‘Construction Skills Certification Scheme’
A Buildingtalk guide
Start with the news release
Door-Stop: The first ever energy rated door from
Door-Stop International, which we summarised at the time by saying "Door-Stop has launched the first UK energy rated doors, just two weeks after the British Fenestration Ratings Council (BFRC) introduced the DER scheme.".
Several months prior to that,
we featured the news release Free online training with Schluter-Systems from
Schluter-Systems: "Award-winning Schluter Online Academy enables installers, distributors and architects to keep up with the latest trends and technology for the tile and stone industry ".
In September 2011, we covered the news from Concrete Centre
- take a look at Basement solution to shoe-box homes
which says: "Guy Thompson, head of architecture and sustainability at The Concrete Centre, believes the provision of basements would help counter RIBA criticism of 'shameful shoe-box homes'.".
Take a look also at the news release from TRADA Technology, Independent assessment of the technical claims,
as well as SAS International for acoustics at Dublin Airport from SAS International,
and 2011 Proskills Awards from Proskills.
Latest stories...
TRADA Technology at Timber Expo 2011 (September 2011)
Timber Expo 2011 at Ricoh Arena, Coventry 27 - 28 September includes 120 exhibitors plus a programme of awards, conferences and seminars.
Award winning cavity fixings from Lindapter (September 2011)
Range of award winning cavity fixings from Lindapter include the HB Hollo-Bolt which is suitable for hollow sections, tubes and where access is available from one side only.
Geberit pipe fittings specified for safety (September 2011)
Crown House Technologies specified Geberit's Mapress piping system for the Hepworth Wakefield, a newly opened art gallery in Yorkshire.
Keen cyclist launches pothole repair product (September 2011)
Cyclist launches RonaRoad EcoPatch pothole repair in the UK in response to the dangers of the growing problem of unrepaired holes in the road.
British Gypsum new Thistle brand finishing plaster (September 2011)
Thistle Spray Finish is a spray applied 2mm finishing plaster that provides a high quality, smooth finish in a fraction of the time.
ITRADA wood species App for iPhones. (September 2011)
TRADA Technology, on behalf of TRADA, has developed a mobile application for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad devices, to be launched at Timber Expo 2011.
VEKA and Door Energy Ratings scheme (September 2011)
Profile manufacturer VEKA are the first systems company to register on the newly introduced Door Energy Ratings scheme, the biggest extension of the BFRC scheme since 2006
Free solar PV installations from Stroma Solar (September 2011)
New solar PV4FREE scheme offers completely free solar PV installations to residential property owners, enabling them the opportunity to make typical savings of GBP400 each year.
Further reading
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Construction Skills Certification Scheme Signs
Stocksigns have launched a range of signs to support The Construction Skills Certification Scheme.
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