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Lightweight, High Security Roofing

Tried and tested over 25 years is the KAMI roofing range from Lafarge Roofing. The metal tile form roofing system already covers over one million square metres of Britain, including HM Prisons, and the range is now avail...

3 Jun 2003

Wood from Wheat Straw

WoodStalk is a fibreboard composite made by Dow BioProducts using waste wheat straw and Dow Chemical’s polyurethane resin. The lack of formaldehyde in the product makes it a much safer alternative to products like ...

3 Jun 2003

Recycled, Bio-Based and Sustainable Office Partitioning

Made in Germany by Preform Manufacturing are a wide range of office partitioning systems that utilise environmentally responsible materials. Marketed under the Classic Panel and Decato brands, the majority of materials u...

3 Jun 2003

Traditional Slate Tiles From Recycled Rubber

Authentic Roof by Crowe Building Products is a building material specifically designed to look like, but be an improvement on traditional slate tiles. Authentic Roof is made from TPO, which is a material made by combinin...

2 Jun 2003

Insulation From Denim Jeans

People the world over would agree that their most comfortable and treasured item of clothing is an old pair of denim jeans. Now Americans can give that snug and comfortable feeling to their entire home with cotton insula...

2 Jun 2003

Construction With Old Tyres

Constructing buildings from old tyres is not a new thing. The technique has been developed over the last 30 years in the United States but the first building made from car tyres in Britain is now under construction near ...

30 May 2003

Building Airtightness – Urgent Reminder

From 30th September 2003, all new commercial and public buildings with a gross floor area of 1000 m2 or more must meet the new airtightness standard of 10 m3h-1m-2. This is covered by Part L2 of the Building Regulatio...

29 May 2003

Living, Working, Learning - Underground

Lincolnshire architect, Jerry Harrall, is conducting an experiment to prove earth sheltered buildings can provide a viable and sustainable alternative to existing building construction without the need for additional hea...

29 May 2003

Housing prices – North eases, South falls

Property analyst, Hometrack, has reported in it’s May market survey that housing prices have remained stagnant in one quarter of the northern counties with the others slowing sharply. The South continues to fall bu...

28 May 2003

Colchester’s ‘Jumbo’ To Become Penthouse

The Colchester skyline is dominated by a much loved, but now empty Victorian water tower nicknamed, Jumbo. Controversial work to transform Jumbo into a luxury penthouse building is expected to commence before the years e...

28 May 2003

Taipei’s World Trade Centre Nears Completion

It’s not due to open until next year but already 90 floors of the 101 floor “Taipei 101” skyscraper are built. When complete it will add 200,000 sqm of office space to the Taiwanese capital and the g...

27 May 2003

Bovis Homes Wins Greeenleaf Award

The greenleaf housing awards are organised by the New Homes Marketing Board in partnership with the Daily Mail and the main sponsor, Hanson. The prestigious Hanson Award – for the finest greenleaf example of the...

27 May 2003

£400m Loan for the Completion of Chunnel Track

A loan by the European Union of £400 million will help complete the connection of high speed track between London, Brussels and Paris - striking another 15 minutes of time from the trip to both cities. An agreement be...

27 May 2003

Turning Papermill Waste into Construction Products

A new research programme of aims to develop innovative construction products using waste from papermills. Work will concentrate on three principal groups of product: renders, blocks and clays; wood based joinery and indu...

26 May 2003

Clement Windows Group Launches New Part L Steel Window

Initial concerns over the tightening of Part L of the building regulations (Heat loss through buildings) have been alleviated by the recent launch of what is possibly the world’s first Part L compliant steel window...

26 May 2003