2015
Annual Report The Council for Aluminium in Building
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Mission & Contents
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CAB’s Mission is ‘to promote the use of aluminium in building by being the recognised voice of the sector’.
President’s Report
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Chief Executive’s Report
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Technical Director’s Report
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Thames Journey
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Technical Conference
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CAB News 1
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State of Market Confidence
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CAB News 2
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Membership Benefits
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Selected Achievements in 2015
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Membership 18 Industry Bodies
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President’s Report Mo Panam
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n our 21st Anniversary year, I am delighted, as your President, to be able to celebrate our busiest ever 12 month period which is summarised in this report. During this time our sector has continued to grow, with the latest Construction Products Association figures forecasting a rate of 3.6% for 2015 and 3.8% in 2016. Our own CAB State of Market Survey for Q3, 2015 shows 75% of respondents, on balance, are anticipating sales will rise over the next year and virtually every CAB member respondent is anticipating greater capital expenditure across a range of metrics year on year. One of the Board’s roles is to constantly challenge the CAB Team to add value for membership and appeal to the widest possible audience within the Association. Our industry leadership remains imperative and is highlighted by an expanding annual Technical Conference and a leading contractual awareness programme. Whilst we have a significant role to play in representing members in Europe, we also have to increase our profile in the UK and highlight the benefits of our 21st Century material to current and future specifiers and users. I was therefore delighted to see CAB join with FAECF to organise a jointly branded programme entitled ‘Facades Evolution’ at the inaugural Vision exhibition at Olympia in June. We have also exhibited alongside the likes of Skanska and Mott McDonald at the Your Green Future events for young people aged 14-19 in the South West and sponsored the Tectonics Prizes for Students at the Department of Architecture & Built Environment, University of Nottingham. I am particularly encouraged by the influx this year of a wide range of new members, from start-ups to major International brands. With your ongoing support and our hardworking CAB Team I know that we will achieve our expansion goals and in doing so provide you with an Association of which you continue to be proud. CAB Board as at 1 December 2015 Mr K Ashby Joedan Manufacturing (UK) Mr L Jonsson Senior Architectural Systems Mr M Panam Barley Chalu Mr J Palethorpe Sapa Building Systems Mr J Ratcliffe Company Secretary Mr A Toon a2n Management Mr D Trussell Axim Architectural Hardware Mr R Yates AluK (GB)
Chief Executive’s Report Justin Ratcliffe
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e welcome you to our 9th Annual Report.
During 2015 our sector has shown continued recovery from the recession and our State of the Market Surveys have highlighted that the aluminium in building sector continues to outperform the overall construction sector across numerous metrics. The recently launched Palmer Market Research Report for Commercial Glazing predicts a further 20% rise in the market to 2019 and identified aluminium as by far the dominant material with a market share rising to 81% between 2012 and 2014. Our extensive and well supported events programme has again seen leading architects and specifiers present at an interesting variety of venues in Birmingham, Huddersfield, Liverpool, London and Loughborough. In addition we created a 115m2 CAB Pavilion Stand at Ecobuild 2015 in partnership with organisers UBM which was supported by five member companies. The drive to continually provide added value was highlighted in the specialist Contractual Awareness Seminars presented by Geraldine Fleming, Executive Director, Knowles which covered a range of topics including pre and post contract awareness and finance. Together with our annual Technical Conference and new Marketing Forums, CAB aims to provide outstanding learning opportunities with an expanded programme in 2016. CAB seeks to continually raise its profile and during the year uploaded professional quality videos of many of our events onto our YouTube channel. We also launched a major 36 page supplement Aluminium in Building promoting both our 21st Century material and our members. Our 21st Anniversary this year was also an outstanding opportunity to celebrate 120 years of aluminium in architecture. Our Thames Journey, with presentations by world leading architects including Sir Jeremy Dixon, Dixon Jones and Jim Eyre, Wilkinson Eyre, highlighted in the words of our compere, Professor Michael Stacey, that ‘Aluminium has become the background material of contemporary architecture, flexible by design and durable – a servant of sustainability. Aluminium is now a vital component of the backdrop to the River Thames’. In 2016 the CAB Team is committed to deliver ever higher levels of technical and marketing support to you and to continue to provide both valuable and exciting learning and networking opportunities. We thank all our members for their ongoing support.
