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Composite manhole: Composite manhole covers demonstrate safety and security properties that cannot be replicated by metal rivals

(30/01/2012)

More and more utilities, local authorities and councils are opting to fit new-generation composite manhole/access covers in the light of irrefutable evidence, resulting from comparative material tests which, in terms of safety and security, prove metal covers are no longer fit-for purpose for use on today’s UK roads and highways. The inherent properties of composite materials make them ideal for the manhole environment and Structural Science Composite (SSC), whose products are generally rega... [more]

Cadogan Gate refurbishment scheme: ISG Takes Second Cadogan Estate Scheme In Chelsea

(03/01/2012)

ISG will start a £2.9 million project by Cadogan Estate to transform two existing properties in Chelsea into six, self-contained luxury apartments. The second contract that ISG has secured with the client, it follows the successful completion of the 3 Cadogan Gate refurbishment scheme last year. Cadogan is chaired by the Earl of Cadogan, whose family assets make up the Estate. The property is located in the exclusive Cadogan Gardens near Sloane Square. The two buildings have already been st... [more]

carbon reduction: Planet Positive Buildings: Cut carbon, save the Rainforest, engage local communities

(30/12/2011)

Planet Positive launched their Building Certification programme at Deloitte on 28th November 2011 with over 100 invited guests from the built environment. Speakers at the launch included Paul King, UKGBC, Simon Cox, Prologis and Marco Marijewycz, Zero Carbon Hub who provided an insight into the regulatory drive to reduce whole-life carbon as well as the business case. The Planet Positive Building Certification for new buildings verifies embodied and operational carbon reduction, helps save en... [more]

CS104 window and door system: Reynaers Aluminium 's key themes will be sustainability and thermal efficiency at ECOBUILD 2012

(28/12/2011)

Demonstrating both sustainability and thermal efficiency, Reynaers Aluminium will be showcasing a number of thermally improved systems at EcoBuild 2012 including its market leading window and door system, CS104, ideal for passive construction. Also featured on the stand will be CF77 Concept Folding sliding doors, CS38 slimline, steel replacement windows, Airmax parallel opening windows, CW50 Hi thermally improved curtain walling and examples of the company’s sunscreening products. A high i... [more]

Construction No1 Kingsway: £40 Million Scheme At No.1 Kingsway completed by ISG

(01/12/2011)

A challenging £40 million mixed-use project for developer, UK & European Developments, at the prestigious No.1 Kingsway address in London’s West End, has been successfully completed by ISG . The technically complex programme saw the demolition of much of the existing building with the retention of just the Aldwych and Drury Lane elevations and the addition of two new floors of accommodation – achieved without an increase in the building’s overall height. The original eight-storey building,... [more]

Confined Spaces Training: CONFINED SPACES – INVISIBLE DANGERS - Businesses could be putting themselves at huge risk by not knowing that they have a confined space within their work environment.

(24/11/2011)

Businesses could be putting themselves at huge risk by not knowing that they have a confined space within their work environment. Confined spaces are not just underground and what is one day not classed as a confined space can quickly become one, through very subtle changes like a change in the weather. Under the Confined Spaces Regulations 1997 act, a confined space can be: “any place, including any chamber, tank, vat, silo, pit, trench, pipe, sewer, flue, well or other similar space in whi... [more]