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.
RSK Group Ltd, the integrated environmental, engineering and technical services business, has announced the acquisition of design, property and construction consultancy Pellings.
David Baybut, head of Real Estate at Stephensons, discusses the recent plunge in social housing figures and explores how ‘new thinking’ can grow the stock of homes for social rent.
Andrew Dixon, commercial director – specialist finance at Aldermore, examines the alternatives to High Street lending to help construction companies keep building.
The Social Housing Commission set up by Shelter has called for a further three million social homes over the next 20 years to help combat the on-going housing crisis.
Wilmott Dixon is urging its top-tier supply chain partners to register with the Considerate Constructors Scheme, in a move intended to ensure supply partners achieve the highest standards.
Façade contractor, Staticus has been appointed to design, manufacture and install nearly 9,000 square metres of high-quality façade at Two New Bailey Square
Lendlease has beaten rival Laing O’Rourke for the £330m contract to refurbish the Manchester Town Hall despite also being embroiled in a Grenfell-style cladding row.
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