongst designers that the latest modular living walls do exactly what they are supposed to.At long last, there is a widespread confidence in the technology.

This confidence in the flexibility and ease of modern systems has resulted in living walls increasingly moving indoors. Here the benefits of air purification are even having an effect on worker wellbeing and productivity.

It is well understood that plants in an office environment support productivity, but living walls offer something extra to office and facilities managers who recognise the benefits of plants, but who need low maintenance, small footprint solutions.

Today’s modular systems can support installations of any size, from small decorative installations through to expansive installations that cover entire walls.The plants can be easily interchanged to suit season or mood, or even to support branding.There are even offshoot developments such as living picture frames and living room dividers that offer further hassle-free flexibility.

With such flexibility and proven performance, it was inevitable that living walls, and indeed other vertical living systems such as living pictures, would find their way into the domestic environment. Homeowners now have a range of solutions and options to add stunning vertical planting to both the

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Floors, Walls & Ceilings Specifiers must consider making it possible for consumers to change the designs of their rooms easily and accordingly

With less space available, the interior layout of new-build homes needs to be designed to enhance flexibility

Making homes work harder UK housing is continuing to prove a hot topic of conversation as rising house prices show no sign of slowing. Sarah White, Residential Market Manager at British Gypsum, discusses how the industry needs to tackle home design to make spaces work harder for homeowners.

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oth the demand and price for housing is continuing to increase, which is leading to a rise in the average age of the first-time buyer. People need to save for longer to be able to afford to enter the property market.

As a result of having to make their budget stretch further, consumers are also now more likely to buy smaller homes and try to make the space work harder.

Changing demands and behaviours These circumstances are resulting in changing consumer demands and behaviours.

As people buy homes later, it’s likely that they will be more demanding about their

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space as their lifestyles change, especially if they buy the home as a couple and then have a family. Often struggling to upsize due to the cost, families need to make the most of the space in their homes.

The design of homes needs to take into consideration the long-term needs of buyers, as well as their immediate requirements. It’s essential that, as pressure grows to increase the quantity of homes produced, the quality of design and build is not compromised.

Maximising the space available It’s vital to ensure we are building homes that will be better at meeting the expectations and demands of consumers.With less space available, the interior layout of new-build homes

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needs to be designed to enhance flexibility.

Homes need to be created not just to withstand the general wear and tear of a living environment, but also to enable homeowners to change the layout in future years.

One trend that is emerging is the growth in use of products that make it easy to modify interior design quickly and easily.

According to a survey of 2000 UK adults, commissioned by British Gypsum, 63% of people cite a change in lifestyle as their number one reason for moving house.

However, the increasing cost of homes means this is not always an option. Instead, there is a demand for construction materials that will be able to facilitate these changes.

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dining room into a child’s play area.

As well as products that allow for fixtures and fittings to be changed easily, trends in design are moving towards allowing greater flexibility. For example, Thistle Magnetic Plaster is designed to attract magnets.

Pictures and photos can be hung again and again in different positions without any damage to the wall. From picture galleries, to home office noticeboards and children’s play areas, magnetic plaster gives homeowners the opportunity to change the look and feel of their homes quickly.

Long-term value While the ongoing housing crisis is placing pressure on the industry to deliver the number of homes needed, the needs of consumers – particularly first-time buyers – must not be compromised. Through the use of clever design to boost the functionality of space in a home, first-time buyers will be able to justify such an investment and enjoy a home that can evolve to meet their changing needs.

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In order to meet the needs and demands of consumers, new homes need to incorporate products and solutions that add value.

To support the need for flexible design, specifiers must consider making it possible for consumers to change the designs of their rooms easily and accordingly.

For example, British Gypsum’s Gyproc Habito has been developed to make interior spaces of all sizes work harder.

With a reinforced core, the plasterboard is five times stronger than its standard counterparts, which allows homeowners to install or remove heavy items of furniture or decoration without the need for specialist fittings and fixtures.

Gyproc Habito can support up to 15kg with a single no. 10 woodscrew, meaning it can easily hold items, such as televisions, large paintings, mirrors and even shelving units. As no specialist fixings are used, when it’s time to move things around, only a small screw hole is left to repair.This makes it much easier for homeowners to change the room design easily, whether it’s turning the study into an extra bedroom, or transforming the

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Kitchens, Bathrooms & Washrooms

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now houses the restaurant The Bank.

Due to the building structure, it was not possible to build standard rooms. As a result, virtually no two hotel rooms are alike.

When furnishing the 143 spacious hotel rooms, the interior designers combined timeless, elegant design with local Viennese flair. The market-leading Geberit AquaClean shower toilets are a feature of the 108 luxurious and spacious hotel rooms, plus 35 suites, offering guests the opportunity to indulge in spa-like comfort throughout their stay.

The Geberit AquaClean 8000plus combines the functions of a toilet and a bidet in one compact unit. At the touch of a button the shower toilet washes the user clean with a gentle, airy water spray at body temperature. The intensity of the water can be adjusted to one of five levels, while the oscillating spray provides a particularly beneficial clean.

The Geberit AquaClean 8000plus also offers many pampering functions in addition to the shower function, including an adjustable spray temperature and intensity, a pulsating massage function has an invigorating effect, an integrated warm-air dryer and an automatic odour

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extraction function, which fills the room with fresh, clean air.

“Shower toilets are a standard feature at the Park Hyatt Vienna because they offer unparalleled comfort and are also expected by international guests,” explains Dietmar Ploberger, Project Manager at Signa Development, the company responsible for the conversion.

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n the heart of Vienna’s old town, a 100-year-old bank building was converted into a luxury hotel. Today, the Park Hyatt Vienna combines contemporary architecture with the ambiance expected from a heritage building.

The conversion involved gutting the historical complex and redesigning it from scratch, with all conversion measures implemented in cooperation with the Austrian Federal Monuments Office and carried out by craftspeople in line with the original. In order to optimise room heights and functional areas, numerous ceilings and walls were removed and built back in at a different location, with the architects paying particular attention to protecting the historical components from damage.

Converting the two-story basement – where the former bank safes were located – into a spa area with a large swimming pool proved a major challenge in terms of structural engineering. To gain more room height, the suspended ceiling was removed and new beams added. To do this, the entire building had to be painstakingly lifted using hydraulic jacks so as to not damage the heritage-protected seamless marble slabs in the former cashier hall located above, which

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Building Access

The system safeguarded and prevented any pedestrians using the walkway from falling into the water

Walking on water An innovative and highly adaptable edge protection system from Combisafe has helped ensure safe passage for thousands of visitors using a floating walkway during a multimillion pound development at the NEC Conference Centre.

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ontoonworks – one of the UK’s specialists in over-water working platforms and safe access systems – selected the COMBISAFE Steel Mesh Barrier (SMB) System after being appointed to construct a unique 250m

temporary floating walkway across the NEC’s Pendigo Lake. One of Pontoonworks’ larger floating systems – the walkway enabled visitors to easily and safely reach the NEC’s main entrance, bypassing the new Resorts World Birmingham construction site.

Innovative safe access The SMB system from Combisafe, which is part of Honeywell, has been developed to offer effective edge protection solutions for challenging construction environments.

Benefits include strength, durability, speed of installation and adjustability. The barrier is light to carry and easy to manoeuvre for improved transport and on-site handling.

Available in a two width sizes, the system also has flexible height adjustments without the need for disassembly. Offered in square and circular post variations, it is also fully compliant with EN13374 European regulations for temporary edge protection.

“Pontoonworks is a highly regarded and innovative safe access solution provider for the construction sector and we were delighted that they selected our SMB system for such an ambitious project,” said Gerard Kennedy, Product Manager at Combisafe. “This successful project enabled thousands of people to continue visiting one of the most important conference centres in the UK, in total safety at a time of major building developments.”

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Pontoonworks required a solution that was lightweight, flexible and durable

Now completed, this major leisure and entertainment attraction includes a casino, 178 bedroom four star hotel, shopping centre, cinema, conference facilities as well as restaurants and bars.

Pontoonworks required a solution that was lightweight, flexible and durable to withstand the thousands of pedestrians using the walkway during construction. With this in mind, the company selected the COMBISAFE SMB system which incorporates guard rail, toe-board and debris mesh with high level impact absorption. Fitting directly into Pontoonworks’ modular Jetfloat pontoon, the system safeguarded and prevented any pedestrians using the walkway from falling into the water.

“We specialise in creating bespoke, floating access solutions and working platforms on and over water and safety is an absolute priority for us,” said Chris Murphy, Pontoonworks’ MD. “With this in mind, we wanted a full, high quality, edge protection system and Combisafe’s Steel Mesh Barriers – which spanned both sides of the bridge – met our needs.

Combisafe has a great reputation in the industry, which provides our clients with added reassurance that, in tandem with our specialist safe access solutions, wider safety issues such as edge protection are looked after.”

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Fire Protection

When an architect pushes the boundaries of design, they are also pushing the boundaries of fire safety

Pushing the boundaries Paul McLaughlin, Head of Fire Engineering at ChapmanBDSP, looks at the impact of modern design trends on fire safety and the steps developers and architects can take to alleviate the strain.

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There is a huge demand for residential space both in the UK and abroad, with the size of residential developments trending ever-upwards. Some of the schemes ChapmanBDSP are currently working on are up to 30 storeys high with far larger floor plates than would be seen in the past – the scale of which can present major challenges from a fire safety perspective.

Rising resi The Building Regulations states that a nonsprinkler serviced residential building must have two means of escape on each floor, with a maximum single travel distance to an escape route of no greater than 7.5m.

However, due to the sheer scale of modern residential developments, we are now seeing travel distances regularly pushing up towards the 30m mark, often with only one staircase in the building – clearly in breach of the Building Regulations.

These ambitious modern building designs can only be achieved with a sophisticated approach to fire safety engineering; not just by deploying suitable fire detection, warning and protection technologies, but by integrating fire safety into the

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ur built environments are becoming ever-larger and more complex. Commercial office and residential developments often now boast on-site retail outlets, leisure facilities, cafes, restaurants, even rooftop bars and garden terraces – the ultimate goal being to optimise the use of space available to achieve maximum possible value.

When it comes to fire safety, the more complex a building gets the harder it is to meet the stringent fire regulations required

by UK law.When an architect pushes the boundaries of design, they are also pushing the boundaries of fire safety, with more sophisticated solutions required to bring buildings in line with regulations and ensure the safety of occupants remains the number one priority.

As a result, fire safety engineering is increasingly finding itself being pushed up the hierarchy of the design and construction process; its role being to find a solution that mitigates risk and satisfies stringent regulations, without negatively impacting the building’s aesthetics and usable space.The key is to know what solutions can be deployed in what situation to achieve this balance.

Fire safety engineering is increasingly finding itself being pushed up the hierarchy of the design and construction process

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In large residential buildings, we will now often create a dedicated extraction system on every single floor; keeping key access routes free from smoke for longer and significantly increasing the amount of time occupants have to safely evacuate. This allows the architect to build in longer travel distances between residences and escape routes, with the least possible impact on the building’s design and net space.

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Up on the roof Historically the domain of building services plant, the roofs of large commercial and residential developments are now regularly being designed as (or converted into) roof terraces, bars and restaurants – many of which are open to members of the public to create a source of additional revenue.

This poses a technical challenge when it comes to smoke control, as extractor fans serving the building would traditionally be located on the roof – often in a large, horizontal bank of units that carry smoke up and away

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Some of the schemes ChapmanBDSP are currently working on are up to 30 storeys high with far larger floor plates than would be seen in the past

from evacuating occupants. These units are incredibly visually unappealing and do not sit well amidst a green, luscious roof garden or a sophisticated cocktail bar, so innovative design solutions are often needed. On the roof terrace of a large new build development in central London, for example, we have built an additional ventilation shaft running down the centre of the building which vertically houses the extractor fans. This has maintained the efficiency of the extraction system while removing the majority of heavy plant from the building’s roof.

With refurbished buildings there is an additional issue to consider. The building fire systems and escape routes will have been designed based on the expected number of occupants; they will not account for a significant number of additional visitors at the top of the building, and cannot be easily extended as you could with a new build. In these cases you need to take a more holistic view of fire engineering, looking at the building’s built-in capability and investigating what can be done to bolster what you have. One solution could be to deploy fire marshals on the roof terrace during peak times to expedite an evacuation and improve resilience, without having to alter the building’s structure.

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These ambitious modern building designs can only be achieved with a sophisticated approach to fire safety engineering

challenging task. No matter how complex developments become though, we are finding that there is always a way to achieve this balance; pushing the boundaries of design and delivery without compromising safety.

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It’s not just the scale of residential developments that’s having an impact; what buyers want in terms of the style and layout of an apartment is also changing how we approach fire safety.

The vogue in new build residential is for a ‘Manhattan-style’ open-plan layout, often with the kitchen and dining area adjacent to the front door. However, under the British Standards fire specification it is recommended that kitchen appliances should be remote from an apartment’s entrance.

We have carried extensive fire engineering studies into this issue on behalf of a world-renowned US architect who wants to use the Manhattan style for a high-end London apartment block.

The studies looked at a range of different properties and took into account everything from heat radiation and smoke calculations through to where a resident is likely to be and what they would be doing at a given time in the day.

