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SFS – Fastening solutions in the building envelope

SFS is a global market leader for mechanical fastening systems and precision formed components for the building envelope.

Revolutionary rainscreen retention solution AlphaCore® and NVELOPE® proves less is more

SFS Group Fastening Technology and Kingspan Insulation have pooled their respective expertise in rainscreen cladding support systems and insulation materials to launch an optimum performance solution offering A2-s1, d0 reaction to fire, presenting the potential to optimise envelope design on buildings of any height in the AlphaCore® Pad.

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From education, education, education to build, build, build

Craig Tatton, managing director UK building at Interserve Construction takes a look at what the Prime Ministers “build, build, build” commitment means for the education sector.

Construction output still 24.8% lower than pre-Covid levels

Monthly construction output grew by a record 23.5% in June 2020 according to the latest ONS figures, but it remains 24.8% below pre-Covid-19 levels.

Organisers of Birmingham 2022 abandon plans for £500m athletes’ village

The organisers of Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games have ditched plans to build a £500m athletes’ village and will instead split the competitors across three separate sites.

Interserve to build £36m emergency department at Walsall Manor Hospital

Interserve Construction has been appointed to build the new £36m emergency department at Walsall Manor Hospital.

Government urged to back £5bn Northern infrastructure pipeline

Transport for the North (TfN) has urged the government to back plans for a £5bn pipeline of infrastructure projects to underpin greener Northern growth.

HS2 Chiltern tunnelling machines set to leave the factory

HS2 has revealed the first images and publicly-chosen names of the first two completed giant Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs) that will excavate the twin-bore Chiltern tunnel.

RJ McLeod clinches top spot in July’s contractor league table

RJ McLeod led the way in July’s top 50 contractor league table thanks to its £500m Viking Wind Farm contract, as ISG and McAleer & Rushe miss the top spot.

Dyer & Butler to deliver highways work across Somerset

Engineering specialist Dyer & Butler has been appointed to a four-year framework to provide works to highways structures within the Somerset County Council area.

Plans in for £4.1m development in Winsford

Residential developer Mulbury has submitted plans to construct 39 new homes in Winsford on a 1.2-hectare site off Grange Lane.

Torus to transform historic Liverpool dockside site

Torus has been chosen to redevelop a historic dockside site and bring affordable housing options to the iconic Liverpool City Centre location.

Green light for new Thameside neighbourhood at Royal Docks

Plans for 5,000 new homes at Thameside neighbourhood, West Silvertown have been given the go-ahead.

Liverpool cancer centre opens at Interserve-built facility

Liverpool’s new Rutherford Cancer Centre North West, which was built by Interserve has started to accept patients three years after the company commenced work on the £35m facility.

Solving common disputes in the construction industry

Dorothy Edgar, on behalf of Modelling Architecture, explores which dispute issues are most common, and to provide guidance on how you can resolve them as painlessly as possible

WIllmott Dixon secures £54m Manchester College contract

Willmott Dixon has been appointed by the LTE Group to deliver the first phase of The Manchester College’s ambitious estates strategy.

Higgins to deliver £18m Grange Road project in Plaistow

Contractor Higgins has been appointed by Populo Living to build 77 new homes for affordable rent at its site at Grange Road.

£560m government funding fast-tracked to improve school buildings

Funding has been allocated for 580 building projects at academies, sixth form colleges and voluntary aided schools in England to transform facilities and improve school buildings.

Go-ahead for £100m residential tower in Leeds

Leeds City Council has given the go-ahead for plans to redevelop 44 Merrion Street into a new 32-storey residential tower in the city centre.

Construction of new school underway despite Covid-19

Construction work for a new primary school, which will accommodate 210 students in Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire, has begun as local contractor Willmott Dixon starts work on-site.

Sir Robert McAlpine wins £9m build at Nottingham’s Island Quarter

Sir Robert McAlpine has been appointed as the main contractor to deliver phase one of the £650m redevelopment of The Island Quarter in Nottingham.

Redrow pulls out of Alton Estate regeneration

Redrow Homes has pulled out of the redevelopment of Alton Estate in Wandsworth, as the housebuilder scales back its operations in London.

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