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The World’s Largest Titanic Attraction Opening In Belfast One hundred years after the birth of the world’s most famous ship, the £97 million Titanic Belfast has become a major new tourist attraction for Northern Ireland. Its centrepiece is a stunning recreation of the Titanic’s iconic Grand Staircase by Torquay-based architects Kay Elliott.

Titanic Belfast is an iconic 14,000 sq m (150,700 sq ft), six-floor building featuring nine interpretive and interactive galleries that explore the sights, sounds, smells and stories of Titanic, as well as the City and people which made her.

The world’s largest Titanic visitor experience accommodates a dark ride, underwater exploration theatre, recreations of the ship’s cabins, interactive technologies and a luxurious conference and banqueting venue, the Titanic Suite. As faithful to the original as modern building regulations and design constraints allow,

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the recreation of the staircase is the focal point of the 1,000-seater Titanic Suite, Belfast’s largest dedicated banqueting space. The near-replica Grand Staircase is 23ft high and 24ft wide, has 23 steps, weighs nearly four tonnes and is made up of 10,000 individual parts. It was built in six separate sections using red oak, the same wood which was used for the Titanic’s Grand Staircase.

Six joiners worked on the project and it’s estimated to have taken 1,500 manhours over four months to complete.

The challenge of matching the craftsmanship of original designers Harland & Wolff was met by Oldtown Joinery, a specialist joinery firm from Bellaghy, Co. Londonderry, using materials and techniques similar to those used in the shipyard 100-years ago.

Alongside the design of the staircase, Kay Elliott was also responsible for the interior design, making sure a high quality visitor experience was created.

Titanic Belfast includes four public entrances, a four storey atrium, temporary exhibition galleries, the 1,000 seat banqueting suite/conference centre, pre function areas, education and community facilities, restaurants, retail spaces and an underground car park.

Mark Muir, Kay Elliott’s Project Director for Titanic Belfast, said: “A major challenge was the lack of complete drawings of the original staircase.

We developed a detailed 3D technical model based on photographs of the

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original staircase onboard Titanic’s sister ship Olympic - a job which involved painstaking detective work over several months so we could be as true to the design as possible. The result is a stunning centrepiece of the Titanic, located on the top two floors of the attraction, that itself offers a journey through history, showcasing key points in the Titanic ship’s life. It is also testament to the skills of the many designers and craftsman involved.”

Tim Husbands, Titanic Belfast’s CEO, added: “Titanic’s Grand Staircase is one of the most well-known focal points of the world’s most famous ship and is synonymous with the grandeur of Edwardian society. Titanic Belfast is the world’s largest Titanic visitor attraction and we want to bring the Titanic story alive for our visitors and guests from all over the world and replicate the timeless elegance that was designed to impress the first class passengers onboard. Kay Elliott and Oldtown Joinery have done a superb job on an extremely intricate and detailed process – virtually every part of the near-replica Grand Staircase has been hand crafted in the traditional way.” www.kayelliott.co.uk

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Smarts Delighted With Ecobuild Leading aluminium systems company Smart Architectural Aluminium reports that their first year exhibiting at the Ecobuild Exhibition has been a huge success. There was particular interest in Smart’s message of sustainable building solutions which corresponded well with the theme of the exhibition. Visitors were particularly interested to learn that 50% of the aluminium billet used by Smart is recycled aluminium. Smarts showcased key commercial products at the exhibition with the Alitherm 800 WER A rated window, Greenstar 1.0W/m²K U Value window, Evolution heritage window and Smart Wall thermal shop front screen and door systems all receiving a great deal of enquires. www.smartsystems.co.uk

Pegler Yorkshire Launches New All Encompassing Belmont Brochure Pegler Yorkshire has brought its wellknown Belmont range of commercial radiator valves under its ‘Pegler Commercial Valve Range’, which now offers a much wider portfolio. In addition, the company has launched a new comprehensive brochure which features best practice and compliance sections offering technical help to specifiers, contractors and service engineers. The brochure also features additional accessories from radiator valve security measures to a telescopic tailpiece and gland removal tool. www.pegleryorkshire.co.uk Enquiry No. 2

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Portakabin Launches New Website To Change Perceptions Of Modular Building Portakabin has launched a new website as part of its campaign to change the perception of modular building and to demonstrate just what is now possible with this highly innovative and flexible approach to accommodation for interim and permanent uses. The new site has a number of key features, including more than 2,000 images across the site to illustrate the almost limitless design possibilities of this modular approach, a 32-page photo gallery which showcases some of the most innovative applications of Portakabin buildings, clear and simple navigation to allow specifiers to access information more quickly, and a new section for the Portakabin Hire Emergency Response service, which can provide buildings in a matter of hours in the event of a crisis situation. www.portanews.co.uk

Comar 5Pi Aluminium Window Systems Now Kitemarked Comar Architectural Aluminium Systems are delighted to announce that they have achieved Kitemark status: BS 4873 – Systems Supplier for Aluminium Alloy Windows and BS 7950/4873 Enhanced Security Performance of Windows for Domestic Applications for Comar 5Pi ECO 55mm and 75mm casement window systems and Comar 5Pi Tilt/ Turn windows. The latest certification for Comar Aluminium Systems ensures that the design, supply and security performance of thier aluminium window systems meets the strictest criteria of the British Standards Institute Kitemark Scheme. Recognised throughout the world, the Kitemark is a uniquely powerful symbol of trustworthiness and is one of the most respected product quality marks. www.comar-alu.co.uk Enquiry No. 3

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KNX UK Award Winners Announced At the KNX UK AGM, held at Lily Hill House in Bracknell during March, the winners of the Association's Annual Awards were announced. The awards were made in the categories of KNX Champion for 2011, Best KNX Product and Best KNX Installation. KNX Champion was Iain Gordon, the Association's President. Winner of Best KNX Product was Theben's Presence Light 360B-KNX 360° ceiling-mounted presence detector.

This product was chosen for its high levels of functionality and product quality. Winner of the Best KNX Installation was systems integrator Entech for the installation at the Bulgari Hotel in London where the versatility of KNX technology has been clearly demonstrated. www.knxuk.org Enquiry No. 5

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Details Colours Downloads www.comar-alu.co.uk The new range of Comar aluminium profiles launches today at www.comar-alu.co.uk. Key notes this season include downloadable CAD details, NBS Specifications, testing to CWCT Sequence B and the very latest colours and finishing technology for Comar’s aluminium curtain walling, windows, ground floor framing and doors.

Simply click on and register on the ‘Comar Partner’ tab to download typical design details or create your own facade from over 700 aluminium profiles. If you require bespoke profiles, email your design and Comar can provide feasibility and budget costs.

Accentuate façades with a palette of over 400 different textures, colours and finishes from RAL, Syntha Pulvin and anodising such as Sandalor. New additions include finishes from Interpon; their Elements and Fusion collections ensure the very latest coatings are available at your fingertips.

Demanding designs are backed up with exceptional tested reassurance. World renowned Taywood Engineering has completed its testing of Comar 6EFT 4sided, 2sided structural glazing and capped curtain walling, all with concealed vents to the CWCT’s Sequence B test regime at a design safety pressure of 3600Pa. The test has the added benefit of being witnessed and audited by the CWCT. For further information, contact projects@parksidegrp.co.uk or simply call on 020 8685 9685 to organise a meeting with your regional Comar Consultant.

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Johnson & Starley Highlight High Efficiency Heating And Ventilation Systems

Reduce Heat Loss By Minimising Thermal Bridging Discover how Ancon can help you to deliver sustainable, energy-efficient structures at Greenbuild Expo 2012. Stand number B24 will feature Ancon’s extensive range of low thermal conductivity cavity wall ties, which includes the unique basalt-fibre TeploTie. Also on display will be a range of Thermal Breaks for use at other locations where the insulated building envelope is interrupted, such as balconies and brickwork support brackets. www.ancon.co.uk Enquiry No. 7

Quality Log Homes From Logwise When it comes to quality log homes, Honka Fusion™ from Logwise is the eco -friendly and energy efficient home of today. Sustainable materials, advanced technology, combined with great design and architecture. Honka Fusion™ is essentially a low energy housing solution that combines wood with other materials such as brick, glass and stone to create architecturally beautiful buildings.

Individually designed, Honka Fusion™ means not just freedom in design but also construction, and maintenance with ease. With this innovation, the house does not have to be adjusted after construction like a traditional log house.

On stand no E7 at Greenbuild, Logwise will be showing some of the more recent log buildings that Honka has supplied, including the largest residential log home ever built in Finland. www.logwise.co.uk Enquiry No. 9

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At Greenbuild Expo 2012 (Stand B20) Johnson & Starley will be highlighting the latest examples of their heating and ventilation product ranges under the umbrella of their recently introduced new corporate identity. Products on show will include the company’s Q-Vent whole house mechanical ventilation systems which are up to 95% efficient. LE whole house heat recovery systems incorporate energy efficient EC fan motors and have running costs around just half of AC fans. The C300 Premier central extract system is designed for whole house ventilation and is capable of achieving airflows of 300 m3/hour.

RenoXtra high efficiency combination condensing boilers feature a gas saver module that provides additional system efficiency by recycling flue gases and resulting in extra domestic hot water (DHW) efficiency, lower gas consumption and running costs. www.johnsonandstarley.co.uk Enquiry No. 8

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Ancon Lockable Dowel Wins Queen’s Award For Innovation

VEKA Praises Fensterbau After AllBrand Debut

Ancon Building Products has won a prestigious Queen’s Award for Innovation for its ground-breaking lockable dowel system used in post-tensioned concrete buildings.

This innovative component accelerates the speed of construction, reduces build costs, simplifies concrete design, improves aesthetics and enhances on-site safety. The Queen’s Awards for Enterprise are presented annually for outstanding achievements in the categories of Innovation, International Trade and Sustainable Development. Winning organisations must demonstrate the highest levels of corporate excellence combined with significant advances in performance and commercial success making a Queen’s Award the ultimate business accolade. www.ancon.co.uk

VEKA plc has declared its second Fensterbau even better than 2010, with a visibly bigger UK audience for its new group product offering.

The Nürnberg event was the first major showing for the VEKA’s extended range since last year’s acquisition and Sales & Marketing Director Colin Torley said the show made a superb platform for the debut: “The feedback from everyone there was excellent. For the visitors, there was a massive and varied range from more than 1,200 exhibitors and for us it was a great opportunity to meet new faces as well as catching up with existing customers”.

On show were the ranges from VEKA, Halo, Bowater Architectural and Bowater Doors. www.vekauk.com

Xtratherm's New Insulation Website Xtratherm, a leading manufacturer of innovative rigid insulation products, has a new website where builders' merchants, architects, housebuilders and contractors can find out more about Xtratherm's wide product range, search for products by application, and download guides and technical data. Architects can download BRE approved software for U-value calculations, detailed U-value performance tables and certifications, links to NBS information on sustainability, particularly structured for use by BREAAM and SAP assessors, and comprehensive guidance on thermal bridging with PSI values attached. www.xtratherm.com Enquiry No. 12

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The STARS market leading heat loss calculator now available on our new look website www.stelrad.com Improving energy efficiency and comfort, while reducing bills. The Stelrad Radical Energy Saving Radiator. Visit www.stelrad.com or call 0870 849 8056

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GEZE UK Delivers Dedicated Service For FM Staff

New Website For Videx Security Videx Security has launched its new website. The company offers a range of security solutions for both the public and private sectors, with the new website providing comprehensive details and support material for all these products. Videx offers Audio and Video Door Entry Systems, GSM systems, DDA and Special Needs Equipment, Biometric & Access Control Products and a range of Door Openers and accessories. Standard Audio and Video Kits together with modular systems give specifiers and installers the widest choice of solutions. www.videx-security.com

GEZE UK is now providing dedicated service advisors for each of its large national clients, mainly facilities management companies and multiple retailers.

Each company has a dedicated service advisor and a deputy so that with just one call, FM staff can reach their main contact and check service or maintenance progress on their door and window control systems. By devoting staff to just one or two key customers, GEZE UK ensures that each account advisor has a comprehensive knowledge and understanding of their designated firm, the work that’s required and their individual expectations and requirements. As part of GEZE UK’s advanced service offer, account advisors are using portals into FM companies’ own online project management systems to update them on progress, follow ups and timings. www.geze.co.uk Enquiry No. 15

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DRICON Celebrates 25 Years Of BBA Accreditation Timber is a valuable and versatile building material, but just like concrete or steel, it can be open to the threat of fire. In April 2012, DRICON, Arch Timber Protection’s water-based fire retardant, will celebrate 25 years of continuous British Board of Agrément (BBA) accreditation, giving confidence and reassurance of long-term and safe fire protection to the contractors, designers and most important of all, occupants of buildings and structures that use timber for all or part of their construction. DRICON, which has been used to protect solid timber and timber panels for more than 30 years worldwide, is the only BBA-approved fire retardant protection for timber.

