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Posted On - 20/10/2021
By Adrian Toon, director of a2n. So how do you take that perfect picture, when you capture the moment with a people picture, or get that product looking its best? Composition is key, but only when the scene is set and your camera set up to take the shot. Check everything that is going to be ‘in shot’ – the...
Posted On - 20/10/2021
Quickslide’s chairman Adrian Barraclough says that installers who don’t offer heritage windows are threatening self-extinction. With Quickslide being largely founded upon the development and manufacture of what are now broadly known as ‘heritage’ windows, one might expect me to have some strident views about their importance to the replacement window and door sector. However, I would go so far as...
Posted On - 20/10/2021
Window Ware’s managing director Sam Nuckey discusses why the company is looking forward to ensure that current volumes are sustainable when things get back to normal – and why it has a strong foundation to build upon. I don’t think I’ll ever get tired of talking about record sales months and, judging by the continuing increased orders volumes, I won’t...
Posted On - 20/10/2021
By UAP. Managing the complex phased construction of multiple buildings as part of the same development is always demanding, particularly in prestigious locations like Canary Wharf. Ensuring that management of the built assets is efficient throughout the lifetime of the development is equally important and, at a current mixed-use development across 32 buildings in Canary Wharf, the key control strategy...
Posted On - 20/10/2021
New legislation coming into force in 2022 will raise the bar on window energy performance. Careful specification, manufacture and installation of a window’s sealed unit is essential to comply, says John Cooper, commercial director at Swisspacer. According to the Climate Change Committee, the built environment accounts for around 40% of the UK’s greenhouse emissions, with 14% of this coming from...
Posted On - 20/10/2021
Shirley Sergeant, R&D director for Europe at the NSG Group, parent company of Pilkington UK, reflects on 60 years of innovation at the company’s facility in Lancashire. St Helens is a Merseyside town known for its industrial heritage. It’s where almost 70 years ago we pioneered the modern float glass process that’s used to this day around the world. And...
Posted On - 20/10/2021
Gary Dean, managing director of OnLevel, discusses why the popularity of glass staircase balustrades has increased in recent years. The aesthetic benefits of using a glass balustrade solution are great: light airy interior spaces, and clean lines with minimal disruption on the eye. But what about the detail? Does the client want the all-glass appeal with the absolute minimum glass...
Posted On - 20/10/2021
Glass is being used by leading companies to build brands, which is why supply chain reliability is so critical for those working with them. Angela Worgan, managing director of Abbey Glass, talks to Glass Times. “We make decisions on programmes based on our relationship with Mackenzie Glass,” Angela Worgan, managing director of Abbey Glass. said. “We get involved right at...
Posted On - 20/10/2021
The opportunity to capitalise on homeowner demand for high margin aluminium entrance doors has never been greater, Deceuninck Aluminium’s Nigel Headford tells Glass Times. “The conditions created by lockdown, the home improvement boom, and the record-breaking property market have all combined to turbo boost the demand for high value residential entrance doors,” Nigel Headford, Deceuninck Aluminium, said. “Up until now,...
Posted On - 20/10/2021
Asa McGillian, Apeer MD, says there is no problem with sending composite doors, but he’d love an English sausage. With Boris Johnson creating headlines with his declaration that nothing could stop “the Great British sausage from making it to Belfast” following the banning of that delicacy because of the Brexit rules, many have assumed that the same applies to everything...
Posted On - 20/10/2021
Ultraframe’s marketing director Alex Hewitt discusses a recent survey that aimed to discover why installers choose the Ultraroof solid roof system. There’s nothing better than getting direct feedback from customers to help shape the future direction of product development and marketing strategy. Therefore, we recently carried out a survey with users of our Ultraroof system to find out the reasons...
Posted On - 20/10/2021
“When I grow up, I’d like to design door and window systems,” said no child ever. Made For Trade’s Chris Wann explains why it is hard to attract real engineering talent into the glass and glazing industry. Engineering is a broad term, and sticking your neck out you could say it’s a career that young people usually get involved in...
Posted On - 19/10/2021
By David Thornton, chairman of The Window Company (Contracts). There’s been a radical shift in the supply chain dynamic over the last year, and not just when it comes to demand, supply, and labour. One of the most interesting changes is in the relationship between the supplier and the customer. Where once the onus was on suppliers to invest in...
Posted On - 19/10/2021
Chair of Certass Trade Association Jon Vanstone talks about how the construction industry can shift from a focus on cost to competent workmanship. With the enactment next year of the Building Safety Bill, and the formation of the new Building Safety Regulator (BSR), there will be increased pressure on the glazing industry to improve its record. The BSR is currently...
Posted On - 19/10/2021
By Nick Dutton, CEO of Brisant Secure. Supply problems disrupt business. They can even stop it dead. Recently, the shortage of HGV drivers was one of the factors that led to a limited supply of fuel, which caused chaos across the UK. Globally, supply chains are failing. China is facing an energy crisis: Goldman Sachs estimates 44% of China’s industrial...
Posted On - 19/10/2021
By Angus Mackie, Qualicoat UK and Ireland chair. In 1986 several national associations, encompassing coaters of architectural parts, formed a quality label organisation called Qualicoat. The aim was to standardise procedures and increase the quality of powder coatings for its membership. As an association it is our membership who continue to work together and undertake research that enables the Qualicoat...
Posted On - 12/10/2021
Industry needs to brace itself for new price increases as wholesale energy costs rocket. Glass Times talks to Mark Mitchell, chairman of Cornwall Group, to find out why. Twelve energy companies have collapsed so far this year, each having struggled to cope with an increase in wholesale gas prices which currently sit 250% higher than they were in January, and...
Posted On - 12/10/2021
By Neil Cooper-Smith, senior analyst at Business Pilot. September was a big month with two of the government’s key Covid economic stimulus packages – the Stamp Duty holiday and the furlough scheme – coming to an end. Despite this, the housing market continued to grow at record pace, recording the strongest monthly rise for 14 years in September with a...
Posted On - 07/10/2021
By Wojciech Brozyna, managing director of Aluprof UK. Around a third of all our energy use in the UK is used in our homes and, since most of this energy is used in heating, this is equal to about forty million tonnes of oil every year. The last change to our legislative window U-values for new homes was implemented in...
Posted On - 24/09/2021
By Wayne Hunter, operations manager at Emmegi (UK). It might be because I’m from Yorkshire, but if I spend money on something I want it to last, so I make sure I look after it. I don’t see that being any different at home or in an industrial or workplace setting, and that probably explains my mission to encourage our...
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