View the BLÜCHER entry on BPindex Visit the BLÜCHER website At BLÜCHER, we pride ourselves on providing top-notch drainage solutions that enhance the safety, hygiene, and efficiency of community spaces. Two prime examples of our successful partnerships are the Abraham Moss Leisure Centre and the Knaresborough Leisure Centre, both of which have chosen our innovative products to elevate their facilities …
The Low Down on EPDS
View the Wavin entry on BPindex Visit the Wavin website The lowdown on Environmental Product Declarations and their importance for sustainable construction in the UK. The construction sector has been dialling up its approach to sustainability for decades, adding new resources to the sustainability toolkit year-on-year. Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) are one of the latest additions helping developers and specifiers …
CPD Approval for Delta Membrane Systems Limited
View the Delta Membranes entry on BPindex RIBA approved CPD Seminars – Delta Membranes Technical – Delta Membranes Video Suite – Delta Membranes Delta Membrane Systems Limited is delighted to announce their ‘Waterproofing – The Application of Concrete Combinations Type A, B, and C Systems for Continual Professional Development (CPD)’, has received endorsement from the Royal Institute of British Architects …
Vertu BMW Exeter – Superior Rendering with ProBead and ProWall Systems
View the SAS Render Systems entry on BPindex Visit the SAS Render Systems website Vertu BMW Exeter, a prominent car dealership, undertook a major rendering project to enhance the aesthetic and thermal properties of the external aspects of their showroom. McCarthy Contractors spearheaded the application, utilising SAS Render Systems flagship products ProRend, ProBead and ProWall to achieve a seamless and …
Vertical Opportunity with Creative Structural Integrity
View the Grass Concrete entry on BPindex Visit the Grass Concrete website Vertical Opportunity with Creative Structural Integrity The Betoconcept range of earth retaining walls from Grass Concrete Ltd combine both structure and aesthetics. This hospital re-development featured a number Betoconcept earth retaining walls. One was a challenging construction, requiring a 4-metre-high wall, which had to work around contiguous concrete …
Eurocell’s InSite window system, revolutionising construction efficiency in Inverness
View the Eurocell entry on BPindex Visit the Eurocell website Eurocell’s InSite system transformed window installation for a block of four terraced houses in Inverness Windows were manufactured at Pinefield Glass incorporated the InSite hinge with the cavity barrier Kirkwood Timber Frame integrated the windows into timber frame panels The panels were then transported to site and erected over two days; speeding …
Securing Safety: ACO’s Bespoke Escape Hatch is a Runway Success
View the ACO entry on BPindex Visit the ACO website When an outdoor emergency escape hatch needed replacing at Heathrow airport, it was vital the solution could be installed quickly to minimise disruptions to air traffic as much as possible. With no escaping the difficulties inherent to projects carried out at the world’s fourth busiest airport, the contractors reached out …
How to use fillers to improve and repair exteriors
View the Toupret entry on BPindex Visit the Toupret website It’s summertime once again, and so attention is turning to outside jobs for trade professionals up and down the country (when the weather allows, that is). Typically geared towards refreshing and restoring a property’s exterior, the work may be varied, but can be made simpler. There are plenty of filler …
Is this the end of the road for Modular MMC?
View the H+H entry on BPindex Visit the H+H website Volumetric construction is not the panacea for the housebuilding industry the previous government had hoped it would be. Offsite pioneer Modulous was the most recent casualty of the current swathe of modular building company bankruptcies. This, despite the fact that Modulous, describing itself as a “kit of parts”, had none …
Jaga UK opens new low-carbon showroom and training facility in Herefordshire
View the Jaga UK entry on BPindex Visit the Jaga UK website Jaga UK, designers and manufacturers of innovative, sustainable heating, cooling, and ventilation systems, has officially opened its new purpose-built low-carbon facility in Ledbury, Herefordshire. The state-of-the-art facility, named ‘Kriekels House’ after the company’s founding family, was opened on 20 June with a ceremony attended by Jaga employees, customers, …