Archive for the 'Construction Product News' Category
May
30
CIC joins call for combustible cladding ban
May 30, 2018 | Leave a Comment
The Construction Industry Council has said that the industry should take it upon itself to stop using combustible materials in high rise cladding systems, regardless of any government bans.
May
24
Cost study calculates timber frame savings
May 24, 2018 | Leave a Comment
A study by cost consultant Rider Levett Bucknall UK has found that timber frame construction is marginally cheaper than masonry for affordable housing but substantially quicker.
May
22
Desford brickworks to get £95m expansion
May 22, 2018 | Leave a Comment
Forterra, or what we used to know as Hanson Brick, is planning to redevelop its site at Desford in Leicestershire.
May
21
Builders’ merchants report postive first quarter
May 21, 2018 | Leave a Comment
Despite a decline in construction output in the first quarter of 2018, sales at UK builders’ merchants still increased, albeit at a slower rate than before.
May
17
While Dame Judith Hackitt’s review of building regulations resisted knee-jerk calls for certain building products to be banned, the government looks prepared to submit to public pressure.
May
17
Dame Judith Hackitt has made more than 50 recommendations to reform UK building regulations in the wake of lessons learned from last year’s Grenfell Tower fire.