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SE Controls receives exceptional service from Barbour Product Search – naturally
(17/05/2012)
SE Controls, the UK’s leading supplier of specialist smoke and natural ventilation systems, tells us how the opportunities presented through Barbour Product Search and the service provided by the team has helped to widen the company’s exposure to their target market. Working in virtually every sector of the industry, from housing to commercial, leisure to retail, SE Controls offers a wealth of experience in the design, supply installation, com... [more]
Meet the Buyer: Open Day for Local Sub-Contractors Interested in £80m PFI Project(16/05/2012)
Miller Construction and Cofely, as part of the Blue Light Partnership consortium is extending an invitation to subcontractors based in the Somerset and Avon area to an open day to find out more about becoming involved in the £80m Avon and Somerset Police Accommodation PFI Project. Subcontractors with experience working on medium to large sized projects are invited to attend The Exchange, Express Park, Bristol Road, Bridgwater, TA6 4RR on Wedne... [more]
J D Neuhaus : Purpose designed BOP handling system with reduced profile(15/05/2012)
A purpose-designed BOP handling system comprising twin air-operated monorail hoists, with a joint lifting capacity of 200 tonnes has been supplied by J D Neuhaus. These hoists are a special compact design which has been developed to suit on-site operational requirements and each hoist represents a 45% reduction in the horizontal profile length compared to the JDN standard EH-100 product. These compact hoists run in parallel on two overhead bea... [more]
UK Housing Policy in a Derelict State says Scape(15/05/2012)
Housing is a hot topic at the moment. With the recently published new planning rules, there is much debate about whether the Government has gone far enough to encourage affordable housing developments so more low earners can step off rental or council tenancy lists and onto the property ladder. Scape, a local authority controlled company that delivers cost and time savings to public sector construction projects across the UK, has a view on th... [more]
SCAPE SET TO CONNECT AT BUILDING FUTURE EDUCATION (BFE) EVENT(15/05/2012)
‘Connect,’ the UK’s first standardised fixed price schools extension will be launched in London at this week’s BFE exhibition, the country’s only dedicated event for the education space building sector. The new product is being brought to the education market by Scape, Derbyshire County Council (DCC) and Faithful+Gould (F+G) and brings together the procurement and design expertise of all three organisations in one place. Scape, the loca... [more]
Calor Gas chooses Quartix telematics
for its national delivery and service fleets
(10/05/2012)
Quartix, one of the UK’s leading vehicle tracking service providers, has equipped Calor Gas’s national delivery and service fleets with real-time telematics. A total of 520 of the £400-million company’s vehicles, including Scanias, Renaults, Dafs and large tri-axle tanker trailers – operating from centres across the country – have been installed with the award-winning Quartix telematics solution. David Brown, Calor’s fleet asset manager, ex... [more]
Construction Specialties launches On-Product transparency label for core product Acrovyn® 4000(09/05/2012)
Manufacturer of high-performing architectural products, Construction Specialties (C/S) has released a transparency label for their acclaimed, Cradle to Cradle CertifiedCM Gold interior wall protection product, Acrovyn® 4000. This milestone marks the first time that a building product manufacturer is making publicly available a product's material make-up as well as a multi-attribute third-party certification. This level of disclosure by the compan... [more]
SITECH Allegheny Established for Heavy Civil Construction Contractors(08/05/2012)
Last week, Trimble announced that a SITECH® Technology Dealer has been established to serve the northern portions of Maryland, West Virginia and the state of Pennsylvania, with the exception of the Philadelphia metro area. SITECH Allegheny joins the premier network of SITECH dealerships—the first fully dedicated global distribution network offering the most comprehensive portfolio of construction technology systems available to the heavy civil c... [more]
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