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Building Products & Structures
Compact sliding door system for indoor doors weblink
Small, stylish and simple to install, the Levolan 60 manual sliding door system from GEZE UK, developed for lighter indoor doors of 60kg or less, uses small fittings integrated into a slim 50mm-high hidden runner. It is suitable for wood, glass or metal door leaves.
Safedoors new composite door style success at the FIT Show weblink
Sales team busy at Safedoors following on from the successful launch of the Newmarket and the Chepstow styles of composite doors at the FIT Show. Safedoors have a manufacturing capacity in excess of 1500 doors per week and their website offers on-line ordering, latest new product information and links to latest retail brochures.
Building Services
FMS internet control system from REHAU linked to underfloor heating system weblink
The first REHAU FMS remote access control system has been installed in a prestigious North London home, providing individual temperature management in every heating zone plus on-demand reporting of heating and cooling statistics. REHAU’s FMS internet interface control system offers users cost-effective control of their underfloor heating or cooling system via Bluetooth, smart phone, tablet or PC.
High temperature heat pump system for heating and cooling weblink
The Daikin VRVIII-Total Solution (TS) air-to-air and air-to-water high temperature (HT) heat pump system is suitable for the production of hot water for use with radiator and underfloor heating. The system has been designed to offer simultaneous heating and cooling, ventilation and the production of sanitary hot water. Optimum comfort levels are achieved through the use of modular units which offer reduced running costs and maximum energy efficiency.
Information Technology
Evolution M construction accounting software specified by Facilitas SMC weblink
Integrity Software case study looks why building contractors Facilitas SMC switched to construction specific Evolution M accounting software that provided an integrated construction financial system that made monitoring costs and sales across SMC’s four main revenue streams visible in real time.
RSAP+ Green Deal and EPC software in Green Deal first weblink
British Gas advisor uses Stroma Certification’s RSAP+ Green Deal and EPC software package, the first software on the market to connect direct to the Green Deal Finance Company, thus avoiding requirements for separate data entry.
Interiors
Duŝo shower column designed for group shower installations videoweblink
Horne Engineering VIDEO demonstrates the key features of the new Duso shower column for ‘group’ shower installations in school and team sport facilities, leisure centres and swimming pools. Out-performing all other group timed flow control showers, the Duso also offers a wide array of colours and interior design styles.
Stainless steel toilets from Franke get updated weblink
Franke Washrooms Systems has redesigned its stainless steel WCs, incorporating a single-piece P-Trap and an improved shape to the bowl. The range offers cost savings, water savings and specifying advantages for specifiers.
Security and Fire Protection
Impact of BIM on building design and construction weblink
As the building industry responds to the demand by Government for collaborative 3D Building Information Modeling (BIM) on projects, David Wigglesworth, Managing Director of ASSA ABLOY Security Solutions, discusses the impact of BIM and his own division’s plans to deliver BIM objects to assist the industry with specification in future projects.
CLIQ remote lock cylinders and security keys from Abloy specified for medicine management weblink
Abloy UK’s case study looks at the impact of its high security CLIQ Remote cylinder and security key system supplied to manage access to the drug cabinets at Scunthorpe General Hospital, Northern Lincolnshire. Abloy’s CLIQ Remote system replaced traditional mechanical lock systems, resulting in significant cost and time savings and improved medicine security.
Video of the Week
Newton Diathonite natural compound all-in-one insulating plaster videoweblink
VIDEO demonstrates how Newton Diathonite, a premixed plaster, fibre-reinforced with cork, clay powders and natural hydraulic lime with top thermal and acoustic properties, provides a hard wearing thermal barrier for both internal and external applications. Diathonite creates an seamless thermal barrier, eliminating the risk of cold bridging within the structure, and can be spray-applied using a plastering pump, or hand applied.
Features
Impact of BIM on building design and construction weblink
As the building industry responds to the demand by Government for collaborative 3D Building Information Modeling (BIM) on projects, David Wigglesworth, Managing Director of ASSA ABLOY Security Solutions, discusses the impact of BIM and his own division’s plans to deliver BIM objects to assist the industry with specification in future projects.
Case Studies
Cedar shingles and shakes feature in Sustainable Roofs Award weblink
John Brash case study includes the role played by their Western Red cedar shingles and shakes in the construction of Sophie’s House in Hereford, a residential care home for the profoundly disabled, creating a sculptural curved shape. The building, designed by Paul Lodge of Jamieson Associates, won the ’Sustainable roofs - Shingle and Shakes’ at the recent Roofing Awards.