CAB Staff - as at 1 December 2015 Mr J Ratcliffe - Chief Executive Dr J Furness - Technical Director Mr M Ford - Technical Support Officer Mrs J Harley - Office & Events Manager Mrs J Record - Bookkeeper (Part-time) 7
Technical Director’s Report Justin Furness
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n a heavily regulated industry such as ours with many exacting standards to meet, you can quickly become a follower and not a leader. By that I mean that almost before you realise it, you are responding to the demands that others place on you and not even part of the discussion that established what the demands should be in the first place. This can also add to your feeling that the rules are just a burden, a box to tick, and that you can’t possibly use them to your advantage, when with the right approach and by being involved early, there is usually a market benefit to be had. We have striven to take a leading role in a number of priority technical areas over the past 12 months, determined in conjunction with our Technical Committee, and we provide the following examples. It would be remarkable if you had not heard that Building Information Modelling (BIM) was set to revolutionise our industry, with the government’s April 2016 deadline fast approaching. We have worked closely with members of our Technical Committee and our BIM Working Group in particular to separate the hype and the myth from the reality. Our Guidance Note on the subject has been well received, where we were keen to highlight that BIM is more about people and process than technology in particular. We are heavily involved in the development of Product Data Templates, critical to the success of BIM and where our members need to play a key role, working closely with the BIM4M2 Working Group. We were active in the Housing Standards Review consultation that has now led to the introduction of updated and new building regulations for new housing: notably AD M (accessibility) and AD Q (security). We continue to work closely with colleagues in the industry, DCLG and building control officers to ensure AD Q is implemented properly. With AD Q the link to standards has been keenly felt, as it relies heavily on PAS 24 to demonstrate compliance. Again, we are leading the revision of PAS 24 to ensure CAB members’ products are in scope. Several product standards critical to our sector have been revised recently or are being revised. We are active members of the committees concerned, where we seek to represent members’ interests. The standards concerned include the revision of BS 4873 (CAB lead), EN 14351-1 and EN 13830. A number of pivotal issues for the industry are on the horizon. In particular, Part L and the drive to zero carbon buildings, European window energy labelling and the circular economy. We look forward to receiving members’ input on these topics and to representing your views at national and European levels.
‘Aluminium has become the background material of contemporary architecture, flexible by design and durable – a servant of sustainability. Aluminium is now a vital component of the backdrop to the River Thames’ Professor Michael Stacey
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The Thames Journey O
n 1 October 2015, the Symphony sailed from Embankment Pier with over 240 leading architects, engineers, CAB members and guests to celebrate CAB’s 21st Anniversary and also 120 years of the use of aluminium in architecture. The Journey’s aim was to highlight the long tradition of the use of aluminium along the banks of the River Thames. The compere for the evening was Professor Michael Stacey, Chair in Architecture, The Nottingham School of Architecture, The University of Nottingham and Michael Stacey Architects [S4AA] with Architects from a number of high profile practices on board providing the commentary.
Some of the architects who gave commentaries. Left to right: Grant Booker, Foster & Partners; David Barfield, Marks Barfield Architects; Sir Jeremy Dixon, Dixon Jones; Julia Marks, Marks Barfield Architects and William Matthews, William Matthews Associates
Julia Barfield and David Marks, Marks Barfield Architects, described how they designed the London Eye, completed in 2000, a project they created. Originally a temporary celebration of the millennium, the London Eye is now a permanent landmark on London’s skyline and is visited by 4 million people annually. Many of the Thameside projects discussed were based on existing buildings, which have been restored sympathetically yet enhanced with well designed new elements.These, include Giles Gilbert Scott’s two power stations Bankside, 1952 and 1963 and Battersea 1933. Julian Gregson of Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands reflected on the design of the mixed-use reconstruction of the OXO Tower, which was completed in 1996. The Oxo Tower is topped by a 500-seat restaurant that affords spectacular views of London. The atmosphere in this restaurant is transformed by a soffit of motorised extruded aluminium louvers that appear white in the daytime and midnight blue after dusk. Haydn Thomas of Allford Hall Monaghan Morris explained the design development of the crisp crystalline form of 240 Blackfriars Road from 2005 to 2014. This 19 storey office building is completely clad in high performance argon filled double glazed units, predominately in the form of silicone bonded unitised aluminium curtain walling providing a flush outer surface and crisply detailed edges – delivering the desired crystalline form.
