When a high output wall hung condensing boiler is needed for a commercial installation, look no further than Evomax 150 from Ideal Commercial Boilers.

Offering a condensing output of 158kW, Evomax 150 is amongst the most powerful wall hung boilers available today.  It succeeds in combining this power with an impressive seasonal efficiency of 96.7% and a low NOx measurement of just 38.1 mg/kWh, offering installers and specifiers a boiler that delivers on a number of fronts, including already being compliant with Ecodesign (ErP) 2018.  If more power is required, up to 4 Evomax 150s can be installed in a cascade (632kW condensing).  Larger bespoke cascade systems are available upon request.

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August marked the 30th anniversary of the first shipment made from super quarry Glensanda, located in the centre of a peak in Morvern Peninsula, near Oban on the West Coast of Scotland.

Glensanda is the flagship site of construction materials producer and supplier Aggregate Industries, and the largest granite quarry in Europe, exporting to markets all across Northern Europe. It has an annual production capacity in excess of 9 million tonnes and a massive 760 million tonnes reserve of granite.
Glensanda was first discovered by John Yeoman on a boating holiday. The site was then named as a potential location in a report commissioned by the government in the 1970s to identify coastal super quarries. Extraction began in 1986 and it undertook its first shipment on 5th August 1986 to Houston, Texas, delivering the granite to the US Gulf market just 10 days after setting sail.

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Leading physical security supplier, Securikey, is exhibiting at the brand new Lockex exhibition between the 16th and 18th September at Coventry’s Ricoh Arena. With over 40 years of experience in the sector, Securikey has the knowledge and skill to offer expert advice on its comprehensive range of security products and, at Lockex, the team will be available to share their expertise and to showcase the recently updated Euro Vault range of electronic and key locking safes.

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Lanes Group has been commissioned by leading construction contractor Laing O’Rourke to carry out drainage surveys and cleaning work at the UK’s newest NHS cancer treatment centre.

The company’s drainage engineers have carried out CCTV camera surveys and high pressure jetting at the £160 million cancer centre, located at Guy’s Hospital in central London.

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The Corrosion Prevention Association (CPA), one of the associations that comprise the Structural Concrete Alliance, has released two new guides to help newcomers to the industry and those with overall responsibility for structures to understand available cathodic protection (CP) systems and how they work.

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Drainage product and access cover leader, Clark-Drain, has added a choice of Road Gullies certified to the Highways Authority Product Approval Scheme (HAPAS) to strengthen its underground range.

The Gullies are designed for quick and easy installation, in urban areas and on roads, for direct connection to PVC-U plastic pipe systems or with a suitable adaptor, also supplied, to clay and twin wall drainage systems. The gully outlet is 160mm diameter as standard with 178mm diameter available when using the outlet adaptor.

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With the end of the recruitment cap on undergraduate numbers in England now taking effect, the requirement for upgrading and expanding learning facilities continues to rise to meet the increased demand for higher education.

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The Deks sales team was joined by an extra special staff member at IFAT, the world’s leading trade fair for water sewage waste and raw materials management.

Taking pride of place on the company’s stand in Munich Germany was Dekster the Coupling Man, a three metre high sculpture created from the Deks new range of Band-Flex and Value-Flex couplings.

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The winners of the annual Construction Development Alliance (CDA) Awards were revealed recently at Burnley Mechanics Theatre, during a ceremony hosted by television personality Dominic Littlewood.

Developed to support the future of the property and construction industry in the North West, the awards, sponsored by Sika Sarnafil, recognise the hard work, determination and growth of young people in the sector.

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HSS Hire, the national tool and equipment hire company, is helping construction workers beat the heat this summer thanks to an innovative new poster campaign and ensuring free sun screen is available at the new multi-million pound Bloomberg site in Central London.

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