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Have your say on fire suppression

|Date: 27 June, 2023

Have your say on fire suppression

Since the Grenfell Tower fire six years ago, new building and fire safety regulations have been introduce ...

Since the Grenfell Tower fire six years ago, new building and fire safety regulations have been introduced to prevent similar tragedies, and social landlords are getting to grips with a dramatically d ...

27 June, 2023
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ROCKWOOL launches recladding guide

|Date: 7 March, 2023

ROCKWOOL launches recladding guide

Stone wool insulation manufacturer, ROCKWOOL, has added to its suite of industry support resources with t ...

Stone wool insulation manufacturer, ROCKWOOL, has added to its suite of industry support resources with the launch of the Recladding with ROCKWOOL guide for specifiers. Following the ban on combustibl ...

7 March, 2023
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Sustainable success at Thurrock as first Kensa ground source heat pump switched on

|Date: 6 March, 2023

Sustainable success at Thurrock as first Kensa ground source heat pump switched on

Kensa Contracting and Thurrock Council celebrated an important milestone as the first energy and carbon s ...

Kensa Contracting and Thurrock Council celebrated an important milestone as the first energy and carbon saving ground source heat pump was switched on. It is one of over 270 residences benefiting from ...

6 March, 2023
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Affordable warmth on the agenda as Lord Callanan visits residents in Thurrock

|Date: 15 December, 2022

Affordable warmth on the agenda as Lord Callanan visits residents in Thurrock

On Thursday 8th December, Lord Callanan, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Bus ...

On Thursday 8th December, Lord Callanan, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), visited residents from Chadwell St Mary in Thurro ...

15 December, 2022
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Polypipe Building Services | Offsite fabrication benefits stack up

|Date: 17 November, 2022

Polypipe Building Services | Offsite fabrication benefits stack up

Graham Hicks, Project Development Manager at Polypipe Building Services, looks at the challenges surround ...

Graham Hicks, Project Development Manager at Polypipe Building Services, looks at the challenges surrounding drainage stack replacement in high-rise properties and the possible solutions to keep major ...

17 November, 2022
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NorDan | Castle Court at 31

|Date: 9 November, 2022

NorDan | Castle Court at 31

“Sometimes the best way to plan for the future is to learn from the past, and when I joined NorDan UK Ltd ...

“Sometimes the best way to plan for the future is to learn from the past, and when I joined NorDan UK Ltd in 2021,” says Commercial Sales Manager for the North of England, Sonia Travis, “I was interes ...

9 November, 2022
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Bureau Veritas welcomes amendment to Part B and encourages firms to take heed of new combustible cladding laws

|Date: 7 November, 2022

Bureau Veritas welcomes amendment to Part B and encourages firms to take heed of new combustible cladding laws

Bureau Veritas has welcomed the Government’s latest changes to Approved Document B of the Building Regula ...

Bureau Veritas has welcomed the Government’s latest changes to Approved Document B of the Building Regulations, bringing into effect new laws around the use of combustible cladding and introducing new ...

7 November, 2022
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Residents ‘over the moon’ as innovative Newcastle heating scheme concludes

|Date: 9 August, 2022

Residents ‘over the moon’ as innovative Newcastle heating scheme concludes

Residents living in two Newcastle tower blocks have expressed their delight with their new heating system ...

Residents living in two Newcastle tower blocks have expressed their delight with their new heating systems after an innovative degassing project led by EQUANS completed recently. In partnership with Y ...

9 August, 2022
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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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Flagship renewable heating upgrade project breaks ground in Thurrock, Essex

|Date: 15 July, 2022

Flagship renewable heating upgrade project breaks ground in Thurrock, Essex

A flagship renewable heating retrofit project in the Government’s plans to decarbonise social housing is ...

A flagship renewable heating retrofit project in the Government’s plans to decarbonise social housing is set to reduce fuel bills by over 50% for some Thurrock residents. The project, delivered by Ken ...

15 July, 2022
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