Architects, engineers, CAB members and their guests aboard Symphony
Following the rehabilitation of the former gasworks on Greenwich Marshes and the construction of the Millennium Dome by Richard Rogers Partnership, the number of homes on Greenwich Peninsula has steadily grown. All of the new projects on the peninsula utilise aluminium, from the anodised aluminium cladding of Ravensbourne College, Foreign Office Architects last project, to the windows and curtain walling of the new hotels, offices and apartments.
CAB Technical Conference T 2015
he aluminium in building industry assembled at Loughborough for the sector’s technical event of the year, CAB’s Technical Conference and Exhibition. Over 100 delegates were registered for the programme of 11 highly topical and thought provoking presentations alongside a table-top exhibition of 12 CAB member companies, all under the theme of ‘Fit for the Future’.
Speakers from left to right: Barry Turner, LABC; Luke Smith, National Energy Foundation; Peter Caplehorn, Construction Products Association; Linda Barron, Barron Gould; Duncan Reed, Tekla; Dr Justin Furness, CAB; Anthony Burd, BSi and Dr Mauro Overend, University of Cambridge.
Highlights of the day included Peter Caplehorn, Policy Director and Deputy Chief Executive of the Construction Products Association, who provided the keynote address for the morning session with the title: ‘BIM, Now, Next and New’. Peter started by referring to the construction puzzle: how can everyone involved in a project best work collaboratively? He quickly identified BIM as the industry game changer that is gaining traction in the market now and set to challenge any remnants of the ‘silo’ mentality. Drawing on the experiences of the automotive and aerospace manufacturers in particular, where they have fully embraced digital tools for design, manufacture and distribution, Peter asked why can we not do this for construction?
Robert Berry, Director of Engineering and Innovation at Caunton Engineering provided a steelwork fabricator’s perspective of BIM. Robert stated that whereas it used to be only the drawing office that created models, in recent years where the models are created and, more importantly, where the models are used has changed radically, with people who lack the technical design skills but who know how things are built now actively involved in the design process. Robert asked: ‘If we get the design right, coordinate all the construction interfaces and then build it, is this really all that radical?’ As he concluded, if you decide not to do BIM, opportunities for new work are likely to reduce. Delegates were intrigued by Mauro Overend’s presentation, which summarised recent developments in glass and facade engineering research at the University of Cambridge, where Mauro leads the Glass and Facade Technology Research Group. Mauro explored recent trends to ‘dematerialise’ by creating structures that appear to have no structure and to create facades with complex geometry. The pressure for energy efficiency was also discussed, with the pros and cons for self-adjusting and externally activated solutions. When it comes to regulations and standards, however, Mauro questioned whether they needed to be easier to navigate through, illustrated by reference to a drawing by Escher (he of the impossible structures – a lesson for those of us involved in the development of standards)! Mauro is also involved in the creation of tools to optimise the design of facades, identifying that for a given facade application there can be over 10 to the power 22 permutations of glazing, frame and shading (that’s a 1 followed by 22 zeros…).
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CAB at the Crypt Over 160 CAB members and guests attended the Regional Meeting at The Lutyens Crypt, Metropolitan Cathedral, Liverpool. Presentations were by Chris Ashworth, Owner, Competitive Advantage; Ed Harrison, BIM Manager, Austin-Smith:Lord and Adam Sutherland, Associate Director, Austin-Smith:Lord. Dinner was served in the magnificent Crypt Hall.
CAB Excellent support Contract for CAB Pavilion Seminars
CAB launched a highly rated series of contractual awareness seminars presented by Geraldine Fleming, Executive Director, Knowles.
The 115m2 CAB Pavilion at Ecobuild 2015 incorporated five member company stands and once again proved to be a great success. There were over 40,000 visitors to the show which included 96% of the top 25 architectural practices and also 84% of the top contractors and housebuilders.
