The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report reveals Total Builders Merchants like-for-like value sales for Q1 2026, adjusted to remove the impact of trading days, were -3.2% lower than Q1 2025. Like-for-like volume sales were down -8.1%, with prices increasing +5.4%.
Boasting almost a century of engineering heritage, Gatic continues to invest in research and development, ensuring a range of drainage solutions to meet the demands of our evolving modern infrastructure. This legacy underpins the Gatic Slotdrain range from Alumasc Water Management Solutions (AWMS); a versatile and high-performance range of surface water drainage channels engineered to meet the most demanding combinations of water capacity and load classification.
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This new ‘Hotel Chic’ look from Keller brings the exclusive atmosphere of a luxury...
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Leading life-safety systems manufacturer, C-TEC, has launched a new series of CAST XFP technical help videos.
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This article sees Paul Trace, from Stella Rooflight, discuss why material choice matters in conservation rooflights…
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Senior Architectural Systems is helping designers and housebuilders prepare for the forthcoming Future Homes Standard (FHS), with its aluminium window systems already engineered to meet the more stringent thermal performance requirements that will apply from 2028.
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West Fraser has introduced CaberShield ECO, an eco‑friendly flooring solution engineered to meet the practical demands of residential, commercial and refurbishment construction. Providing a high‑performance, waterproof floor during the build phase, CaberShield ECO creates a slip‑resistant working platform while protecting floors below from the elements.
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This article features reaction to the Climate Change Committee’s ‘A Well-Adapted UK’ Report from Chris Newman, Net Zero Design Manager at Mitsubishi Electric…
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Gary Robson, Business Development Manager at EJOT UK, explains why the stainless steel composition of its substructure system – EJOT CROSSFIX – coupled with innovative design and manufacture, make it a future-ready solution for next generation facades.
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The regeneration of a historic industrial building in Wakefield is anything but ‘run of the mill’ thanks to an inspired design by Hawkins/Brown and a high-performance fenestration package supplied by Senior Architectural Systems.
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For more than 90 years, ASSA ABLOY has pioneered electromechanical locking technology — continuously innovating since the first effeff electric strike was patented in 1932 and Abloy began developing high-security electric locks in 1978. Today, electromechanical locks represent the intelligent evolution of mechanical security, combining trusted engineering with seamless digital connectivity for safer, smarter, more efficient building management.
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