| Sir Jeremy Dixon confirmed to present the Wood Awards 2010 - 08/09/2010 | News |
Sir Jeremy Dixon of Dixon Jones, will compère this year’s Wood Awards at the Carpenter’s Hall on the 21st October 2010. Winner of the 2009 Gold Award for London’s Kings Place Concert Hall, Sir Jeremy will be joined on stage by representatives from the winning and highly commended projects in each of the five categories; Commercial & Public Access, Conservation & Restoration, Private and Small Project, Structural and Furniture. He will also present the coveted Gold Award to the winner of winners.
| Tile Depot introduces stylish bathroom mirrors and furniture in selected stores - 08/09/2010 | Products |
Tile Depot has launched a range of stylish accessories for bathrooms, cloakrooms and en-suites in selected stores. The brand new selection of beautifully-designed mirrors, a handsome, modern cabinet and a range of bathroom furniture and basin units in a variety of modern finishes is now available from Tile Depot’s flagship store in Slough. Selected from the HiB collection of quality bathroom products - known for its passion for quality, style and innovation – the furniture and accessories now enhance Tile Depot’s showroom displays and provide customers with even more choice as well as the opportunity to add superb practical and finishing touches to their bathrooms, from under one roof.
| ‘Big Society’ could change the face - and insides - of Police stations - 08/09/2010 | News |
The new government's "Big Society" is coming to the Police, and with it a likely demand for law enforcement agency building design to clearly demonstrate how it can help police officers work more efficiently and engage more with local communities. Mark Leeson, a director of property and construction consultancy McBains Cooper, says that design and development emphasis will be influenced by a shift towards local accountability and local tailoring of police activities to address specific regional and community-based issues.
| Steve’s Himalaya challenge - 08/09/2010 | News |
Action-man Steve Lea is preparing to bike, trek and white-water raft a gruelling 20km circuit in the Himalayas all to raise money for disadvantaged youngsters. Father-of-two Steve, from Upton is part of a team of six Lafarge Aggregates & Concrete UK employees taking part in The Himalaya Challenge in aid of The Prince’s Trust. As part of the challenge Steve, and colleagues, Gill Sol, Tony Smith, Matt Gibbs, Scott Wegener and Jane Tebbatt, who are all based in the south, must raise £21,000.
| kbb London launches website… - 08/09/2010 | News |
kbb London, the capital’s only dedicated kitchens, bedrooms and bathrooms exhibition, has unveiled it’s new website. It is the central resource for UBM’s three kbb portfolio products: kbb London, kbb Birmingham and kbb News. kbb London was launched in June to cater to industry demand and will show products from mid to high end with dedicated areas for kitchens, bathrooms and tiles. It will cover three halls of ExCeL and target both the contract and retail sectors, providing access to the thousands of interior designers, architects, retailers, contractors, property developers, merchants, hoteliers and bar owners currently sourcing KBB products in the South East.
| Gorenje’s washing machines offer true water efficiency - 08/09/2010 | Products |
The latest washing machines from Gorenje, the Slovenian manufacturer famed for its creative and innovative appliances, are excellent examples of its commitment to developing new environmentally friendly technology and saving our planet’s valuable and finite resources. At a time when experts, practitioners, decision makers and leaders from around the globe gather in Stockholm for World Water Week, Gorenje’s wide range of washing machines offer the discerning consumer a variety of ‘green’ benefits that can help cut their bills and protect the environment.
| Caring about construction - 08/09/2010 | Application |
A new high quality campus aiming to achieve ‘very good’ environmental ratings is taking that grading through to its construction techniques. West Cheshire College has commissioned two new campuses, at Ellesmere Port and Chester, at a cost of £65m, aimed at providing high quality facilities to improve vocational opportunities in the area. Being built by BAM Construction, the core of the 19,500m2, five- storey Ellesmere Port build has been created using large format structural insulated panels (SIPs), manufactured, supplied and installed by McVeigh Insulations.
| New owners Media 10 to host Scotland’s Ideal Home Show in May 2011 - 08/09/2010 | News |
Making their long awaited debut in Scotland, Media 10 is delighted to announce they will be re-launching the Ideal Home Show Scotland. Held at the Scottish Exhibition & Conference Centre (SECC) Glasgow, Ideal Home Show Scotland will take place over four days (27th-30th May 2011) and is set to be Scotland’s biggest consumer home interest event. Set across 12,000 square metres at the SECC, Ideal Home Show Scotland will follow a similar format to the revamped and award-winning London show with 7 dedicated sections: Ideal Interiors, Ideal Home Improvements, Ideal Gardens, Ideal Shopping, Ideal Woman, Ideal Food and the Ideal Village.
| V.J. Technology appoints new Managing Director - 08/09/2010 | People |
V.J. Technology, one of the UK’s leading manufacturers and distributors of fixings, fastenings, power tools and consumables, has announced the appointment of Pietro Grandesso as Managing Director. With over 15 years experience in the fixings and construction sectors in Europe and the UK, Pietro brings with him a wealth of experience and specialist knowledge to the role. He will oversee all operational activities across V.J. Technology whilst strategically aligning the company’s activities across all sites.
| JELD-WEN makes choosing Part L-compliant windows easy - 08/09/2010 | News |
JELD-WEN, one of the UK’s leading joinery manufacturers, has made it really easy to meet the revised Part L Building Regulations due to take effect in October. All JELD-WEN windows across the full range of styles and designs are fully compliant with the new requirements. The Part L regulations relating to replacement windows and doors come into effect on 1st October this year and require an enhanced Window Energy Rating (WER) of at least Band C (WER) or achieve a whole window U-value of 1.6 W/m2K or better.
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