As well as BBA accreditation, Arch has classification reports from independent certification organisations for a wide range of species and thicknesses of timber for a number of different end uses, to confirm customers’ confidence in the fire retardant properties.

DRICON is applied by vacuum-pressure impregnation in factorycontrolled conditions, and is suitable for interior and weather protected exterior situations. It has been used in schools, hospitals, theatres and airports. DRICON has a fully-approved listing on London Underground’s product register for underground and aboveground projects, and is also protecting some of the iconic 2012 Olympic facilities. www.archtp.com Enquiry No. 16

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Passmores Academy in Essex is one of the latest projects to include Dricon fire retardant protection’

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Coillte Panel Products Supports UKTI And UK Green Building Council At Ecobuild 2012 At Ecobuild (March 2012) the UK Green Building Council (UK-GBC) and the UKTI (UK Trade & Investment) again turned to Coillte Panel Products to supply FSC certified panel products Medite MDF and SmartPly OSB in order to create their largest presence ever at Ecobuild.

As the number one source of ‘green’ information, events and activities for the built environment, UK-GBC uniquely brings together those involved in the planning, design, construction, maintenance and operation of buildings, along with NGOs, academic institutions and government agencies.

Ecobuild is the world’s biggest event for sustainable design, construction and the built environment and the UK’s largest construction event. The stand-out feature of the UK- GBC’s presence was their ‘Big Tent’.

Created using SmartPly OSB, sessions held in the Big Tent highlighted what is current and new in the sustainable built environment, and was the only seminar area on the Ecobuild exhibition floor.

The criteria for the UK-GBC’s stand materials and the Big Tent theatre was simple; they had to be as sustainable as possible. The stand itself has been reused, added to and built upon six times, making it a highly sustainable and effective showcase of some of the certified panel products which can be chosen with confidence over non-FSC material. Coillte Panel Product’s leading MDF brand Medite provided UK-GBC’s stand builders Dacapo with Medite Ecologique MDF which has zero added formaldehyde and is FSC certified. SmartPly OSB3

was also supplied; a sustainable and structural wood-based panel product which is also FSC certified and has zero added formaldehyde. Used extensively by the UKTI for exhibition counter units, benches, signage construction, and to create a meeting space which featured branding for the campaign lead by the message “Green is Great Britain”, SmartPly OSB is also being increasingly specified and used with its raw surface exposed, offering a more rugged, natural design solution.

The UK-GBC and the UKTI credited their use of Medite Ecologique MDF and SmartPly OSB on ‘product information towers’, and through the stand designers discussions with visitors throughout the duration of the show on the specification and use of the selected materials.

With their own stand at Ecobuild, Coillte Panel Products featured the innovation and sustainability which is at the heart of Coillte Panel Product’s development and showcased its full range of wood-based panel products, from Medite Ecologique and Ultralite, to pre-coated site hoarding and security product SmartPly SiteProtect.

An aquarium built into the exhibition stand contained fish shapes created out of new Extreme Durable MDF Medite Tricoya, demonstrating in real time its durability and dimensional stability, even in water. Branding across the stand highlighted the company’s long-term FSC credentials, its unique security of supply as Coillte owns the FSC certified forests and trees used to make their products, and that CARB2, one of the most stringent airborne toxic control regulations, is provided as standard across all their products.

For more information on Coillte Panel Products, visit www.medite-europe.com and www.smartply.com Enquiry No. 17

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Yorkon Completes 50th Modular Petrol Filling Station Kiosk For Tesco – And

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Achieves ‘A’ Rating For Energy Efficiency Off-site construction specialist, Yorkon, has completed another milestone for Tesco – its 50th modular petrol filling station (PFS) building for the global retailer.

Since Yorkon completed its first petrol filling station kiosk for Tesco near Gretna Green in Scotland, the modular design has been engineered to accommodate larger chillers, a toilet with disabled access, and continuous glazing to maximise views from the till positions across the forecourt.

Yorkon’s 50th petrol filling station kiosk for Tesco was located at Leigh in the North West and was completed as part of a major new store development. The project was also the first application of Tesco’s latest kiosk design and successfully achieved an EPC energy efficiency rating of ‘A’.

New developments to the store design include reduced column sizes to improve visibility of the petrol pumps, disabled access, different configurations of shelving and partitions, and energy efficient lighting and refrigeration.

The modular building at Leigh was craned into position in just one day. All plumbing, electrics, partitions, sanitary

ware, counter, tobacco gantry, flooring and kitchen were pre-installed off site at the Yorkon production centre in York, reducing time on site to just four days. Other recent petrol filling station projects undertaken

by Yorkon for Tesco include Northcott in Northern Ireland, Ystradgynlais in South Wales and in Devon, Humberside, Cheshire, the Midlands, Cleveland and Falkirk in Scotland.

Commenting on the project at Leigh, Richard Jackson, Tesco PFS Operations Manager for the UK and Ireland, said, “The Leigh PFS is a good example of just what can be achieved with off-site construction.

It looks fantastic and the team there are really proud of their new facility. It is a first class petrol filling station – bright modern and functional, helping to reaffirm our position as a world class fuel retailer.”

Simon Ambler, Director of Yorkon added, “We are delighted to have completed our 50th PFS project for Tesco. This partnership is the result of a long-term commitment and a process of continuous development on the part of both organisations, ensuring Tesco and its customers receive the very highest standards of quality, service and value every time.”

“Petrol filling stations are highly constrained sites that require specialist ground works for the forecourt. By using an off-site solution for the building, work on site is reduced and there is much less disruption.”

Tesco is the largest independent fuel retailer in the UK, serving over 4.5 million motorists every week. Leigh PFS is the 459th Tesco petrol filling station. Tesco PFS kiosks offer a range of convenience products at supermarket prices to help cut the cost of recharging fuel levels on a journey.

Yorkon is the UK’s market leader in offsite construction solutions for the retail sector, and has worked with Tesco for over a decade. It has delivered more than 220 modular building projects for the food retailer – from convenience and petrol filling station stores to award-winning 10,000sqft interim supermarkets and a 28,000sqft eco-store. Yorkon is part of the Portakabin Group. www.yorkon.info Enquiry No. 18

New Clinic Opens In East Yorkshire – Constructed Using A Highly Sustainable

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Recycled Modular Building A new health centre has opened in the East Riding of Yorkshire, constructed using a highly sustainable recycled modular building from Foremans Relocatable Building Systems.

Designed by architects Gelder and Kitchen, the new purpose-designed centre was craned into position in just eight hours over a weekend. The single storey building has been clad in brickwork to complement its location in the historic village of Cottingham – a conservation area.

Since closure of the clinic following the major floods in 2007, health services have been temporarily provided at other locations in the area.

excellent throughout and the construction and fitting out phases went very smoothly.

We had a good relationship with their team, who were happy to go the extra mile to meet our specific requirements.”

“Speed of delivery was important to enable us to re-provide clinical services locally as quickly as possible. The use of a recycled building structure also made our budgets go further, providing excellent value, as well as having a number of strong environmental benefits.”

Henry Chadwick, Partner at architects, Gelder and Kitchen, added, “We are impressed with the finish and the space the modular approach has created internally.

It is spacious and open. You would never know this was a modular building – or indeed a recycled building.”

The new centre has brought a range of community services under one roof again, including podiatry; consultation, examination and treatment facilities; hearing aid services; child health clinics, and community dental services.

“The installation was very professional and efficient and the finished scheme sits well in its landscape. This is a really good building, successfully delivered to a tight budget.”

Commenting on the project, Stephen Dale, Capital Projects Manager at East Riding of Yorkshire Primary Care Trust, said “This is a fantastic building, delivered on time, cost and quality. Foremans’ performance was

All Foremans’ recycled modular buildings are fully refurbished with new windows, wall linings, partitions, M&E services, doors, flooring, and cladding, to create high quality accommodation for a wide variety of permanent and interim applications.

The recycling and refurbishment of relocatable buildings is also highly sustainable, helping to improve a building’s carbon footprint: The approach produces less than 10 per cent of the carbon emissions compared to a newly manufactured building (source: MPBA).

Because much of the refurbishment work takes place off site, the approach generates fewer vehicle movements to site than traditional building methods, reducing congestion and carbon emissions.

By refurbishing the building modules and preserving the embodied energy of the steel structure, Foremans is extending the life of the building and minimising the volume of waste sent to landfill. www.foremansbuildings.info Enquiry No. 19

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Stannah – Buzzing About Za Za Bazaar

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and Bar in Bristol’s thriving Harbourside development. Hailed as the biggest restaurant in the UK, this buffet-dining flagship launches a new concept of super world restaurant being rolled out across the country.

colourful patchwork floor tiling continued from the foyer. At ground-floor level, signature copper fasciae to the door fronts and surrounds reflects the venue’s individuality.

Trolleylift 250 HPU contributes to backof-house movement of goods and supplies, helping us to streamline customer service and keep the unique buzz that is Za Za Bazaar’s signature.”

A Maxilift MXL MRLI (motor room-less) passenger lift and Trolleylift 250 HPU goods lift have been installed in this 1000-cover restaurant – first of eight planned in the UK, all dedicated to high quality global cuisine prepared fresh in front of guests by specialist chefs.

Supplied structure supported for easy installation, the Trolleylift 250 HPU handles goods and supplies between the delivery, kitchen and storage areas ranged over three floors. Finished in tough baked enamel, it has been modified to flex with the layout of the premises: a 250kg model was uprated to a 300kg carrying capacity with left-hand hinged doors, and the top-floor entrance was configured rightadjacent to the lower two entrances.

Both lifts have contributed significantly to delivering outstanding customer service as Za Za Bazaar Marketing Manager, Kerry Lloyd, comments:

The Maxilift MXL helps the premises owners meet the requirements of the Equality Act 2010; and the Trolleylift 250 HPU complies with the Essential Safety Requirements (ESRs) of the Machinery (Safety) Regulations 1992, also known as the Machinery Directive and EN 81-3 where applicable.

Both lifts were adapted to suit the venue’s individual style and function. Hydraulically driven over 4500mm in a wall-mounted shaft, the 8-person Maxilift MXL moves patrons between the ground-floor bar and mezzanine restaurant. The MRLi (motor room-less) capability saves space by locating the lift workings in the pit.

The MXL is the luxury Maxilift model and offers a Special Finishes capability to flex with every décor demand. The car interior is finished in polished black glass with

“Thanks to the bespoke Maxilift MXL passenger lift, people of all mobility levels can access all our facilities and really experience what this ground-breaking, super world restaurant has to offer. The

Stannah is also providing full support with both lifts maintained by the South West England and South Wales branch of Stannah Lift Services. Part of Stannah’s nationwide network of service branches, this branch is on-hand 24/7, 365 days a year to keep the region’s lifts in peak condition. www.stannahlifts.co.uk Enquiry No. 20

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Wicona Glazing Systems Specified For New Polar Research Station In Antarctica

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A new Indian research station in the Antarctic is to feature high performance aluminium glazing systems from Wicona, which will have to withstand some of the most extreme conditions on earth.

Designed by Hamburg-based architects, bof Architekten, the research station Bharati will be sited on the Antarctic coast, having been transported from Germany via South Africa by ship as a series of prefabricated modules.

The station’s aluminium façade will be subjected to the severe climatic conditions of the South Pole, which include abnormally high thermal and mechanical loads caused by blizzards, huge quantities of snow, high wind speeds and temperatures of -40° and below.

A large proportion of the building’s façade will be glazed using Wicona’s specially adapted WICTEC 50 curtain walling system.

This will feature triple glazing, highly insulated panels, an incline of up to 15° at the two narrow ends, and will achieve a U value of 0.8 W/m2K. The system also had

to allow for the assembly and disassembly of the façade for testing purposes in Germany before the final installation in the Antarctic.

By incorporating a high level of glazing into the station’s design, the 25 staff working there will have a magnificent view of their polar location and it will counter their sense of confinement. 15 scientists and logistics staff will live and work in the station all year round.

