Designed for Better Buildings

Helping architects specify lower carbon precast concrete without compromising design, structural performance or programme. Discover how Milbank Concrete Products is driving sustainable innovation across every project. Architects are under growing pressure to reduce embodied carbon while continuing to deliver projects... View Article

Structural Steel and Cladding Fasteners: Quality Matters

By Chris Middleton, General Manager, Construction Fixings Association (CFA) Structural steel and cladding fasteners are safety-critical components that sit at the intersection of engineering design, manufacturing precision, and site practice. While often small in size, these products perform a disproportionately... View Article

A game-changing new addition to Osmo’s UK range

NEW to the UK, Osmo LED Smart-Oil helps residential projects move faster with durable wood protection that cures instantly under an LED-UV lamp. Osmo is introducing a game-changing new addition to its UK range with the NEW LED Smart-Oil –... View Article

Strength meets style. Performance meets precision.

Introducing the refreshed and enhanced Colorcoat Prisma® pre-finished steel from Tata Steel. First launched in 2005, Colorcoat Prisma® has been used on a wide range of projects across the UK and throughout the world, earning a trusted reputation for performance and positioning Colorcoat Prisma® as... View Article

Bespoke residential design for sensitive rural environments: RENOLIT ALKORPLAN roofing products boosts solar efficiency by 8% in the Val Au Bourg project

RENOLIT ALKORPLAN roofing products delivers an advanced engineering solution for a contemporary cliffside home in Guernsey’s south-coast cliffs. The project highlights the synergy between the RENOLIT ALKORPLAN F Bright system and solar technology, which achieved a measurable 8% increase in photovoltaic yield while preserving a sensitive natural... View Article

ADSA: Joint Competency Initiative Nears Completion

The Automatic Door Suppliers Association (ADSA) has flagged that its partnership work to deliver a competency framework Initiative for the door, gate and shutter industry is nearing completion, following two years of intensive collaboration to define clear, role-specific competency pathways.... View Article

Increasing awareness of third-party certification put at risk by gaps in specification and competence

New British Woodworking Federation (BWF) Fire Door Alliance research reveals that more professionals responsible for specifying, installing and maintaining fire doors recognise the value of third-party-certified fire doors and traceability, but gaps in specification and understanding of legal competence risk holding back progress. Four years on from... View Article

A visit to a volcano

A redesigned visitor centre in a remote part of Iceland saw a collaboration between British and Icelandic practices to immerse visitors in the landscape, provide an engaging exhibition, and protect users from a harsh climate. Roseanne Field reports. The volcanic... View Article