Samsung opens training centre supporting the Future Homes Standard

Housebuilder & Developer’s Kim Neville recently visited Samsung’s Climate Solutions new training centre in Chertsey to explore innovations in decarbonising housing. From the outside, the building appears modest, but inside it houses first-class training facilities to support specification for Future... View Article

ADSA Charity Golf Day Raises Thousands Despite Storm Drama

The Automatic Door Suppliers Association (ADSA) marked its 40th anniversary year with another hugely successful charity golf day at Branston Golf & Country Club – despite a storm threatening to derail the event just days before. Thirty-one teams – 124... View Article

First look at new homes launching at Lennox Gardens in Glenboig

Barratt Homes West Scotland has unveiled the first CGI images of its highly anticipated new development, Lennox Gardens, in Glenboig, North Lanarkshire. The collection of stylish two, three and four-bedroom homes is already generating strong interest from first-time buyers and growing... View Article

Your Guide to Smarter Roof Design & Performance

In today’s construction landscape, effective roof design goes far beyond the surface. To truly achieve long-lasting performance, durability, and efficiency, you need to understand what’s happening below the visible roofline. That’s why we’re pleased to share the launch of our... View Article

Cover and protect pipework with UK Boxings’ metal pipe boxing

Typically installed to cover exterior pipework, such as gas supply pipes and low carbon distributed heating system pipes, UK Boxings’ tough metal pipe boxing is also used to conceal pipework and systems associated with ground source or air source heat pumps. Bespoke... View Article

EJOT CROSSFIX® helps shape the future of sustainable housing

The construction of two apartment buildings within the ground-breaking Climate Innovation District urban regeneration project in Leeds demonstrates how the EJOT CROSSFIX® substructure system can be used to incorporate rainscreen facades into highly sustainable buildings, without the need to vastly... View Article

New Factsheet heralds West Fraser carbon negative landmark

West Fraser has published a new factsheet, proudly announcing the achievement that its UK operations are now officially counted as carbon negative, showing the industry that this is the way forward as a responsible producer of timber panel products. The four-page... View Article

View Point: Rabia Charef and Frantz Gault

Rabia Charef of Lancaster University, and sociologist and author Frantz Gault, invite designers to rethink how we build – and shift from a human-centred mindset to one where nature is a partner, not just a resource. What if architects and... View Article

Zinc for a wide variety of architectural styles

VMZINC has been used as a material for roofing, facades and rainwater systems throughout the world since 1837. Initially for the roof tops of Paris and now for a wide range of buildings across the UK and Ireland. Chelleram Sports... View Article