Schiedel Chimney System’s ICID Plus Double Wall Adjustable Starter Section, a quick and easy way of disconnecting a stove for inspection, has won ‘Best Flueing and Ventilation Product’ at this year’s Hearth & Home exhibition, which took place from 11th… Continue Reading →

Sensitive repairs to the iconic Ionic portico at St Pancras Church in London have won the prestigious 2017 SPAB (Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings) John Betjeman Award. St Pancras Church, a striking Greek Revival building of the Regency… Continue Reading →

DE MONTFORT University’s (DMU) newest addition to its Leicester campus – the Vijay Patel building – has been hailed as the best educational building in the East Midlands at the LABC Awards (Local Authority Building Control). The £42 million centrepiece… Continue Reading →

The Fire Sector Federation is continuing its long-running campaign for a review of Approved Document B (ADB) to the Building Regulations, following the tragic Grenfell Tower fire The Federation has produced a brochure, “Why does Approved Document B need to… Continue Reading →

Social housing provider EastendHomes (EeH) has awarded Morgan Sindall Property Services a 10-year, £38 million contract to provide repairs, maintenance and refurbishment services across its properties in Tower Hamlets, east London. From 1 July 2017, the company will deliver responsive… Continue Reading →

National Lottery funding secured for major development including new galleries, Learning Centre and the Gallery’s biggest ever programme of national partnerships The National Portrait Gallery has been awarded funding of £9.4 million from The National Lottery towards a £35.5m transformation… Continue Reading →

NORTH EAST building contractor Gus Robinson Developments has celebrated starting work on three new schemes with a combined value of over £9m. The business, that has employed 11 new members of staff over the last year, is working towards a… Continue Reading →

The merry men at Sheffield roofing specialists, Martin-Brooks, have landed a pair of projects with a coincidental connection to local folklore hero, Robin Hood. The firm’s heritage roofing experts are helping to restore and maintain Kirklees Priory and the church… Continue Reading →