The truth is that it is possible to safely locate kitchen units next to the main entrance to an apartment, however, there needs to be suitable detection and early warning systems to minimise residents’ response time in the event of a kitchen fire.

While these systems come at a premium, their use negates the need to alter the design and layout of the apartment in order to meet safety regulations.

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Ecobuild Preview

Ecobuild is the leading exhibition and conference for the UK construction and energy market

Ecobuild returns in March with an increased and in-depth focus on the latest industry trends, challenges and opportunities – and how professionals from across the whole supply chain can capitalise on them.

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he UK’s largest show dedicated to construction and energy will provide visitors with access to invaluable industry insights and projections relating to all aspects of the construction sector through a mix of a high-level conference, CPD-accredited learning hubs and more than 800 exhibitors showcasing a wide range of new products, materials, solutions and services.

Attracting more than 40,000 industry professionals from across the whole supply chain each year, Ecobuild is the leading exhibition and conference for the UK construction and energy market. It attracts a broad range of visitors from architects to civil engineers, facilities managers to quantity surveyors.

The 2016 event will see an evolved proposition for the event to focus on areas of industry growth and market priorities such as housing, infrastructure, next generation innovation, technology and people.

Ecobuild 2016’s high-level conference is split into three daily streams. The first day’s stream of Homes explores the most pressing, divisive and important decisions that the industry must take to deliver comfortable, sustainable, resilient

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places and homes. What do new-build and retrofitted homes and communities need to deliver, and at what cost?

The second day focuses on Architecture and looks at the changing role of the architect, the importance of architecture across the built environment, the need for change and some of the most interesting and inspiring architectural projects.

The Next Generation day looks to the future: how smart technology, changing demographics and wellness will drive design and construction in the future as well as how to address the skills gap and attract young talent to the industry.

Ecobuild’s most exploratory, provocative and inspiring day – it is a must for all those with an interest in ‘what’s next’.

Ecobuild 2016 will also feature six CPD-accredited learning hubs; Building Performance, Design, Energy, #buildcircular, Infrastructure Revolution and Digital Building. A highly-provoking seminar programme, it will provide visitors and exhibitors with the know-how to do their jobs better and the business case to help them make more informed decisions to address these challenges.

The programme will be delivered by industry leading figures and organisations

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including Architype, Glenn Howells Architects, Marks & Spencer, British Land, Jones Lang LaSalle, BRE, ICE, Zero Carbon Hub and Willmott Dixon Energy Services.

Resource is a show that is collocated with Ecobuild. It is devoted to increasing resource efficiency across all aspects of the construction industry and beyond.

Resource is unique in its focus and scale, being the largest learning and networking opportunity for businesses and public sector bodies looking to reduce waste and reuse materials, recovering value from what was traditionally ‘waste’.

The newly introduced #buildcircular theatre acts as the learning, innovation and networking hub for those interested to explore which circular economy principles could and should be adopted in the built environment, from building design, materials lifecycle thinking and construction through to intelligent demolition. #thinkcircular, the main stage debate of Resource, will examine practical, achievable, economically viable ways to adopt circular economy models. The largest and most comprehensive event of its kind, it is the global epicentre of learning and debate – a unique opportunity to further strategy and approach to resource efficiency that will generate new revenue and reduce the costs of waste.

Reflecting the construction industry, Ecobuild is constantly evolving; ensuring that it continues to provide relevant, dynamic content and create opportunities to make new connections.

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Visit Marshalls natural stone on stand E5200 at Ecobuild Marshalls is pleased to announce that its natural stone division will take centre stage at Ecobuild this year, running at the ExCel centre, in London between 8th and 10th March.

For the first time Marshalls will be focusing purely on its range of natural stone products and services, demonstrating to visitors its industry-leading approach to best practice manufacture and enviable global supply chain, and how Marshalls adds value to its customers across the entire specification process.

Marshalls is one of the UK’s leading suppliers of hard landscaping materials, focusing on developing products which help architects, local authorities and contractors to create better spaces, whether it’s street furniture, natural stone, concrete block paving, water management or protective street furniture products.

On the stand will be a number of natural stone products including Marshalls’ range of indigenous Yorkstone, Cambrian Sandstones

and the innovative Stonespar collection.

Visitors will also be able to pick up a copy of the brand new Marshalls natural stone brochure which offers inspiration through colour and texture, real life case studies and demonstrates the full breadth of the Marshalls natural stone range.

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The National Federation of Roofing Contractors returns to Ecobuild New generation thermal breaks from Schöck Schöck is featuring two new generations of thermal break units for balcony and parapet applications, on stand E3060 at Ecobuild.The latest Isokorb type KXT has 25% improved thermal insulation over the previous generation and is assessed as a Certified Passive House Component.Another new development is the Isokorb type AXT, which offers a cost-effective and more thermally efficient method of insulating parapets.

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Ecobuild Preview

Smart to show breadth of commercial range at Ecobuild Smart Architectural Aluminium will be showcasing the full breadth of its commercial product range at Ecobuild, with displays of its curtain walling, structural glazing and fire-resistant systems, as well as a full range of window and door solutions.

Built into the display of the proven Smart Wall screen wall system will be single doors, double doors and screen work, including new variants of the Alitherm 700 window system. The top-swing

Latest generation Schรถck Isokorb pushes the boundaries The demands for improved thermal insulation have never been greater. Quite apart from challenging building regulation requirements, increasingly stringent EU guidelines demand that from 2021 all new buildings must be designed according to low-energy building standards.

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reversible and parallel opening window options have been developed for highrise commercial applications, particularly where natural ventilation is required.

At the heart of a heritage display

To help push these boundaries in meeting those demands, Schรถck has developed the latest generation Isokorb type KXT, for concrete-to-concrete applications.

This latest type KXT is the best thermally performing product on the market, 25% thermally better than the previous generation, and generally 33% better than the conventional type K range. It is assessed as a Certified Passive House Component, a standard increasingly being specified in the UK, making it possible for cantilevered balconies to be built in Passive Houses.

The major differentiating feature of the KXT range, over the conventional type K range, is the 120mm insulation thickness (80mm with the type K). This Passive House certified system also incorporates the very latest design of compression module, the HTE Compact.

Along with an optimised load-bearing concept, it provides both thermal and cost-effective benefits.

Other features of the latest type KXT are that it is fire-resistant to 120 minutes (REI120), allows for BIM planning, meets compliance with the relevant building regulations and

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will be the MC 600 curtain walling system, shown with Alitherm Heritage windows. Offering an economic solution for sensitive commercial refurbishment projects, the systems have been developed to work in combination to deliver excellent aesthetics and a robust, longlife performance.

Also on display will be new additions to the high-performance Visoglide sliding door and Eco Futural window ranges.

With slim lines, the new interlocking lift and slide Visoglide door can be locked in any position from closed to fully open.

Among a number of products being previewed at the show are the MC Glass structural glazing system and MC Fire, an innovative screen and fire-resistant door system developed specifically for commercial applications. With an EI60 rating, MC Fire provides 60 minutes fire-resistance, delivering the elegance of aluminium with the fire-resistance performance required for the most demanding applications.

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provides LABC Registration and NHBC approval. The XT range offers a wide variety of solutions for concrete-toconcrete thermal bridging situations, examples being: balconies with or without offsets, loggias, corner balconies and walkways.

The product is already technically approved by the BBA and comes with an additional independent thermal evaluation from Oxford Brooks University.

8 www.schoeck.co.uk * design@schoeck.co.uk ( 01865 290890

Ecobuild Preview

Innovative heating and ventilation solutions from Johnson & Starley at Ecobuild Johnson & Starley’s innovative approach to heating and ventilation solutions is clearly set out at Ecobuild. The company’s established range of warm air heating, gas boiler and ventilation products form the backdrop to a line-up of innovations designed to provide solutions to particular requirements.

Take, for example, the established highly energy-efficient QuanTec HR 28C (PFGHR) condensing combi boiler. This is now offered as a combined package with the Aquair heating interface unit (HIU) to end users and installers looking to replace old centralised heating and especially warm air systems. Apart from a highly attractive five year guarantee, the package is especially advantageous since it uses existing warm air ducting and installation is straightforward.

Another step forward now sees the availability of the QuanTec 28KW LPG combination condensing boiler that has been added to the existing comprehensive QuanTec gas boiler range. Offering exceptional efficiency in LPG consumption, thanks to the proven integral Passive Flue Gas Heat Recovery (PFGHR) function, this new product is designed for off-grid applications such as within holiday homes, residential park accommodations as well as smaller commercial premises.

Find Johnson & Starley at stand E3244, where its new Concept Micro CHP boiler will be on show. This extends the versatility of the company’s heating range, as it can run not only on natural gas, but there could also be options for models to be used with hydrogen, kerosene or solar panels as potential heat sources.

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CPD Focus

Hambleside’s GRP roofing systems and how they differ CPD seminar Hambleside Danelaw offers a RIBA- approved CPD seminar analysing glass-reinforced polyester (GRP) and its use in flat roofing.

The seminar covers the history and development of GRP. With many environmental benefits, GRP is safe to use in greywater systems, easy to repair and at the end of its long service, is recyclable.

The material is durable, easy to install, sustainable and aesthetically pleasing.The CPD guides architects through the production of GRP, and how a component-based system is fitted.The seminar compares this to typical ‘wet-lay’ GRP roofing systems, looking at the laying process and the difference in finish.

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Wetroom Design and Specification CPD from CCL Wetrooms The Wetroom Design & Specification CPD from CCL Wetrooms guides architects through the process of designing and specifying a watertight wetroom. The free, 45-minute technical presentation can be organised at a time and venue to suit attendees and covers the key considerations of designing

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excellent design, installation and maintenance, irrigation of living walls and the variety of living wall systems available from Scotscape to benefit urban greening.The CPD includes interesting case studies which demonstrate the importance of specialist knowledge at the point of specification.

Scotscape’s living wall system is designed to accommodate an insulation panel enabling architects to fully quantify the benefit of living walls to building efficiency.

and specifying a wetroom. This includes wetroom design and layout, waterproofing, drainage, floor build-up and installation.

To complement these sessions, CCL has recently unveiled a new contemporary website, designed to provide architects, specifiers and house builders with comprehensive technical information to aid the wetroom specification process for their clients.

CPDs to enhance fire and smoke curtain knowledge Coopers Fire is a leading manufacturer of fire and smoke curtains and offers CPD seminars on Smoke Barriers, Fire Curtain Barrier Assemblies and BS 8524 Parts 1 & 2, plus a combination of all three. Its CPD seminars help to educate architects, building control officers, approved inspectors, fire engineers and Fire & Rescue Services with a greater understanding of smoke and fire curtain barriers, their application and the governing standards that regulate their use. Coopers Fire is the only fire and smoke curtain manufacturer approved by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) to provide CPD educational seminars. * info@coopersfire.com

( 02392 454405 8 www.coopersfire.com

CPD strengthens Interflow’s industryleading role Interflow has launched a CIBSE accredited CPD programme highlighting the importance of protecting below-ground structures against water from the ground.The programme, Preventing Structural Damage by Eliminating Water Ingress Through Service Penetration Ducts, illustrates how various service duct sealing products aid compliance with BS 8102, code of practice. As the UK distributor for DOYMA, FRANK, HKD and Konex, Interflow combines in-depth knowledge with precision German engineering.The CPD programme focuses on how this combination helps to develop strategies for dealing with groundwater and earth-borne gasses. * sales@interflow.co.uk

( 01952 510050 8 www.interflow.co.uk

Scotscape breathes life into cities Scotscape’s Living Wall CPD, ‘Breathing Life into Cities’, is an engaging and interactive CPD which focuses on the benefits of green infrastructure that living walls deliver. It consists of detailed information on approaches to

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Urban Front launches RIBAapproved CPD As a member of the RIBA-CPD providers network, Urban Front is pleased to offer its presentation: Specifying Hardwood Timber External Doorsets.The objective of this CPD presentation is to enthuse and inform architects about specifying hardwood internal and external doors, it also includes detailed information about Passivhaus doors.The presentation is both engaging and informative and allows architects to get their hands on samples, sections and cut-aways. Urban Front includes a large number of quality photographs of UK and international installations showing a wide variety of specifications and settings.The presentation normally takes about 40 minutes and there is an opportunity for a question and answer session at the end. * info@urbanfront.co.uk

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LEVATO MONO porcelain paver system The Levato Mono porcelain paver system is the pinnacle of external raised flooring technology; enabling the specification of lightweight, slip resistant and attractive raised flooring solutions, combining incredible technical properties with uncompromising aesthetics; making them the ideal choice for commercial and domestic use alike.

20mm porcelain pavers 40x80 45x90 60x60 75x75 30x120 40x120 60x120 ‘Floating floor’ – installation over single ply membranes Eternal product - zero maintenance required – offering massive over-life savings Highly abrasion and stain resistant Highly slip resistant ; R11 and achieved up to +65 wet in the BS pendulum test Lightweight – 45kgs per m2 High load bearing and impact resistance Timber & stone effects ; 40+ finishes available Ideal for balconies, roof terraces and piazzas, for both commercial & residential use Completely non porous Fire & frost proof Height-adjustable supports from 9mm up to 550mm

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Roofing, Cladding & Insulation with continuous metal roof lights with Georgian-style wired glass. Sadly, these roof lights only acted as a dust trap, becoming discoloured and offering very little light into the atrium.

