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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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London Green’s Bromley residential scheme underway

SME residential property developer and investor, London Green, has started the redevelopment of neighbouring buildings in the London Borough of Bromley.

Forterra brick production set for £95m investment

The £95m major investment project is set to double production capacity at Desford plant, after the planning application for a new facility was permitted subject to conditions and a legal agreement.

Civitas supports Women in Social Housing (WISH) network

WISH, the network for women working across every discipline of UK housing, undertakes crucial work in challenging stereotypes and helping to remove barriers for women working in the sector.

Be First file losses of nearly £4m

GMB call for Barking and Dagenham council to up target for social homes as Be First (Regeneration) file losses of nearly £4m in first year of trading.

£3.5m affordable housing development in Powys underway

A contract to build Powys County Council’s first affordable housing development for social rent in over 40 years has been awarded to a Welsh building company.

Wellington Place report shows £200m impact on Leeds

Transformed from a low-grade retail park to a multi-million-pound commercial property development, Wellington Place is a successful regeneration project which has to date contributed a total economic value (GVA) of £200m, according to a newly published study.

Lendlease to develop new €2.5bn district on former expo site

Lendlease has signed an agreement to develop the Milan Innovation District (MIND), a major new district for science, knowledge and innovation on the former Expo site in Milan, Italy.

Construction products: Manufacturing on the rise

The construction products manufacturing sector reported favourable results in the first quarter of 2019, with continued growth in the sales of products and materials.

Concept released for village on the moon

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP, in partnership with the ESA and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has released a design for the ‘Moon Village’.

Freelance construction workers earnings up 8.1%

Weekly earnings for freelance tradespeople in the construction sector continued to grow last month, according to latest figures released by Hudson Contract.

Key demolition sites complete at Euston for HS2 project

HS2’s enabling works contractor, a Costain and Skanska joint venture (CSjv), working with subcontractors Keltbray, has completed two major demolition projects at Euston.

Guidance to help local authorities crackdown on rogue landlords

New online support as part of government's commitment to give greater protection to tenants, and reform the private rented sector for the better.

£100m deal to deliver 785 additional homes in Greater Manchester

Savills Financial Consultants has supported Bolton at Home to secure a £100m funding deal, enabling the construction of 785 additional homes across Greater Manchester.

WYG wins contract to support infrastructure investment projects

WYG has secured a new contract with the European Investment Bank (EIB) to support the implementation of infrastructure investment projects.

Arup & Costain secure £2m Yorkshire Water contract

Arup, in a joint venture with Costain, has secured a Health & Safety Assurance consultancy framework contract worth £2m as part of Yorkshire Water’s AMP7 investment programme.

SES awarded £9m Westfield regeneration contract

SES Engineering Services has been appointed by Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield to deliver a £9m mechanical services scheme at its M7 commercial development in Stratford, London.

AET Flexible Space goes Down Under

AET Flexible Space discuss winning their first order from Australia, supplying underfloor air conditioning equipment for the Warilla Library.

Construction insurance specialists Advantage Insurance create more jobs

Advantage Insurance (AHCI) have announced that they’ve been building upon a strong period of growth for the business by taking on five new members of staff.

Clarion buys Merrielands Cresent site off Inland for £78m

Inland Homes has exchanged contracts for the sale of its Merrielands Crescent site in Dagenham, East London with housing association, Clarion Housing Group.

Mabey Hire exposes groundworks cartel

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has provisionally found that three major suppliers of groundworks products to the construction industry broke competition law.

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