Kawneer Introduces an Enhanced Expansion Joint to accommodate Building Movement

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View the Kawneer entry on BPi Visit the Kawneer website Today’s requirement for building facades to incorporate increased levels of building movement has been met by Kawneer with the introduction of a curtain wall system with superior capabilities to counter slab deflection. Kawneer has launched a fully CWCT tested version of its AA®110 curtain wall system with an expansion joint that will …

DANFOSS STREAMLINES TIME CONTROLS

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View the Danfoss entry on BPi Visit the Danfoss website Danfoss has streamlined its high efficiency range of Time controls for domestic heating and hot water systems. The redesigned TS710 and FP720 replace all existing Danfoss timers as part of a major rationalisation programme that gives installers a simpler choice without compromising any features and benefits for end-users. Designed by …

Procter Contracts launches Pro-Secure SR1 and SR2 security-rated entrance gates

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View the Procter entry on BPindex Visit the Procter website Procter Contracts is launching the Pro-Secure family of security-rated entrance gates comprising SR1 and SR2 swing gates and sliding gates. Swing gates are available in single-leaf and double-leaf formats, and all of the new gates can be manufactured in a variety of sizes for use at vehicle and pedestrian access …

Non-Penetrative Balustrading from Dani Alu (UK) Ltd

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View the Dani Alu entry on BPindex Visit the Dani Alu website ‘Panorama C-ST®’ is a freestanding balustrade from Dani Alu offering a non-penetrative, aluminium balustrade system suitable for all designs and styles of publicly accessible balcony and roof terraces.     Making flat roofs an asset A communal space on a new-build apartment block; a break-out space for employees …

Birmingham city centre project provided with perfect cladding solution thanks to Aquarian

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View the Aquarian Cladding Systems entry on BPindex Visit the Aquarian Cladding Systems website Leading external cladding supplier Aquarian Cladding Systems has provided the perfect solution for a £17m project in Birmingham. Main contractor Colmore Tang selected the experienced ALD Group from the Aquarian Approved Installer Network to install Aquarian’s unique insulating brick cladding system Gebrik on the Granville Lofts …

Safesite Scores with Wolverhampton Wanderers FC

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View the Safesite entry on BPindex Visit the Safesite website Safesite has provided Wolverhampton Wanderers FC with a bespoke rooftop safety solution to allow the Club to video training sessions safely at height. Wolverhampton Wanderers’ training premises at the Sir Jack Hayward Training Ground, has recently undergone significant redevelopment to enhance the players’ facilities and to create a ‘Category 1’ Academy.  In …

UK consumers: “We need communities, not just homes”

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View the Eurocell entry on BPindex Visit the Eurocell website Two-thirds of UK residents feel that too much focus is placed solely on the construction of new homes, as opposed to rounded communities with supporting infrastructure, new research has found. The Future Communities Report has been published by Eurocell plc, the UK’s leading manufacturer, distributor and recycler of PVC-U window, …

Fire Regulation Compliance for Roofs

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View the Radmat entry on BPindex Visit the Radmat website Following the Grenfell Tragedy in June 2017, and the subsequent investigations, the Governments of England and Scotland made significant changes to their respective Regulations related to fire performance.   Approved Document B Volumes 1 and 2 in England, and Technical Handbook Annex 2.C and 2.F in Scotland, introduced a new category …

Howe Green supplies floor access covers for inspirational university building

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View the Howe Green entry on BPindex Visit the Howe Green website Howe Green supplied over fifty aluminium floor access covers for the award winning Collaborative Teaching Laboratory (CTL) at the University of Birmingham’s Edgbaston Campus. The CTL is part of a £40 million plus investment by the university into Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) subjects. The new purpose …

PROVIDING SAFE ACCESS OVER ANY ROOFTOP OBSTACLE

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View the Kee Safety entry on BPindex Visit the Kee Safety website View the Kee Safety step-over platform product details Navigating a roof across pipework, low level walls, changes in levels and installed equipment can present a problem. Entire areas of the roof space can become inaccessible making maintenance difficult or even impossible. Ben Rutter from Kee Safety discusses why …