LHC PROCUREMENT GROUP has revealed its next six consultancy frameworks for 2024. The six frameworks, including a specialist roofing framework, will provide local authorities with a platform to procure public buildings and projects throughout the UK. LHC is encouraging industry specialists to register their interest and help shape the frameworks as they are developed. Roofing Frameworks
THE WINNERS of the 2024 SPRA Awards were announced today, 6 June, at a glittering awards luncheon held at the Burlington Hotel in Birmingham. The single ply roofing community celebrated the sector’s achievements at the event which showcased some of the best projects completed by the Single Ply Roofing Association (SPRA) members’ supply chain during
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
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
THE LATEST NFRC State of the UK Roofing Industry survey for Q1 2024, covering the first quarter of 2024, provides welcome news. The results show roofing contractors’ workloads and enquiries continuing to increase in the first three months of the year. Further rises are expected over the next 12 months. However, long-term challenges persist including
ROOFING MERCHANT SIG Roofing has harnessed the power of mapping technology to create an online solar calculator. Now live on the SIG Roofing website, the new tool helps roofers to quote on solar installations and evaluate the cost and payback period for any UK domestic property. New Solar Calculator The SIG solar calculator uses the
SCOTLAND’S solar energy industry has warmly welcomed the removal of planning permission for rooftop solar panels in Scotland. The Scottish Government’s eagerly anticipated overhaul of permitted development rights (PDRs) for rooftop solar has now officially come into force. The move scraps the 50 kilowatt upper limit for permitted rights for rooftop solar on domestic and
NFRC IS HELPING a Renfrewshire school by providing a grant and support to establish a course in Plain Roof Tiling. Several NFRC member companies also offered sponsorship in kind, along with logistical help. Johnstone High School had been providing its 900 students a wide range of qualifications and other opportunities in construction subjects. However, their
CONSTRUCTION SKILLS CERTIFICATION SCHEME LIMITED (CSCS Ltd) has formed a new company to own and operate the card scheme. The new company, called CSCS Cards Ltd, now owns the CSCS logo and will manage the CSCS scheme. CSCS Cards is a private company limited by shares, wholly owned by CSCS Ltd. It has a board