Bharati is India’s third research base in Antarctica. It will be a two-storey structure, raised on stilts and is designed to have a life span of 25 years, as well as to minimise any impact on the environment.

It will use combined heat and power from renewable sources for heating, low sulphur fossil fuel, efficient treatment of effluent, and all hazardous and sanitary waste will be transported back to the mainland for disposal.

to Cape Town. In South Africa, a further 50 modules that make up the construction camp were taken on board for the 5,200km journey by sea to the site in the Larsemann Hills on the northern edge of the Antarctic.

The scheme is scheduled for completion later this year.

The team based at Bharati will carry out cutting edge multi-disciplinary research and observation studies, including the movement of platonic plates, microbes surviving in the atmosphere and meteorological sciences.

Wicona offers a range of technically advanced glazing systems for complex and bespoke aluminium façades. Its products include unitised and stick curtain walling, structural and roof glazing, highly insulated window systems and heavy duty doors. www.wicona.co.uk Enquiry No. 21

The research station will weigh around 1,000 tonnes and comprises 134 prefabricated modules which have now been transported by ship from Antwerp

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Technal’s New Low Rise Façade System Used For Inspirational Special School

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In Hampshire

One of the first applications of the latest aluminium glazing system from Technal is a visionary new primary school in Hampshire for children with learning difficulties. The revolutionary MODAL low rise façade system was specified for Forest Park School near Southampton.

Designed by Hampshire County Council’s in-house architects and constructed by Morgan Sindall in a £8.9m contract, the new building has created an inspirational, child-centred facility which is set to transform special school provision in Hampshire.

The school is a collection of low rise buildings interlinked by a series of canopies and arranged around a number of courtyards. The outer walls are constructed of brick with inner façades of dark timber and glass, and a combination of dual and mono-pitched zinc roofs. The site’s landscaping was inspired by the heathland that characterises much of the New Forest National Park.

Glazing fabricator Solaglas installed Technal’s MODAL low rise façade system extensively throughout. Finished in dark brown with contrasting bronze doors, MODAL is used as fixed light glazing and

with FXi65 windows. Sound attenuated louvres provide additional natural ventilation, and the GXi sliding patio door, which is fully integrated with MODAL, was also specified, together with Technal’s CD commercial door.

MODAL is a rapid-build low rise façade system – and the first in the UK to offer integral opening vents.

It has an innovative modular design, which gives specifiers a much wider choice of configuration options.

Nicky Dando, Head Teacher at Forest Park School said, “We are delighted with all aspects of the new building, including the glazing. All visitors have commented on how light and airy the building feels.”

Commenting on the specification of MODAL, the project architect at Hampshire County Council said, “One of the key design objectives for this project was to maximise natural light and views out onto the landscaped areas, helping us to extend the building into the external play spaces. This is a sustainable building so we also needed to provide a good level of natural ventilation. The MODAL system could incorporate both louvres for passive ventilation and integrated windows.”

He added, “We are very pleased with the finished building which is performing to a high standard and has been very well received by the children, staff and parents.”

The new school, which has been created following the amalgamation of two existing schools, provides accommodation for 72 children with special educational needs, aged between two and 11 years. Facilities include a library, IT suite, hydrotherapy pool, hall, children’s kitchen for cookery activities, therapy room, office, dining room, soft play room, light room, specialist art room and extensive external play areas.

The scheme is targeted to achieve a BREEAM ‘very good’ rating and has a number of sustainability features to minimise its impact on the environment such as solar thermal panels to assist in providing hot water for the hydrotherapy pool, combined heat and power system, high levels of natural ventilation and highly glazed elevations to maximise natural light. The buildings are also orientated to minimise solar gain and improve cross ventilation, reducing the reliance on mechanical ventilation. www.technal.co.uk/MODAL Enquiry No. 22

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Aquatiere Has The Soft Touch The Aquatiere No Scale saltless water softener is steadily making its mark amongst architects and specifiers. Recently installed at the National Railway Museum and on North Sea Oil Rigs, the innovative softener is proving invaluable where avoiding the need for the provision of salt and ongoing maintenance is an effective method to reduce costs. A conventional salt based softener can waste up to 180,000 litres of water over a few years. The Aquatiere No Scale softener uses Template Assisted Crysalisation to change the limescale in the water to microcopic crystals of magnesium and calcium which in there natural seperated state, do not form hard scale. The unit is simply fitted onto the incoming water main and requires no power, no drain and no seperate drinking water tap. www.aquatiere.co.uk Enquiry No. 23

UK Launch For New Generation XPS Roof Insulation XENERGY SL Offers Better Performance And Thickness Savings Dow Building Solutions – the inventor of STYROFOAM insulation – has launched XENERGY SL, a new generation extruded polystyrene (XPS) for insulation of inverted flat roofs. XENERGY XPS combines the features of STYROFOAM XPS - durability, reliability and strength – but has even better insulation performance thanks to the addition of infra-red blocking particles to scatter and reflect heat radiation within the foam board. Now, roof designers and contractors are the first to be offered XENERGY SL designed for inverted roof insulation. XENERGY SLis available in single extruded thicknesses of 100, 120, 140 and 160mm. 4mW thermal conductivity gains are possible at 140mm and 160mm thicknesses, an 11% improved insulation performance compared with ROOFMATE SL-A. XENERGY XPS is blown with CO2, giving it a Global Warming Potential (GWP) of less than five. www.dowxenergy.co.uk Enquiry No. 24

COMPAC Sets The Trend With The Launch Of A New Quartz Worksurface TREND is an exciting, new technological quartz worksurface and flooring collection developed by COMPAC that incorporates important new shapes and colours involving a new design approach - adding magic and alchemy to create a totally unique and balanced collection, warm and friendly, where simplicity and purity are its hallmarks. The TREND collection, COMPAC believe, is ecologically superior in its manufacture and composition to any other quartz worksurface on the market and has been designed for healthy living - where colour and texture contribute to an equilibrate feeling. COMPAC’s renowned engineering skills have achieved a zero porosity worksurface without the need for antibacterial chemicals to deliver a completely healthy surface. TREND sets the trend by offering a collection of five beautiful cool colours. www.compac.es Enquiry No. 25

Simpson Strong-Tie Launches Innovative New Product For I-Joist Range Simpson Strong-Tie has launched an innovative new product called the I-Beam Hole Support (IHS.). Developed in conjunction with I-joist manufacturers, the IHS offers a useful solution to the problem of directing pipes or cables through the I-joists without affecting structural integrity and can be retro-fitted where services have already been installed. Supplied as a complete kit, each IHS consists of two sets of interlocking plates to reinforce the I-joist from both sides. Holes cut into the web of the I-joist can also be a minimum of 50mm from the bearing point allowing services to run close to external walls. Holes can be cut into the web of the I-joist before or after installation of the IHS, but must fit within the internal space. www.strongtie.co.uk Enquiry No. 26

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FAKRO White Roof Windows Set The Standard FAKRO manufactures 13 sizes of both white polyurethane-coated, close-grain redwood pine and uPVC roof windows.

Both are ideal for high humidity areas or simply to match existing white windows and doors. They offer exceptional moisture resistance and have sleek frames in a contemporary style which give a bigger overall glazing area and can be simply wiped clean.

Opening options include centre pivot and the unique FAKRO preSelect® top hung and pivot, operation of which can be changed at the flick of a switch in the frame. U-values are as low as 0.97 W/m2K and windows benefit from topSafe hinge and lock reinforcement and an automatic air vent in most profiles. Windows can also be ordered in conservation style and with electronic operation. www.fakro.co.uk Enquiry No. 27

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NIBE F1345 – The Powerful Ground Sourced Heat Pump This year the Ecobuild Exhibition, which is the world’s biggest event for sustainable design, construction and the built environment and the UK’s largest construction event of any kind, saw the launch of the of the brand new NIBE F1345 three phase ground source heat pump. The NIBE F1345 is the latest addition to the new generation of heat pumps from NIBE Energy Systems Ltd. The NIBE F1345, is a more flexible and powerful pump designed to provide ground sourced energy to large residential, commercial and even industrial situations and capable of satisfying very substantial hot water and heating requirements.

The new ground source heat pump from NIBE has the unique NIBE multi-coloured TFT screen which provides a user-friendly and installer friendly intuitive control panel, that lets you set a comfortable indoor climate and schedule the heating system.

NIBE’s F1345 is manufactured in four sizes with outputs of 24, 30, 40 and 60kW respectively, but it is capable of undertaking even greater heating tasks since up to nine pumps can be cascade linked to provide a massively powerful 540kW. With the new NIBE Modbus accessory, the new NIBE F1345 Ground Source Heat Pump can be controlled by a BMS system and other accessories available include pool, GSM remote control, active cooling, solar and the new AMB 30. The new NIBE AMB 30 allows you to combine ground source and air source for a truly hybrid operation. The AMB 30 is an air collector accessory that you can use with the new NIBE F1345 ground source heat pump. The AMB 30 is a heat absorbing air source module that exploits the outdoor air, which means that neither boreholes nor ground source coils are required in as large quantities. It is also possible to combine several AMB 30’s to achieve the desired output size.

Each NIBE F1345 ground source heat pump contains two large scroll compressors and the intelligent control system ensures that these are employed to best effect in all circumstances, optimising efficiency and minimising wear.

The new NIBE F1345 heat pump’s energy can be provided via boreholes, ground collectors or even lake water, all of which have a remarkably even temperature throughout the year regardless of surface conditions. Despite the power generated by the heat pump, noise levels during operation are extremely low allowing great flexibility in positioning the elegantly slim unit measuring 1800 x 600mm with a depth of 620mm. NIBE’s new heat pump has great power potential and flexibility for this is matched by truly excellent energy efficiency. With a COP rating well over 4, up to 10% better than earlier models, great fuel savings are possible and payback time can be sharply reduced. www.nibe.co.uk Enquiry No. 28

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Renewing The “DuPont™ Corian® Experience” A refined and enhanced colour palette for DuPont™ Corian® high-tech surface: an exclusive resource for timeless sophistication and superior versatility in design Since its pioneering invention, an evolving and original colour palette has been a dynamic theme in the story of DuPont™ Corian® high-tech surface. Now this carefully researched offering has been once again significantly refined, as part of the inspired re-thinking that keeps DuPont™ Corian® at the leading edge of surface design.

The refreshed and re-ordered palette includes captivating new tones developed for a wide variety of architectural and design projects, residential and commercial, interior and exterior. This evolution is complemented by an innovative and user-friendly mix of marketing tools designed to facilitate the selection of the most appropriate tone of DuPont™ Corian® for specific applications, either standing alone or in combination with many other materials.

Today’s forward-looking design industry demands both style and performance that will stand the test of time and the inherent strength yet suppleness of DuPont™ Corian® makes it superbly well suited to receiving the most elegant of hues, created to endure, as much in aesthetics as in functionality.

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Whether in achieving the freshest whites, the deepest darks, the boldest brights or the most intriguing grain and vein effects, the high-quality homogeneity and seamless versatility of DuPont™ Corian® has allowed it to outstrip other materials in the purity, consistency and extensive range of colours and tonal textures it can offer.

To make consideration and selection from the palette even easier, the spectrum of choices for DuPont™ Corian® high-tech surface has been classified into clear groupings of solid, translucent and textured hues, while the sample size has been adapted to maximise both convenience and the ability to appreciate the nuance of each tone.

In a further refinement, the sophisticated solid colours of DuPont™ Corian® have been chromatically grouped into whites; greys and blacks; blues; greens; reds and yellows; purples and browns – and these are now presented in their own dedicated booklet and sample box. Several unique, useful and inspiring new shades have been thoughtfully developed to enhance this collection of pure tones, intended to be of durable and versatile service to the world of architecture and design.

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Colours making their debut within the palette in 2012 include: five new solid greys ranging from the subtlety of Private Gray to the saturation of Deep Gray; four fresh blues such as Ethereal and Diamond; three variously nuanced greens from Ecru to Blooming; further neutral beige and brown options; plus the velvety richness of Royal Red, Imperial Yellow and Chic Aubergine.

The textured hues of DuPont™ Corian® have also been reclassified and enriched.

Whether as finely grained, fascinatingly veined or presenting a fuller matrix of particles, these dependable choices work beautifully across a wide horizon of design schemes from residential to commercial environments.

Equally easy to live with as to harmonise within a creative vision, these modern and perennially popular colours also embody the traditional reliability for which DuPont™ Corian® is renowned. New choices such as Juniper, Arrowroot and Burled Beech have been added along this scale of textured colours from light to dark, neutral to strong, cool to warm.

