Building Elements
Portakabin, the UK’s leading supplier of modular buildings, has produced a short film about how a highly complex, 4,200sqm ward and theatre building was constructed at Royal Stoke University Hospital in less than four months to help meet the increasing…
The most used man-made material on the planet is concrete. Construction projects small, medium and large have all used concrete in one way or another.
The 2015 Structural Timber Awards were hailed a great success by industry leaders and innovators from across the timber construction sector and the 2016 event is set to build on this success. With two new additional award categories and a…
A number of innovations are emerging to help measure and enhance wellbeing in buildings, and they are starting to be rolled out in the UK.
A galvanizing company has played its part in the major redevelopment of the blaze-damaged pier in East Sussex.
Fibrelite’s technical team will be exhibiting and presenting on their newest innovations in composite trench panels and access covers at Utility Week Live at the NEC in Birmingham, (17th to 18th May at Stand A50).
Sky is working with Beal Homes to offer market-leading services to new owners on its prestigious The Swale development in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire.
Hardly a day goes by right now without housing hitting the headlines. Whether it is the shortage of new homes and skilled labour to build them, soaring rents and sales prices, or the latest twist and turn of government policy,…
Vastern Timber has unveiled Brimstone, the first commercially available thermally modified British timber, at Ecobuild 2016. Sourced exclusively from English and Welsh woodlands, the Brimstone range is ideal for cladding, decking, external joinery and furniture, and includes thermally modified ash,…
The South West has a thriving construction industry with the region predicted to exceed the projected average UK growth rate for 2015 to 2019. The estimated regional average output over this period is 3.6%, considerably higher than the UK predicted…
