Our Video of the Week comes from Alpha Heating Innovation and provides a demonstration on how its new ARES Tec 900kW commercial boiler was used at a community college for a rapid warm up time.
News of the week includes how construction workers are being hit hardest by real hourly wage cuts of 13.4% between 2008 and 2013, compared to 7.6% across other sectors. We also feature a prize draw from Fernox offering installers the opportunity to win £50,000 worth of heating products.
Finally, the Buildingtalk team were at the receiving end of an April Fools Day prank when we included a story from Energy Live News about a dog who could sniff out power cuts, whilst we featured a sneaky story about how David Cameron had called for 250 eco-friendly Teletubby houses to be built in Kent.
Leading UK acoustic systems manufacturer Hush Acoustics has introduced two additional variants of its Hushlay Soundmatting product.
Posted in Acoustics, Noise & Vibration Control, Articles, Building Industry News, Building Products & Structures, Building Services, Facility Management & Building Services, Floors, Innovations & New Products, Insulation, Restoration & Refurbishment, Retrofit & RenovationThe programme at Digital Construction Week is carefully designed to help you keep up with the fast pace of innovation in the built environment.
Posted in Articles, Building Industry Events, Building Industry News, Building Products & Structures, Building Services, Exhibitions and Conferences, Innovations & New Products, news, Posts, Restoration & Refurbishment, Retrofit & Renovation, Seminars, Sustainability & Energy EfficiencyThe UK-wide Steel Window Association members are the established, proven experts in the renovation and sympathetic refurbishment of steel windows and doors in both domestic and commercial premises.
Posted in Architectural Ironmongery, Articles, Building Associations & Institutes, Building Industry News, Building Products & Structures, Building Systems, Doors, Glass, Glazing, Restoration & Refurbishment, Retrofit & Renovation, Steel and Structural Frames, WindowsThe Rooflight Association has published a series of ‘Quickguides’, covering the fire rating requirements for use of rooflights in buildings for each of the four devolved UK nations.
Posted in Articles, Building Associations & Institutes, Building Industry News, Building Products & Structures, Building Regulations & Accreditations, Building Services, Ceilings, Health & Safety, Innovations & New Products, Lighting, Publications, Restoration & Refurbishment, Retrofit & Renovation, Roofs, Security and Fire Protection, Walls, Windows