With fuel efficiency and carbon reduction top of the agenda, Kinetico, one of the worlds leading manufacturers of commercial softeners and filters, is urging building services consultants and contractors to consider the positive contribution effective water treatment technology can make, especially in hard water areas.
How It Isn’t Done
I read a lot of press releases, websites and corporate literature, and nowadays most of them have one thing in common; the grammar is appalling. The most annoying aspect is the ‘corporate habit’ of using a capital letter for every word deemed important. Consequently, ‘client’ becomes ‘Client’, ‘showroom’ becomes ‘Showroom’ – the list is endless.
Interior Architectural Design is Much More than Soft Furnishings
To many people, the mention of interior design conjures up visions of soft furnishings, pictures and wall decorations.
However, to one company, this is far from the case. Stuart Wilsdon founded Wilsdon Design Associates in 2004 after working for many years for more architecturally based design practices.
Don’t Walk on By – Walk In!
There are many companies offering interior design and so, to stand out, you have to do something different. Husband and wife team Gary Richmond and Elaine Walker have now been running Walk Interior Design for about eight years but they came from complementary backgrounds.
The Fastest Growing Company in the Industry
Bolton Gate Services, the market leader in the repair and service of industrial doors and shutters, has an established track record for providing timely and effective response to its customers’ individual needs.
Every Type of Solution You Can Imagine
In a world where time is more and more at a premium, customers are increasingly preferring a ‘one-stop shop’ approach to buying, instead of going to several different contractors where problems can arise and, indeed multiply, simply as a result of the number of people involved and the question as to who has overall responsibility. One company that has benefited from this approach is TT Carpets & Ceilings.
An Interview with an Award-Winning Property Management Company
Ringley seem to have piloted into the news recently, so Construction Magazine’s Editor caught up with Group MD Mary-Anne Bowring to find out why.
How has the recession affected the property management industry?
Shutting The Door on Success!
How often do we look at an industrial building or a closed shop and either ignore or take for granted the roller shutter door? One company in the West Midlands that has increasingly made sure that this is not the case is Insulated Roller Shutter Products Ltd (IRSP).
From Project Management to Design and Construction
Richardsons (Nyewood) offers services covering the whole spectrum of construction – from complete project management and design to the construction and refurbishment of both large-scale commercial and industrial commissions and smaller scale private projects.
Innovation Born of Tradition
There are not many architectural practices operating in today’s market that can trace their roots back to one of the earliest Associates and Fellows of the RIBA.
One that certainly can is NSW Architects, which was set up in 1876 as Naylor, Sale and Widdows, by John Reginald Naylor whose certificates of Associateship (No 260 in 1881) and Fellowship (No 716 in 1894) of the RIBA still hang proudly in the company’s modern offices.
