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Allegion | Fire safety compliance

|Date: 23 October, 2019

Allegion | Fire safety compliance

As the UK strives to improve fire safety and building standards, Karen Trigg discusses the pressure on sp ...

As the UK strives to improve fire safety and building standards, Karen Trigg discusses the pressure on specialised housing landlords and how to keep residents safe. For housing landlords, providing re ...

23 October, 2019
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Enfield Doors | Lessons to learn from the Grenfell fire

|Date: 22 October, 2019

Enfield Doors | Lessons to learn from the Grenfell fire

The Grenfell Tower Inquiry’s recommendations will change how we build and maintain our buildings, says Ni ...

The Grenfell Tower Inquiry’s recommendations will change how we build and maintain our buildings, says Nigel Sill. But we don’t have to wait; we already know most of what we should be doing. As design ...

22 October, 2019
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Aico | Raising the standard

|Date: 21 October, 2019

Aico | Raising the standard

National Technical Manager at Aico Andy Speake discusses the requirements of the revised British Standard ...

National Technical Manager at Aico Andy Speake discusses the requirements of the revised British Standard for domestic fire alarms for social housing specifers. BS 5839-6 is the code of practice for t ...

21 October, 2019
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Megaman | Innovative lighting solutions

|Date: 18 October, 2019

Megaman | Innovative lighting solutions

A number of innovative lightning solutions have been installed at Cae Glas Park. The new lighting design ...

A number of innovative lightning solutions have been installed at Cae Glas Park. The new lighting design is part of an important refurbishment project in Oswestry, Shropshire. LABM has all the details ...

18 October, 2019
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TUV SUDS Real Estate | Reduce your footprint

|Date: 17 October, 2019

TUV SUDS Real Estate | Reduce your footprint

Neal Paley, Specialist Lighting Designer at TÜV SÜD, offers advice to local authorities on reducing the c ...

Neal Paley, Specialist Lighting Designer at TÜV SÜD, offers advice to local authorities on reducing the carbon footprint of lighting. A host of voluntary certification and labelling programmes enable ...

17 October, 2019
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Centrica Business Solutions | Better energy performance

|Date: 16 October, 2019

Centrica Business Solutions | Better energy performance

Ian Hopkins shines a light on the four-steps that can dramatically improve energy efficiency – helping lo ...

Ian Hopkins shines a light on the four-steps that can dramatically improve energy efficiency – helping local authorities to relieve the pressure of rising energy costs and improve the sustainability o ...

16 October, 2019
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McAvoy Group | Pushing the boundaries at Northumbria Hospital

|Date: 15 October, 2019

McAvoy Group | Pushing the boundaries at Northumbria Hospital

Raymond Millar looks at how a new ambulatory care facility was delivered at Northumbria Specialist Emerge ...

Raymond Millar looks at how a new ambulatory care facility was delivered at Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital in less than a year – an unprecedented programme for the scale and complexity ...

15 October, 2019
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Ideal Standard | Annex 2A and school washrooms

|Date: 14 October, 2019

Ideal Standard | Annex 2A and school washrooms

Tony Rheinberg discusses Annex 2A and offers advice on how education specifiers can meet the grades in sc ...

Tony Rheinberg discusses Annex 2A and offers advice on how education specifiers can meet the grades in school washrooms. Feeling safe and comfortable is so important for school children when visiting ...

14 October, 2019
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Proteus Façades | Rainscreen cladding systems

|Date: 11 October, 2019

Proteus Façades | Rainscreen cladding systems

Simon Gregory considers how rainscreen cladding systems are enabling architects to move away from the tra ...

Simon Gregory considers how rainscreen cladding systems are enabling architects to move away from the traditional school building design to create structures that inspire a new generation of students. ...

11 October, 2019
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A seismic transformation for construction

|Date: 10 October, 2019

A seismic transformation for construction

Richard Crosby, Director of construction consultants blacc, looks at how a pioneering consortium could tr ...

Richard Crosby, Director of construction consultants blacc, looks at how a pioneering consortium could transform the way schools are designed, procured and built offsite. The innovations developed by ...

10 October, 2019
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