A fourth aluminium cladding material system has failed the Government’s fire safety testing regime set up after the London Grenfell disaster. Phenolic foam board fire test result with FR classified ACM The latest cladding system using phenolic foam board insulation… Continue Reading →

The Government is set to award Sir Robert McAlpine the prestigious contract to restore the Big Ben tower at the Palace of Westminster despite the on-going row over plans to silence the famous bell for four years. McAlpine’s special projects division picked… Continue Reading →

London South Bank University (LSBU) campus at the heart of Elephant & Castle, is about to change in an exciting way as this month sees the launch of a fresh vision for a partial redevelopment of the site and a… Continue Reading →

Leading building services provider J S Wright has secured a contract worth more than £10.5m to help regenerate a former industrial district of East London. The mechanical and electrical design and build specialist, with offices in Birmingham, Bristol and London,… Continue Reading →

Architects Studio RHE has gained planning permission for the remodelling for the second phase of work space known as Capstan House and the public realm at Republic, East India Dock. Built in 1993, Republic is a 600,000 square feet office… Continue Reading →

In the latest test results issued by DCLG, PIR (polyisocyanurate) insulation in conjunction with a wall cladding system, consisting of Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) with a limited combustibility filler (category 1 in screening tests) has comfortably passed the full-scale BS… Continue Reading →

The 7,005m² new school, which houses more than 1,000 pupils, was manufactured offsite by Caledonian to meet a 42 week programme, a process that achieved time savings of six months compared to a traditional build. Caledonian provided a full turnkey… Continue Reading →