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LGA responds to Written Ministerial Statement on building safety

|Date: 19 July, 2019

LGA responds to Written Ministerial Statement on building safety

LGA responds to the Written Ministerial Statement on building safety from the Secretary of State for Hous ...

LGA responds to the Written Ministerial Statement on building safety from the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government. Local Government Association’s Building Safety Spokesper ...

19 July, 2019
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Industry Comment | Grenfell, two years on

|Date: 9 July, 2019

Industry Comment | Grenfell, two years on

Matthew Warburton, Policy Advisor at the Association of Retained Council Housing (ARCH), discusses the pr ...

Matthew Warburton, Policy Advisor at the Association of Retained Council Housing (ARCH), discusses the progress made by government to make buildings safer following the tragic Grenfell disaster and th ...

9 July, 2019
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Proteus cladding establishes ‘hole’ new look for Spanish City

|Date: 17 June, 2019

Proteus cladding establishes ‘hole’ new look for Spanish City

A grade II Listed building with a Renaissance-style frontage has become the latest award winning project ...

A grade II Listed building with a Renaissance-style frontage has become the latest award winning project to feature Proteus cladding. Although Spanish City closed in 2002, it has remained a local beac ...

17 June, 2019
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Government to fund and speed up vital cladding replacement

|Date: 9 May, 2019

Government to fund and speed up vital cladding replacement

Around £200m will be made available to remove and replace unsafe cladding from around 170 privately owned ...

Around £200m will be made available to remove and replace unsafe cladding from around 170 privately owned high-rise buildings. The Government has stepped in to speed up vital cladding replacement by f ...

9 May, 2019
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Roofing, Cladding & Insulation | Occupant comfort and wellbeing

|Date: 29 April, 2019

Roofing, Cladding & Insulation | Occupant comfort and wellbeing

Internal paints and plasters have an all-important role to play in a building’s aesthetic make-up. These ...

Internal paints and plasters have an all-important role to play in a building’s aesthetic make-up. These materials are also known to affect interior air quality, which in-turn, could have a detrimenta ...

29 April, 2019
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Roofing, Cladding & Insulation | Sika: Warm front

|Date: 24 April, 2019

Roofing, Cladding & Insulation | Sika: Warm front

When the original built-up aluminium roof system at Tollcross International Swimming Centre had reached t ...

When the original built-up aluminium roof system at Tollcross International Swimming Centre had reached the end of its service life, a condition survey was conducted and a new warm roof build-up solut ...

24 April, 2019
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Guest Comment | Managing fire risk

|Date: 21 December, 2018

Guest Comment | Managing fire risk

Current proposals to ban combustible cladding don’t go far enough, says Allison Whittington, Head of Hous ...

Current proposals to ban combustible cladding don’t go far enough, says Allison Whittington, Head of Housing at Zurich Municipal. The Government’s recent announcement confirming a ban on the use of co ...

21 December, 2018
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Roofing & Cladding | Pushing the Envelope

|Date: 19 December, 2018

Roofing & Cladding | Pushing the Envelope

Decisions about the design and specification of the building envelope play a key role in how well a build ...

Decisions about the design and specification of the building envelope play a key role in how well a building will stand the test of time — its weather-tightness, energy efficiency, visual appeal, oper ...

19 December, 2018
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Facades | Lessons in louvre

|Date: 17 December, 2018

Facades | Lessons in louvre

Barrier Louvres were specified for The Cycle Works' new-build student accommodation at Coventry Universit ...

Barrier Louvres were specified for The Cycle Works' new-build student accommodation at Coventry University, to help provide a healthy and comfortable environment for students, LABM finds out more. Hea ...

17 December, 2018
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Roofing & Cladding | Sustainable Specification

|Date: 14 December, 2018

Roofing & Cladding | Sustainable Specification

Co-Founder of EnviroBuild Aiden Bell offers an advisory guide to specifying sustainable roofing and cladd ...

Co-Founder of EnviroBuild Aiden Bell offers an advisory guide to specifying sustainable roofing and cladding materials. (Header Image: Hyperion Decking from EnviroBuild installed at Goat Lees Primary ...

14 December, 2018
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