Work kicked-off in September 2015 to completely strip the roof, taking away the unusual double build-up and existing roof lights. A warm built-up roof was installed and covered with Decothane Delta 25.

Letting the light in Transforming the building to make it more sustainable, as well as protecting its heritage, was high on the agenda

Sika Liquid Plastics restores the past at York Theatre Royal As part of a ÂŁ4.1m redevelopment project, at the York Theatre Royal, Briggs Amasco Leeds and Sika Liquid Plastics delivered an outstanding roof refurbishment, requiring extremely complex detailing around 31 new roof lights.

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tanding in the heart of the city for 270 years, the theatre is a patchwork of many periods.

From Roman to Georgian and Victorian, fused with an awardwinning 1960s poured concrete design.

Transforming the building to make it more sustainable, as well as protecting its heritage, was high on the agenda when The York Conservation Trust took ownership of the building.

Despite the roof being only 100m2 in size, the area had an incredible 31 roof lights to replace and work around. With so many roof lights in such a small space, the detailing lent itself to a liquid product and Sika Liquid Plastics worked alongside Briggs Amasco and building surveyors, W R Dunn, to make sure the roofing solution would be in keeping with the buildings heritage, while offering a stunning new feature in the atrium roof.

The complexity of this refurbishment became even more apparent with the results of the initial survey. It was revealed that an original GRP roof deck from 1967

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was hidden under the asphalt. The original designs in the RIBA archive showed an intention for glass dome roof lights, which would have let light flood into the atrium below. However, the GRP deck must have failed, as it was quickly covered over by a timber roof deck and asphalt,

Thanks to the refurbishment, the original design intention could be realised with new state-of-the-art Decolight Dome and Pyramid polycarbonate roof lights installed

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Thanks to the refurbishment, the original design intention could be realised, with new state-of-the-art Decolight Dome and Pyramid polycarbonate roof lights installed, making a massive difference to the light in the atrium below.

Working to refurbish a roof on a building in the heart of York posed plenty of challenges. Owing to site conditions and proximity to the public, all deliveries had to be made to Briggs Amasco’s premises in Leeds and were then brought onto site.

There were also many challenging details and interfaces that had to be overcome.

Insulation had to be cut between the roof lights to be installed. The complex detailing was tricky but the liquid applied product made the job much easier.

The teamwork between Briggs Amasco, Sika Liquid Plastics and WR Dunn ensured requirements for sustainability, heritage and aesthetics were met. The refurbishment meant that the original 1967 design intention for letting light flood into the top on the atrium, welcoming people to the building, could be realised.

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The Equinix UK flagship centre in Slough now has a new 8000m2 LD6 data warehousing facility. This connects the two sister data centres via hundreds of dark fibre links and has become the fastest-growing data centre campus, including one of the world’s largest internet exchanges.

Kalwall is part of Equinix’s commitment to reduce energy consumption and enjoy a smaller carbon footprint than other data facilities of its kind.

Unlike conventional glazing, Kalwall eliminates shadows and glare and the stark contrasts of light and shade. The system also enhances simplicity by eliminating the need for blinds, curtains or solar control. Even on cloudy days, the interior is bathed with natural daylight, which means less artificial lighting and, because Kalwall is highly insulating, energy costs are reduced.

Apart from being specified for all types of new build projects, Kalwall is increasingly used for the refurbishment of cladding or rooflights on aged buildings.

Kalwall is distributed in England, Wales and Northern Ireland by Structura UK, a leading-supplier, fabricator and installer of glass curtain walling, rainscreens, glass atria, windows and other architectural glass building products.

Building envelope specialist, Lakesmere commissioned Structura UK to install Kalwall translucent cladding to form the link between the two buildings. The

8 www.structura-uk.com/kalwall * kalwall@structura.co.uk ( 01233 501504

The translucent link

Kalwall not only diffuses natural daylight into the interior but its 0.56 W/m2K U-value optimises thermal performance and prevents solar heat gain. This use of

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Roofing, Cladding & Insulation

The Nordic Royal copper alloy cladding refers to the kinds of roofs often found on both rural churches and barns

Roofs for Essex A House for Essex, a daring and provocative collaboration between Grayson Perry and FAT Architecture, features Nordic Royal golden copper alloy roofs and dormers surmounting its decorative green and white ceramic tiled walls.

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onceived as a landmark in the tradition of wayside and pilgrimage chapels, the house provides a setting for specially commissioned works by Contemporary Artist, Grayson Perry, exploring the unique qualities of Essex through the life of a fictional character, Julie Cope. The exterior is clad in green and white ceramic tiles, cast from originals made by Perry, depicting Julie

as mother and icon, along with symbols associated with her life.

Charles Holland, Director of FAT Architecture, said: “The house is a striking object in its setting, but one that also has formal resonance. It is like a richly encrusted and highly decorated barn, with a healthy dose of Essex bling thrown in. The Nordic Royal copper alloy cladding refers to the kinds of roofs often found on both

The golden copper alloy is obviously striking and relates tonally to the corn and barley fields in the summer that surround the building

rural churches and barns, but it also has a special, almost glamorous, quality and both characteristics work well with the building’s narrative.

“We also liked the look of the material in relation to the green tiles. While the golden copper alloy is obviously striking it also relates tonally to the corn and barley fields in the summer that surround the building. It appears quite ‘raw’ and metallic in comparison to some other more artificial-looking materials. It keeps its colour whilst becoming slightly more muted and ageing nicely.”

Nordic Royal Nordic Royal is produced by Aurubis, part of a world-leading integrated copper group and one of the largest copper recyclers.

Other copper alloys include Nordic Bronze and Nordic Brass – now also available preweathered. In addition to Nordic Standard copper, other Aurubis Architectural surfaces include Nordic Green and Nordic Blue factory-applied patinas, developed with properties and colours based on the same brochantite mineralogy found in natural patinas all over the world. Nordic Brown pre-oxidised copper gives either light or dark brown oxidisation that otherwise takes time to develop in the environment.

For more information on A House for Essex visit www.living-architecture.co.uk or telephone 01743 290001.

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A stone’s throw away from South Bank sits Bermondsey Village, located at the corner of Lamb Walk and Morocco Street. This mixed-use new build that provides luxury apartments with a communal garden area, required a clever roofing solution from Sika Sarnafil.

roof and brown roof at a higher level.

Jonathan Woods, Director at Contour Roofing, suggested using Sika products as the roofing project was complex and expansive. He explained that Sika gives the best for support to both contractor and client, and would be the ideal option.

Work was completed to cover the main roof, balconies and podium, over a car park, using a full warm ballasted system with Sarnafil G410-18EL Light Grey as the main roof sheet and Sarnafil G410-15EL Light Grey and S327-15EL Light Grey for the flashings.

The design of the communal gardens was intricate and detailed, especially around roof lights, the podium and upstands. Sikalastic Liquid Applied Membrane was used on some of the detailed areas and balconies, demonstrating the great compatibility between Sika’s various roofing products.

All work was finished to an extremely high standard, as was the aesthetic requirement of the client, achieving a 20 year guarantee from Sika.

The modern style of the apartments required a roofing solution that would look stunning and offer high performance.

The client needed a biodiverse, sustainable

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Sika Sarnafil creates luxury communal gardens

communal garden and roof as part of the project. The project was split into three parts – the accessible green roof for residents on the first floor, then the green

The incredible versatility of Topseal’s GRP roofing system

The versatility of the BBA-certified Topseal GRP roofing system means it can be used for almost any application.

The durability of the Topseal HD system means that it can also be used for balconies or walkways, with the option to incorporate balustrade supports into the surface with an anti-slip finish. Whether you want a clean look, or a roof which will blend into a traditional environment, a Topseal roof can be tailored to suit every project. Its proven durability provides for a 30 year guarantee when the Topseal HD system is used for roofing applications, or a 25 year guarantee as standard. * enquiries@topseal.co.uk

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VMZINC used in UK’s first self-built timber Passivhaus studio

VMZINC double lock standing seam, and flatlock panels in ANTHRA-ZINC, were used in the construction of the Macro Micro Studio at the University of Dundee.

The zero-energy prototype was built in the Botanic Gardens by eight architecture masters students seeking to achieve ‘an off-grid, energy autonomous, Passivhaus’.The sustainable design is the UK’s first net-zero energy live/work studio and showcases existing and emerging materials, services and renewables.VMZINC was among a consortia of over 50 manufacturers brought together to provide specialist expertise and materials prior to it being equipped with instruments to capture data on environmental performance and energy generation. * vmzinc.uk@umicore.com

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FAKRO low profile roof windows for enhanced aesthetic Phase one of the restoration and extension of the Larbert House and Country Estate, near Falkirk, has seen former stables converted using 46 FAKRO roof windows in conservation style.Top-hung and pivot FAKRO FPP-V/C U3 windows, with ELJ/C flashings, were used so that installation could be low within the natural slate roofline.This greatly enhanced the visual aesthetic of the Georgian sandstone buildings, rendering the roof windows far less obtrusive. New homeowners will also have scope to switch window openings from centre pivot, to top-hung mode simply by use of a switch in the frame.

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A pig in the cavity wall In Somerset it has always been known as a ‘pig’.

A pig describes a deviance in level between inner and outer skins of a cavity wall. When the wall started going up it was nowhere in sight, and according to textbooks there is no reason why it should ever appear, but it does.

Textbooks show three courses of brick equalling the height of one block. Thus the outer skin of brickwork levels with the inside skin of block work. The reality is different. They drift apart. At plate level it is not unusual to witness a buttered-up mortar bed or an additional remedying course of brick to introduce alignment.

The illustration shows what can happen when one tries to use a preshaped cloak DPC that relies upon a textbook relationship between masonry skins.The course in which the DPC cloak is built-in can be either too high or too low compared with the adjacent skin.

If one encounters this at a gable abutment, correct formation of a vertically and outwardly stepping arrangement is

virtually impossible to create, unless one considers cavitrays.

Type X cavitrays banish pigs because they do not require building into both masonry skins. Cavitrays are selfsupporting. They adjust to suit the cavity width encountered, and come with the ready-shaped flashing already bonded on.

Self-supporting and adjusting, Type X cavitrays for gable abutments are equally at home in traditional and timber frame construction and come in sizes to suit all masonry styles.

8 www.cavitytrays.co.uk * enquiries@cavitytrays.co.uk ( 01935 474769

The versatile choice for architectural design RMIG Expanded Metal is a light, versatile and attractive choice for building applications because of its aesthetic qualities and the creative freedom it offers. It is becoming increasingly popular among architects for its wide spectrum of aesthetic and functional advantages.

RMIG’s Expanded Metal is often the ideal choice for architects when working with materials such as concrete, steel and glass. It can be used for both practical and decorative purposes and offers architects a new level of creative freedom when designing applications such as facade cladding, sun screens, ceilings, fencing and protective screening. The high strength and anti-skid qualities also make Expanded Metal the best choice for walkways, platforms and similar applications.

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RMIG Expanded Metal has a modern yet timeless look, and creates the possibility of designing unique and eye-catching shapes and expressions, yet another reason why architects favour this versatile product.

RMIG has its own production facilities for Expanded Metal where sheets are manufactured from, for example, aluminium or steel. The expansion of the metal takes place in one efficient production process.

Expanded Metal is made in one piece without joints or welds, which makes it

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ideal for forming, pressing and cutting.

There is no metal lost in the process and, as Expanded Metal is also virtually maintenance-free, this increases the costeffectiveness of the material. Combined with its high strength and outstanding antiskid qualities, there are many valid reasons for using Expanded Metal.

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Swish building products’ cladding scores at Blackpool FC More than 1000m2 of low-maintenance cladding from Swish Building Products has been installed at the home of the Seasiders, Blackpool Football Club. The cladding has been used to refurbish the club’s canopied walkway and entrance on Bloomfield Road.

The Blackpool FC maintenance team specified a replacement ceiling which would not corrode in the salty air of the coastal town and could withstand the blustery seaside weather. The original

aluminium ceiling had deteriorated badly as a result of weathering, corrosion and wind damage.

“We wanted a low-maintenance ceiling, one that didn’t need painting,” said

Graham Raby, Maintenance Manager at Blackpool FC. “PVC-U was the obvious choice; we can simply wash it down every now and again.” Having supported Graham and the team with refurbishment projects over the last three years, contractor Lowline Ceilings was given the task of developing a solution.

After developing a prototype using 150mm wide boards, Lowline Ceilings confirmed the specification. Swish Building Products manufactured 8.5m long cladding boards, a bespoke length which formed the majority of the order. 7.5m lengths were also used where the product had to be fitted around features, in some areas this saw the cladding chevron in and around corners. Using 150mm widths secured at 400mm centres, Lowline Ceilings screwed the cladding onto a metal furring system rather than traditional timber battens.

Under the supervision of Dave Osborne, Lowline Ceilings complied with Swish installation guidelines, and was able to pass on a full product guarantee.

8 www.swishbp.co.uk * info@swishbp.co.uk ( 01827 317200

Car exporter chooses TREMCO waterproofing

Most exported vehicles are shipped out via the Port of Southampton – owned by Associated British Ports (ABP).The cars are stored in car parks and the waterproofing integrity of the roof decks on these car parks is essential, as any water leaking through the levels could damage new cars. Main contractor, Morgan Sindall, needed a membrane system capable of withstanding joint movements in the precast decks and found the solution in the form of TREMCO’s CP urethane system.