The entire architecture of the palette remains available for full reference and research, both in a complete sample box and in easily accessed literature and selection tools, printed and digital. Those colours most suited to external façade applications are also clearly identified.

However, should architects find that they require a unique colour to meet the specific requirements of a large scale project or brand identity, in any application or location, custom colours are also possible with DuPont™ Corian® high-tech surface.

As much as DuPont™ Corian® offers beauty and inspiration, it is above all a wisely functional surface that sustains its fitness for purpose. Resistant to damage but repairable and reusable, it can conduct water without any danger of warping, be exposed to time and the elements without fading, return to spotlessness with simple maintenance and offer seamless purity to hygienecritical environments.

Workable to an unrestrained variety of shapes, it welcomes pattern and decoration or subtlety and minimalism, while the silky smoothness of its flawless finish actively invites touch and interaction. Compatible with modern technology, fixing systems and many other materials, especially those with architectural nobility, DuPont™ Corian® high-tech surface can either dramatically set the scene or graciously support it.

The refined colour palette of DuPont™ Corian®, first presented at the Milan week of design in April, will be commercially available as of June 1st 2012 in Europe, Middle East and Africa.

Discover the new colour palette at www.corian-colour-evolution.com. The images are also accessible via a specific application for iPad and iPhone. Visit www.mysurface.dupont.com for a link to mySurface in the App Store.

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Unique Domus Thermal Duct Insulation From Polypipe Conserves Energy & Exceeds Building Regulations Polypipe Ventilation has launched Domus Thermal, a uniquely engineered, patent pending duct insulation system for round and rectangular duct systems. Domus Thermal has been designed to comply with 2010 Building Regulations and to prevent both heat loss and the formation of condensation. Domus Thermal has been developed to meet the recommendations of the Government’s 2010 Domestic Ventilation Compliance Guide. which sets a minimum duct insulation standard of =0.04W/(m.K), with a 25mm thickness. The new Domus Thermal range exceeds the standard, with improved thermal conductivity to allow ventilation installers to fully comply with Part F 2010 Building Regulations. Manufactured from silver EPS (expanded polystyrene), incorporating carbon particles to further improve performance, Domus Thermal has high insulative properties. www.polypipe.com/ventilation

New Weatherprotect Offers A Permanent Site Solution STEICO has introduced a new permanently sealed floor deck specially designed for the UK house building market.

STEICOweatherprotect provides house builders with an alternative method of protecting joisted floor areas prior to the building becoming weather tight. Combined with the single sealing and fixing adhesive supplied Weatherprotect is an ideal cost effective solution and a perfect partner for STEICO I Joists. The unique green acrylic surface coating of Weatherprotect gives high levels of water resistance and durability and can be left exposed for up to 42 days providing all fixing detail and site practice are carried out as recommended. New Weatherprotect joins Weatherdek to provide two alternative ways of safe guarding vulnerable chipboard flooring during the construction period. www.steico.co.uk Enquiry No. 31

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Stunning New Steyning Towel Rail From JIS Europe JIS EUROPE of Haywards Heath has a new heated towel rail named the STEYNING. The towel rail is manufactured in an elegant round section shape with sixteen horizontal rails giving an appearance of refined luxury with ample choice for towel hanging.

The STEYNING is 1000mm high and 520mm wide. It can be used in central heating, electric or dual fuel formats, which allow the rail to be heated when the central heating is turned off.

The STEYNING towel rail is manufactured in 100% stainless steel pressure tested to 12 Bar and is available in polished finish with brushed satin finish available to order making this radiator durable and hygienic and it is covered by a 25 year guarantee. www.thecoastalrange.co.uk Enquiry No. 32

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Introducing Trackit, A New Suspension System From The Shopkit Group TracKit, is an extremely versatile track suspension system providing mobility and flexibility to the presentation of banners and graphics, sliding panels/room dividers, shelving and clothing displays. Trackit can facilitate different types of elements to be hung at different heights along straight or curved sections of track and repositioned easily and is proving to be a popular display solution for Receptions, Galleries, Retail interiors, Window displays, Home, Hotels and the rest of the Leisure industry.

TracKit can be wall or ceiling fixed and is available with a choice of single, twin or triple tracks, enabling the design of multi-track installations, giving displays the potential for depth and innovation. This system offers static and mobile suspension options, via a roller wheel, which allows for easy re-positioning of complex displays and shelving as well as large panels and room dividers etc, by simply sliding the roller wheels

along the track. The suspension track is available in both aluminium and stainless steel and there are six different support methods that can be hung from the track, each with a vast array of accessories and Shopkit can help determine which is most suitable for each application.

Made to Measure and Installation options available The dimensions and material finishes of the different suspension systems and accessories can be varied to suit clients’ requirements and Shopkit can deliver and install all elements within this range - quotations will be supplied on request. www.shopkit.com Enquiry No. 33

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Decoflame® E-Ribbon Fire Since 2007, Decoflame has become the synonym for Danish Design and Craftsmanship on the market for bioethanol fireplaces. Comprising a large variety of both standard and made to measure bioethanol fireplace models, the decoflame® range of fires are amongst the safest and most stylish currently available.

In February 2012, the Denmark-based manufacturer introduced a second generation of electronically controlled ethanol-fuelled burner – the decoflame® e-Ribbon Fire (patent pending).

Featuring cutting-edge technology, this remotely controlled burner can be installed as a stand-alone drop-down unit or as part of the decoflame® made to measure built-in bioethanol fireplace models Montreal and Orlando.

The decoflame® e-Ribbon Fire combines ease of installation and operation with functional safety, introducing the joy and warmth of a real open fire to domestic and commercial fireplace applications without the need for a flue or chimney. www.decoflame.com Enquiry No. 34

D&E Geminy High Security Range D&E is proud to present the Geminy High Security Range of Escutcheons and key safes. The Geminy Range is designed with the ultimate security in mind from a mechanical security product.

The patented pin entry system offers an almost infinite amount of security key differs, the Geminy Range is a must for security environments where the removal of a power source can result in unwanted entry. www.dande.co.uk Enquiry No. 35

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Broaden your horizons.

A wide range of rooflight solutions to suit any lifestyle and environment.

Kährs Extends Eco-Commitment With World First Floors Using FSC®-Fairtrade® Certified Wood Kährs has launched a world-first range of floors made from FSC®-Fairtrade® certified wood. One of the most eco-conscious and socially responsible wood floors on the global market, this stunning range has been produced as part of the first FSC-Fairtrade certified timber, small scale forestry project in Chile’s Curacautin Valley.

Kährs collection supports not only the restoration of biodiversity in the forest, but also reduction of poverty and restoration of rights to the indigenous Mapuche and descendants of pioneer family foresters.

Made from a combination of sustainable native Rauli and Roble hardwood timber, the new range of two-strip floors features Kährs multi-layer construction and glueless Woodloc® joint, which provide enhanced stability and promote a fast, precise installation.

The floor’s surface is crafted from 100% FSC-Fairtrade certified wood whilst FSC Mix certified wood is used for the core layers.

The products can also contribute to BREEAM or LEED certified project. part of Kährs World Collection, designs include: Roja – an even grained floor with a warm, red tone and lots of colour variation; Tierra - a rich, dark brown stained floor with a more even tone and subtle colour variation; Piedra - an on-trend grey toned floor for a modern, urban look and Cautin, with the boldest colour variation and warm natural hue. www.kahrs.co.uk

Glazing Vision is the UK’s leading manufacturer of innovative glass rooflight solutions. From Fixed, Hinged and Sliding Rooflights to Bespoke Designs Glazing Vision aim to lighten your environment and improve your lifestyle.

To arrange a visit or for a brochure call us now on 0333 8000 881.

Buy Online at www.glazingvision.co.uk STOCK ROOFLIGHTS DELIVERED WITHIN 48 HOURS! Enquiry No. 37

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New Aico Firecap Air Valves Combine Ventilation With Fire Safety Aico is pleased to announce a new addition to its Firecap range of intumescent fire safety products in the form of Fire Rated Air Valves.

The valves are designed to allow air flow from ventilation systems whilst at the same time providing an effective 60 minute fire barrier.

When a hole is made in a ceiling to install an air valve, it compromises the fire safety rating of that ceiling. The hole must be fire stopped in accordance with Building Regulations Document B. Aico's new Firecap Fire Rated Air Valves are manufactured with a built in non toxic intumescent material that expands in the event of a fire to create an effective barrier against smoke and flames for up to 60 minutes. They have been rigorously tested by independent laboratories to BS476.

Available in 100mm and 125mm diameters, Firecap Fire Rated Air Valves perform to the same level as normal air valves in terms of air flow, and are fitted in the same manner without any need for adhesive material or special fixings. They can also be readily retrofitted in place of existing valves. www.aico.co.uk Enquiry No. 38

Rainstream From Polypipe – Rainwater Harvesting On Tap…..

Polypipe Building Products has launched a range of new solutions into the burgeoning rainwater harvesting marketplace, targeted specifically at the domestic and residential market, in response to the growing acceptance that the time has come to stop using high quality drinking water to flush down the toilet, wash our cars and water the garden.

Polypipe has launched Rainstream – a new range of rainwater harvesting options designed for everyone – with three straightforward options. Ideal for new build, for retrofit and already seeing major interest from the self build marketplace, Rainstream is a very simple straightforward rainwater harvesting ‘package’.

You can even see it on YouTube at www.youtube.com/watch?v=NS0RnXF_5pM www.polypipe.com Enquiry No. 39

Kidde Sets 10-Year Benchmark Kidde Fyrnetics has raised the bar for safety in housing, with carbon monoxide alarms as well as smoke and heat alarms all fully guaranteed for 10-years. This impressive, shared replacement cycle ensures long-term, problem-free protection and simplified property management.

The brand new TenYCO battery powered carbon monoxide alarm – the very first available with a 10-year guarantee - complements the recently launched TEN-4 smoke alarm. They feature the best quality lithium batteries, only activated when the alarm is mounted onto its base plate so preserving freshness until needed.

Batteries are sealed-in to ensure full 10-year lifetime operation, no call-backs and real cost of ownership savings. And both ranges feature a tamper resisting, self-locking installation system to avoid tenant interference. They are ideal for local authority and housing association use, particularly as both ranges can be quickly installed by the maintenance team.

But to meet Building Regulations in new-build, and other situations where interconnected hard-wired smoke and heat alarms are required, Kidde Fyrnetics’ Slick® brand is still the only range of fast-fit rechargeable smoke and heat alarms guaranteed for 10 years. Now, the second generation NEW Slick® range includes the latest technology including wireless capability, enabling extra facilities such as remote Test and Hush switch.

With all these products, in addition to BSi Kitemarking and a full 10-year guarantee the size, expertise and resources of Kidde as the largest manufacturer will provide reassurance of consistent product quality and reliability. More information on smoke, heat and CO alarms can be found in a new guide - ‘FIRE & CO SAFETY IN HOUSING’ - available via www.smoke-alarms.co.uk Enquiry No. 40

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Cantifix Colour-Changing Glass – Perfect For Internal Screens Leading architectural glazing company Cantifix has been engineering innovative solutions and championing products which improve quality of life for over 26 years.

Brand design consultants Springetts approached Cantifix looking for a glass based solution for their reception area. The brief was to screen off the office area beyond without losing light, and without masking the feeling of activity in the office. A simple sandblasted glass screen was the perfect solution; but the clients wanted something more exciting and dynamic to match their personality.

Cantifix came up with a colourful, innovative and experimental design - incorporating a sandblasted single glazed unit and colour phasing ribbon LEDs. The LED strips are fitted all the way around the internal edge of the frame, and when illuminated, the sandblasted surface of the glass causes the coloured light to diffuse in all directions – creating the illusion of coloured glass. The LEDs phase through a wide range of vibrant colours, creating a gentle but energising glow.

The completed installation gives privacy to the office area without compromising natural light, and provides a warm, colourful welcome to the reception area. www.cantifix.co.uk Enquiry No. 41

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TECTUS Hinges Concealed Perfection SIMONSWERK TECTUS hinges allow for three dimensional adjustments to obtain perfect door alignment, contain maintenance free bearings and present a flush fitting clean line design. Created for safety, with minimum pivot gaps to prevent finger injury, these hinges are available in an unrivalled range of high quality surface finishes and size options carrying up to 300kg door weights.

