Britain's best source of building product and construction news

Firemaster Panels from Eurobond have been installed in a new Macrae Food Group facility in Livingstone, Edinburgh to provide a non-combustible internal partition, offering the highest levels of fire safety. Approximately 12000m of composite Eurobond Rockwool core material panels were put in place, consisting of 100mm thick Firemaster wall, 100mm thick Firemaster wall extra and 150mm thick Firemaster ceilings.

Details for Eurobond Laminates Ltd

Created by designer Terence Woodgate and produced by Marshalls Street Furniture, Stonelements is a new range of contemporary urban furniture made from high quality natural granite. The collection was inspired by the guidance and smoothness of Cairn stone heaps, plus the raw, sustained, structural aesthetics of Stonehenge. The range can be commissioned in a spectrum of colours from jet black to rose pink and complemented by a selection of finishes.

Details for Marshalls Plc

A housing development at Old Cantley near Doncaster featured a system to recycle all rainwater drained from the 311m? of roof area for re-use for toilet flushing, in the washing machine and more unusually in the dish washer. This was achieved through a specially designed collection and redistribution system centred round a 7,500 litre capacity Eco-Vat system from Polypipe Building Products. The GRP unit which is said to be totally resistant to corrosion, was buried in the rear garden of the house with only the plate-surface of the tubular 'conning' tower at lawn level to provide ready access to the internal plumbing and electrics. The lightweight qualities of GRP were said to be invaluable since there was only a very narrow gap between the house and fence. Drained rainwater is piped from the gutters to the underground storage tank, filtered and then taken up to a header tank.

Details for Polypipe Civils

Following changes to Building Regulations, it is a requirement for suppliers to ensure that all hardware making up a fire doorset has the required certification including CE marking where applicable. This includes bathroom locks which, for the first time, can be CE marked Ingersell Rand Security Technologies is one of the first companies to offer CE certified bathroom locks under its Briton hardware brand. The company offers an extensive range of CE certified commercial and contract lockcases including the 72mm, Xtension and 5 level bathroom locks. The new legislation will give architects and specifiers peace of mind knowing that they are ordering quality assured products, for both residential and commercial applications.

Details for Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies

An extensive refurbishment programme to improve ageing flats on the Tarling Estate in London's Tower Hamlets has benefitted from facade systems develop by Alumasc. The brick-built properties were overclad with Swisslab, the company's traditional insulated render system, which provides good levels of insulation. 50mm phenolic insulation was used which was then rendered, partly with Alumasc's M.R.S7 dashing render, partly with M.R.S4 plain polymer, and was then finished with the company's specialist M.R.6 masonry paint.

Details for Alumasc Exterior Building Products

The ThermoPlan system and Pavaclad and Diffutherm timber frame building systems from NBT have each achieved an 'A' rating in the BRE's Green Guide to Housing Specification. NBT's 365mm deep ThermoPlan system, finished with lime cement plaster externally and plaster and paint internally, scored 1.2 Ecopoints.

Details for NBT

A Europe-wide scheme urging major retailers, wholesalers and distributors to stock products containing recycled PVC material is being carried out by Recovinyl. The initiative encourages greater use of plastic recyclate in new products, especially in the construction and DIY sectors. In 2006, over 20,000 tonnes of post-use PVC products were recycled. The 2007 figure is expected to be greater.

Details for Recovinyl (UK)co axion recycling ltd

A new centre designed as a showcase for self-builders has chosen Thinsulex - believed to be the UK's only multi-foil to be BBA certified and part L compliant - as the recommended insulation material. The Earthwise Resource Centre based in Hastings, East Sussex provides materials and information on how to best build and live for the future in an environmentally friendly way. Gary Gates, of Earthwise, said: "We are only displaying materials we are convinced can meet the requirements of sustainable building for the long term and Thinsulex is one of those. "We want to help people understand the benefits of using these materials in timber-framed houses and that together they can make a warm, energy-efficient, cost-effective home." "We have found Thinsulex fits in perfectly and we are using it on four new timber frame house builds." Approved by LABC and accepted by NHBC, Thinsulex is a thin, flexible insulation which relfects infra-red radiation.

Details for Thinsulex