The durability of the CP membrane is more than capable of satisfying the performance requirements of this application and has proved reliable and cost-effective. * info.uk@tremco-illbruck.com ( 01942 251400

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VELUX hits the road

The VELUX Group is on the road to unveil its new white-painted roof window range to customers. The VELUX 2016 Tour will visit 250 venues across the UK from 1st March until late July.

Installers attending the event can win over £75,000 of rewards and prizes on the day including a brand new Vauxhall Vivaro van worth over £20,000, Makita Drill Sets and iPad minis. Everyone who pre-registers at www.velux.co.uk/2016tour and attends an event will receive an instant-win scratch card with a guaranteed VELUX reward worth £5-£50. For every VELUX white-painted roof window bought in April and May, customers will receive £25 worth of high street reward vouchers. * sales@velux.co.uk

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Roofs for troops

After more than 70 years, British troops are leaving Germany in one of the biggest moves undertaken by the Army in decades. At MOD Stafford, contractor Lovell has built and delivered 346 homes as part of the overall £150m Project Borona redevelopment of the base that also saw new barracks accommodation as well as new offices, workshops, shops and leisure facilities. Russell Roof Tiles supplied its Grampian flat interlocking roof tiles in slate grey, peat brown and cottage red. The Grampian combines the traditional appearance of slate with the security of an interlocking design and the sustainability and economy of concrete.

8 www.russellrooftiles.com * salesenquiries@russellrooftiles.com ( 01283 517070

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Floors, Walls & Ceilings

70% faster response time with SchlüterDITRA-HEAT-TB The unique patented system for under tile and stone heating for wall and floors with uncoupling, crackbridging and waterproofing properties, Schlüter-DITRAHEAT, has been updated with Schlüter-DITRA-HEATTB matting.

The revolutionary new Schlüter-DITRAHEAT-TB mat has an integrated thermal break that reduces heat loss into the screed and subfloor, and also benefits from up to 70% quicker warm-up time than other electric underfloor heating.

Schlüter-DITRA-HEAT can also be used in wetrooms, bathrooms, en-suites and shower rooms. Under wall or underfloor heating as a source of heat, can be an extremely beneficial method of ensuring efficient heating, effective moisture management, preventing mould and fungus by drying out any residual moisture, and in addition providing comfort while maximising space.

Book the RIBA-approved CPD seminar on ‘Modular Underfloor Heating Systems for Tile and Stone Coverings’ now. Through

this CPD, gain the knowledge of how to specify a modular underfloor heating system to help to protect tile and natural stone floor coverings from cracking, splitting, tenting and debonding, and explore the theory behind modular screed systems.

For priority bookings quote FC&AUFH03 and for more information please contact Schluter direct.

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Bespoke ceiling design for barn conversion

Looking for a whitewashed floor?

Bona White is a new wood floor primer designed to produce a bleached look when used with a Bona polyurethane lacquer. This client wanted a whitewashed look to their Victorian floorboards. This was achieved by the application of two coats of Bona White, under two coats of Bona Traffic HD lacquer. Before treatment, large gaps were filled, the floor was sanded and small gaps were filled using Bona Mix & Fill. The first coat of Bona White was applied and then abraded using a Bona Scrad Pad. To produce a highly durable finish, two coats of Bona Traffic HD lacquer were applied.

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An early 20th century barn that underwent an extensive conversion features an intricate, solid wood feature grill panel ceiling, custom-designed and made by the Hunter Douglas team. Hunter Douglas was commissioned to manufacture and supply the grill panels to create an individually designed ceiling that softened the industrial-style roof. Using ayous solid wood, stained to look like oak, the attractive fire-retardant grill system comprises 35 x 35mm slats.The panels were fitted at different angles and orientations, to create the required aesthetic effect, and a patented clip was used to secure the panels to the sendzimir galvanised steel suspension rails. * info@hunterdouglas.co.uk

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F. Ball provides durable solution for iconic local landmark A range of high-performance floor preparation products from F. Ball and Co have been used to create a durable floor finish at St. John’s Hall in Penzance as part of a refurbishment project.

Stopgap F77 accelerated waterproof surface membrane system was used to protect the installation from moisture damage, before priming with Stopgap P131 and using Stopgap 600 Base deep section smoothing underlayment to quickly build-up floor levels on the ground floor of the Grade II listed building. F. Ball’s Stopgap 1200 Pro smoothing underlayment was then used to create a perfectly smooth surface for the installation of carpet floorcoverings. * mail@f-ball.co.uk

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Floors, Walls & Ceilings Laminating the future

Senior’s SF52 curtain walling keeps slim sightlines in view For projects that desire a sleek, uniform appearance and demand exceptional energy efficiency, the new SF52 curtain wall system from Senior Architectural Systems can provide the perfect combination of aesthetics and thermal performance. Its slim 52mm sight lines can help achieve an attractive uniform appearance. Available as a mullion drained system, which removes the need for visible drainage slots, the SF52 system can also be specified as capped, silicone sealed, or as a combination of the two for greater design flexibility. SF52 has been carefully designed and developed to ensure that high aesthetics are matched by consistent and reliable construction quality.

8 www.seniorarchitectural.co.uk * enquiries@sasmail.co.uk ( 01709 772600

Abet is delighted to announce that it has recently obtained single site certification for the chain of custody standards of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC). This follows on from Abet Laminati, which was awarded both FSC and the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification schemes. As environmental awareness increases, the demand for FSC Certified chain of custody material has increased.

Abet has worked with BM Trada, an independent third party certifier of environmental and sustainability claims to gain FSC Mix accreditation. The Chain of Custody follows the path taken by raw materials, from the forest to the consumer. * sales@abet.ltd.uk

( 0207 473 6910

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Armstrong launches latest solutions guide to floating ceilings

A guide for flexible, acoustic canopies and baffles has been published by Armstrong. Expert advice on the endless range of design and acoustic possibilities that can be achieved with canopies and baffles, including Optima Baffles Curves, is contained within a new floating ceilings brochure.The guide explains that canopies and baffles can help create a sustainable interior, contributing to improved indoor air quality and acoustics.The brochure also explains how product variety is backed by service support including consultations with specifiers or main contractors, supply of BIM and production of CAD drawings. Armstrong’s floating ceilings brochure is available to download from www.armstrong.co.uk/ assets/global/commclgeu/files/Literature/3514.PDF * sales-support@armstrong.com

( 0800 371849

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Remmers flooring systems installed at distribution centre

A selection of Remmers flooring systems have been installed at the new food distribution centre for Pallas Foods in North County Dublin. The new €45m facility includes two warehouse areas totalling 33,000m2, half of which is dedicated to refrigerated storage areas, as well as 2500m2 of high specification office space. Over 3000m2 of Remmers flooring materials were used in the facility including Remmers Crete RT, a heavy-duty polyurethane screed, to the refrigerated storage areas. Remmers Ceramix coloured quartz was applied to the canteen and washroom areas, and Remmers Floormix aggregate was incorporated as a binder to its Epoxy CR Colour. *

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FILA launches silicone and glue remover – FILAZERO SIL Fila is introducing a new treatment to its aftercare range.

FILAZERO SIL removes new and old silicone, glue and sticky label residue. It can safely be used on absorbent and nonabsorbent surfaces, including stone, grout, porcelain and ceramic, marble, glass and metal. FILZERO SIL also removes other residues, including candle wax.The ready-to-use treatment has a highly viscous consistency, making it ideal for application onto walls and vertical surfaces, as well as countertops and floors.This consistency also ensures that the formula stays in contact with the treatment area and reduces the risk of it running off onto other materials. *

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Expona vinyl tiles add contemporary design to arts centre High design Expona luxury vinyl tiles from Polyflor were recently installed at 20-21 Visual Arts Centre in Scunthorpe, to give the cafe area a modern new look. Polyflor’s Expona Design PUR luxury vinyl tiles in the abstract Light Contour design were installed in the centre’s cafe.The metallic and monochrome Light Contour design is an eye-catching alternative to traditional wood and stone designs, featuring a striking linear surface texture. Expona Design luxury vinyl tiles are further enhanced with PUR which is cross-linked and UV cured to provide a fussfree cleaning and maintenance regime, making this product ideal for a cafe environment.

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University of Kent looks to Karndean to complete CARGO bar and bistro The University of Kent looked to a UK market leader in luxury vinyl flooring, Karndean Designflooring, to complete the look of its award-winning CARGO bar and bistro at Liberty Quays, Medway.

Designed by established London interior design practice Stiff + Trevillion, the student hospitality venue offers a nautical and industrial-style design complete with a statement concrete effect floor design.

Taking inspiration from its maritime base in Medway, the university’s in-house team were immediately taken with Karndean’s large rectangular Opus Urbus SP213 design with its stormy mix of light and grey tones,

as opposed to a hard stone concrete floor.

Looking to distinguish and zone out the bar and bistro areas, Karndean’s Urbus tile has been paired with Karndean’s authentic, mid-wood rustic timber effect Opus Ignea WP313 planks. The large 36 x 6in planks offer a modern look and feel against the complementary Opus tile design, thus creating a contemporary feel.

Keith Williams, Head of Trading at the University of Kent, said: “Having a central location with direct access from the street, we required a floorcovering to withstand high traffic and offer ease of maintenance.

“Our Karndean floor delivered the functionality and visual finish required to complete our design, as well as being soft underfoot and suitable to cope with spillages.

“What makes CARGO so special is not only the functional, visually and ergonomically attractive design that clearly differentiates it from the competition, it’s the close-knit team that run the unit on a daily basis.”

8 www.karndean.com * commercial@karndean.co.uk ( 01386 820100

Dural’s CPD explains how to create seamless flooring On-trend colour tones join Tilemaster’s Grout 3000 range Tilemaster Adhesives has introduced five new colours to its best-selling flexible grout range, Grout 3000. Now including 14 options, the highly versatile range spans from pure white to charcoal. The new on-trend tones have been developed to match Tilemaster’s neutral-cure Silicone 3000 range. Grout 3000 is suitable for wall and floor tile installations, inside and out, and comprises over 25% recycled material. The introductions are supported by new colour charts with removal grout strips for easy colour matching. New grout shades include sage, almond, cocoa, natural grey and dark grey, and reflect current tile trends and colour forecasts.

8 www.tilemasteradhesives.co.uk * info@tilemasteradhesives.co.uk ( 01772 456831

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Dural UK has created a CPD presentation on modern movement and how to control movement in hard flooring. Its aim is to advise architects and contractors how to create beautiful hard flooring designs that are not only aesthetically stunning, but are structurally sound. The presentation advises how to prevent the cracking in the surface finish by successfully controlling movement and incorporating expansion joints into designs. It covers key principles in modern movement, legislation and the various industry standards that are enforced, and accommodating movement through design. Dural has already presented the CPD to a number of architectural practices throughout 2015. * info@dural.co.uk

( 01924 360110

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Moduleo Moods to be unveiled at Retail Design Expo Luxury vinyl flooring manufacturer, Moduleo, will be exhibiting at the Retail Design Expo 2016 at Olympia London between the 9th and 10th March 2016. The manufacturer is set to unveil its exclusive new Moduleo Moods collection to the UK retail market for the first time. This ground-breaking range offers customers a creative studio in which they can combine 10 brand-new flooring formats to create up to 110 unique wood and stone-effect designs. Moduleo Moods is available on selected products in the Transform and Impress ranges and will allow customers to create unique designs using the wide range of tile shapes available. * salesuk@moduleo.com

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Floors, Walls & Ceilings

All quiet on the harbour front 150 years ago, the countryside west of Sønderborg in Jutland, Denmark, was the scene of the Battle of Dybbøl. Today the town is peaceful and quiet as are some of the harbourfront buildings which benefit from their use of high-performance acoustic ceilings.

Kontor C, for example, is a six-storey office designed by Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects, which stands right on the water’s edge. The facades are clad with 2800m2 of bronzed aluminium cassettes, which project a special golden hue and distinguish it from its surroundings. It has won an award for the most architecturally beautiful new building in Sønderborg.

The interior is tasteful and simple with an inner atrium which feels generous in size because of its high ceilings. Here, Troldtekt natural wood acoustic panels, with a fine structure, have been used on the ceilings and sides of the balconies throughout the building, ensuring a pleasant acoustic environment.

Danish-manufactured Troldtekt

acoustic tiles are specified throughout the UK and Europe. Made with 100% natural wood fibres, their benefits are high-sound absorption, high durability, natural breathability, low-cost life cycle performance and Cradle to Cradle silver level sustainability. They are used to improve acoustics in many different projects, such as schools, leisure centres, pools, commercial and public buildings.

Available in various sizes and in three grades, from ultrafine to coarse, they can be left untreated or painted in virtually any RAL colour.

8 www.troldtekt.co.uk * info@troldtekt.co.uk ( 01978 664255

Specify CFA members and

Specifying a CFA member for your next flooring project could mean the difference between success — or a flooring failure. Most of the UK’s largest and best known Manufacturers, Distributors, Contractors and Consultants are CFA members — and for good reason.