The Tectus A8 versions accommodate door fascias and claddings up to 8mm, allowing for glass or laminate door designs and the Tectus “Energy” option integrates permanent power transfer. The new Tectus FR fire rated range now incorporates the intumescent material within the hinge body. www.simonswerk.co.uk Enquiry No. 42

SikaSpec.co.uk – The Fast and Efficient Way To Create Roofing NBS Specs Online Sika-Trocal has launched an additional function to its SikaSpec service – the online tool designed to enable specifiers to create roofing specifications quickly and easily. Architects, surveyors, and building owners can register for free at www.sikaspec.co.uk and are given their own account which enables them to repeatedly access and amend specifications, as well as allowing NBS documents and Sika Specifications to be easily downloaded.

The fast, simple and efficient on-line tool also allows each specification to be e-mailed to multiple recipients and once created they can be quickly and simply duplicated or modified as required. SikaSpec users are able to select the roof construction, the method of attachment and the guarantee term in order to produce a specification covering the covering the deck, vapour control layer, insulation and waterproofing membrane complete with preliminary items.

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Dallmer’s Fast Trap, The Flexible One-Piece Shower Waste Now available from Dallmer Ltd., based in beautiful Lavenham in Suffolk, is the FastTrap, a one piece drain perfect for wetrooms on timber, in solid floors and also for installation in screed. While this latest addition to the extensive Dallmer product list is ideal for new-build situations, the FastTrap, with a height of only 100mm, has proved particularly popular for installation in older properties where lack of build up height has to be overcome. Tested to a flow rate of 45 litres per minute, the new trap is specifically designed for use with the latest high-powered showers.

The FastTrap can be used on plywood decks or with solid floors and has a height adjustability of up to 46mm for the floor finish – enough to allow for anything from marble to mosaics. For use in screed Tisto-anchors have been incorporated in the base plate to provide permanent adhesion and the trap, in a high quality polypropylene body, can be used with brush-on or layer membrane.

The foot-friendly gratings always provide ready top access to the trap. A ‘vertical’ version of the new trap is available with a height adjustable grating and a DN 50 vertical outlet and is offered with a 304 grade Stainless Steel grating in either 95mm square or 120mm square size. The FastTrap with a horizontal coupling for side outlet is the more popular trap, with height flexibility on the grating section form 7 to 66mm. The couplings have DN50 compression joints with a solvent weld socket. The trap has ABS connectors and the 120mm square grate is available in ABS as well as top quality Stainless Steel.

This new product from Dallmer is designed to be adaptable for all common situations and has been manufactured from high quality materials throughout. The FastTrap is easy to fit and fully efficient in use. Should a user wish to up-grade the surface appearance of the product, Dallmer offers a very wide variety of designer gratings mostly in stone finishes, some with coloured inserts and with the offer of stainless steel framing. www.dallmer.com Enquiry No. 44

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New Sign Bollards From Leafield Environmental Leafield Environmental has introduced Linsign 150, an exciting new range of sign bollards that is thought to be the perfect solution for controlling site access or safety and designating parking spaces.

The Linsign 150 sign bollard is available in a choice of traditional and contemporary styles, coordinating with the already established Heritage and Sentinel bollard designs to suit any street environment.

Manufactured from durable, maintenance free, medium density polyethylene in a wide range of colours, the Linsign 150 will never require painting. It has a double sided sign head for two-way visibility and will incorporates a choice of standard, 150mm diameter roundels, although personalized roundels are available to order. A Reflex, self-righting variant is also offered that bends on impact, reducing vehicle damage and injury while making the sign bollard fixing less susceptible to impact damage. www.leafield-environmental.com

Unique, Non-Penetrating Anchoring Device For PV Amorphous Modules, Crystalline Panels And Other Roof Mounted Equipment Axter’s new GENERAL FIX® lightweight fastening system secures roof mounted equipment such as PV amorphous ‘thin film’ modules, crystalline panels and other plant, without penetrating the waterproofing system or compromising the structural integrity of the building.

GENERAL FIX® applies the VELCRO® hook and loop fastening principle and tolerates heavyduty stress in a few square centimetres. It is easy to install and is designed to anchor all types of plant securely without ballast on retro-fit and new build projects. GENERAL FIX® eliminates the need for expensive, heavy array support systems and allows easy removal of the plant for maintenance. www.axter.co.uk Enquiry No. 46

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RGB Threshold - Accessibility And Thermal Efficiency “Barrier-free living” is the promise of Roto’s DoorPlus threshold, a product designed to ensure residential doors are fully accessible for people with disabilities. At the same time, the door is very much closed in the face of wind, rain and outside noise, not to mention heat escaping from inside the home. A visible feature of Roto threshold is its two-part construction. The external aluminium section looks stylish in either satin silver or a bronze anodised finish and provides hard-wearing endurance. On the inside, a segment made from impact-resistant PVC creates a thermal barrier and greatly reduces heat transfer. The threshold is gently ramped for easy access by wheelchairs and there are no upstanding parts taller than 20mm. This low height enables the threshold to comply with the German standard DIN 18035, which defines the requirements for barrier-free living for people with disabilities and the elderly. www.roto-frank.com Enquiry No. 47

Timbmet’s Oak TEC Sandwich Panels Provide Cost And Energy Efficient Doors Timbmet has combined forces with joinery company ‘Meer End Stairs’, to produce 130 bespoke internal and external doors for a prestigious new build property in Warwickshire. The house owner specified Oak as his preferred material of choice for the doors.

Warwick Aldersley, MD of Meer End Stairs, suggested TEC® (Timbmet Engineered Components) Oak sandwich panels as a solution in order to minimise the inherent movement that the use of Oak would cause over time. Available in easily machinable sheets with a cork core, the Oak TEC sandwich panels combine cost efficiency with low wastage, and provide a flawless product with added dimensional stability far greater than that of traditional solid wood. In addition, when used in the external solid doors, the TEC panels meant the doors were perfectly able to meet demanding new EU U-value regulations. www.timbmet.com

Maintenance-Free ‘Manchester’ Bollard Leafield Environmental has launched a traditional style “Manchester” Bollard reminiscent of cast iron bollards but offering the benefits of modern day manufacturing materials. Whereas the traditional cast iron version is heavy to lift and prone to corrosion, the Leafield Manchester Bollard is up to 20 times lighter, being manufactured from Medium Density Polyethylene or Reflex material. The reflex, bounce back version of the Manchester bollard bends through up to 90°during a collision yet returns to shape and position quickly and retains its strength after countless impacts. www.leafield-environmental.com Enquiry No. 49

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DuPont Launches DuPont™ AirGuard® Smart, A New Humidity Adaptive Membrane Contributing To The Efficiency Of Buildings And The Implementation Of Sustainable Building Solutions In response to the growing requirements for improved energy performance in buildings, DuPont Building Innovations announces the launch of a new vapour control layer for optimal airtightness in the building envelope, offering excellent adaptability to changes in humidity levels, thanks to the widest vapour resistance span (0.26 MNs/g to more than 150 MNs/g), on the market.

DuPont™ AirGuard® Smart further extends the existing AirGuard® product range, suitable for both roof and wall applications, which have been successfully used by the building industry internationally. This innovative airtight membrane, developed for new build and refurbishment projects and specifically designed for renovating roofs from the exterior, will be available from April 2012.

Considerable attention is given today, by architects and builders alike, to the choice of construction materials. Factors such as comfort and sustainability become important during the development of a project, while the building energy performance and the right selection of materials and installation techniques have become a necessity.

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smartly” according to weather conditions, relative air and insulation humidity” explains Karel Smolders, DuPont Building Innovations, Marketing Manager Building Envelopes for Europe Middle East and Africa.

DuPont™ AirGuard® Smart has superior properties thanks to the extreme span of sd-values from 0,05m to more than 30m (or expressed as vapour resistance: 0.26 MNs/g to more than 150 MNs/g) which allows maximum protection against structural damage. It adapts to changes in humidity levels and minimises or increases the water vapour transmission rate, as needed.

It combines a drying-out and vapour control function in one layer. Due to its high mechanical properties DuPont™ AirGuard® Smart outperforms most of its competitors. Its robustness and transparent appearance offers easy and trouble-free installation.

DuPont™ AirGuard® Smart has been especially designed to work as an airtight layer for renovating roofs from the exterior. Applications include above rafter insulation or between rafter insulation, but it can be also used in dry lining applications from the inside.

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Technically, DuPont™ AirGuard® Smart demonstrates excellent performance: the vapour resistance is always below 5 MNs/g if the insulation is very wet, regardless of ambient air relative humidity. The construction and insulation can dry out to the inside, as well as to the outside via the Tyvek® breather membrane. Very high relative ambient air humidity should additionally be reduced through ventilation and extraction. DuPont™ AirGuard® Smart acts as a typical vapour control layer if the insulation is very dry: It provides a vapour control effect with a high vapour resistance. Diffusion occurs via the external breather membrane, thus the construction and insulation can dry out to the outside. These features make it an ideal solution for energy saving requirements and contribute to cost reductions related to heating or cooling.

In the summer, when the ambient air relative humidity is high (>50%), the outside temperature is higher than inside so the water vapour resistance of DuPont™ AirGuard® Smart is low and water vapour can, if necessary, migrate to the inside, so that the insulation and construction can dry out.

While in the winter, the ambient air relative humidity is much lower with an outside temperature lower than inside. In this case, DuPont™ AirGuard® Smart water vapour resistance is high and helps block water vapour diffusion, so that less humidity can ingress to the insulation and construction.

Technical data Material DuPont™ Typar® with a moisture

regulating film and additional spun bond Style 8407A

About DuPont Building Innovations DuPont™ AirGuard® is a product of DuPont Building Innovations.

From innovative energy-saving systems to beautiful and longlasting surfacing solutions, the extensive offering of DuPont Building Innovations delivers safety, durability, beauty and energy efficiency, providing a major contribution to the modern built environment across the spectrum of building and architecture, roads, bridges and other infrastructure and also to landscaping and gardens, as well as to the preservation or the renovation of contemporary and historical constructions.

The main products and brands managed by DuPont Building Innovations are DuPont™ Corian® (www.corian.com), DuPont™ Energain® (www.energain.co.uk) DuPont™ Tyvek® (www.tyvek.co.uk), DuPont™ Typar® (www.typargeo.com) and DuPont™ Plantex® (www.plantexpro.dupont.com).

About DuPont - DuPont (NYSE: DD) has been bringing world-class science and engineering to the global marketplace in the form of innovative products, materials, and services since 1802. The company believes that by collaborating with customers, governments, non-governmental organizations, and thought leaders we can help find solutions to such global challenges as providing enough healthy food for people everywhere, decreasing dependence on fossil fuels, and protecting life and the environment. For additional information about DuPont and its commitment to inclusive innovation, please visit www.dupont.com

Product designation acc. to EN 13984

Type B acc. to EN 13984*

Roll size

1.50 m x 50 m / 11 kg

Reaction to fire

E

(#) sd = water vapour diffusion resistance – the ability of construction-materials to be permeable to water vapour

Mass per unit area

139 g/m2

Water vapour transmission range (sd-value)

0,05 m (humid environment), >30 m (dry environment),

Media contact DuPont™ AirGuard® / DuPont Building Innovations: Claudio Greco, DuPont Building Innovations, Public Relations and Media Relations Manager (Europe, Middle East and Africa), claudio.greco@dupont.com DuPont™, AirGuard®, Corian®, Energain®, Plantex®, Typar® and Tyvek® are trademarks or registered trademarks of E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company or its affiliates.

Water vapour resistance range 0.26 MNs/g for humid environment

(sd 0.05m) more than 150 MNs/g

for dry environment (more than sd 30m) Temperature resistance

from -40°C to +80°C

Maximum Tensile Force (MD/ XD)

360/ 300 N / 50 mm

Resistance to tearing (MD/ XD)

310/ 330 N

Air permeability (ISO 5636/3)

0 ml / min (airtight)

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*CE conform according to EN 13984: Plastic and rubber vapour control layers About DuPont™ AirGuard® – DuPont™ AirGuard® products are air and vapour control layers for roofs, ceilings and walls reducing uncontrolled air leakage and heat losses. The overall balance in drying capacity of the construction is maintained with DuPont™ AirGuard® Smart on the inside and a DuPont™ Tyvek® underlay on the outside.

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It’s A Wrap For Roof-Pro At Reading University Film Centre Roof-Pro’s free standing support system has been used to support the rooftop services at the University of Reading’s new state of the art Film, Theatre and TV Department.

The system has enabled the roof-mounted services to be installed on the building without penetrating the roof buildup with upstands or steelwork.

