Explore RWM 2017 with event trails

Simple visitor planning tool for September’s Energy, Water, Recycling, Renewables and Waste Management event gives visitors ability to find exactly what is important to them
Registration is now open for the expanded RWM 2017 event, which takes place from 12 to 14 September at the NEC Birmingham in partnership with the Chartered Institution of Wastes Management (CIWM), and boasts a host of new and revamped features.

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BUILDING FACADES: SMOKING JOINTS

Andy Swift, national sales manager for ISO-CHEMIE, considers the effective sealing of building façades, which can prove to be difficult if failure, particularly in the form of water leakage, is to be avoided.

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CENTURION WINS PRESTIGIOUS AWARD FOR COMPETITIVE STRATEGY, INNOVATION AND LEADERSHIP

Centurion, the leading above-the-neck personal protective equipment specialist, has been awarded the prestigious European Head Protection Competitive Strategy Innovation and Leadership Award by Frost & Sullivan.

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SAVE LABOUR AND TIME ON SITE FOR SAME MATERIAL OUTLAY

Labour and time on site can be reduced by weeks by getting someone else to do much of the work- for the same material cost.

Protan is now able to supply rolls of material ready welded, in its state-of-the art factory. It is the only single ply membrane manufacturer offering the capability to UK roofing contractors. Yet the prefabricated system is cost-competitive with ‘standard’ membrane material, which still has to have on-site welding factored into the cost.

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MSA Safety’s V-TEC™ self-retracting lifeline is first to use dampener technology for additional safety

MSA Safety is launching its new V-TEC™ self-retracting lifeline (SRL). It is the first in the market to include an inbuilt retraction dampener which allows the user to release the cable safely via controlled retraction; this prevents potential injury to the user and damage to the main body of the unit. It also offers safe operation and a reduction in costs and downtime.

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Aspex launches innovative steel door system

Aspex, one of the UK’s leading architectural ironmongery and door companies, has strengthened its presence in the market with the addition of an innovative steel door system to its existing Novista Riser range.

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IS ENOUGH BEING DONE TO MANAGE RISK, ASKS ASBESTOS CONFERENCE

THE UK’s largest asbestos safety management conference for industry professionals will examine current techniques for air sampling and monitoring in the UK and ask whether enough is being done to manage the risk.

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ENGINEERING EUROPEAN EXCELLENCE

Tata Technologies’ new European headquarters is supporting excellence in diverse levels, helped by British engineering.

Built by BAM Construction, the £20m building at Tachbrook Park, Leamington Spa will house Tata Technologies’ engineering services focused on research & development into emerging technologies for automotive, aerospace and industrial machinery. Designed by architects Webb Gray, the 63,000 sq ft office has been designed to deliver a BREEAM excellent rating.

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Customer insight guides Centurion’s latest safety helmet system

Centurion, the leading above-the-neck personal protective equipment specialist, is providing an innovative solution to meet customer requirements with the modular Nexus range.

After carrying out extensive research* into customer insights and current market trends, Centurion has developed its leading head protection system, Nexus, which will provide greater safety on site to protect workers from falls from height and any potential falling hazards.

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Brett Martin Daylighting Solution ‘Pops-Up’ In Croydon’s Boxpark

With the pop-up culture seen as a flexible, fast and low-cost solution to revitalising and unlocking urban environments, Brett Martin Daylight Systems’ lightweight and robust Marlon CS profiled polycarbonate glazing panels have maximised daylight and been an integral element in the creation of Boxpark Croydon, a new pop-up mall featuring a range of shopping and dining venues.

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