Gavin Baker, site manager at Shanly Homes has scooped one of the coveted Pride in the Job Awards for his work on Knights Mead, a new development of 32 three and four bedroom houses in Chertsey.
Recognising top site managers across the UK for their dedication to building high quality homes, the National House Building Council (NHBC) has sifted through more than 13,000 entries to create a shortlist of 400 site managers who have demonstrated best practice on site.
Portakabin, the UK’s leading modular building specialist, is supporting the upturn in the UK manufacturing sector, with its range of interim building solutions which allow manufacturers to meet changing business needs very quickly.
A new hospital building which provides state-of-the-art patient facilities and a high quality healing environment features structural glazing from Technal to create a flush façade and flood the wards with natural light.
In its first year of operation, the new dedicated test centre for Wicona’s façade products – one of the first energy-positive industrial buildings in Europe – has generated 60 per cent more electricity than it needs for its own consumption.
Off-site construction specialist, Yorkon, has launched a new on-line video gallery to help improve the understanding of modular buildings among architects, contractors, specifiers and occupiers.
This latest in a series of web resources, which can be viewed on www.yorkon.info/gallery, also aims to increase awareness of the bespoke design solutions, quality and potential of off-site construction that can now be delivered in sectors as diverse as health, education, nuclear, transport, chemical, commercial, and retail.
Formerly Unilin Systems, the new identity of Unilin Insulation delivers a clear message to the construction industry that the company is intent on building upon its position as a market leader in the supply of SIPs roof and wall systems.
When it comes to laying floors, be they carpet, tiling, wooden or vinyl, the contractor laying the floors needs more than just the carpet. It was this realisation that persuaded Alf Cerrone to launch Ashmount Flooring Supplies in 1973.
Despite the years of concern about asbestos in buildings, there is still a significant number of buildings in both the private and the public sector that still have asbestos within them. Today, the legislation regarding its removal means that only a small number of specifically approved companies are able to tackle this hazardous task.
The National Maritime Museum is a renowned part of the Greenwich World Heritage Site and yet many visitors make their way up the hill into Greenwich Park to the equally famous Royal Observatory, thereby missing out on the Museum.
HAP Architects began life in High Wycombe 1984 and has grown organically since then, building upon what would seem to be a common-sense policy of understanding the brief and delivering the product of design.
