TO CELEBRATE World Green Roof Day on 6th June, Bridgman & Bridgman and the Green Roof Project co-hosted a Community Lunch with YMCA Milton Keynes on their green roof. Milton Keynes is ranked second in cities outside London with the most amount of intensive green roofs. Over 60 guests including the Mayor of Milton Keynes
Previously serving in key leadership roles within the Boral group of companies, Schulz brings a wealth of building products and roofing knowledge to Duro-Last as its new president.
WITH THE INCREASING focus on sustainability and reduced energy consumption, accurate U-value calculations have emerged as a vital factor for stakeholders including product distributors and builder’s merchants. A U-value, also known as thermal transmittance, measures the rate at which heat transfers through building elements such as walls, roofs, windows, and doors. It quantifies the insulation performance
A RANGE of products from leading manufacturer Glidevale Protect has been specified and installed to help create energy-efficient and healthy homes by property development specialists Castell Group on a new affordable housing scheme constructed in Llansamlet, Swansea. The Samlet Road development comprises 35 new homes with a mix of one and two-bedroom apartments and two and
J. J. Keller & Associates, Inc. is seeking applicants for the 2024 SPOTY Awards, honoring safety professionals with prizes; first place is worth more than $44,000. Applications are accepted through July 31.
Roofing Services Solutions, a Dunes Point Capital portfolio company, acquired Tavares, Fla.-based West Orange Roofing, a provider of re-roofing and exterior services with three Florida locations.
Toyota Material Handling is investing $100M in its Indiana headquarters to boost electric product production, adding 85 jobs by 2026.
Construction activity continued to rise in May with industry buyers reporting positive momentum across all sectors. The bellwether S&P Global UK Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index rose to 54.7 from 53.0 in April – the fastest rate growth rate in two years. For the first time since May 2022, all three monitored categories of house building,
Bouygues UK has been appointed lead contractor to design and build an £80m ambulatory diagnostic centre at West Middlesex University Hospital. The facility for by Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust will provide vital diagnostic and treatment services in cancer, renal and imaging for local residents in Hounslow, Richmond and Ealing. The project includes
Tendering is starting to refresh the line-up of firms for a major London and Home Counties schools framework for new build and retrofit work. London’s Haringey Borough Council is handling the procurement of the £3bn framework, which has been reshaped to allocate places for small and medium-sized firms as well as bigger players in the
