Duro-Last Names Darren Schulz as New President
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.
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U-Values Not the Be-All and End-All for Specifying Insulation That is Vital to Your Building Project
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
Glidevale Protect Boosts Sustainability at Swansea Social Housing Scheme
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
Apply Now for the J. J. Keller SPOTY Awards
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.
Dunes Point Capital, LP Acquires West Orange Roofing, LLC
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 Plans $100M HQ Expansion
Toyota Material Handling is investing $100M in its Indiana headquarters to boost electric product production, adding 85 jobs by 2026.
Construction buyers see momentum building
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 bags £80m London NHS diagnostic centre job
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
London £3bn schools framework out to tender
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
Openreach fined £1.34m after engineer drowns in river
Broadband network builder Openreach Limited has been fined £1.34m after an engineer died while trying to repair a telephone line. Alun Owen,32, from Bethesda, died after he slipped and fell into the River Aber in Abergwyngregyn and was swept away on 6 October 2020. An investigation by the HSE and North Wales Police found that