Rapid Structural Repairs Enable Property Sale To Go Ahead
To enable the sale of two stone cottages some major structural defects needed to be rectified. To re-instate structural integrity, Helifix masonry repair products were used to cost-effectively reinforce the stonework, stitch the cracks, provide lateral restraint and secure the gable end wall – all while retaining the building’s aesthetics. To stabilise the rubble-filled stone wall they installed grouted CemTies in a staggered grid pattern throughout the top half of the wall. To provide lateral restraint, BowTie HDs were installed across the full width of the gable, securing the wall to the upper storey floor joists as well as bonding stainless steel HeliBars into mortar beds.
Further information from Raf Dada, Helifix Ltd, 21 Warple Way, London W3 0RX.
Tel: 020 8735 5200. E-mail: raf.dada@helifix.co.uk
Promat Helps Protect VIP Jet Terminal At Biggin Hall
A combination of Promat DURAWALL® fire and blast barriers, Promat SUPALUX® Shaftwall and Promat PROMASEAL® fire-stopping materials were used to provide up to 2 hours fire compartmentation and blast protection to the office and VIP lounge areas at Biggin Hill, London. Promat DURAWALL® is a fully certificated fire protection barrier system able to provide up to 4 hours fire and blast protection. It is built around the Promat DURAWALL® composite panel (a steel faced panel, with a non-combustible rock wool core). The system is supported by a series of other fully tested products, offering fire protection to doors and voids, penetrations, structural steel and protected zones.
Further information from Sean Appleton, Promat. E-mail: sappleton@promat.co.uk
Innovation Award For MAX
Powerstar MAX, the innovative new voltage optimisation solution from manufacturer of energy saving solutions EMS, has won the Innovation of the Year award at the Yorkshire Post Excellence in Business
Awards. In addition to the energy savings, carbon reduction, phase balancing, harmonic filtration and transient protection offered by EMS’s standard Powerstar system, the Powerstar MAX offers electronic-dynamic optimisation to ensure the optimum voltage is always supplied. Additional features include, the capability to change the voltage remotely at any time, constant voltage output, no moving parts, protection against voltage spikes, independent three phase control, and an intelligent interface to track product and site performance in real time.
Further information from Nick Lee, EMSc (UK), 7 Genesis Park, Sheffield Road, Rotherham S60 1DX. Tel: 01709 836200. E-mail: info@ems-uk.org Web: www.ems-uk.org.
Construction Of New Luxury Hotel Benefits From Polypipe
Terrain’s Wide Product And Service Offering
The UK’s largest British-owned plastic piping systems manufacturer was called on by building services engineers, Briggs and Forrester, to supply prefabricated Terrain FUZE soil stacks and Terrain PVC
soil and waste drainage to the 10-storey, 5-star Knightsbridge Palace Hotel. Terrain’s prefabricated FUZE soil stacks are particularly well suited to hotels and other buildings that require repeat pipe work configurations, and have previously been used on many other prestigious developments in the UK. Together with Terrain’s PVC soil and waste drainage products, they are helping create a reliable and maintenance-free system, which offers the benefits of rapid installation, a high degree of product quality and proven performance.
Further information from Polypipe Terrain. Tel: 01622 795200. E-mail: commercialenquiries@polypipe.com
Automatic Pump-Down System Helps Building Achieve Breeam
A new innovative method of providing an automatic pump-down for Mitsubishi Electric’s City Multi, heat recovery systems (R2) has helped a state of the art educational facility to achieve full BREEAM rating. The new system means that a pump-down is automatically started if the performance is affected by refrigerant loss. The system is automatically placed in the cooling mode; isolation valves are automatically closed in sequence to contain the refrigerant recovered from the system during the process. Subsequent operation is suspended until the problem can be investigated by a qualified technician; any leaks repaired will be retested within a month.
Further information from Nigel Palmer, PACAIR. Web: www.pacair.co.uk
Updates, Expanded and Great Value – that’s BOC!
The new fifth edition of the BOC Safety Products Catalogue offers a greater choice than ever before, with just about everything needed to ensure personal safety in the workplace.
The 2012 catalogue from BOC carries many new product lines – including unique Adaptex safety goggles from North, ZeroFlame Rail Coveralls, BOC welding helmets, Uvex eye and hearing protection, Black Rock Footwear and First Aid kits with the latest BSI requirements. The new catalogue provides details about the additional services BOC offers. These include: face-fit testing for respiratory masks; servicing on anything from welding machines to gas detectors; personalised clothing or head gear; on-site risk assessments; and welding equipment hire.
Further information from Emma Byron, BOC, The Priestley Centre, 10 Priestley Road, Guildford GU2 7XY. Tel: 01483 597857. E-mail: emma.byron@boc.com Web: www.BOCsafetyproducts.co.uk
Beware Of The Misuse Of Fire Protection Products, Warns Nullifire
Cutting corners on fire protection is not only reckless, it is also a false economy. One good example of this is a new building recently surveyed by Nullifire, on behalf of the building’s owner. The client’s facilities manager had noticed what he suspected was inappropriate use of expanding foam to fill service penetrations in walls and ceilings in the basement area. The building had been handed over by the main contractor and signed off by Building Control. And yet the fire protection was totally inadequate. The outcome of this case is that a qualified, third-party accredited installer was then tasked with retrofitting Nullifire products throughout the building.