Consulting Engineers, DSSR, specified the system to support six roof-mounted air handling units (AHU) and a chiller, each weighing 1,500-3,300kg. The double-stacked AHUs also required high level access platforms to enable the site services team to reach the upper fan sections for on-going maintenance.

Roof-Pro’s solution included the design of pipe and cabletray supports with a high-level ‘pipe corridor’ running the length of the main AHU plant area, giving unimpeded access to the tight plant area for maintenance teams.

At all stages, Roof-Pro’s technical team worked with the designers and installation team, providing on-site support to overcome the challenges of the project. In addition, Roof-Pro’s Technical Surveyor surveyed the plant area and requirements for the AHU access platforms once all the main services had been installed. www.roof-pro.co.uk Enquiry No. 51

SE Controls Takes The Heat Out Of New London Apartment Development Safety and comfort are at the heart of a major new residential development by Linden Homes in Hammersmith, London, which is using a combined smoke and natural ventilation solution from SE Controls to protect residents in the multi-storey apartment building. SE Controls developed the smoke ventilation system to remove smoke from corridors and stairwells by using a mix of natural air buoyancy venting and fan extraction through smoke shafts.

On floor one to five, smoke ventilation is provided by extract fans located in the building’s cycle store, with replacement air being supplied through ground floor and air inlet shaft, while the sixth floor is vented by a 1.5m2 vent in the top floor corridor and stairs by a similar arrangement at the head of the stair. The SE Controls’ solution is also designed to provide mechanically assisted natural ventilation to help maintain a comfortable temperature within the building’s corridors. On the first five floors, extract fans, which run at half speed, remove warm air from the corridors and the system’s smoke dampers are opened as required by the building’s natural ventilation control panel. On the sixth floor, a dedicated tamper proof thermostat controls the lobby vent while hooded vents allow ventilation during inclement weather conditions. The integrated smoke and natural ventilation control strategy involved the use of nine OS2 controllers and tamper proof manual control points, as well as a range of temperature sensors and smoke sensors, all of which are linked to the main system control panel with a failsafe battery back up. Under normal operation, the natural ventilation (NV) system is active between 08:00 and 20:00, which provides ventilation and corridor cooling to the building. The NV controller scans the temperature sensors and allows the end of corridor Automatic Opening Vents (AOVs) to open when required. However, in the event of a fire, where the system is triggered either by a smoke sensor or manually activated, all NV functions are stopped and the OS2 controller for the affected zone signals the fans to run at full speed. www.secontrols.com Enquiry No. 52

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Walking Safely Above London Bona Traffic Anti-Slip lacquer has been used to finish and protect the new wooden floors in the two aerial walkways on Tower Bridge. The finish was specified by a City of London Building Surveyor, who was looking for a highly durable finish with anti-slip properties. She explained “I specified Bona Traffic Anti-Slip as events are held on both walkways and I was concerned that drink/food spillage on the Oak floor could cause someone to slip.

Stewart Taylor of the flooring contractors, Bailey & Taylor, had already recommended we use a Bona varnish and, after doing my own research, it seemed that Traffic Anti-Slip was just what we required.

The walkways are used by the public in high numbers and the high durability offered by Traffic again made it ideal for this type of use. We also wanted a natural look and we were reassured that we would achieve this using Traffic.

The City of London is committed to using environmentally friendly materials and Bona’s green credentials confirmed our choice.”

The walkways had been carpeted until this year a decision was made by the Surveyors to find a floorcovering which would give a long term saving and would look more stylish.

The walkways are now used as a venue for sophisticated corporate events and wedding receptions. Bailey and Taylor sourced character grade English Oak

planks and recommended using a lacquer from Bona’s range to deliver the required look and performance.

The carpet and plywood beneath was removed to reveal rubber studded tiles which, as part of the fabric of the Tower, have to be retained. New battens, insulation board and plywood were installed and the Oak planks were then secret nailed into place with the perimeter boards being stuck down with Bona’s silane based adhesive, R850.

The new boards were then sanded to a 120 grit finish and one coat of Bona’s Prime Classic applied. Prime Classic helps give a wooden surface a well-bodied appearance and also reduces the risk of sidebonding due to its flexibility. Finally, three coats of Traffic Anti Slip were applied according to the specification.

A two component, waterborne 100% polyurethane finish, Traffic Anti Slip delivers a highly durable surface in addition to anti-slip properties conforming to DIN standard 51130 –R10. All versions of Bona Traffic (Matt, Silkmatt and Anti Slip) offer the most durable finish of all Bona’s lacquers and are therefore recommended for areas such as the bridge walkways where extreme resistance to wear is required.

Traffic Anti Slip is supplied in a matt finish with a reflective value of just 25% which means the floor maintains a natural look even after the lacquer has been applied. A total of 480m² of oak flooring was fitted in the two walkways and the job was finished four days ahead of schedule. www.bona.com Enquiry No. 53

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Glassolutions Enhances Commuter Safety And Security At London’s Blackfriars Station Blast-enhanced security glazing from GLASSOLUTIONS – the company formerly known as Solaglas - offers improved safety for commuters at London’s new Blackfriars Station, which is being redeveloped and extended as part of the £6 billion congestion-busting Thameslink programme.

The company supplied its SPIDERGLASS bolted glazing system, which has achieved blast-mitigation certification to ISO 16933. It has been installed by glass contractor Astec Projects Limited, into the 350m2 air vent shaft in the new north entrance, which has been redeveloped into a curvaceous glass building containing a shared ticket hall for National Rail and London Underground.

Alex Hayden, Senior Project Manager at Astec Projects Limited said the GLASSOLUTIONS system was chosen for its look and its blast-mitigation performance. He added: “This is a challenging, landmark project for London that needs to combine statement design with great functionality. GLASSOLUTIONS has provided tremendous support including technical drawings, literature and sample products to help us to deliver the architect’s vision.”

Huw Lovegrove, Business Manager for GLASSOLUTIONS Structural Supply business said: “Protecting people and buildings from the impact of an explosion is a critical architectural design challenge. Our SPIDERGLASS bolted glazing system provides a blast-mitigation solution for maximum protection without compromising structural integrity or aesthetics.

“Effective blast-enhanced glazing is crucial in absorbing the impact of the blast and minimising injuries from flying glass. This is particularly important for an air vent shaft, which needs to maintain its functionality in the event of an underground explosion.”

Construction on both banks of the River Thames plus extensive work on Blackfriars Rail Bridge is creating a landmark rail station that is bright, modern and at the heart of London’s travel infrastructure.

The new London Blackfriars is the only station in the UK to span a river and it creates a better interchange between Tube and National Rail services for all passengers. www.glassolutions.co.uk Enquiry No. 54

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Howe Green Access Covers On Board the Cutty Sark Project Howe Green access panels have been installed in the newly re-opened Cutty Sark visitor attraction. The world’s last surviving tea clipper was officially re-opened by Her Majesty The Queen on 25th April at its home in the Maritime Greenwich World Heritage Site, having undergone extensive works that required almost every inch of the 143-year old vessel to be conserved.

Over fifty 7500 Series aluminium access covers with bespoke Z-section supports were made to order by Howe Green, the industry’s leading manufacturer of metal floor, ceiling and wall access covers. Ellmer Construction installed single and multipart units under a unique glass canopy designed to allow people to walk underneath Cutty Sark itself and view the elegant lines of her hull. The space and opportunity for the construction arose following an incredible feat of engineering, which saw Cutty Sark raised by 11 feet onto steel supports in order to relieve the keel of the weight of the ship and help preserve her unique shape.

Howe Green’s 7500 Series aluminium access panels were fitted into raised access flooring within the new museum facility in order to provide a route to essential ventilation ducting needed to keep air circulating in what is effectively a large void under the historic clipper. Designed for use with all types of hard floors, Howe Green 7500 Series aluminium panels sit 100% flush so as not create a trip hazard and offer proven reliability to withstand high levels of foot traffic.

They are double sealed to ensure no water ingress or dirt trapping and provide a reliable and maintenance-free solution to accessing essential building services - ideal for what looks set to become one of the Capital’s most popular tourist attractions.

Each access panel from Howe Green is manufactured to client’s exact specifications. Thanks to modern manufacturing techniques and the company’s innovative approach to product design, the bespoke nature of the panels does not come with a price associated with bespoke manufacturing. Instead Howe Green is able to offer competitively priced panels, designed for exact purposes. www.howegreen.com Enquiry No. 55

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M&G Is The Ryde Choice For Isle Of Wight School As part of the recent £ 5.5m extension and refurbishment project to Ryde School, Isle of Wight, M&G Olympic Products Ltd manufactured and installed a stunning feature staircase and landing to the recently completed entrance building. A key feature of the overall design was to maximise the natural features of the site whilst providing practical solutions to overcome the access, safety and security problems facing the school.

Alongside the existing Grade II listed Westmont Building, the site boasts spectacular views of the Solent. The architects design response has been described as “elegant” and by utilising modern construction materials and methods the structural glass balustrade and stainless steel staircase supplied

by M&G Olympic Products Ltd provides a modern solution without compromising the views of the beautiful surroundings. The American Oak timber landing and open timber stair treads complete the attractive installation.

M&G Olympic Products Ltd specialise in the design, manufacture and nationwide installation of Stainless Steel and Mild Steel Staircases, Balustrades, Entrance Canopies, Balconies, Walkways, Architectural Gates and bespoke architectural metalwork.

M&G Olympic Products Ltd has an impressive track record of delivering projects to a variety of clients in the Public and Private sector. Previous projects include prestigious commercial and residential developments, universities, colleges and schools, hospital facilities, MOD facilities, sports and leisure facilities, national pools and football training facilities.

Previous clients include Major Building Contractors, Architects, and Local Authorities. As part of a comprehensive package M&G Olympic Products Ltd provide a Project Management service. The team has a wide experience gained

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over many years and has the ability to help identify the best method of completing a project in an efficient and cost effective manner. The Design Team works with customers during the early stages of any project to undertake site surveys and produce design solutions, creating an end result to fully satisfy all criteria laid down by the client.

The designers and will ensure that all plans comply with all relevant British Standard Regulations where required.

All products are manufactured at the company’s two-factory site in the centre of Sheffield which is constantly enhanced with investment in the latest stateof-the-art design and production equipment. As part of the commitment to delivering projects to specified timescales and within budget M&G Olympic Products ensure that quality is never compromised.

M&G Olympic Products has built up an excellent working relationship with manufacturers of other architectural products such as joinery and glazing companies, providing customers with complete turnkey solutions. The experienced installation teams complete the package to ensure that M&G Olympic Products Ltd provide the client with high quality from concept to completion. www.mgolympic.co.uk Enquiry No. 56

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Bespoke VMZINC For London’s Wallace Collection The Wallace Collection is a national museum housing 25 galleries of French 18th century paintings, furniture and porcelain, a world class armoury and one of London's most important Rococo collections. Working with John O’Connell Architects and Purcell Miller Tritton a new roof over the east galleries has provided the opportunity to return ceilings to their former classical design, elegancy and glory.

VMZINC supplied cast zinc bullseye dormer windows which were designed to enhance the classical appearance of the roof and to accommodate ventilation outlets. A pre-weathered Quartz-zinc® standing seam covering was also selected to break up the surface of the upper slopes. Skylights were fitted at the ridge and above a traditional slate Mansard roof with lightwell projections also clad in zinc to provide an unobtrusive blend within the roofscape.

