Features

At the forefront of industry research and development, a leading UK based manufacturer and supplier of premium building products, Alumasc Facade Systems, constantly strives to innovate – developing its range of facade solutions.

CMS Window Systems has completed the design, manufacture and installation of high performance aluminium windows for a stunning new purpose built office facility which forms part of Glasgow’s new £842m Queen Elizabeth University Hospital.

The application of closed cell polyurethane foams for building insulation has been around for over 30 years, but recently the availability of an open cell option has come onto the market. Architects, specifiers and building consultants may well be confused as to the merits of these different systems.

Poor air distribution will significantly compromise the efficiency of a building’s HVAC system. That’s according to Luke Bigg, Research & Development Engineer of Waterloo Air Products, who explains more here.

Guy Thompson explains how The Concrete Centre responds to the challenges and many enquiries about the sustainability performance of concrete and how the industry is committed to a holistic measure of sustainability thus enabling designers and specifiers to produce evermore sustainable solutions.

Professor Sir Cary Cooper, Professor of Organisational Psychology and Health at Lancaster University, Founder of Roberstson Cooper, and author of the Human Spaces report reflects on creating workspaces fit for employees.

Ionic Recruitment’s Managing Director, Martyn Makinson, talks to Future Constructor & Architect about the findings in the Farmer report and how it affects the construction recruitment industry.

Andrew Clarke, Associate Solicitor at Gullands, looks at the impact of the health and safety sentencing guidelines on the construction sector.

Managing Director of NAPIT Certification, David Cowburn, discusses the recent consultation on the Energy Company Obligation (ECO) and how this could affect those living in fuel poverty in the future.

Unsafe working conditions on Britain’s construction sites are putting the health of builders in serious danger, according to a new report by Hayward Baker Solicitors.