Further information from Nullifire, Torrington Avenue, Coventry CV4 9TJ. Tel: 02476 855000. E-mail: protect@nullifire.com Web: www.nullifire.com
Trend Energy Manager Enables Trade Bem Users To Save More
Trend Control Systems has developed a web-based energy management package for users of its building energy management systems (BEMS). Trend Energy Manager is a powerful took for highlighting and investigating energy waste within a building. It is available through Trend’s extensive network of value added resellers (VARs), who will supply it for installation on the customer’s own server. Trend Energy Manager enables energy and facilities managers to keep an eye on the gas and electricity consumed by their building services and its effect on their organisation’s carbon footprint. Meter readings and other variables logged by and automatically uploaded from the Trend BEMS provide its main source of data.
Further information from Trend Marketing. Tel: 01403 211888. E-mail: marketing@trendcontrols.com
Interserve’s New ‘Podsolve’ Concept Will Slash School Building Costs And Save Time
PodSolve is being hailed as an innovative solution that ensures Britain’s children continue to benefit from improvements in the school learning environment. Interserve believes PodSolve is the answer to providing more for less. It comprises a series of steel framed rooms or classrooms that can be easily fitted together to create a modern, fully flexible school environment. The PodSolve School is environmentally friendly, with photovoltaic panels, a well-sealed, well-insulated building, a combined heat and power plant and lighting control systems. PodSolve is believed to be an innovative and intelligent building solution which provides local authorities, schools and the government with a great school environment at a better price.
Further information from Giles Scott, Interserve. Tel: 0118 960 2307
Keep Your Business Up And Running With Help From Arco
To ensure everyone enjoys a safer winter working environment, Arco has stocked up on all items necessary for winter such as de-icing salt, salt spreading equipment and snow shovels so that well prepared businesses will have everything that they need to keep exterior access routes and car parks clear and minimise risks caused by snow and ice, in particular slips, trips and falls. Arco is supporting this with an Expert Guide to Winter Workplace Safety that offers all the advice a business needs to prepare for wintry conditions. When the temperature drops outside workers can stay protected with Arco’s highly durable range of clothing, ensuring workers stay safe.
Further information from Arco Ltd. Tel: 01482 611478. E-mail: sales@arco.co.uk Web: www.arco.co.uk
Link Lockers Launch New Range of In-Charging Lockers
Link Lockers’ new multi-purpose In-Charge Tool Lockers not only offer top of the range, robust storage for expensive devices such as cordless drills, laser levels and sanders but also safe onsite charging facilities for equipment and spare batteries. Link Lockers has designed the In-Charge Tool Locker range to the highest quality standards, with individual lockers featuring fully welded steel door frames and fully reinforced doors, including full height door stiffeners and welded corners.
Available in single and multiple door configurations, the In-Charge Tool Lockers come with either a standard deadlock, coin keep/return lock or a digital combination lock – negating the issue of lost or stolen keys.
Further information from Danielle Hassall, Link Lockers, Link House, Halesfield 6, Telford TF7 4LN. Tel: 01952 682380. E-mail: sales@linklockers.co.uk Web: www.linklockers.co.uk
Network Veka Assure Goes On Growing In First Year
Nearly three quarters of all Network VEKA installers in England and Wales have signed up for its Assure self-certification scheme in less than a year since its launch. Some 81 out of 114 qualifying installers and fabricator/installers have now registered with the scheme, with many prospective members also taking an interest. Assure offers members a subscription-free alternative for self-certification, costing nothing more than a token £1.50 certificate fee per installation, while some other schemes can charge anything from several hundred to over £1,000 a year. The scheme is only available to Network VEKA members, assuring the homeowner of all the other standards and guarantees that members automatically offer.
Further information from Network VEKA. Tel: 01282 473170. Web: www.networkveka.co.uk
Interserve’s £77m Testament To Collaborative Partnerships
Interserve, the international support services and construction group, is on track to deliver a £77m college at West Bromwich, which is testimony to the intelligent insight of collaborative working, and is
going to be integral to the regeneration of the region. The new college building is a flagship scheme for Sandwell and for Interserve, bringing together, as it does, a raft of solutions that together add up to a truly iconic building in the West Midlands. Throughout the project there has been an emphasis on keeping expenditure and employment opportunities within the local area; also it has enabled the employment of six apprentices on the site.
Further information from Interserve. Web: www.interserve.com
Animation Highlights Ease Of Achieving Renewable Commercial Heating
The four minute animation from Mitsubishi focuses on a modern school building and shows how easily air and water source heat pump systems can be incorporated into a building to work alongside, or replace traditional heating systems. A school was used in the animation because of the high demand for heating, but the technology is suitable for almost any commercial building. Mitsubishi Electric has developed a range of systems that can supply a building’s hot water and heating. The units offer complete flexibility of design and can work alongside current technologies to allow a
building to achieve renewable energy targets without major upheaval.
Further information from Mitsubishi Electric. Web: www.commercialheating.mitsubishielectric.co.uk
Hanson Scoops Top Innovation Honours At BDA Awards
Hanson UK has scooped first prize in ‘the innovative use of brick and clay products’ category at the 2011 Brick Development Association (BDA) awards. Lawn House, a Code Level 6 eco-house in Leicestershire, is the first private development in the UK to be built using prefabricated brick and block cavity walls. The prefabricated panelling system increases the speed of on-site installation, improves quality and accuracy and has minimal impact on the surrounding environment. The BDA Awards recognise excellence in design and construction using bricks and are one of the longest established and most widely respected design awards in the UK.
Further information from Hanson UK, Hanson House, Castle Hill, Maidenhead SL6 4JJ. Tel: 01628 774100. E-mail: jennie.adnitt@tfstore.co.uk Web: www.hanson.com/uk
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