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CDW Systems has partnered with automatic door company Prosale to offer installers training for automated doors. CDW manufactures and supplies aluminium doors, to which Prosale applies automated gearing. The training takes place at Prosale’s facilities in Gloucester, and is designed to give installers a complete overview of specifying and installing sliding, swinging and revolving automatic doors. Mike Davis, managing director...
Construction output growth was flat (0.0%) in the three-month on three-month all work series in May 2019, according to the latest ONS figure. This was because of a fall in repair and maintenance of 0.5% being offset by a 0.3% increase in new work. In new work, the increase in the three-month on three-month series in May 2019 was driven...
Window and door installers in Scotland can now take advantage of a free recycling service for their old, post-use windows and doors, which are removed as part of replacement projects, when buying their new products from CMS Trade. The East Kilbride based company is the new trade window and door division of CMS Window Systems, which has been practising closed-loop...
The 1000th Moat home has received new windows, installed by The Window Company (Contracts) since the commercial specialist was appointed to the window and door replacement framework at the start of last year. The residents in the landmark 1000th property were delighted to receive flowers and chocolates to mark the occasion, telling The Window Company (Contracts): “We cannot thank you...
Andy Street visited Shard End in Birmingham to see Vertik-Al’s powder coating facility, in his role as mayor of the West Midlands. The mayor was greeted by Vertik-Al group managing director Angus Mackie, before taking a guided tour of the workshop, accompanied by Mr Mackie and Vertik-Al’s group sales and marketing director John Park Davies, who talked through the powder...
Everglade Windows was recently revisited by BBC News recently to follow up on a previous news story that was conducted by BBC London. “Speaking to the news team at BBC London was a great opportunity to reflect on what we have achieved in the last five years,” Yogesh Gopal, managing director at Everglade Windows, said. “Since 2014, we’ve been named...
Scotia Double Glazing welcomed Michael Matheson, Secretary for Transport, Infrastructure and Connectivity to formally open its new Kilmarnock manufacturing plant. The cabinet secretary led a visiting party from East Ayrshire local authority to cut the ribbon at the new 50,000ft² facility, which was constructed by the council as part of a project to develop the Moorfield Park site to meet...
Homeowners are gravitating towards new living spaces that give them a more room-like extension feel, according to new research. Ultraframe’s marketing director Alex Hewitt said: “The lines between what defines a conservatory and an extension are becoming increasingly blurred, with many homeowners now favouring structures that may be based on conservatory principles, but are closer in terms of their appearance...
Window Ware has joined the Council for Aluminium in Building (CAB). The Bedfordshire-firm said it has become a CAB member to ensure its products and service “always hits the mark”. Window Ware will also be better placed to keep customers informed on the latest news, trends and regulation changes within the aluminium sector. Richard Fraser, Window Ware’s business development manager...
Eurocell has rebranded its Ecoplas recycling business to bring it into the Eurocell Recycle stable. Ecoplas, formerly the largest independent PVCU recycler in the country, was acquired by Eurocell in August 2018. With one of the most advanced and innovative recycling processes in the industry and a nationwide network of collection points at which traders can deposit their PVCU waste,...
DGCOS’s unveiled its new brand ambassador, George Clarke, at the FIT Show. The celebrity architect and TV presenter helped launch a new installer offering from DGCOS, as well as the organisation’s partnership with SureBuy, a new consumer-facing brand that provides homeowners with protection across the whole spectrum of home improvements. George posed for selfies with fans while answering questions about...
Edgetech, Yale and Unique Window Systems have all announced their support for the 2019 Glazing Summit, taking place at Edgbaston Stadium and Conference Centre on September 12. Having sponsored the inaugural Glazing Summit last year, Edgetech said could not afford to miss out. Edgetech’s company director Chris Alderson said: “We believe everyone in the industry has got a responsibility to...
Glass sector plans for a £multi-million research centre, which will help shape the industry over the next century, are set to be unveiled. Industry chiefs from across the UK and Europe will hear how they can influence and benefit from research into clean fuels and innovation to boost manufacturing productivity. And they will set the agenda for how the £1.6...
A “ground-breaking” change to qualifications for people planning to work in the construction and built environment sector in Wales has been unveiled. “In the biggest shake-up to qualifications in the sector for a generation, a complex market with hundreds of existing qualifications will be simplified by eight new qualifications that will help reshape education and training for the industry in...
A regional analysis of construction contract awards has revealed a slowdown in the residential sector, questioning how effective government action has been at increasing housebuilding to its 300,000 per year target. Last year saw a reduction in residential contract awards in a number of areas across the UK, outweighing the number of regions that saw an increase in residential contracts....
There was a sharp loss of momentum for the UK construction sector, with business activity and incoming new work both falling at the fastest pace for just over 10 years, according to the latest IHS Markit/CIPS UK Construction Total Activity Index. The slide in construction demand was mainly attributed by survey respondents to risk aversion among clients in response to...
A “ground-breaking” change to qualifications for people planning to work in the construction and built environment sector in Wales has been unveiled. “In the biggest shake-up to qualifications in the sector for a generation, a complex market with hundreds of existing qualifications will be simplified by eight new qualifications that will help reshape education and training for the industry in...
The winners of the 2019 Schueco Excellence Awards for Design and Innovation were recently announced at London’s prestigious Saatchi Gallery, just off the King’s Road in Chelsea. More than 160 submissions were spread over nine different Award categories. Chair of the judges, Paul Williams, founding director of Stanton Williams, said: “The quality of the 2019 submissions in the majority of...
June saw Pigs descend on the capital once again for yet another industry get-together, with many new faces among the familiar ones at a packed Warwick bar. “It was lovely to see lots of first time piggies join us in London,” Sarah Ball from Balls2 Marketing said, organisers of Pigs. “Pigs is very much inclusive and welcoming to everyone in...
Byfleet-based door manufacturer Skyglaze secured a £425,000 funding package from HSBC UK to purchase new machinery and expand its team. The first of its kind being used in the UK, the new automatic cutting equipment does the work of three of Skyglaze’s previous machines in just one process. The bank’s funding has also allowed for the recruitment of two new...