There was historical precedent for using zinc and Quartz-zinc was chosen for its traditional, lasting appearance and muted grey colour which is similar to that of leadwork. It blends well with natural slate and a variety of other building materials, particularly brick and stone, a factor which has led to its widespread use throughout Europe. Zinc’s malleability was ideal for the intricate bullseye dormer detailing while the low maintenance, long life expectancy and overall sustainability were also major factors influencing material selection. www.vmzinc.co.uk Enquiry No. 57

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Elta Fans’ Units Fitted To Trio Of New-Build Tesco Stores Permo Air In Church Restoration In 2010, St Mary’s Church in March had been the victim of an arson attack which gutted the building. When specifying for the first stage of the £550,000 restoration, that of the roof, windows and stonework, architect Shona McKay of Archimage Architects chose Klober Permo Air air-open roofing underlay. Unlike vapour permeable underlays, Permo air can be used without supporting high level ventilation being the most breathable low resistance underlay currently available. Being around 13% more breathable than any other air-open underlay the membrane’s high performance can be critical during a building’s critical drying out period. www.klober.co.uk

As work for the major UK supermarket chains is increasing for Midlands manufacturer, Elta Fans, a further three Tesco stores have been fitted with units supplied by the Kingswinford-based fan manufacturer. The new multimillion pound Tesco Extra concept store in Dudley was fitted with two SLC Long Cased axial fans, two LC non-select axial fans, four SCP Compact Plate fans, one SJ Jetflow and one SB CON Biflow fan. In the heart of Bedworth, Warwickshire, the new Tesco store was fitted with four SQS Quietflow Single fans, two SCH Heritage roof fans and two LC non-select, long-cased axial fans. The store in Crewe included SQS (Quietflow Single), SCH (Heritage) and SLC (Long Cased) axial fans. www.eltafans.com Enquiry No. 59

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Steadmans Provides Roof And Wall Cladding For Centra Store In Banbridge Building products manufacturer Steadmans has supplied roof and wall cladding systems for a new Centra store and Topaz service station near Banbridge, County Down. Steadmans provided 490 sq m of 80mm thick AS35 composite insulated panels for the roof and 95 sq m of 0.7mm gauge AS30 single skin panels for the walls of the development on the A1 between Banbridge and Dromore. All the panels were finished in goosewing grey plastisol coatings.

The company’s AS35 composite cladding panels comprise coated steel profiles bonded to a PIR insulation core. With a life expectancy of up to 40 years, Steadmans insulated panels are available in a wide range of colours and finishes and can be specified in thicknesses to aid compliance with the latest L2 regulations. The panels are also Loss Prevention Certification Board (LPCB) approved and can be used on roof pitches down to four degrees.

Steadmans single skin roof and wall systems are available in a choice of five profiles with a range of colours and finishes and both systems are supported by a full range of matching ancillaries including gutters, flashings, rooflights and fixings.

The company’s cladding systems offer rapid coverage and swift completion of weatherproof building envelopes, and are suitable for a wide variety of building applications, including commercial, industrial, leisure and retail structures. www.steadmans.co.uk Enquiry No. 60

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Fila Protects Surfaces At Stunning Square Nine

Unprecedented GRP Roof On Grade I Listed Church

Square Nine, Belgrade’s first international luxury hotel, has specified Fila’s surface care range. Used to protect almost 4,000m² of Italian beige limestone on floors, walls and surfaces, Fila’s products specified included Fila W68, Fila MP/90, FilaMatt wax, Fila Hydrorep and FilaFob. Throughout the hotel, natural-effect Fila W68 was used to treat walls requiring water and stain protection. Internally, Fila MP/90 natural stain protector was applied to white polished stone bathroom surfaces, whilst floors received a basecoat of Fila W68 protection, followed by natural effect FilaMatt wax. Meanwhile, Fila Hydrorep and FilaFob were used to treat the pool-side relaxation area from continual contact with chlorinated water, within the hotel’s stunning Wellness Centre and Spa. www.filachim.com

Hambleside Danelaw believe that a major precedent has been set for churches and other historic buildings by the first ever installation of a modern glass reinforced polyester (GRP) roofing system on a Grade I listed English church. The precedent at St John the Baptist Church in Bromsgrove could help many other churches and heritage buildings blighted by the current lead theft epidemic or by other forms of roofing damage.

The church spent £51,000 to replace the roofs with Dryseal rather than the £275,000 it would have needed to raise to use lead. www.hambleside-danelaw.co.uk Enquiry No. 62

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Hydrotech Chosen For Complex Roof At Sainsbury Laboratory Hydrotech MM6125 Structural Waterproofing from Alumasc, has been used on the new Sainsbury Laboratory, overcoming numerous challenges presented by the roof’s unusual design.

The award-winning scheme, designed by architects Stanton Williams is an 11,000m2 plant science research centre set in the University of Cambridge Botanic Garden. The concrete roof deck features a range of complex details such as photovoltaic panels, roof lights, exposed roof edge details and sunken wells housing mechanical and electrical services.

Alumasc’s Approved Contractor Fenland Flat Roofing installed 6000m2 of Hydrotech MM6125 structural waterproofing over the concrete roof deck during a six-month period which took them through the winter of 2010/11. The Hydrotech system was chosen for its high performance bituminous rubber blend which allows fast and simple installation over complex roof details and around penetrations.

The building’s environmental features also tested the skill of the installers. Pebbles were used as ballast around the photovoltaic cells, whilst paving slabs have been used as walkways to provide access to the sunken wells which are designed to hide the M&E services below the roofline.

Manufactured using 10% post-consumer recycled material, Hydrotech’s unique formulation guarantees lifetime performance. Hydrotech is fully warranted, BBA Accredited and has European Technical Approval ETA-05/0152. www.alumascwaterproofing.co.uk Enquiry No. 63

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Bouygues UK Uses Schöck For Sustainable Design And Build Projects New affordable housing developments in Brent, North West London, incorporate Schöck Isokorb® modules throughout to prevent any risk of thermal bridging problems and help optimise the sustainable nature of the buildings.

The two design and build developments are part of a major new scheme, being delivered throughout the borough for the Brent Private Finance Initiative (PFI) housing project by Bouygues UK in partnership with Hyde Housing.

It is a scheme that will help Brent Council address the shortage of suitable housing for homeless families, reduce reliance on bed and breakfast accommodation, and modernise residential care services for people with learning difficulties.

The two sites, which are about a mile apart, are located in Brook Avenue (left) and The Mall (top).

In Brook Avenue existing flats had to be demolished and 44 new units constructed over nine floors The Mall is the larger of the two sites and will see the construction of 88 Flats and Maisonettes over four floors.

Bouygues UK liaised closely with the Schöck sales and technical team throughout the installation, leaving cut outs in the shear walls to take the Isokorb® thermal break units. The specific type of Isokorb® used is the KS 14, which is a load-bearing, thermal insulating element for connecting cantilevered steel components to reinforced concrete.

Loic Menard, Project Director for Bouygues UK, Brent Social Housing & Regeneration PFI comments: “Schöck Isokorbs provide energy efficient thermal breaks that comply with our design and build sustainability requirements. The product’s functionality meets our objectives in achieving high performance buildings whilst reducing CO2 emissions during production and for the end user”.

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This latest generation KS 14 module now has around 20 percent more loadbearing capacity in the bending moment, which means that the number of components required for use on site can potentially be reduced, saving on expensive structural steel and valuable installation time. In addition to the higher load-bearing capacity, the insulation performance has also been improved.

The thermal conductivity of the insulation body is now 0.031 W/(mK) from 0.035 W/(mK). This is due to the insulating element being made of Neopor® (a foamable EPS polystyrene material) with added graphite from BASF. The Schöck Isokorb® range of modules offer exceptional thermal performance ratings and are the only products of their type to allow connectivity between concrete-to-concrete, concrete-to-steel and steel-to-steel – and also provide BBA Certification and LABC Registration.

Schöck Isokorb® modules offer designers and engineers complete peace of mind, as all units meet full compliance with the relevant UK building regulations. The requirement described in BRE IP1/06 – a document cited in Building Regulations Approved Documents Part L1 and L2 and Section 6 in Scotland – that the temperature factor used to indicate condensation risk (fRSI) must be greater than, or equal to, 0.75 for dwellings and residential buildings, is easily met by incorporating the Isokorb®.

There is also compliance with the Government Standard Assessment Procedure, SAP 2009, concerning CO2 emissions from buildings, and respectively heat losses through non-repeating thermal bridges. Here, the lambda values of the Schöck Isokorb® enables energy loss through balconies, canopies and other cantilever parts of buildings to be reduced by as much as 84% to 91%. www.schoeck.co.uk Enquiry No. 64

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Sika Delivers Complete Flooring System At Global Retailer’s Distribution Centre A new distribution centre has been built in Scotland for one of the world’s largest online retailers. The company turned to the reliability, durability and high performance of the Sikafloor-2 SynTop system from Sika. Sikafloor-2 SynTop is a one part, pre-blended, coloured synthetic dry shake hardener for concrete comprising of cement, hard aggregates, compatible admixtures and pigment.

It provides a hard wearing, non-metallic dry shake topping for monolithic floors. In addition to the internal floor finish, a Sika concrete admixture was also chosen, incorporated into the concrete mixes for the external and internal floor slabs. It proved to be a cost efficient solution and meets the requirements of BS EN934-2 HRWRA/Superplasticiser. To complete the flooring application the Sikafloor Proseal one-coat concrete curing membrane was used. A clear acrylic resin polymer solution, Sikafloor ProSeal impregnates the concrete surface in a single application to cure, harden and seal freshly-applied or hardened concrete. www.sikaconstruction.co.uk

Solid Wall Insulation From The A. Proctor Group The ongoing issue of hard-to-treat walls in the UK can be overcome using Spacetherm - an ultra-thin insulation for thermal upgrades saving valuable space without altering the exterior fabric of the building.

One project that benefitted from this ultra-thin insulation was at 20 Follet Street,Tower Hamlets, London. Using innovative technologies the solid wall Victorian House in a Conservation area was upgraded with an 80% carbon emission reduction.

The historic nature and context of the house, its position fronting directly onto the street and the proximity of adjacent buildings have played a key part in the selection of material and renewable technologies.This retrofit solution enables the resident to remain in occupation of the house. The A. Proctor Group Ltd supplied Spacetherm P (Spacetherm insulation bonded to Plasterboard) to this project where it was installed in the exposed walls to give a U-value of 0.23 W/m2K. Its remarkable performance is achieved through the use of flexible aerogel blankets. www.proctorgroup.com Enquiry No. 66

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Solving A Problem Of Student Concentration 50/50 COLLEGE Blinds have helped to improve student concentration at Ashville College, a leading independent school at Harrogate, North Yorkshire. The problem arose in south facing teaching rooms overlooking sports fields where activities tended to divert the attention of students. It would have been easy to install opaque blinds but this would have made the rooms claustrophobic and increased the demand on artificial lighting.

The solution from CURTAIN AND BLIND SPECIALISTS was to install 50/50 COLLEGE Blinds with an opaque fabric on the lower half joined to a more open screen fabric in the top section. The opaque fabric provides privacy, and stops students looking out, while the screen fabric allows good light transmittance to the interior so that the need for artificial lighting is greatly reduced. www.cbsblinds.co.uk Enquiry No. 67

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Sikatack Panel Adhesive Is Perfect Solution For New Student Village Emily Bowes Court is a new student village accommodation in Tottenham Hale. With an external cladding system combining Trespa Meteon and Marley Eternit Natura panels, the new building needed a robust and cost-effective fixing system. SikaTack Panel Adhesive System, from Sika, provided the ideal solution. To hold the cladding firmly in place, and without unsightly fixings that could diminish the architectural aesthetics, a flexible and efficient fixing system was required. For this, SikaTack Panel Adhesive was specified.

SikaTack Panel Adhesive requires no screws, rivets, clips or brackets, as unlike complex mechanical secret fixes, it relies on the exceptional adhesive power of its bonding agent. Offering the specifier and installer many distinct advantages over mechanical fixings, applying the SikaTack Panel Adhesive System is a simple process. www.sikaconstruction.co.uk Enquiry No. 68

Investing In Yeoman Shield Helps To Protect Precious Budgets Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust has tapped into the money saving benefits of installing Yeoman Shield Glazing Bead by refurbishing damaged fire doors with the innovative new product and saving the expense of purchasing brand new doors. The Yeoman Shield hardwood PVCu Clad Door Glazing Bead is ideal for repair, refurb or overhaul having been specifically designed to replace timber glazing beads which often become damaged by everyday traffic such as trolleys. www.yeomanshield.com Enquiry No. 69

Gilgen Doors Installed At UK’s First ‘Super’ Food Waste Plant Gilgen Door Systems UK Ltd has provided Biffa (Waste Services) Ltd with a total of 25 door systems for the UK’s first `super ’ food anaerobic digestion (AD) plant in Cannock, Staffordshire. Gilgen installed eight high speed doors, seven insulated roller shutter doors, two steel roller shutter doors and eight steel personnel doors together with a bespoke master interface control system at the new facility which opened last year.

The high speed and roller shutter doors have been installed in the main tipping hall. The hall features four vehicle lanes which are each fitted with an external roller shutter door for security, a high speed door at the lane entrance for odour control and heat retention and a further internal high speed door installed at the end of each lane giving access to the collection hopper. The doors operate via induction loops set into the concrete floor and are interlinked via a bespoke master interface control system which ensures that only one door opens at a time helping to keep noise, odour and heatloss at a minimum. Each high speed door is fitted with aluminium bottom edge profile making them suitable for high wind loading and an optical safety bottom edge.

