Sky Garden is the UK’s largest independent living roof producer and installer.  The company has four national production zones, installs 300-400 projects annually using over 150,000sqm of regional produced or sourced components.  Sky Garden has been operating for over 20 years at the pinnacle of living roof development, as a founder member of GRO and an affiliate of the NFRC and Livingroofs.org, the company strives to remain at the forefront of industry development pioneering new systems and products for a rapidly evolving industry sector.

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Portakabin, the UK’s leading modular building manufacturer, has achieved the highest possible rating from Dun & Bradstreet, the world’s leading source of business information. This coveted award puts Portakabin in the top 15% of all companies in the UK and Ireland for financial stability.

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Aqua blue designs, is a Spata award-winning company which for over 25 years has specialised in the design of wet leisure buildings. They are proud to have this challenging project on their portfolio, which includes similar work in 27 countries to date.

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Two of Europe’s leading manufacturers of parquet flooring, Bauwerk Parkett AG from Switzerland and Boen AS from Norway, are merging to form Bauwerk Boen Group. The new group will be Europe’s leading provider in the premium segment and the second-largest player in the wood flooring market with combined sales of around CHF 275m (EUR 230m). The expansion of the complementary market positions of the two brands will strengthen the competitiveness of the group and provide customers with a wider range of high quality wood flooring products.

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Since opening in 1939, Birmingham airport has grown to be the UK’s seventh largest airport with 9 million passengers passing through the terminal each year and has been awarded ‘2012 Airport of the Year’in the UK’s National Transport Awards.

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Property management company Avrasons Ltd called in specialist contractor Cemplas Waterproofing and Concrete Repairs Ltd who were asked to inspect and provide a detailed survey and competitive quotation to refurbish the rear balconies of two three-storey residential blocks at Streatham Close, London which were showing extensive signs of steel corrosion and spalling of the concrete.

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By day, mild-mannered Gavin McNulty is an office administrator with drainage specialist, the Lanes Group. But by night (and at weekends) he is a ‘Coco-nutter’ — one of the world-famous troupe of clog dancers from the Rossendale Valley in Lancashire.

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International construction services company, ISG Plc, is using Noise Nuisance Recorder (NNR) kits from Casella CEL (www.casellameasurement.com; 01234 844100) to monitor noise levels on a £16m project to refurbish and upgrade City Tower in Basinghall Street, London.

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Warmup Plc, provider of world-class underfloor heating solutions and services, announced today that it has successfully been awarded ISO 9001:2008 certification, for their Quality Management System.  This certification confirms that Warmup operates and maintains rigorous quality management processes, for the design, development and delivery of underfloor heating products and services to its customers throughout the world. The achievement of ISO certification ensures quality processes are followed within the business, which leads to increased productivity and efficiency in delivering solutions, as well as improving service levels and product quality to customers.

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