Robot brickies, keeping cool in Sochi, and housebuilder profits surge
We begin with a quick exhibition update. This week you can visit Data Centre World, at London’s ExCel to find out 10 reasons why Energetics beat traditional energy providers; next week it is Ecobuild, also at ExCel – follow the link for the latest show review and to register for tickets; and registration is now open for FIT, the Fabricator Installer Trade Show in Telford in June.
Our VIDEO OF THE WEEK features Causeway Technologies vision for the future of construction.
Our first featured project story is about how Bitzer refrigeration compressors keeping it cool in Sochi.
How Bitzer refrigeration compressors kept it cool in Sochi.
New products include a concealed 3D hinge solution from SFS intec; a new DPC protection system from IKO plc; plus a new range of power tools from Robert Bosch.
Bovis report a surge of 48% in profits which is not surprising when house building now accounts for a third of all UK contracts awarded by value. And to put into perspective the more modest growth in infrastructure spending, the city of Wuhan in China is planning to spend more on infrastructure than the whole of the UK will over the next 5 years.
Finally, Buildingtalk on Twitter includes robots replacing brickies; the world’s scariest skiing skywalk; and a flat roof solution to urban floods.
Crown Trade’s Clean Extreme Anti Bacterial paint range offers the best of both worlds – a paint with added anti bacterial protection which will not diminish over time.
Posted in Articles, Building Industry News, Building Products & Structures, Health & Safety, Interior Design & Construction, Interiors, Paints, Coatings & Finishes, Restoration & Refurbishment, Retrofit & RenovationOn Thursday 18 February, the GGF Document B Working Party held a Members-only Webinar on the GGF’s response to the Government ban of the use of Laminated Safety Glasses: Regulation 7/Statutory Instrument 1230.
Posted in Articles, Building Associations & Institutes, Building Industry Events, Building Industry News, Building Products & Structures, Building Regulations & Accreditations, Glass, Glazing, Health & Safety, Posts, Seminars, WindowsUK manufacturing has been hit with so many challenges in the last 12 months and there remain plenty of challenges ahead for 2021, explain EverEdge.
Posted in Articles, Building Industry News, Building Products & Structures, Garden, Landscaping, news, Restoration & Refurbishment, Retrofit & RenovationThrough developing the innovative DeepClean LST radiator and anti-ligature guard range, Contour has enabled the NHS to potentially save more than £35 million since 2006.
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