Gilgen also provided steel personnel doors fitted with external digital access control for safe emergency exit together with everyday secure access. www.gilgendoorsystems.co.uk Enquiry No. 70

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Dallmer Channels In Hyde Park’s Finest One Hyde Park is one of the latest, smartest and certainly the most exclusive addresses in London, having the wonders of Knightsbridge on one side and the tranquil beauty of the Park itself on the other. To a very striking design by Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners, the new apartment complex is in four high rise ‘pavilions’ angled to attract maximum light into all parts of the buildings. The tasteful interior designs of Candy & Candy are to the exacting and opulent standards to be expected in such a prestigious location and at One Hyde Park everything is of the very best.

These high standards apply down to the smallest details and it comes as no surprise that the floor channelling in the ‘wet rooms’ in 169 of the luxury apartment was specified as CeraLine Plan W and supplied by Dallmer Ltd. of Lavenham. CeraLine Plan W, manufactured to the highest standards by parent company Dallmer GmbH, one of the leading names throughout Europe for bathroom drainage systems, has the priceless advantage that it can be supplied in made to measure lengths leaving no joins to offend the discerning eye.

CeraLine was not only chosen for its aesthetics, however, for the entire linear drainage system is precision crafted with the installer as well the end user in mind. The channel is of 304 standard stainless steel and the trap of durable polypropylene, while a reliable and permanently flush surface is ensured by the simple use of sound-absorbing adjustable levelling legs.

A lasting bond to the floor tiling is guaranteed by an integral sand coated flange and the CeraLine Plan W system includes all the components and accessories that a plumber could desire.

While the large scale effects of the very best in architecture and interior design are what will be remembered by visitors to One Hyde Park, details are just as important for the inhabitants of these luxurious apartments. The high quality, reliability and long life offered in details such as Dallmer’s floor channels will help maintain the quality that is promised by Richard Rogers’ grand design. www.dallmer.com Enquiry No. 71

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Remmers Drive The Corrosion Away At Eastgate Car Park Eastgate Shopping Centre in Inverness houses a car park with 1350 spaces. CCCP were the on-site consultant engineers who tested the car park structure for levels of chlorides in the concrete and created the project specification which recommended the use of Remmers MCI and Remmers Betofix concrete repair systems. Essential works were then carried out to protect the embedded steel reinforcement. Finally a bonding bridge was applied and a new fibre reinforced slab was laid to protect the concrete from any further damage. Other concrete repairs were also carried out to the base slab, soffits and columns and all works were successfully completed with minimum disruption. www.remmers.co.uk Enquiry No. 72

Guiding The Way In Washroom Design Fun and subtle digitally printed High Pressure Laminate from ABET LAMINATI have been used to impressive effect at WestQuay shopping centre in Southampton.

The chevron bespoke design for the Podium washrooms was created, designed and specified by Beyond Design and fabricated by Thrislington Cubicles. In addition to the digitally printed panels, High Pressure Laminate (HPL) from Abet’s Legni woodgrain range was also used. This dark Wengè Congo effect created the perfect balance to the bright blue digitally printed chevron pattern.

Digital Print is perfect for this type of demanding design-led application because it offers the opportunity to reproduce photographic images and almost any design directly into the laminate. This has not only revolutionised the way in which laminates are used for interior design but has also introduced a new and stimulating medium through which designers and architects can express their ideas and images. www.abetuk.com Enquiry No. 73

RMIG Helps Give Sweet Future To Gateshead’s Toffee Factory Distinctive aluminium exterior cladding from RMIG incorporating an embossed representation of the Ouseburn River, is helping give the former Maynard’s toffee factory in Gateshead a fresh lease of life. As the building’s exterior features a significant amount of bold colour, the architects chose the neutral metallic finish to contrast panels as required for the extended meeting room boxes and stair tower to contrast with the with green, red and pink cladding used elsewhere.

The 70 aluminium panels that make up the decorative metal façade incorporate a natural metallic grey anodised finish and were manufactured by RMIG to the architect’s precise specification. While the matt finish provides a semi-reflective surface to catch the light and reflect changing weather conditions, the panels also provide a robust and corrosion resistant façade as the cladding spans the full height of the four storey building.

Together with the factory’s original Victorian chimney, the stair tower cladding, acts as a centrepiece to the courtyard and features a representation of the Ouseburn River rendered in a series of convex and concave dome shapes, which run the full height of the cladding to add visual interest to an otherwise plain elevation. www.rmig.com Enquiry No. 74

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University Of Reading Gets New Music Department Originally owned by the Palmer family, of Huntley & Palmers biscuit fame, the land and buildings at Reading’s London Road were gifted to the University of Reading at the turn of the twentieth century. The focal point of the property is the magnificent Victorian cloistered Great Hall set within landscaped grounds, providing the perfect setting for student Graduation ceremonies and live performances by national choirs and orchestras.

Reduced use over the last few years has seen a deterioration in the Cloister buildings. Since the injection of a £21m budget, these buildings have been refurbished to create a new home for the University’s Institute of Education, with dedicated spaces for the teaching of subjects such as Music, Drama, Languages and The Institute of Education’s unique programme in Theatre Arts, Education and Deaf Studies (TAEDS).

It was important to retain many of the Cloister buildings’ original features, including a mixture of curved and sash windows, all of which were singleglazed. This presented a particular problem for the 2-storey Music Department which accommodates a mixture of studios, practice rooms and recording facilities and enhanced levels of soundproofing for both noise egress and ingress were essential.

Main Contractor, Wates Construction, consulted secondary glazing specialist Selectaglaze Ltd. who have significant experience in dealing with acoustic problems and had previously worked with Wates on a major sound insulation scheme for the Symphony Hall at Birmingham Town Hall.

The windows have been treated with hinged casements incorporating twin memory compression seals, multipoint locking and a 6.4mm laminated glass to ensure the best acoustic performance.

Flush hinges and flush locks fitted with escutcheon plates provide clean lines and minimal dust ledges. The installation has also markedly reduced drafts and general heat loss through the window ensuring comfortable conditions for practicing musicians. Typically, single glazed windows reduce noise by just

25-30dB, less if they are ill fitting and laboratory tests show that Selectaglaze secondary glazing can improve this to approximately 40-45dB depending on the distance between the glass. As can be seen at the University of Reading, purpose designed secondary glazing can be unobtrusive and sympathetic to the character of a building, whilst still allowing full access to the windows.

Factory assembly allows installation to be rapidly completed with minimal disruption to the building’s occupants.

As well as its acoustic advantage, secondary glazing raises the thermal efficiency of the window and improves security. Selectaglaze offers a range of products accredited to “Secured by Design” accredited.

Selectaglaze has produced an extensive range of literature - including Data Sheets and Test Results - all of which are free upon request from: 01727 837271 email enquiries@selectaglaze.co.uk or www.selectaglaze.co.uk Enquiry No. 75

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Timoleon Provides The Basics For Bicton College's 'EaRTH Centre' Bicton College, set in rural Devon yet within 20 minutes of the centre of Exeter, is one of the country's foremost land-based educational establishments.

Centred in a lovely Georgian manor house overlooking a landscaped park and lake, the College boasts the very latest in facilities and equipment linked to a forward looking attitude to all aspects of agriculture and allied subjects. Their latest project is the establishment of the Environmental and Rural Technologies Hub (EaRTH), a training and conference facility demonstrating all aspects of renewable energy generation and sustainable building methods. While suitable courses are already being designed for the college's students, the further aim is to educate the wider community in 'green' methods, especially through school visits. It is expected that around 10,000 visitors will pass through the EaRTH's doors every year.

The EaRTH centre, carbon neutral needless to say, has been created around two underused farm buildings on Home Farm, which is part of Bicton College.

Equally naturally only renewable energy is being harnessed to provide heating and hot water for the centre and, since the comparatively low operating temperature of under-floor heating is ideal for use with renewable energy, the design team decided on the Timoleon Staple System to supply below floor warmth evenly throughout the two buildings.

The Timoleon Staple System is simple and can be rapidly laid even in awkward areas as Fords of Sidmouth the local firm used for this installation, will agree.

When in use, heat from the pipes is reflected upwards from the insulation sheet, optimising warmth for the room above. The Timoleon system has a surprising double life as a Surface Cooling System, a far more energy efficient alternative

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to air conditioning. EaRTH's buildings offer a comfortably cool atmosphere even in the hottest of summer months. When the outside atmosphere demands it, Timoleon's sophisticated controls switch the system from heating to cooling modes. In cooling mode, cool water is circulated through the heating pipes.

In this way the 'heating system' cools by absorbing radiant energy instead of emitting it. While air conditioning requires large volumes of cooled air to replace the hot air, Timoleon's Surface Cooling absorbs the sun's radiant energy before the air in the room has the chance to become unpleasantly warm.

EaRTH is so well insulated and the Timoleon system so efficient, that the energy absorbed in the building is simply dissipated by a loop of 1,300 metres of polybutylene pipe in damp sand beneath the subfloor, which is well isolated from the heated area. In this way the building is cooled without the need for any refrigeration equipment. The result is a perfect indoor environment whatever the season, with reduced CO2 emissions and at a fraction of the cost.

Bicton College's EaRTH centre will demonstrate energy sources that include biomass, solar PV and thermal and wind power in addition to air and ground sourced heat pumps. It will also showcase rainwater harvesting systems, grey water systems and reed bed filtration. www.timoleon.co.uk Enquiry No. 76

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Sika Watertight Concrete Chosen For Jersey Basement

Tormax Motors Go On And On And On

Sika Watertight Concrete has been chosen by Mitchell Building Contractors to protect the basement car park at Sylvania, a prestigious new development in Jersey. The development will consist of seven luxury apartments, all with secure underground parking. Because of its close proximity to a tidal sea area, it was essential to provide a watertight solution to protect the underground parking area from water ingress. The Sika admixtures within the concrete mix work firstly by reducing the water cement ratio, producing a highly workable concrete that aids placement and compaction, and secondly, by blocking the remaining capillary pores, thus preventing water from penetrating through the concrete. To complete the system, construction joints were sealed with the SikaSwell® jointing system, which consists of joint sealing profiles that expand on contact with water to seal any voids between adjoining concrete slabs. www.sikawatertightconcrete.co.uk

Unique in the market, TORMAX iMotion automatic door operators utilise an in-house designed and manufactured asynchronous motor. Unlike DC powered operators, TORMAX over-engineered motors do not require gears and brushes to ensure smooth door opening and closing. Without the working parts that regularly need replacing, iMotion operators can deliver almost indefinite life expectancy. Being both gearless and brushless, TORMAX synchronous motors have virtually no working parts to fail, making them a sustainable solution as well as providing near-silent operation. Incomparable movement dynamics within the motors ensures energy efficiency by minimising heat loss from the building thanks to split second response to approaching foot traffic.

All systems are also equipped with the same control system and user interfaces, significantly simplifying maintenance and operation of all doors. www.tormax.co.uk Enquiry No. 78

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Match of the Day Discusses Tolent’s Formation The BBC’s Match of the Day team paid an away visit to a development in Lancashire to discuss the formation of Wigan Boys and Girls Club, a new £6.5m youth centre currently under construction.

The brainchild of owner and chairman of Wigan Athletic Football Club, Dave Whelan, the facility is the latest in a series of North West Youth Zone Projects set up by the OnSide charity. Building contractors, Tolent Construction, opened the doors to the site for the afternoon as Mr Whelan explained his ideas to the Match of the Day production crew and pupils from nearby Abraham Guest High School.

When Tolent completes construction at the end of 2012 the 3,400-square metre development at Mesnes Field will house four all-weather football pitches and an academy to teach trade skills to young people in the area. Other features will include music and art studios, a climbing wall and improved green public spaces. Wigan Boys and Girls Club is the first OnSide youth centre to be largely funded by private sector money. Over half of the costs have been donated by OnSide patrons Dave Whelan, Martin Ainscough and Bill Ainscough. Funding has also been donated by Wigan Athletic players. Tolent Construction are becoming a regular fixture for OnSide’s programme, having also built their Factory Youth Zone in Harpurhey. Its many facilities include sports hall, climbing wall, studios for dance and performing arts, music/media room, café, cinema space, fitness suite, arts and craft area, training facilities, recreation area, office suite, meeting rooms, and a 5-a-side side football pitch. www.tolent.co.uk Enquiry No. 79

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