Posted On - 09/01/2018
As an increasing number of social housing providers focus on how they can become easier for residents to deal with, more pressure is being put on suppliers to buy into their digital strategies and support their initiatives, according to The Window Company (Contracts), which has invested £tens-of-thousands in a locally designed customer database. The SQL/Access database has details of every...
Posted On - 09/01/2018
Tradelink Window Solutions has opened a new manufacturing facility and Windowcenter in Stoke-on-Trent. The Windowcenter at Stoke-on-Trent – Tradelink’s fourth in the UK – gives installers in the Midlands access to Tradelink’s range of aluminium and PVC windows and doors, conservatories, and sealed units. Jim Moody, managing director at Tradelink, said: “We have invested £450,000 in machinery for the new...
Posted On - 09/01/2018
Winners of the annual Origin Awards, a national initiative that champions businesses in the glass and glazing industry, have been announced. Hosted by Origin, the awards celebrate window and door companies that have shown impressive success and growth over the last 12 months. The awards include 14 categories, each one recognising different aspects of business that help deliver growth. In...
Posted On - 09/01/2018
The rapid growth seen across the commercial glazing sector may be about to stall in ‘some areas’, according to a new report from Palmer Market Research. According to the new ‘The Commercial Glazing Markets 2017’, published at the end of last year, four years of consistent growth meant that the commercial glazing market was 16% up on 2012, while in...
Posted On - 09/01/2018
The UK’s £56.5 billion construction product manufacturing industry is expected to slow this year as the sector lost its pace at the end of 2017, according to the CPA’s State of Trade Survey for 2017 Q4. The survey results showed activity is expected to weaken this year as inflation continues to rise, economic growth slows, and the UK’s post-Brexit deal...
Posted On - 09/01/2018
The Association for Specialist Fire Protection’s Passive Fire Protection Awards has rewarded the dedication and passion of Hannah Mansell, technical manager of the British Woodworking Federation (BWF), and manager of the BWF-Certifire Scheme, with the title of Passive Fire Protection (PFP) Advocate of the Year 2017. Judged by association’s Strategy Group, the new award is to celebrate an individual who...
Posted On - 09/01/2018
Edgetech has returned from China’s biggest glazing expo with over a hundred ‘promising’ leads. Held at Shanghai’s New China International Exhibition Centre in early November, Fenestration BAU China drew 100,000 visitors from across mainland China, East Asia and the world to see 635 firms showcase their wares. The Chinese construction sector has seen phenomenal growth over the past decade, and...
Posted On - 09/01/2018
Over-reliance on the integrity of their supply chain could mean that glass processors and installers are inadvertently supplying the wrong specification of glass or insulated units into the UK construction industry, according to Bohle. The warning comes amid growing industry discussion and concern, particularly surrounding IGUs, that what is being specified by fabricrators, installers and glass processors is what is...
Posted On - 09/01/2018
Club Wembley offers exclusive membership and access to some of the biggest sporting and entertainment occasions throughout the year, including the Carabao Cup Final, The Emirates FA Cup, and some of the biggest global music acts. Choose from a range of Club Wembley memberships, each carefully designed to provide you with the best experience at the most prestigious fixtures in...
Posted On - 08/01/2018
Bennett Architectural have been chosen to supply and install glazing and curtain walling for the upgrade and refurbishment of Ainsdale train station in Southport. Working with main contractor Morgan Sindall, Bennetts will provide and install Kawneer AA100 curtain walling systems as well as Pilkington Planar bolted glazing. The £2.5m investment in the Merseyrail station comes from the government’s National Stations...
Posted On - 03/01/2018
UK construction companies indicated an uneven recovery in business activity at the end of 2017; a robust rise in residential building contrasted with falling work on commercial projects and stagnating civil engineering output. There were positive signals for the near-term business outlook, with new order growth reaching a seven-month high and job creation the strongest since June. However, intense supply...
Posted On - 03/01/2018
Jon Skinner, commercial director of Epwin, has died. He was 63. Jon had worked in the glazing industry for more than 40 years and spent his latter years as commercial director of Epwin Window Systems, a role which he was proud to have and thoroughly enjoyed before ill health prevented him from continuing. Jon began his career serving an apprenticeship...
Posted On - 03/01/2018
An Ultraframe conservatory installed by Realistic Home Improvements in Exeter was recently hit by a 600kg silage bale, but managed to protect both homeowners who were in the conservatory at the time. The view from Mr and Mrs Bushell’s conservatory looks up a sloping garden towards a farmer’s field where, one evening, a contractor was wrapping silage bales in black...
Posted On - 03/01/2018
Dekko Window Systems is celebrating a decade in business. Founded in 2007 by Gary Torr and Kurt Greatrex, Dekko made its name as a trade supplier of Deceuninck PVCU windows. Dekko’s eureka moment came when the Greater Manchester firm saw the industry landscape move towards premium products and launched Residence 9, the timber-look flush sash window in 2013 and focused...
Posted On - 03/01/2018
A new way of reducing the Nitrogen Oxide (NOx) emissions produced by the glass-making industry has been developed by experts at the University of South Wales (USW) together with industry partners. Glass-making companies could save £millions each year by installing a newly developed combustion technique. Conventional methods of firing glass-melting furnaces have traditionally produced large amounts of NOx, which is...
Posted On - 03/01/2018
The European Plastics Converters Association (EuPC) and the British Plastics Federation (BPF) have drafted a joint position paper, emphasising the need to develop a deep and comprehensive agreement that eliminates customs and minimises possible non-tariff barriers following Britain’s withdrawal from Europe. “In the interest of the European plastics converting industry, we ask the European Commission and the British government to...
Posted On - 03/01/2018
The industry’s top business leaders, directors and senior management will converge near Birmingham for a major industry conference and debate in May, organisers of a new event have announced. The 2018 Glazing Summit is a forum for fabricators, installers, glass companies, distributors and material suppliers to discuss key industry issues and trends. A line-up of experts will debate the ‘new...
Posted On - 02/01/2018
Velux is urging homeowners to seek professional help before carrying out major renovations to their home in 2018, after research reveals that the majority fail to properly consider the financial consequences. New research by Velux shows that despite one-fifth of homeowners planning to carry out work to their home next year, a third have not costed the project and 52%...
Posted On - 02/01/2018
The chair of an independent review into building regulations and fire safety has found that the current system for ensuring fire safety in high-rise buildings is not fit for purpose. Furthermore, a ‘universal shift in culture’ is required to rebuild trust among residents of high-rise buildings and significantly improve the way that fire safety is assured. Dame Judith Hackitt, who...
Posted On - 19/12/2017
The founder and director of Cumbernauld-based Cube Glass, Gary Thorn, has come out top of the latest Building for Growth Programme course organised by hub South West. Gary, who started Cube Glass in 2013 and which now has annual sales of £2.5 million, was marked by a panel of construction sector judges against his fellow course participants on a series...
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