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.
Bauwerk Parkett AG and Boen AS merge to form Bauwerk Boen Group
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.
BOEN Takes Off at Birmingham Airport
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.
Case Study: Streatham Close Balcony Refurbishment works
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.
The secret life of a Lanes employee
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.
CASELLA HELPS TO KEEP THE PEACE IN THE CITY WITH ITS NOISE NUISANCE RECORDER KITS WITH CEL-632 SOUND LEVEL METER TECHNOLOGY
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.
TECHNAL WINDOWS AND CURTAIN WALLING FOR NEW FLAGSHIP SCHOOL OF MEDICINE IN CARDIFF
A new flagship medical education centre in Cardiff features aluminium curtain walling options and casement window systems from Technal.
Designed by Powell Dobson Architects and built by Vinci Construction UK, The Cochrane Building accommodates the School of Medicine on Cardiff University’s Heath Park Campus at the University Hospital of Wales. It is now one of the largest facilities of its kind in the UK, home to over 3,000 students and staff, and is a major international centre for medical teaching and research.
Warmup Plc achieves ISO 9001:2008 certification
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.
WE DO MORE, SO YOU DO LESS
When the design team at HILLS CUBICLES began work on the innovative MIX’n’FIX Washroom cubicle range, central to the brief was to design a cubicle system that delivered a new level of style to the market, whilst incorporating ease of assembly based upon a standard structure, whilst ensuring stability and quality of the finished installation. Research also revealed that installers asked for standardised components which might be interchanged to build a highly versatile system, flexible enough to meet most design requirements yet be quick and easy to install. With ease of installation in mind, Hills pre-drill the fascias and doors for hinges, legs and indicator bolts, saving even more valuable time and therefore money. MIX’n’FIX from HILLS CUBICLES and WASHROOMS is now regarded as one of the most easiest to fit modular cubicle systems available on the market.
YORKON AWARDED ITS LARGEST EVER BUILDING CONTRACT – AND UK’S BIGGEST HEALTH PROJECT TO BE BUILT OFF SITE
Off-site construction specialist, Yorkon, has been awarded its largest ever building project, and what is believed to be the biggest and most complex healthcare scheme to be built off site in the UK. The £17.9m contract for principal contractor Kier Construction is to construct a new Women and Children’s Centre at North Middlesex University Hospital.
