As part of Ravago Building Solutions UK’s new Architects Academy Programme, we welcomed Architecture and Architectural Technology students from Anglia Ruskin University to our King’s Lynn plant for an immersive experience day.
The use of diesel fuel to power construction plant and machinery has been identified as one of the ‘hotspots’ in energy consumption and carbon emissions for many contractors across the UK. With businesses seeking to reduce operational carbon emissions this creates an opportunity to achieve significant steps towards sustainable construction and Net Zero targets.
“Net Zero” is the current buzz word throughout the construction industry, and as such the ‘embodied carbon’ or ‘recycled content’ within new construction products is under scrutiny, with the perception that those manufactured with lower embodied carbon, or greater quantities of recycled content, are more sustainable. Yet a better understanding of the full picture is essential when choosing products.
Visitors to the Ravago Building Solutions UK stand at Futurebuild 2024 discovered that Europe’s largest manufacturer of XPS insulation was claiming that people are the secret to its success.
Euroclad Group is celebrating the third year of a multi-year deal with sports rights specialist, Eleven Sports Media which places the metal building solutions supplier in the Cardiff City Community Partnership and provides a valuable platform for marketing and brand awareness.
CPD helps to deal with fire risks for flat roofs utilised for additional social and practical applications.
New whitepaper explores how to identify and mitigate fire risks for flat roofs functioning as additional social or practical spaces of a building, including for solar installations.
Hitesh Pattni, Northern Specification Manager at SFS, discusses how working with a product manufacturer in construction to select an appropriate system solution, provides more reassurance that building envelope performance will be maintained for the length of the given warranty. Attempts to specify system solutions, however, are often undermined by proposed substitutions for individual components.
Paul Trace from Stella Rooflight discusses the importance of effectively introducing light into home design for wellbeing, health and productivity.
There’s a huge variety of choice in the conservation rooflight market and selecting the right product can be confusing. Paul Trace from Stella Rooflight offers some advice on things to consider when planning your project.