State of Market Confidence T
he latest CAB State of the Market figures for Q3, 2015 (left) highlighted that CAB members anticipated growth in sales (75% net balance) over the next 12 months reflecting the strength of the domestic market, which had been driven by the private housing, industrial and infrastructure sectors. The confidence shown was in line with the expectations of further economic and construction growth in 2015 and 2016. In response to ten quarters of rising sales, production appeared to be increasing and spare capacity absorbed. 39% of members reported that they had been operating at over 90% capacity in the past year and 33% forecast that this would be the case in the following 12 months. A further significant positive to contrast with market concerns from the wider Construction market place was that 37% of CAB members were forecasting no constraints on activity over the next 12 months. However, costs had risen for 65% net balance of members over the last year and 75% net balance anticipated them to increase over the next 12 months. Underlying the continued confidence had been the strength of capital investment intentions across all the metrics. In each of the quarters in 2014, there had been a greater commitment (or at least equal) to investment across all the metrics for the 12 months ahead and this had largely continued throughout 2015. The outstanding two areas, as in the previous quarter, were product improvement (80% net balance) and plant/equipment (74% net balance) followed by customer research (50% net balance). The key driver of cost inflation continued to be wages and salaries, reflecting the impact of the rapid rise in the demand for skilled employment. On balance 85% of members reported that wages and salaries rose over the past year. Reflecting wider developments in the global market, fuel costs were lower (for the 5th consecutive quarter) for 50% of members on balance. While a broad decline in large contractors’ order books suggested an element of weakness and uncertainty over the near-term outlook, for CAB members there were still clear signs of confidence ahead.
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Highlighting Aluminium’s Sustainable Benefits Raising awareness of aluminium and sustainability with schoolchildren at a ‘Your Green Future’ event at Bristol University. CAB exhibited at a series of locations, including University West of England and Gloucestershire University, attended by 1,500 young people aged 14-19.
CAB Sponsors Student Prizes
CAB presented the annual Tectonics Prizes to Philip Noone (left) and Sophie Barks (centre) at The Nottingham School of Architecture, The University of Nottingham.
CAB and FAECF Present
CAB and FAECF presented a key seminar entitled ‘The Façade Evolution’ at Vision, a new architectural design and built environment exhibition. The speakers were left to right: Adrian Toon, President, FAECF; Bernard Gilmont, Director Building and Transport Groups, European Aluminium; Anna Wendt, Associate, BuroHappold Engineering and Michael Ramwell, Michael Stacey Architects
Key Membership Benefits
CAB Logo
• Use of the CAB logo which is widely used across the aluminium in building supply chain on literature, stationery and vehicle livery
Continuous Professional Development
• A 7 module RIBA fully approved CPD that is an excellent training tool for new staff as well as gaining the attention of Architects and Specifiers
Influence
• The opportunity to influence future Regulations & Standards through the medium of the CAB Technical and Marketing committees
Marketing Support
• Website providing detailed Members’ pages (www.c-a-b.org.uk) • Sector ezine (www.aluminiuminarchitecture.co.uk)
Market Trends and Intelligence
• Trends, briefings and surveys from the leading industry associations • Quarterly CAB State of the Market Reports and analysis
Membership of a recognised Trade Body
• CAB is the only Trade Body representing the UK Aluminium in Building supply chain
Networking Opportunities
• Major regional meetings with high quality, specialist speakers • Mini-conferences and Marketing Forum events
Product Information
• Monthly updates on relevant topics in the ‘Insight’ Newsletter • Specialised technical publications
Professional Recognition
• CAB is recognised by Government, Professional Institutions, Specifiers and the Industry
Technical Advice and Guidance
• CAB Technical Director and Technical Support Officer, with a wide range of contacts, provide ‘independent’ advice and comment on regulations, standards and best practice
Training Seminars
• Contractual awareness seminars and CPD familiarisation
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Selected Achievements in 2015
Delivered
