New joint venture launches handbook
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Constructive Details Ltd handbook
The British Board of Agrement (BBA) and RDL have joined forces to form a joint venture called Constructive Details Limited.
Under this initiative the two companies aim to work together with the industry to provide solutions on the increasingly complicated, technical and often confusing issue of linear thermal bridging.
Linear thermal bridging (described by a psi-value) can now account for up to 30% of heat loss in a building.
with the need to provide more energy efficient buildings on the road to zero carbon, the industry is looking for ways to obtain reliable, favourable and realistic psi-values.
One of the aims by CDL is to facilitate accurate psi-value calculations.
To achieve this, the first Constructive Details handbook of masonry detail junctions developed for the Aircrete Products Association has been launched.
The Handbook is available electronically via a dedicated Resources page on the CDL website and can be downloaded free of charge.
As Greg Cooper, Chief Executive of the BBA, said: “The BBA is delighted to have worked in partnership with RDL to produce this handbook.
“It will undoubtedly enable aircrete block manufacturers to pass on accurate information to their customers and provide house builders with a complete list of thermal details to use in their design and build process”.
Dave Baker, Chief Executive of RDL, added: “The CDL handbook follows the principles of the Robust Details Part E scheme handbook and should prove to be an invaluable tool for designers and new home builders alike.”
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