public buildings Archives - Page 9 of 12

Shackerley | Delivering a local authority’s vision for retail destination

|Date: 11 May, 2020

Shackerley | Delivering a local authority’s vision for retail destination

Maintaining a bustling high street with a mix of retail and leisure options is a challenge facing many UK ...

Maintaining a bustling high street with a mix of retail and leisure options is a challenge facing many UK towns. In Chorley, Lancashire, the local authority has met this challenge by purchasing and de ...

11 May, 2020
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Forbo Flooring Systems | The first steps to protecting your building

|Date: 7 May, 2020

Forbo Flooring Systems | The first steps to protecting your building

Whether it is a school or a hospital, library or leisure centre, a high-quality entrance flooring system ...

Whether it is a school or a hospital, library or leisure centre, a high-quality entrance flooring system should always form an integral part of the building’s design scheme. Here, Sharron Kapellar, Na ...

7 May, 2020
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The Event Complex Aberdeen wins RICS Social Impact award

|Date: 27 April, 2020

The Event Complex Aberdeen wins RICS Social Impact award

The Event Complex Aberdeen (TECA) has been lauded for its social impact at a prestigious awards ceremony. ...

The Event Complex Aberdeen (TECA) has been lauded for its social impact at a prestigious awards ceremony. The Royal Institution for Chartered Surveyors (RICS) selected TECA as winner in the Commercial ...

27 April, 2020
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Baxi Heating | Protecting heating and hot water systems

|Date: 23 April, 2020

Baxi Heating | Protecting heating and hot water systems

Making sure that heating and hot water systems are safe to return to should be a key consideration for an ...

Making sure that heating and hot water systems are safe to return to should be a key consideration for any organisations involved in a building shutdown. Andy Green, Technical Director at Baxi Heating ...

23 April, 2020
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Sitemark launches COVID-19 Workplace Hygiene Programme

|Date: 22 April, 2020

Sitemark launches COVID-19 Workplace Hygiene Programme

Sitemark, the independent benchmarking service for the facilities management industry, has launched a wor ...

Sitemark, the independent benchmarking service for the facilities management industry, has launched a workplace hygiene programme in response to the coronavirus outbreak. The programme has been develo ...

22 April, 2020
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Mastic Asphalt Council | Stand the test of time

|Date: 23 March, 2020

Mastic Asphalt Council | Stand the test of time

LABM finds out how mastic asphalt helped ensure long-lasting waterproof protection at the O2 Guildhall in ...

LABM finds out how mastic asphalt helped ensure long-lasting waterproof protection at the O2 Guildhall in Southampton. Mastic asphalt is considered to be one of the most traditional roofing materials ...

23 March, 2020
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Retrofit of existing buildings is best route to support path to Net Zero

|Date: 12 February, 2020

Retrofit of existing buildings is best route to support path to Net Zero

‘The greenest building is the one that is already built’ is the key message in a new report from the Gove ...

‘The greenest building is the one that is already built’ is the key message in a new report from the Government’s Building Better, Building Beautiful Commission and supported by building controls manu ...

12 February, 2020
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Unitas uses in-house drone technology to identify building repairs

|Date: 7 January, 2020

Unitas uses in-house drone technology to identify building repairs

A Contracts Manager for Unitas Stoke-on-Trent, a council housing repairs and maintenance company, has bec ...

A Contracts Manager for Unitas Stoke-on-Trent, a council housing repairs and maintenance company, has become a Civil Aviation Authority-trained Drone Operator. Tony Phillips, who works for Unitas Stok ...

7 January, 2020
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Construction careers | Pupils tour Nottingham Castle restoration site

|Date: 26 July, 2019

Construction careers | Pupils tour Nottingham Castle restoration site

Motivated pupils from Nottingham Free School have learnt about the many roles in the world of constructio ...

Motivated pupils from Nottingham Free School have learnt about the many roles in the world of construction as part of an exciting careers week with Midlands contractor G F Tomlinson, which included a ...

26 July, 2019
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Tackling the humidity risk threatening public sector built assets

|Date: 16 October, 2018

Tackling the humidity risk threatening public sector built assets

Previewing presentations from a forthcoming seminar series, Niall Crosson, Group Technical Manager at Eco ...

Previewing presentations from a forthcoming seminar series, Niall Crosson, Group Technical Manager at Ecological Building Systems and Michael Foerster, Engineer Head of Applications Technology at pro ...

16 October, 2018
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