Thermal Efficiency: Starting from the Top – Bilco UK

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View the Bilco UK entry on BPindex Visit the Bilco UK website In addition to enabling safe and easy access to a roof area, whilst also providing a potential means of escape in an emergency, roof access solutions can contribute to a building’s thermal performance. With climate change targets and sustainability putting the thermal efficiency of a building higher on …

Bilco UK sets the standard for safety at Glasgow Housing Development

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View the Bilco entry on BPindex Visit the Bilco website Glasgow’s latest redevelopment project, located on Langside Road, is built upon the former site of the city’s Victoria Infirmary and consists of a large housing development that includes 413 flats, offices and retail space. The 3.75 hectare site, which is situated next to Queen’s Park on the south side of …

Three things to consider when specifying Roof Access Hatches

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View the Bilco UK entry on BPi Visit the Bilco UK website When choosing roof access hatches for commercial or residential projects, there are a number of factors that must be addressed at the initial design stages in order to not only achieve a successful specification, but also deliver safe and sufficient access for the entire lifecycle of the building. …

Safe Access for the new Albukhary Foundation Gallery of the Islamic World

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View the Bilco entry on BPindex Visit the Bilco website Bilco UK supplied twenty one special size Ladder Access Roof Hatches to the British Museum’s newest gallery.  After three years of careful planning, research and collaboration the Albukhary Foundation Gallery of the Islamic World opened in October 2018. The new, permanent, exhibition space is a result of the renovation and …

From medieval priest doors to a modern means of access…

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View the Bilco entry on BPi Visit the Bilco website Bilco UK has supplied an innovative replacement roof hatch for a medieval church in Norfolk. St Mary’s is one of the 653 churches within the Diocese of Norwich. It is an interesting and unique site with three medieval churches sitting within one churchyard. St Michael’s, was refurbished in 2011 and is used …

Continuing Professional Development (CPD) – for the stressed and overworked!

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View the Bilco entry on BPi Visit the Bilco website We are all aware that CPD is obligatory for architects in the UK. With Chartered Members of the Royal Institute of British Architects having to undertake 35 hours of learning every year,    20 of which must come from the 10 mandatory RIBA Core Curriculum topics, just how easy is it …