• CFA members promote high standards, knowledge and expertise • Specifying CFA members will maximize your investment and minimize costly flooring failures • All members have to pass a vetting process

Tel: 0115 941 1126

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Doors, Windows & Facades

Selectaglaze: helping projects achieve BREEAM ratings Wasted energy and the thermal efficiency of our buildings have become important topics. Our buildings account for more than 40% of all carbon emissions, and the need to create solutions to reduce our ‘footprints’ has become a major concern.

Selectaglaze secondary glazing systems, using low emissivity glass, can reduce heat loss by more than half across the window and achieve a U-value of around 1.9. With sealed unit glazing this is further reduced,

and a figure as low as 1.3 can be achieved.

When there is a requirement for airtightness, for example a draughty window in a listed property that cannot have its windows changed, secondary glazing can

provide significant improvements. Air permeability performance below 5m3/h. m3 is readily achieved with Selectaglaze sliding systems and below 1m3/h.m3 with Selectaglaze hinged systems.

Secondary glazing is an independent window fitted to the room side of a building, and is a discreet and reversible adaptation, widely accepted by most heritage bodies. All of Selectaglaze’s units are bespoke to the individual window and use high-performance seals ensuring the tightest fit, reducing air infiltration and virtually eliminating drafts.

Established for 50 years, Selectaglaze secondary glazing has been used on buildings across different sectors from listed offices to new build hotels, helping projects achieve high BREEAM ratings.

Selectaglaze has worked on projects such as Wiltshire Town Hall and Ham Yard Hotel, which have both achieved a BREEAM “Excellent” rating, and Albany House and Mortimer Street apartments have received a BREEAM “Very Good”.

8 www.selectaglaze.co.uk * enquiries@selectaglaze.co.uk ( 01727 837271

GEZE UK supports BD Architect of the Year Awards Kawneer wins two firsts at Prime Four

Architectural glazing by Kawneer was specified for a major hotel chain’s first village resort in Scotland. Kawneer’s AA110 zone/mullion-drained curtain walling, with 65mm sightlines, has been used alongside the manufacturer’s AA541 top-hung casement and AA543 tilturn windows and series 190 heavy-duty commercial entrance doors throughout the £14m De Vere Village Urban Resort at the Prime Four Business Park, in Kingswells.The aluminium systems were specified by Halliday Fraser Munro Architects for their “familiarity with the use of the systems through past projects”.The complex is of steel frame structure with granite and aluminium rainscreen cladding in keeping with Aberdeen’s heritage.

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GEZE UK has reinforced its commitment to architects and specifiers by sponsoring an award at the BD Architect of the Year Awards.The Office Architect of the Year Award is open to architects working on the design of offices, whether new built or refurbishments of existing structures. Eight leading architects have been shortlisted, and the winner will be announced at the London Excel Platinum Suite on Wednesday 9th March. Hosted by Stephen Fry the prestigious event will be celebrating the 12th edition of the awards and will be held on the evening of Ecobuild’s Architecture day. * info.uk@geze.com

( 01543 443000

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Thermal break technology produces windows for next generation solutions

Integration is the key factor which underpins the latest new product launch from Comar Architectural Aluminium Systems. Its market-leading Comar 9P.i Framing system offers fast-track construction for floor to ceiling glazing, allowing tilt/turn or casement windows to hang direct from the Comar 9P.i Frame alongside rebated doors. Comar 9P.i offers U-values down to 0.77, creating a future-proof solution for its architectural, contractor and fabricator partners.

Comar announced it has incorporated the technology from its Comar 9P.i system into the Comar 5P.i window range, and is now launching the Comar 5P.i Advanced Casement and tilt/turn window system. * projects@parksidegroup.co.uk

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Doors, Windows & Facades

Door blanks with 90 minute fire rating and FSC certification One of the UK’s biggest independent distributors of high-performance door blanks, James Latham, is now offering Moralt FireSound 59mm (dB43/44) with FD90 certification (BS476 Pt.22).

Thanks to Lathams, specifying a highend, specialist door blank, which is still competitively priced, doesn’t mean having to compromise on environmental guidelines as three of the Moralt FireSound range – and two of the FireSmoke range – now carry FSC certification.

Exclusively available nationwide and directly from stock through all nine of James Latham’s panel depots in sizes up to 3050 x 1220mm, the Moralt FireSound 59mm door blanks are supplied with a short lead-time and a minimum order quantity of just one blank.

Moralt FireSound 59mm FD90 carries a long list of technical features and benefits including certification up to 2650mm height and/or 1049mm width (SASD). They are also certified as single or double leaf doors, with

or without glazing, and offer intumescent seal specification for stiles and jambs.

Steven Dennard, Group Door Manager for James Latham, commented: “As the exclusive UK distributor of Moralt door blanks, we are delighted to be able to offer the Moralt FireSound 59mm with FD90 certification, as well as FSC accreditation.

The technical features and benefits of this high-performance door blank, coupled with its environmental credentials, make it a really attractive option and it is generating plenty of interest in the market.”

8 www.lathamtimber.co.uk * marketing@lathams.co.uk ( 0116 257 3415

Crittall maintains ‘industrial heritage’ of London landmark

A landmark headquarters building in West London has been created using Crittall windows, reflecting its historical context. 184 Shepherds Bush Road is a redevelopment of a Grade II listed garage and showroom. The building’s character has been retained – an important consideration due to its listing within a conservation area – with Crittall large form Berkeley windows. The Berkeley was created in order to replace existing 1920s and 1930s steel windows that were predominantly single pane leaded glass and exterior putty glazed. With the Berkeley, Crittall developed a series of hot rolled sections where a solid steel chamfer replicates exterior putty glazing. * hq@crittall-windows.co.uk ( 01376 530800

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View Coombe Hill’s fairways through Lomax + Wood windows and doors

High-performance, made-to-order leaded light windows and doors from the Lomax + Wood Kensington & Chelsea range have been specified for a new build property located on the Coombe Hill Estate, in Kingston upon Thames.

The Kensington & Chelsea traditionally-styled, double entrance door, each with insulated raised and fielded panels and designed with fixed glazed side panels, open into a magnificent baronial hall. A bullseye window, by Lomax + Wood, sits aloft the glazed atrium.Throughout, Kensington & Chelsea leaded light side-hung casement windows, with top swing overhead fanlights, attributed to the symmetry of the design. * enquiries@lomaxwood.co.uk

( 01277 353857

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GEZE creates elegant entrance for treehouse

The Patricia Thompson Building for Maggie’s Cancer Centre, in Oxford, has been designed around a treehouse concept providing an oasis for anyone affected by cancer.The main entrance is approached via a land bridge and features a pair of integrated all-glass system (IGG) swing doors, each powered by a TSA 160 UFO underfloor operator from GEZE UK.The IGG system was specified due to the profile and fittings integrating invisibly between the panes of glass.The TSA 160 UFO is concealed under the floor meaning that neither the operators nor the doors detract from the overall design of the centre.

8 www.geze.co.uk * info.uk@geze.com ( 01543 443000

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Doors, Windows & Facades VS-1 curtain walling part of vision for Hiscox York offices

A structural glazing system from GLASSOLUTIONS has been specified for Hiscox’s new landmark underwriting and customer experience centre in York. The VS-1 mulliononly system from GLASSOLUTIONS eliminates the need for horizontal framing members, enabling Make Architects to achieve the clean viewing lines on the curved atrium screen, which forms a key feature of the new building. The light and airy interior effect is created by the extensive use of the VS-1 curtain walling. This combines with a cantilevered concrete frame and an undulating woven brickwork facade. UK-based GLASSOLUTIONS supplied and installed the curtain walling structure for main contractor BAM Construction. *

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Flush Tilt-Turn window system creates design perfection

Profile 22 has launched a unique externally Flush Tilt-Turn window system designed for commercial applications, especially medium and high-rise buildings. The distinctive sleek design of its flush exterior frame avoids the overlapping of framework associated with conventional PVC-U systems. The Profile 22 externally Flush Tilt-Turn can achieve A++ WER Rating (U-Value 0.8 W/m2K, in line with Passivhaus standards) with argon-filled triple glazed units. This window design offers superb thermal performance thus eliminating the need for expensive krypton-filled units. The high-performance weather seal system allows for more efficient drainage of water, greatly improving weathering and thermal capabilities. *

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GEZE UK is ‘The Automatic Choice’

GEZE UK has published a technical guide to provide contractors, fabricators and architects with the information they need to specify the most appropriate automatic operator.

‘The Automatic Choice’ brochure encompasses GEZE’s extensive range of sliding, swing, revolving and folding doors. This is supported by advice on how to specify the right products when taking into account accessibility requirements, sustainability and industry regulations. Available to download from the company’s website or in hard copy, the guide features double-page spreads dedicated to each product with technical drawings and photography showcasing the products in situ across a range of different buildings.

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Schueco UK announces Excellence Awards for 2016

Passivhaus open day at the REHAU Hub With interest in Passivhaus building now approaching an all-time high in the UK, REHAU is staging a Passivhaus focused open day at The REHAU Hub in the Building Centre, London, on Wednesday 23rd March.

REHAU is inviting construction professionals to drop in any time between 10am and 5pm to access expert advice on issues relating to Passivhaus fenestration and ventilation systems.There will also be representatives on hand from Pilkington, membrane and sealant manufacturer specialist EPDM, and an acoustic vent supplier who will be able to talk about the specific demands of airtight construction and the glazing and ventilation solutions available.

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Schueco UK, in conjunction with RIBA Journal, is continuing its sponsorship of the Schueco Excellence Awards for Design and Innovation and is inviting submissions for the 2016 competition. Closing date for entries is midday on 4th April and the Excellence Awards Presentation will take place on 23rd June on the 42nd floor of The Leadenhall Building, in London. Open to architects and fabricators across both the commercial and trade residential sectors, the Schueco Excellence Awards have become firmly established as a major annual event celebrating the very best in UK building design. * mkinfobox@schueco.com

( 01908 282111

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AluK brings aluminium building systems expertise to the City of London

AluK (GB) is continuing its business expansion with the launch of the AluK Design Studio in the City of London. Its new design and product demonstration space will open to the public on Monday 11th April. AluK will host an open day on Thursday 7th April. To register an interest to attend, and for more information, please visit the website direct. The Design Studio, which houses dramatic 7m high curtain walling displays and many other full size aluminium window and door systems, will enable customers to interact with AluK products and discuss design and installation with a team of architectural project managers and engineers. * info@aluk.co.uk

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Doors, Windows & Facades Knauf offers innovative ThroughWall Solution to the facades market Kawneer systems help Jestico + Whiles meet Part L Elements from the range of architectural aluminium glazing systems from Kawneer have been used on the £20m redevelopment of a primary school.

Kawneer’s AA100 zone-drained capped curtain walling,AA540 fixed light and AA541 top-hung casement windows, medium-duty swing and series 190 heavy-duty commercial entrance doors, feature throughout the 1.5-hectare site at Abbots Park in Lambeth.

It also includes Kawneer’s 451PT framing system.A special requirement of the brief to regular Kawneer specifiers Jestico + Whiles Architects, was that the buildings should meet Part L of the Building Regulations.

8 www.kawneer.co.uk * kuk.kawneer@alcoa.com ( 01928 502500

Collaboration between Knauf and strategic industry partners has produced a unique innovation for the facades market, the Knauf ThroughWall Solution.

This solution combines quality Knauf products that give Knauf the advantage of being able to specify the facade infill panel through to the internal partitions. A significant benefit of the ThroughWall Solution is Knauf’s availability to offer the specifier a single point of contact to provide the complete Knauf technical specification. Durable and high quality engineered components of the ThroughWall Solution deliver excellent acoustic, thermal, fire performance properties and airtightness levels while ensuring greater sustainability due to Knauf’s responsible manufacturing credentials. * kd@web-response.co.uk

( 01795 424499

AluFoldDirect opens doors to commercial installers with SBD Solution

Aluminium door specialist AluFoldDirect has launched its first range of Secured by Design (SBD) thermally efficient commercial doors in order to meet the demand amongst specifiers for SBDaccredited solutions. AluFoldDirect has seen growth in aluminium bi-fold doors and is putting its expertise in aluminium towards the commercial sector.