• ‘Fit for the Future’ Technical Conference with an expanded exhibition of member companies. Speakers covered: Future Facades; Health and Safety Legislation; BIM and Innovation and Digital Design • Over 400 attendees at CAB Regional Members’ Meetings including CAB’s most ambitious event to date - a Thames River Journey for over 240 architects, specifiers, clients and members with presentations from world leading architects
Promotion
• 115m2 feature pavilion incorporating five CAB member stands at Ecobuild, Excel, London • Raised awareness of the sustainability of aluminium to 1,500 14-19 year olds at a series of ‘Your Green Future’ exhibitions
Influenced
• Major contributor to the report ‘Towards ‘zero-carbon’ nondomestic buildings’, prepared by the CIBSE Part L Industry Advisory Group • Co-sponsored the National Energy Foundation facilitated study for the Glass & Glazing Supply Chain Group: ‘Glazing in buildings – reducing energy use’ • Provided crucial input to principal window and door standards including development of prEN 14351-2 and revision of EN 14351-1, BS 4873 and PAS 24
Key Speakers
• Influential key speakers participating at CAB events included: Geraldine Fleming, Executive Director, Knowles; Peter Caplehorn, Policy Director and Deputy Chief Executive, Construction Products Association; Anthony Burd, Head of Construction Sector, British Standards Institution; Dr Mauro Overend, Glass & Façade Technology Research Group, University of Cambridge; Sir Jeremy Dixon, Partner, Dixon Jones and Jim Eyre, Partner, Wilkinson Eyre
Launched
• Series of highly rated Contractual Awareness Seminars presented by Knowles in Birmingham and Huddersfield
Published
• New Guidance Note 22 on Building Information Modelling • 36 page supplement entitled ‘Aluminium in Building’ with Glass & Glazing Products magazine
Sustainability
• Active involvement along with our European partners in the Ecodesign Preparatory Study on Window Products, which could lead to a new European-wide window energy label • European Aluminium Industry’s ‘Sustainability Roadmap Towards 2025’ contributor
Membership Architectural Metalwork
Finishing
AkzoNobel Powder Coatings Axalta Powder Coating Systems UK Barley Chalu Birmingham Powder Coatings Consultants Chemetall a2n Management Powdertech (Corby) Exova Warringtonfire NET Project Management & Consultancy Superior Paint & Powder Coating United Anodisers Placing Leaders Valspar Powder Coatings VINCI Technology Centre UK Vertik-Al Wintech Engineering Contour Casings dani alu UK
Fabricators
Albann Alumet Aluminium Bending Specialists Amberley Doors & Windows APiC UK AWS Turner-Fain Ayrshire Shopfronts Ayton & McKeown Barnshaws Aluminium Bending CDW Systems Clearway Doors & Windows DML Architectural Systems Dortech Architectural Systems Drayton Windows Dutemänn UK Efaflex UK Emperor Shopfitters Euro Signs & Graphics Everglade Windows Granada Secondary Glazing HansenFacades Howells Patent Glazing HW Architectural Joedan Manufacturing (UK) MB Glass Supplies Metalline (Services) Panel Systems Paul Evans Architectural The Standard Patent Glazing Company The Window Glass Company (Bristol) Total Aluminium Systems Unique Window Systems Warwick Glass & Glazing
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Glazing Products
Float Glass Industries Guardian Industries UK Pilkington UK Swisspacer
Hardware
Adams Rite Europe Alpro Architectural Hardware ASSA ABLOY Entrance Systems Aumüller UK Axim Architectural Hardware Caldwell Hardware (UK) Carl F Groupco Centor Europe CiiLOCK Engineering DORMA UK Dyer Environmental Controls GEZE UK High Performance Door Solutions HOPPE (UK) L J Pratley & Partners Peder Nielsen Roto Roof Windows and Hardware Savio SE Controls SFS intec Siegenia-Aubi STAC Titon Hardware WindowMaster Control Systems Winkhaus (UK) Yale Door and Window Solutions
Machinery Suppliers Elumatec UK Emmegi (UK)
Repair and Maintenance
Commercial Windows & Doors
Roofing Components Dales Fabrications Guttercrest
Shading Devices
AW Louvers & Ventilation Renson Fabrications
Software Design & Supply BM Aluminium Soft Tech
Systems Design & Supply
AluK (GB) Aluprof UK Architectural & Metal Systems Comar Architectural Aluminium Systems iKON Aluminium Systems HUECK UK Jack Aluminium Systems Kawneer UK Kaye Building Systems Metal Technology RAICO UK Reynaers Sapa Building Systems Schueco UK Senior Architectural Systems Smart Architectural Aluminium Technal
Thermal Barrier Products Ensinger Building Products Technoform BAUTEC Watkiss Thermalbreak
Weatherproofing Reddiplex SealEco Tremco illbruck
Industry Bodies CAB is a member of the following industry bodies:
CAB also works closely with these organisations:
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