George Barnsdale & Son have achieved a successful, accredited test to BS EN 1627-30 for their timber window design, using Roto NT tilt and turn hardware.
“This is a seriously impressive result”, says Roto Technical Specialist Shaun Adams. “We’ve worked closely with Barnsdale and together we’ve created a specification to meet the demanding challenges of the BS EN testing standards.”
With over 40 years’ experience in providing complete on-premise laundry solutions to care homes across the UK, working with care home groups such as Barchester, JLA offers design and build packages that take away the hassle of laundry design for new developments.
With more than 6,800 fall from height injuries last year in the UK*, NEL, the UK’s oldest fall-arrest test laboratory, is questioning why CEN, the European Standards Body, refuses to include human-like anthropomorphic test dummies (ATD) within its product safety standards.
Shopping – love it or hate it – when you’re building something, there is often an awful lot of it to be done. With the average material spend on a job being around 46% of the cost, is your business making the most out of your purchasing decisions?
Cinema-goers in Redruth, Cornwall will soon be able to enjoy screenings of the latest blockbusters powered by the sun, thanks to a Cornwall renewable energy company.
The Regal Cinema in Redruth is currently undergoing a major refurbishment, and its owner hopes that once complete, it will become one of the busiest in the group.
The Steel Window Association represents the great majority of UK steel window manufacturers, ranging in size from the smallest of craft-based companies specialising in domestic and small commercial replacement and repair work, through to large companies that manufacture and install windows in literally every type of building. There is not a single steel window project of any description that one of the SWA members cannot handle.
Kee Safety has introduced the Fast-Fit™ – a new, ultra-quick, off-the-shelf connection system for connecting steel sections together in construction and civil engineering applications without the need for drilling or welding.
International door-entry and access control specialists, Urmet Group, chosen to secure first two residential buildings at King’s Cross Central development. Market-leading audio and video door-entry manufacturers, Urmet, are delighted to have been appointed as the supplier for the first two residential buildings at the 67-acre King’s Cross Central development.
With more than 6,800 fall from height injuries last year in the UK*, NEL, the UK’s oldest fall-arrest test laboratory, is questioning why CEN, the European Standards Body, still refuses to include human-like anthropomorphic test dummies (ATD) within its product safety standards.
The spectacular London 2012 Olympic Torch is but a smouldering memory, however the public’s appreciation for the UK construction and engineering industry showcase that is the Olympic Park seems to be burning bright.The successful delivery of the £7-billion worth Olympic infrastructure has raised the public profile of civil engineers and people working in the trades. According to a new survey published by the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) over half of the public (53%) no longer just think about bridges when they think of civil engineering in the light of the London 2012 Olympic Games.More than 46,000 jobs were created as a result of the London 2012 construction project. Post-Olympic work, currently taking place, is expected to create thousands of extra new jobs. Nearly half of the 2,000 people who took part in the ComRes survey said they would consider civil engineering to be a ‘respected’ profession, alongside jobs such as lawyers and teachers.