The AluFoldDirect commercial door offers a thermally efficient and secure solution that can be tailored to suit regular usage, emergency and anti-panic requirements, or a mag lock variant for maximum protection. AluFoldDirect thermal commercial doors are Secured by Design accredited, Q Mark accredited and Document Q-compliant, having passed PAS23, PAS24 and BS EN1627 standards. * info@alufolddirect.co.uk

( 01706 260700

Mumford & Wood introduces NBS BIM product library

Mumford & Wood has announced its compliance with NBS National Building Information Modelling (BIM) Library Data for core Conservation entrance, balcony, bi-folding, single and French doorsets as well as Conservation casement windows, box sash and spring sash windows.This is in accordance with the Government’s mandate on all publically-funded new build projects

by April 2016.You can now visit its technical page and download the full Mumford & Wood NBS BIM library data. In this 3D modelling of the company’s core and standard Conservation products detailed specification parameters are shared in relation to thermal performance and U-values, acoustic specifications and PAS24 compliance. *

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REHAU sponsors Passivhaus Trust Awards and Passivhaus conference

REHAU is further stepping up its involvement in the Passivhaus sector by joining forces with the Passivhaus Trust to become the main sponsor of both its 2016 UK Passivhaus Awards and 2016 UK Passivhaus Conference. REHAU’s bold move is part of the company’s ongoing campaign to increase awareness of its portfolio of high thermal performance products, including Passivhaus Institute certified GENEO windows, doors and REHAU Polytec aluminium clad curtain walling. REHAU also has an AWADUKT Thermo ground-air heat exchanger which has been used in many Passivhaus projects. Having run Passivhaus seminars in Bristol and Manchester, REHAU © REACH/Ankrom Moisan Architects Inc will be running further seminars throughout 2016. *

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New advanced HomelightPlus range from Crittall

Crittall Windows has introduced a new steel window aimed at the residential market – the HomelightPlus range. An enhanced version of the company’s successful Homelight steel window, first made during the 1920s, the new look window features contemporary styling and window profiling, plus higher energy savings, performance, and improved security. The authentic like-forlike steel window offers significant energy savings – thermally improved to meet Part L of Building Regulations by achieving either a window energy rating of Band B or a centre pane U-value of 1.2w/m2k. The window has been made especially secure through an improved, robust, security multi-point locking option.

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Rinnai is motoring aboard the Bedroam bus Rinnai has seen its products installed in numerous sites with unusual applications, but one project has pushed the boundaries of the unusual. The project is so unusual it caught the eye of Channel 4’s Amazing Spaces.

‘Bedroam’ is the brainchild of Ollie Kemp, a Farmer, motor racing competitor and enthusiast from Melbourne, Yorkshire.

He wasn’t happy with the lack of onsite accommodation at events. The constructive result of this dissatisfaction is the Bedroam bus, complete with 18 Japanese-style pod bedrooms.

The Bedroam has two fully-equipped bathrooms with showers, toilets and sinks.

The sinks and showers are supplied with safe temperature controlled hot water from Rinnai Infinity LPG water heaters, complete with MC91 controller, via motion sensor-operated taps. Two Rinnai Infinity 17e external units are fitted to the back of the bus.

“I first saw Rinnai units in operation at

an event where luxury mobile showers were powered by Rinnai units. I researched Rinnai online and spoke to my friend Andy, a registered Gas Safe Engineer, who then ordered and undertook the installation,” commented Ollie.

Andy Dixon, who runs his own plumbing and heating service, explains: “The boilers had to go on the back of the bus, as Ollie was struggling to find enough space inside.

As the bus has an air-con system, I had already put a cooling radiator on the back so the two Rinnai units sat conveniently behind this simply hung on a metal grid.”

8 www.rinnaiuk.com * info@rinnaiuk.com ( 01928 531870

Waterloo helps St Botolph achieve BREEAM rating

Calling all chocoholics This development of homes and apartments is built on the site of the former Terry’s Chocolate factory.Vortice is ensuring that these energy-efficient homes will have superb air quality with its range of intermittent extract fans. David Wilson Homes is installing the Vort Quadro and Punto Filo range of ventilation products.

Both ranges are unobtrusive and energyefficient. The Punto Filo is ideal to mount directly through a wall, whilst the Vort Quadro is suitable to be ducted to a roof tile. Ease of maintenance is a key feature on the Vortice fans with the Vort Quadro having an easily removable, washable filter.

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One of the largest developments in the city, the St Botolph building, combines high specification with aesthetics and has been fitted out with an air distribution system, manufactured by Waterloo Air Products.The offices are air-conditioned throughout by a two pipe fan coil system, with fresh air supplied at constant volume and temperature by centralised air handling units. Internal temperatures are maintained at 22ºC all-year-round, using a minimum fresh air rate of 12 litres/sec.Waterloo supplied its CSJ Linear Slot Diffusers and SDFS Fixed Blade Swirl Diffusers and ensured a well designed solution to suit the demands and aesthetic criteria. * sales@waterloo.co.uk

( 01622 717861

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Heavy Duty Planar radiator introduced for commercial projects

Stelrad has now introduced a new variation of its very popular Planar radiator, called the Heavy Duty Planar. The product has been designed for heavy-duty commercial applications such as hospitals where rooms and corridors are used by trolleys and wheelchairs so a robust heating product is required to withstand potential higher impact situations. Stelrad’s standard Planar design radiator has rapidly become a favourite within the commercial market. The new heavy-duty version offers the same slim, flat fronted good looks and exceptional performance as the standard Planar that has in particular been a big hit with new build housing developers. * info@stelrad.com

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A new environmental benchmark for timber preservatives

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*Registered Trademarks of Koppers Performance Chemicals Inc. Protim Solignum Limited is a Koppers company and trades as Koppers Performance Chemicals. Koppers is a registered Trademark of Koppers Delaware, Inc. All products are produced by independently owned and operated wood processing facilities. All other trademarks are trademarks of their respective owners. Registered England – 3037845

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Rinnai goes solo at Wooda Farm Holiday Park Rinnai, one of the leading continuous-flow gas-fired water heater manufacturers, has just installed its latest innovation, the Infinity Solo Gas Fired Storage Recirculator water heater, at Wooda Farm Holiday Park.

The Infinity Solo condensing and low NOX condensing water heater is the first Rinnai product for the UK to combine the advanced technology of its wall-mounted continuousflow water heaters with a stainless steel storage cylinder all-in-one compact footprint.

Wooda Farm is a family-run campsite, by the sea in Cornwall. Owner Graeme

Colwell was open to suggestions from Rinnai Consultant, Scott Humphries, that he might like to try something a little different when renovating one of the shower blocks.

Humphries explained that the Infinity Solo Recirculator water heater was unlike traditional stored hot water systems, and would be beneficial as it acts as a highefficiency alternative to gas-fired storage appliances.

Graeme comments: “The refurbishment of the shower block and one of the launderettes was a natural evolution and we needed a hot water system that would easily cater for three washing machines, three baths, 12 basins and

two dishwash sinks.

“Scott recommended the Solo Recirculator stored system, as the options for direct continuous-flow were limited.The system is competitively priced compared to other gasfired storage solutions on the market, but it is packed full of innovations. Rinnai calculated that the system was a sound investment and I have to say, this new system has worked really well since it went live just before Easter.”

8 www.rinnaiuk.com * info@rinnaiuk.com ( 01928 531870

District Heating Network installed for new Barratt homes

Boost your bottom line with biomass Businesses and organisations interested to hear how biomass could reduce their energy costs, lower their carbon emissions and help them move away from a costly dependence on fossil fuels are invited to attend a free event at Cranfield University, Bedfordshire on Wednesday 16th March (10am-2pm).

A host of industry specialists will be on hand to explain how biomass can benefit high energy users, and why there’s never been a better time to invest. Attendees will also be given the chance to meet with the experts individually at a series of one-to-one advice clinics.

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Flexenergy’s Flexalen pre-insulated pipe work was selected as the most appropriate product for a new District Heating Network installed to service 164 new Barratt London homes being built on Camden Road in London. Flexenergy was able to offer advice and solutions to meet the demanding construction programme and to reduce potential installation issues. The phenomenal flexibility of Flexenergy’s Flexalen pre-insulated pipe helped to speed up the installation process and allowed for a reduction in the amount of joints required. In addition, the superior jointing technique of fusion welding enabled the pipework to be moved around the site without fear of joints breaking or leaking once buried in the ground. * office@flexenergy.co.uk

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Youth club becomes the hottest ticket in town

Members of a Sheffield youth club are enjoying a warmer start to 2016 after striking it lucky with a new heating and hot water system donated by market leader Andrews Water Heaters. Faced with the challenge of financing much needed replacements, the club was able to secure expert advice and market-leading equipment for free through its connections to Andrews’ long-term club supporter, Gary Stoddart.

Recognising the need to upgrade both the hot water and heating system, the water heating specialist donated a FASTflo condensing 56kW water heater, together with a Sirius Two 60KW boiler from sister brand Potterton Commercial. * marketing@baxicommercialdivision.com

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Rinnai A-rated Infinity Range for infinite supply of safe hot water Rinnai offers, what is claimed to be, the most energy efficient and cost-effective range of A-rated energy labelled appliances with load profiles to cover domestic and large industrial applications.

Rinnai Infinity Domestic and Light Commercial units: The 24kW multipoint Rinnai Infinity 11i, with push fit flue, is capable of 8.4 litres per minute. The Rinnai Tankless K26i internal domestic water heater delivers up to 107% net thermal efficiency.

Rinnai Infinity specific bespoke packages: The Rinnai bespoke package design was created to provide better onsite efficiency and is supplied to site in bundles.

The A-rated systems offer the highest efficiencies and can be G3 compliant.

Rinnai’s Heavy Duty Condensing (HDC) Infinity models: The Infinity HDC1600i Low NOx tested to below 20ppm NOx, produces the lowest emissions on the market with 107% net thermal efficiencies.

Rinnai Solo: The Infinity Solo condensing low NOx water heater, is the first Rinnai product for the UK to combine the advanced technology of its wall-mounted continuousflow water heaters with a stainless steel storage cylinder all-in-one compact unit.

Rinnai Infinity Plus storage: Using a modular system of either internal or external Rinnai HD or HDC units and a stainless steel storage vessel, demands in excess of 20,000 litres per hour can be satisfied.

Common flue header system: Rinnai has pioneered a common header flue system to streamline manifolded installations of its award-winning infinity, condensing continuous-flow gas water heaters.

8 www.rinnaiuk.com * info@rinnaiuk.com ( 01928 531870

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Kitchens, Bathrooms & Washrooms

Pressalit Care’s rigorous weight testing regime pushes to the limit A rigorous regime to test maximum weight capacity is applied by Pressalit Care to its range of accessible bathroom products to ensure they can withstand even the most extreme real life situations.

Pressalit Care’s washroom and sanitaryware is specifically designed to improve bathroom use for those with limited mobility. Its products, many of which can be adjusted vertically or horizontally for greatest flexibility, include

shower seats, washbasins, arm rests and handrails, with each put through the most rigorous testing procedures. The tests include three important elements as appropriate – dynamic, static and lateral.

The Pressalit Care range complies with

the requirements of DS/EN 12182:2012 and meets the demands for Part M packs where weight loadings are specified on standard components.

The testing regime covers potential points where users may rely on the products for full weight-bearing support.

On a support arm, for example, since the load the product can withstand increases towards the supporting wall, three different points are included along the length of the arm. It is always the lowest values which are stated on the product detail.

The Pressalit Care R3085 support arm demonstrates a 225kg load, bearing 60mm from its front edge, which increases to 425kg at 400mm from the front edge, up to a maximum of 700kg closest to the wall.

Products are tested dynamically by subjecting them vertically 10,000 times to a load lasting two seconds. The weight specifications on the product detail state how many kilograms the products can withstand at the outermost points using this test method.

8 www.pressalit.com * uk@pressalit.com ( 08448 806950

Putney Arts Theatre includes Roca NEXO basins Graze specifies easy-to-install wall-hung urinals

Graze.com has experienced major expansion following the development of a purpose-built factory in Hayes.With stateof-the-art at its core, plumbing, heating and drainage requirements had to be leadingedge, and so Geberit’s pressing solution, Mapress, played a major role in the factory’s construction. Geberit’s pipework was specified after Graze team members took part in a ‘pressing’ initiative. Armed with a set of Mapress fittings and tools, the team never looked backed thanks to the simple process of fitting Geberit’s press-fit solution together. Geberit HDPE is also used for all drainage onsite, a sustainable and safe product that does not leak.

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Putney Arts Theatre provides a cultural centrepiece for Putney. Located in the old Union Church, the site has been expanded and upgraded with a complete bathroom makeover courtesy of Roca, improving the layout and functionality of the existing awkward facilities. “With fittings and parts of the bathrooms beyond repair, our washrooms seriously needed a facelift,” said Marie Thackwell, General Manager at Putney Arts Theatre. A range of Roca sanitaryware, brassware and tiles have been installed throughout, including short projection NEXO WCs and basins, CHIC urinals and concealed cisterns. Manhattan Marengo tiles add the finishing touches to create a high-end and functional finish. * marketing@uk.roca.net

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Seraphina offers best value in the premium boiling water tap sector

Two thirds of consumers admit to overfilling their kettles and wasting water and electricity. The Seraphina boiling water tap from Carron Phoenix avoids doing either as it delivers instant boiling water at 100˚C at the point of delivery and is available at the highly competitive RRP inc VAT of £1077. The Seraphina uses 3-in-1 technology to dispense hot, cold and boiling water from a single tap. As well as saving time, it saves valuable cupboard space, as the hot water tank is slim enough to fit neatly underneath the base unit behind a standard 150mm cabinet plinth.

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Kitchens, Bathrooms & Washrooms Bushboard Nuance laminate wall panels are easy to install

Bushboard’s Nuance bathroom laminate wall panels are lightweight to handle and easy to install, ensuring a 100% water impervious surface that earns top marks for looks with premium granite and stone designs that create luxurious looks that today’s customers want at a reasonable cost. Nuance panels can be jointed and finished without any extrusions, creating a seamless look.Two of the five panel sizes include a slim postformed edge that can create a neat finishing solution.

