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Clyde Radiators | Advice on selecting heat emitters for healthcare facilities

|Date: 30 April, 2024

Clyde Radiators | Advice on selecting heat emitters for healthcare facilities

Spencer Clarke, Specification Sales Manager at Clyde Radiators, explores the key considerations when sele ...

Spencer Clarke, Specification Sales Manager at Clyde Radiators, explores the key considerations when selecting heat emitters for hospitals, care homes and other healthcare facilities. He explains why ...

30 April, 2024
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New Build Residential Framework: Tender now live

|Date: 11 April, 2024

New Build Residential Framework: Tender now live

The tender is live for Scotland Excel’s New Build Residential Framework — the organisation’s largest cons ...

The tender is live for Scotland Excel’s New Build Residential Framework — the organisation’s largest construction framework that is forecast to be worth £1.5bn over four years. Companies can now bid t ...

11 April, 2024
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Fire protection is key for new FrameSafe FR membrane

|Date: 22 March, 2024

Fire protection is key for new FrameSafe FR membrane

Leading manufacturer Glidevale Protect has launched Protect FrameSafe FR — a new Class A2-s1, d0 flame re ...

Leading manufacturer Glidevale Protect has launched Protect FrameSafe FR — a new Class A2-s1, d0 flame retardant external wall breather membrane offering fire protection across low-, medium- and high- ...

22 March, 2024
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Reducing fire-related deaths

|Date: 20 December, 2023

Reducing fire-related deaths

LABM reports on the National Social Housing Fire Strategy Group’s Fire Safety Event: Reducing fire deaths ...

LABM reports on the National Social Housing Fire Strategy Group’s Fire Safety Event: Reducing fire deaths must be our priority, which took place in October at the Building Centre in London. Speakers i ...

20 December, 2023
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Derbyshire care home enhancement works complete

|Date: 4 October, 2023

Derbyshire care home enhancement works complete

Three landmark care homes in Derbyshire have finished pivotal works this summer to improve facilities for ...

Three landmark care homes in Derbyshire have finished pivotal works this summer to improve facilities for residents. Led by Midlands-based contractor, G F Tomlinson, and delivered for Derbyshire Count ...

4 October, 2023
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Marley expands solar system with solar connector enclosure

|Date: 22 February, 2023

Marley expands solar system with solar connector enclosure

Marley has further expanded its SolarTile roof system solution with the launch of solar connector enclosu ...

Marley has further expanded its SolarTile roof system solution with the launch of solar connector enclosure, ArcBox. While the risk of electrical fire caused by solar PV is extremely low, with the spe ...

22 February, 2023
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Contracts awarded for £500m public sector new build framework in Scotland

|Date: 5 August, 2022

Contracts awarded for £500m public sector new build framework in Scotland

Twenty suppliers have been awarded a place on a new four year, £500m new build framework to deliver publi ...

Twenty suppliers have been awarded a place on a new four year, £500m new build framework to deliver public sector construction projects in Scotland. The Scottish Procurement Alliance (SPA) will operat ...

5 August, 2022
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Terry Lifts | Future-proof homes

|Date: 6 January, 2022

Terry Lifts | Future-proof homes

With an ageing population and state care homes facing critical pressure, it is likely that future care wi ...

With an ageing population and state care homes facing critical pressure, it is likely that future care will be a prospect in the home. We must therefore consider future-proofing new-build social housi ...

6 January, 2022
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Wallasey MP visits Alpha Living’s largest extra care development on the Wirral

|Date: 15 November, 2021

Wallasey MP visits Alpha Living’s largest extra care development on the Wirral

Wallasey MP Dame Angela Eagle met residents in their new homes at specialist housing provider Alpha Livin ...

Wallasey MP Dame Angela Eagle met residents in their new homes at specialist housing provider Alpha Living’s flagship development, the Wirral’s largest extra care scheme. Dame Eagle enjoyed a tour of ...

15 November, 2021
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Altro | Seeing as others see is key to designing for dementia

|Date: 17 September, 2021

Altro | Seeing as others see is key to designing for dementia

With ever-growing numbers of people affected by dementia, there is expanding evidence showing the impact ...

With ever-growing numbers of people affected by dementia, there is expanding evidence showing the impact of the physical environment on their wellbeing. Whilst legislation sets out design principles; ...

17 September, 2021
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