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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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University of Manchester invests in sustainable student accommodation with £4m refurbishment

|Date: 8 December, 2023

University of Manchester invests in sustainable student accommodation with £4m refurbishment

The University of Manchester has made a key step forward in its zero carbon strategy with the £4m refurbi ...

The University of Manchester has made a key step forward in its zero carbon strategy with the £4m refurbishment of its Graham building. Situated on the Victoria Park Campus, the build was completed by ...

8 December, 2023
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Offsite Solutions secures second student accommodation bathroom contract in Bristol — a £1.7m project for VINCI Building

|Date: 16 January, 2023

Offsite Solutions secures second student accommodation bathroom contract in Bristol — a £1.7m project for VINCI Building

Offsite Solutions, the UK’s leading bathroom pod specialist, has been awarded its second student living c ...

Offsite Solutions, the UK’s leading bathroom pod specialist, has been awarded its second student living contract at the University of the West of England’s Frenchay Campus in Bristol — a £1.7m project ...

16 January, 2023
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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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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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EQUANS awarded £140m contract with the London School of Economics and Political Science

|Date: 11 February, 2022

EQUANS awarded £140m contract with the London School of Economics and Political Science

EQUANS, the new brand for ENGIE’s services-led activity, has been appointed to deliver a major £140m post ...

EQUANS, the new brand for ENGIE’s services-led activity, has been appointed to deliver a major £140m post-graduate student accommodation project for the London School of Economics and Political Scienc ...

11 February, 2022
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UAP | Lock and key

|Date: 27 August, 2021

UAP | Lock and key

Bill Murray, General Manager of Locking Systems, a UAP Ltd Company and specialist in bespoke locking solu ...

Bill Murray, General Manager of Locking Systems, a UAP Ltd Company and specialist in bespoke locking solutions, discusses the reasons why traditional keys still offer a best-fit solution for student a ...

27 August, 2021
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Caledonian Modular secures £40m, 528-bed student development

|Date: 27 April, 2020

Caledonian Modular secures £40m, 528-bed student development

Caledonian has been awarded a £40m turnkey contract by Studytel® for its 528 student bedroom development ...

Caledonian has been awarded a £40m turnkey contract by Studytel® for its 528 student bedroom development at Penryn, near Falmouth in Cornwall. This is the latest in a series of major new multi-million ...

27 April, 2020
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Non-combustible façade solutions specified for high-rise student accommodation

|Date: 17 April, 2020

Non-combustible façade solutions specified for high-rise student accommodation

Skyline, Bournemouth University’s new high-rise student accommodation building built by developer Gilltow ...

Skyline, Bournemouth University’s new high-rise student accommodation building built by developer Gilltown, features a striking façade, created using Rockpanel’s non-combustible Chameleon boards and t ...

17 April, 2020
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