Five different panel options are available offering the design freedom to create wetrooms and level access showering, as well as for conventional shower enclosures and around baths. * help@bushboard.co.uk

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Franke’s Maris Built Under ceiling hood – installed in minutes

Franke’s Maris Built Under ceiling hood features a ‘plug and play’ system that makes it so easy to install that the job can be completed in under 15 minutes. The stainless steel hood has a white glass base creating a ‘floating on air’ appearance. The hood operates in recirculatory mode only, so is ideal for use in any kitchen where ducting is not possible. It has three speeds, plus an intense speed setting for short powerful bursts to remove unpleasant odours quickly. It also uses low-energy comfort lights to provide an ambient light in the kitchen and comes with a remote control. * info.uk@franke.com

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Keramag Design on-trend with sleek ultra-matt furniture

Bringing two colour and interior design trends together in one, Keramag Design has launched chic ultra-matt furniture in a vogue new grey colour onto all furniture options in its myDay collection, bringing a warm, tactile dimension to bathroom design. Offering a stylish answer to bathroom storage, the myDay tall unit in ultra-matt grey features interior lighting, a material mix of a matt grey exterior and glass and woodgrain shelves inside, a hanging storage pouch that optimises the dead space on the interior of the door and a useful magnetic strip for storing small items such as nail scissors and tweezers.

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We are BIM ready, are you?

2016 heralded the arrival of the brave new world of BIM. BTS Fabrications recognised the potential benefits this technology offered and began an intense programme to ensure its industry-leading Vantage range of products would be at the forefront of BIM-based Facade and Rainscreen design.

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review of the Facade and Rainscreen BIM content, currently available in the UK, showed that almost all was being generated exclusively for the architectural and engineering professions in a format which, whilst serving their needs extremely well, offered very little in terms of functionality and benefit for professional contracting companies operating their own BIM systems. This has led BTS Fabrications to develop its inhouse Vantage BIM Service, offering BIM content and support in a format specifically engineered to assist its

BTS Fabrications has developed its in-house Vantage BIM Service, offering BIM content and support

contracting clients in the design, documentation and project management of its Vantage Facade systems.

Ensuring your Rainscreen or Facade project is compliant with the Government mandated Level 2 BIM protocol couldn’t be easier. Simply specify any of BTS Fabrications’ Vantage product ranges and BTS Fabrications’ Vantage BIM Service will

design the system – complete with full material quantity extraction – at high detail, LOD400 level of development.

This can be supplied in a number of industry standard BIM file formats for insertion into your company standalone BIM model or the project Federated Model. If required, the system can be customised to suit your company’s BIM requirements and encoded to report a huge number of projectspecific details to ensure you enjoy the maximum benefits that BIM working has to offer.

Experience and dedication At all stages of BTS Fabrications’ operations, from initial technical assistance and detailing, through fabrication design, right to the production process itself, BTS Fabrications is a BIM-ready company, operating the latest industry standard software packages and fabrication plant, with BRE trained multidisciplinary staff, with many years’ experience in backgrounds drawn from every corner of the construction industry. With a dedicated BIM technical department, committed to constant innovation and providing industry-leading content and support, you can be sure that whatever your BIM requirements for your facade project, BTS Fabrications’ Vantage systems are the obvious choice.

Specify any of BTS Fabrications’ Vantage product ranges and BTS Fabrications’ Vantage BIM Service will design the system

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Harrow School has IAAF-standard running track The rebuilt athletics facilities at Harrow School included an IAAF-standard running track, facilities for long jump and all the main athletics events, plus a water jump for the steeplechase and an area for the pole vault event – a rare feature in UK school athletics facilities.

Hauraton SPORTFIX components installed at the Harrow School sports complex include: drainage channels around the edge of the running track, sand traps and soft kerb edging around the long jump pit and a water jump kit on the steeplechase track.

At any time in the UK rain can stop play, and on tennis hard courts the build-up of water can take some time to run away if attention has not been paid to the surface water drainage requirement. At Harrow School tennis courts this is not a problem as a discreet drainage channel run located just below the net efficiently drains away any excess rainwater.

Over the years Hauraton has built-up a fund of knowledge, second-to-none, of how to drain sports areas be they soccer grounds, athletic tracks or tennis courts.

Other components in the SPORTFIX range include: electrical distribution shafts, service channels for cable management, pitch dish edging components and drainage channels specifically designed for artificial turf pitches.

8 www.drainage-projects.co.uk * janine.kennedy@hauraton.co.uk ( 01582 501380

DEWALT launches all-new line of pneumatic nailers

DEWALT’s launch of its all-new line of maximum performance pneumatic nailers, offers a full selection of construction fastening products for fast, continuous fixing applications such as framing, flooring and finishing. Selected models in this air-powered range feature DEWALT’s innovative Precision Point technology for precise nail placement thanks to a significantly smaller nosepiece.

DEWALT’s air-powered nailing range provides a low-maintenance, high productivity solution for high volume users. Boasting low running costs, the pneumatic nailers are fast, reliable, and relatively lightweight, making them ideal for large-scale applications.

In addition, they incur no loss of power at low temperature, even down to -40oC. * fixings@dewalt.com

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FDS Consult opens doors to two new recruits

FDS Consult, a leading expert on fire engineering in the UK, has brought two associate fire engineers to its growing team. Both Granville Harris and Hayden Julian will be working on FDS Consult’s portfolio. The pair have an extensive knowledge of the fire industry, having both worked for the London Fire Brigade.

Granville will be working on design proposals, alongside architects and designers, to create the most appropriate fire safety strategy for each individual project. Hayden Julian, who is based in the company’s London offices, will also be working with FDS Consult’s range of impressive clients to deliver tailor-made fire strategies. * info@fdsconsult.com

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Beal Homes teams up with Sky

Sky is working with Beal Homes to offer market-leading services to new owners on its prestigious The Swale development in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire. Beal completed over 160 homes in 2015 and is planning to increase that figure in 2016. Commenting, Beal Homes’ Sales and Marketing Director, Sue Waudby said: “This new partnership with Sky at The Swale, in Gainsborough, provides an excellent opportunity to offer our homebuyers something extra.

Beal Homes recognises that a high quality digital connection is essential for modern living and is committed to providing all our purchasers with the latest technology and best internet services.”

8 www.sky.com/communaltv * sky@freshcommunication.co.uk ( 08442 411335

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Ceramic training course dates: • Monday 21st March 2016 • Monday 18th April 2016 • Monday 16th May 2016 • Monday 20th June 2016 • Monday 25th July 2016 • Monday 12th September 2016 • Monday 24th October 2016 • Monday 14th November 2016

EWI training course dates:

Trainees are able to develop core competencies by gaining a more practical experience of the products

Mapei announces 2016 ceramic, resilient and EWI training dates Mapei is pleased to announce its 2016 ceramic, resilient and EWI training course dates, which are available to view on its website. All courses are free of charge and will be held in the newly refurbished Mapei Training Centre facility in Halesowen, in the West Midlands.

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he training courses will take place between 9am and 4pm, with a complementary buffet lunch and refreshments. Each particular course is designed to incorporate both theory and practical sessions and is delivered by Mapei training managers. At the end of each course all attendees will receive a Mapei certificate of attendance combined with a Mapei goody bag.

All courses are aimed at installers, distributors, contractors, specifiers and designers. British Standard requirements will be explained within each field for those specialists attending certain courses. Each course will include an introduction to the Mapei group, a factory tour and a full explanation of the product ranges, coupled with practical demonstrations across a variety of topics, tailored to fit the training session.

In addition to the general dates, Mapei will offer product knowledge training and assessment towards the TTA Tile Retail Apprenticeship Scheme. Mapei has also taken on students from NSPP Vocational Training to help further expand youngsters’ educational

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• Thursday 14th April • Thursday 16th June • Thursday 18th August • Thursday 13th October • Thursday 17th November

Resilient training course dates: • Tuesday 22nd March 2016 • Tuesday 19th April 2016 • Tuesday 17th May 2016 • Tuesday 21st June 2016 • Tuesday 26th July 2016 • Tuesday 13th September 2016 • Tuesday 25th October 2016 • Tuesday 15th November 2016

experience as well as inspire students to reach their potential within the EWI industry.

Trainees are able to develop core competencies by gaining a more practical experience of the products and application techniques. Mapei will also provide bespoke courses for individual companies based on specific requirements involving the use of Mapei products.

Mapei is committed to helping trainees continue to build their knowledge of preparation and their use of new and existing products through to the application process. The company strongly believes in professional development, and will therefore continue to offer training free of charge.

The practical element of the courses allows trainees to use both existing and new products, further expanding the trainees current range of knowledge and skills in a risk-free environment.

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Mapei has taken on students from NSPP Vocational Training to help inspire them to reach their potential within the EWI industry

Building Elements Vicaima’s market growth prompts sales force expansion

With record sales in 2014 and 2015,Vicaima has begun a programme of expansion for its regional representation. Phase one is the appointment of Stephen Pearce as Area Sales Manager for the Central Northern and Midlands region, bringing with him a wealth of experience from the door specification sector. Phase 2 will see further appointments in key geographic areas around the UK, together with additional internal resources at its head office in Swindon.

Vicaima recently purchased its seven acre site outright and is currently undertaking refurbishment of the facilities, making its South West hub a powerhouse for the door industry. * info@vicaima.com

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Metal Technology enhances the Emerson facade

Extensive glazing for the Emerson Building at D2, Aberdeen, has been facilitated with a suite of systems from Metal Technology, including curtain walling and windows and doors. The design features a 2600m2 office, linked to a 3065m2 service centre. Metal Technology’s System 17 high-rise, capped curtain walling system was the product of choice for the expansive glazed facade.

Ultra-flexible and aesthetically appealing, this structurally engineered system offers highlevels of thermal and weather performance. Two products from the Metal Technology [THERMAL] range were also specified: System 4-35Hi+ windows and System 5-20D Hi+ high-performance, thermally enhanced doors. * sales@metaltechnology.com

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Stepping up: easy fit low-level light

Timeguard’s new range of super-slimline, compact surface mounted IP65 LED step lights make it easy to add decorative and safety lighting for steps and decks.The surface mount back plates provide for fast terminal block connection, making them even quicker and easier to install. Delivering from 20 to 24 Lumens of cool white light, the new dark grey and white polycarbonate Timeguard Step Lights have the good looks and guaranteed durability that property owners will welcome indoors or out.They are remarkably compact and will provide discreet, trouble-free down lighting for steps, corridors and passageways, indoors and out for many years.

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Speakers include:

Taking place on the 23rd to the 24th March 2016, at the NEC in Birmingham, the event will be a platform for construction clients, architects, engineers and contractors to come together

Explore Offsite in the Housing Sector The nation’s media has been reporting on a UK housing crisis for many months, but is there now a climate for change in the industry? For those in the construction sector with fresh ideas and innovative technologies, this nationwide crisis has the potential to change the norm which governs the way new homes are built.

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xperts have hailed offsite construction as the only way to respond to the demand for new housing. Moving the construction of houses into factories enables the build to take place both efficiently and economically, making the national shortage of labour less of a concern.

The recent news that the Government is to release land with planning consent is an opportunity yet to be realised, which will allow small developers to build without having to navigate their way through planning obstacles. Offsite construction would be ideal for such projects as the method does not depend upon environmental factors and offers a faster return on investment. The offsite method also facilitates the building of homes that are airtight, energy efficient and environmentally sustainable – a great benefit to housing associations.

A feature that has become increasingly desirable to homebuyers is that of custombuild, allowing homebuyers to choose the inherent features of their homes. However,

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bespoke builds do not need to slow down the construction process. Building offsite – supported by computer aided design technologies (such as BIM) – has the potential to face the challenge presented by individual design.

Explore Offsite in the Housing Sector is your opportunity to involve yourself in the industry’s new ideas and technologies.

Taking place on the 23rd to the 24th March 2016, at the NEC in Birmingham, the event will be a platform for construction clients, architects, engineers and contractors to come together and pave a way forward for the industry and the housing sector.

With an outstanding line up of industry figures confirmed to share their expertise over the two days, this combined conference and exhibition is an essential event for any professional looking to delve a little deeper into the liveliest and most promising topic in UK construction.

To book your ticket, or enquire about exhibitor opportunities, please visit www.exploreoffsite.co.uk or call 01743 290001.

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• Tom Bloxham MBE – Director, Urban Splash • Jay Shaw MBE – Head of Business Development, Snoozebox • Andy von Bradsky – Chair, Housing Forum • Tom Ground – CEO, Legal & General Homes • Peter Andrew – Deputy Chairman, HBF • Andrew Orgorzalek – Partner, PCKO Architects • Stuart Carr – Director, Chapman Taylor • James Pickard – Director, Cartwright Pickard • Rory Bergin – Partner, Sustainable Futures, HTA Design • Rob Charlton – CEO, Space Group • Greg Cooper – Pre-Construction Manager, X-LAM Alliance • Steve Reid – Chief Technical Officer, Enviga Geothermal • Tony Woods – Offsite Construction Specialist, LHC • Jeff Maxted – Director of Technical Consultancy, BLP Insurance • Jerry Harkness – Regional Development Director, Circle Housing • Andrew Waugh – Founding Director, Waugh Thistleton

An outstanding line up of industry figures are confirmed to share their expertise over the two days

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Lindapter’s comprehensive guide for weld-free steelwork connections Lindapter, a pioneer of steelwork fixings, has released a comprehensive guide for designing weldfree steelwork connections, featuring specification data, technical diagrams and installation guidance.

The international guide (metric) has been created to assist specifiers, providing a wealth of technical data, with supporting 3D models clearly illustrating the vast examples of connections that can now be achieved.

Lindapter offers a free design service for the specifier’s convenience and research and development of bespoke solutions.

Designed as a guide for engineers, and other professionals involved in the design of structural and secondary connection, the brochure is full of new features to enable a faster decision making process. This includes a product comparison table and clearly divided product groups.

Rail fixings and lifting points now have their own section to allow engineers to quickly turn to the desired products. In addition to the popular girder clamps, the catalogue reveals new products including the Type ALP adjustable lifting point and the M20 Type AAF clamp.

For engineers designing to Eurocode, the brochure introduces new approvals, including several products achieving CE mark, and HolloBolt becoming the first to achieve full seismic approval (A-F) from Californianbased ICC-ES.

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Polyflor’s Expona luxury vinyl tiles look sweet at Cadbury World

Stunning wood effect luxury vinyl tiles from Polyflor were recently chosen for the refurbishment of The World’s Biggest Cadbury Shop at one of Birmingham’s largest leisure attractions, Cadbury World. Expona Design luxury vinyl tiles, in the American Oak wood effect design, were installed in the gift shop at this family tourist attraction.This classic and subtle wood design perfectly complements Cadbury’s signature purple shade and the store’s big and bright display units. Polyflor’s collection of Expona Design luxury vinyl tiles are developed to provide years of performance in high traffic, heavy commercial environments such as the retail and leisure sectors. * info@polyflor.com

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Solus Ceramics’ new tile range challenges traditional wall design

Solus Ceramics has launched an exclusive range of futuristic, three-dimensional wall tiles that challenge the idea of traditional interior design and decor.The new Dimensional range features stunning space age and contemporary patterns that enable the creation of wonderful abstract feature wall designs.With varying three-dimensional designs, the decoration allows architects and designers to create an array of complex patchwork arrangements or regular repeated patterns.The range is available in a core palette of grayscale colours including white, off-white, grey and black. In addition to the monochrome colours, the range is also available in two gold and silver metallic versions. * sales@solusceramics.com

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Portakabin delivers complete interim primary school

Portakabin has successfully constructed and handed over a new 300-pupil interim primary school in Devon in less than four months. Portakabin provided more than 1200m2 of teaching accommodation for the relocation of Dartington Primary School.

The scheme will be in use for the next two years and was configured as 13 school buildings and three toilet blocks, with disabled access.The project was delivered on time in a challenging timescale despite exceptionally high levels of rainfall.The modular buildings have been configured to create a village feel and a welcoming environment for children with imaginative age and function-related play zones.

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Crown Paints presents colour trends for spring/summer Crown Paints has reinforced its position as the expert in colour for professionals with the launch of its renowned Colour Influences programme. The programme forecasts the shades that will shape professional interior and exterior environments in spring and summer.

Crown Paints’ team of colour specialists have curated three stunning palettes, each featuring exciting options that enable specifiers to inject creativity into their projects.

The three colours are available in the high quality, professional products within the company’s Crown Trade, Sadolin and Sandtex Trade brands, which are all crafted with over 200 years of knowledge.

The shades can be viewed in the Crown Paints’ Spring Summer 2016 trends brochure, which can be ordered by emailing the services team on info@crownpaintspec. co.uk or viewed online.

Crown Paints’ Colour Specialist, Jemma Saunders, is a member of the Colour Influences panel and has worked to ensure

that the palettes inspire bold ideas in interiors. Jemma said: “The first palette, SunDrenched City, brings to life yellow hues, accented with pinks and greens. Texture and strength is achieved with flashes of metallic copper, concrete grey and charcoal to give the palette structure.

“The next palette, Light and Shade, features a distinctly architectural edge and is defined by light and dark shades, which form an oppositional palette of rich browns and chalky tones.

“Finally, Shimmer reinterprets how we use pastels by exploring the relationship between light, colour and texture, featuring hard and soft colours mixed with opaque and transparent surfaces.”

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The Portakabin Group wins award for business excellence

100 shades of Ecopro Specifiers of environmentally friendly paint can choose from no less than 100 colours, following a major expansion of Earthborn’s trade paint range. Ecopro matt emulsion, Lo Sheen emulsion and Eggshell are available in the 98 shades of BS4800, plus black and white. The Ecolabel approved range is formulated for highperformance, minimal VOCs and is oil and acrylic free. Ecopro Eggshell is a new addition. Suitable for interior walls, ceilings and woodwork, its attractive sheen is washable and scuff-resistant. Ecopro matt emulsion is ideal for new plaster, while the enhanced durability of Lo Sheen makes it suitable for higher traffic areas.

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The performance of the Portakabin Group and its continued success and expansion has been recognised with an Excellence in Business Award at the Yorkshire Post Business Awards 2015.The award for ‘Best Company with a Turnover over £50m’ was presented by Archbishop John Sentamu at a ceremony in Leeds, attended by more than 200 guests and hosted by the BBC Today Programme Presenter, Justin Webb.This latest accolade for the Portakabin Group follows a number of significant awards this year which have included Yorkshire’s Environmental Business of the Year.The award judges carried out a thorough business assessment of the company, which looked at its financial performance and its approach to innovation. * information@portakabin.co.uk

( 0845 401 0010

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D R Services provides contemporary ladder solution for ancient abbey

Providing access to storage spaces within the choir vestry, a bespoke MWE Vario telescopic library ladder has been supplied and installed by D R Services as part of a £2.87m development project at Wymondham Abbey in Norfolk. Thanks to swivelling head technology and rollers, the 2.7m high Vario ladder slides smoothly on a continuous 25mm stainless steel running rail.

It is able to move conveniently across corners and along curved sections of the rail to access any of the cupboards on each of the three walls without needing to be lifted off. When not in use the ladder can be stored vertically. * info@drservices.co.uk

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Building Elements Saracen ‘pushes the boat out’ for Grip Media

Get ready for the TTA awards with a round of golf

This year the TTA Golf Day at The Belfry takes place on Saturday 14th May – the same day as the annual TTA Awards gala evening. The Golf Day will be a great opportunity to meet up with industry colleagues for 18 holes of golf. The Golf Day starts at The Belfry from 8am with a drinks reception at Sam’s Bar to follow.

All the prizes for the day are sponsored

by Mapei, to whom the TTA is very grateful. Tickets for the evening awards are still available. Single places cost £160 + VAT, tables for 10 are also available at £1440 + VAT. 8 www.ttaawards.com * awards@tile.org.uk ( 0300 365 8453

Saracen Interiors has taken to the water for its new client, Grip Media. Saracen Interiors has completed the refurbishment of a boat at Canary Wharf, giving Grip Media a refurbished and branded space to house its growing team.The fast-track, refurbishment project, completed within four weeks by Saracen Small Works division, included the adding of partitions, mending to the roof and floor areas, the replacement of worn panels and the installation of new fixtures and fittings which has generally refreshed the space.The office now boasts a feature wall and a bar, complete with a mural that complements the brand. * enquiries@saraceninteriors.com

( 0208 226 2161

Stepping out with steel – reimage of 140 Fenchurch Street

Standing out in London is not easy, especially if you are located in the shadows of the city’s skyscrapers. However, Bogle Architects did just that with its reinvention of the entrance to 140 Fenchurch Street, thanks to the workmanship of Marzorati Ronchetti – a leading Italian manufacturer of specialist metalwork.

The geometry of the wall is achieved using interlinked, highly polished, stainless steel convex panels, extending from the lobby interior through the glazed facade.The wall’s finely detailed design was custom-made by Marzorati Ronchetti, whose international portfolio includes Louis Vuitton’s Milan showroom and the lobby area for 30 St Mary Axe, in London.

* info@marzoratironchetti.it

( +39 045 820 4222

TradePoint and Safecontractor secure supplies at trade price

Safecontractor, one of the UK’s fastest growing health and safety schemes, has joined forces with building supplies giant TradePoint to instantly qualify its 25,000 health and safety proficient contractors for TradePoint membership.

Safecontractor members can now purchase from 12,000 kitchens, bathrooms and building materials at trade pricing. Safecontractor’s service takes the hassle out of the ever increasing burden that health and safety legislation places on managing contractors. Safecontractor enables constructors to reduce risk by establishing and maintaining a compliant, approved contractor list, and can also identify and flag contractors who pose a risk to the business. * info@trade-point.co.uk

( 03330 143097

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Foremans starts work on project for Hampshire County Council Foremans Relocatable Building Systems, part of the Portakabin Group and the UK’s largest supplier of refurbished Portakabin buildings, has started work on a contract worth in the region of £500,000 to construct a youth centre in Romsey, Hampshire. Foremans is constructing the building from recycled steel modules fitted out with new fixtures and fittings, a faster and highly sustainable alternative to site-based construction methods, but with no compromise on quality.

This innovative approach will reduce work onsite to just 10 weeks so the new facilities will be up and running for use by the local community at a much earlier stage. * info@foremansbuildings.co.uk

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Polyflor presents Expona SimpLay loose lay LVT

Polyflor has recently launched the Expona SimpLay PUR range of loose lay luxury vinyl tiles as the latest addition to the Expona family of premium vinyl floorcoverings.

The Expona SimpLay collection of loose lay vinyl tiles and planks for heavy commercial interiors offers authentic reproductions of beautiful, natural materials presented in an adhesive-free, ready to lay product designed to reduce installation time.

Expona SimpLay’s non-skid honeycomb backing layer and thicker 5mm gauge ensures that the tiles stay in position to create a hardwearing floorcovering for high traffic environments such as the office, retail and leisure sectors.

8 www.polyflor.com * info@polyflor.com ( 01617 671111

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Building Elements Saracen secures major structural refurbishment project

Saracen Interiors has commenced work onsite in Hammersmith for one of its existing blue chip clients.The structural refurbishment project, valued at approximately £1m, has been undertaken by Saracen Facilities, the company’s FM division, and involves a rolling programme of maintenance and repair work. Saracen has worked for the client for over a decade, carrying out fit outs and small works across the company’s UK commercial property portfolio.This latest project includes repairs to the roof areas and brickwork, and the refurbishment of the carpark, which has been waterlogged. All work is being carried out around tenants with minimum disruption. * enquiries@saraceninteriors.com

( 0208 226 2161

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Portakabin wins three awards for work with apprenticeships

The Portakabin Group has won three awards for its outstanding work with apprenticeships – two National Apprenticeship Awards for Yorkshire and the Humber, and Large Employer of the Year at the York Apprenticeship Awards.The National Apprenticeship Awards recognise excellence in businesses that grow their own skilled workforce through apprentices. The Portakabin Group was the regional winner in the ‘Large Employer’ category and Martin Kennedy, Production and Logistics Trainer, won the award for ‘Apprenticeship Champion of the Year’.The company has also been recognised at the York Apprenticeship Awards, where it won the ‘Large Employer of the Year’ category for the second consecutive year. * information@portakabin.co.uk

( 0845 401 0010

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Novus breathes life into New Vic Theatre Novus Property Solutions has extended and refurbished the renowned New Vic Theatre in a project funded by Arts Council England.The New Vic Theatre in Newcastle-under-Lyme has been given a comprehensive update, including an extension and makeover of the theatre’s front of house area.The enclosure of the former balcony area was a key element of the works – the Novus team also refurbished all of the public areas within the theatre.The Arts Council England grant also enabled the remodelling of the theatre’s cafe bar, and the creation of new seating areas in underused areas of the building.

8 www.novussolutions.co.uk * info@novussolutions.co.uk ( 01782 598000

7000 series of Digital Moisture Meters

FIT Show closed the deal for seal-lite Jim and Chris Shearn of Seal-Lite Group needed a welder but put their buying decisions on hold until the FIT Show, which allowed them to compare machines side-by-side. Jim explained: “There were a number of welding machines at the FIT Show, in particular a welding machine which had features over and above others.”

Jim is one of a large band of professionals that use the show as a hub for company purchasing activities. More than 175 exhibitors are taking part at the FIT Show, at The International Centre,Telford, on the 12–14th of April. Entry is free.

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The 7000 series Moisture Meters are compact handheld instruments designed for building professionals and tradesmen. Both units incorporate an easy-to-read LED display. Five different colour-coded measurement scales are included – wood 1, wood 2, plaster, concrete and a reference scale, measuring moisture over the range 0.1 to 40.0%. Two specific models are available, the 7000 with a remote probe and the 7250 with an integral probe.

Readings are instant, precise and specific to the contact area of the two pins. Optional extras include a colour-coded protective silicone boot, a deep wall probe and a heavy-duty hammer probe. * sales@etiltd.com

( 01903 202151

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Trailflex improves grip for steep golf club path Trailflex, the highly flexible porous paving system from Langford Direct, has been specified at Heysham Golf Course to improve safety for its members. The golf club worked with Langford Direct to apply the material to an extremely steep embankment. Created using recycled car tyres, Trailflex proved to be the ideal solution for the golf club’s requirements to stabilise a steep pathway, adding extra grip for pedestrians and golf trolleys. Trailflex has proved to be an ideal paving solution for a wide range of public applications due to its highly porous and flexible qualities. * info@trailflex.co.uk

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