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Property and policies

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Inside this issue

Contents

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Welcome...

Editor’s Choice:

Hot Topics:

• Supply for the demand 06

• It would be criminal not to 08

... to ABC&D July 2010. We’ve managed to control our World Cup fever

long enough to put together an issue jam-packed with news and

features, including a couple of really informative Hot Topics. The first,

on page 04, discusses the importance of apprenticeships, while on

page 08, we look at the responsible sourcing of construction materials.

Our In Depth feature examines the way greywater harvesting is

helping to meet the water saving requirements of the Code for

Sustainable Homes, (P.21), plus, there’s our usual Building Study on

page 10, and our Product Focus, (P.12), which looks at Nibe’s air source

heat pumps. Take time out from the footy and have a look!

Building Study:

• Future-proof school

Product Focus:

• Energy from thin air

Innovations:

In Depth:

Kitchens, Bathrooms &

Washrooms Feature:

• Guilt-free luxury

Products

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fasteners

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Spotlight:

Doors, Windows & Architectural

Hardware Feature:

• Proving the case for

wood windows

Products

Spotlight:

Focus on Housebuilding

Feature:

• Property and policies

Products

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Drainage & Plumbing Solutions

Feature:

• Sustainable alternatives 38

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Editor’s

Choice

All the latest construction news

kbb London

is on the way

Oh, whats occurin’?

Construction will

help recovery

Addressing an audience of 100

parliamentarians and 150 senior

industry leaders, civil servants and

journalists, Bill Bolsover, the

chairman of the Construction

Products Association, said that

the construction industry has a

vital role to play in helping achieve

economic recovery.

He commented: ‘Despite the

current economic pressures and

the difficult decisions that will be

taken by Government over the

coming weeks, spending cuts and

tax increases alone will not revive

the economy. These must be

coupled with private sector growth

to generate economic activity,

create employment and nurture

the fragile economic recovery and

more than any other industry,

construction is an essential

element for this economic growth.

He continued: ‘We build the

energy facilities and storage

capacity that will ensure industry

can continue to operate efficiently

in the UK; we deliver the transport

infrastructure that helps make

businesses more competitive; and

we are key to ensuring we achieve

our carbon reduction

commitments through the new

buildings we create in the future,

and through the improvements

that are made to the energy

efficiency of the existing building

stock.”

UBM Live has announced the

launch of kbb London which will

take place from 15-17 May 2011

at Excel.

The runaway success of kbb

Birmingham in March, and in-depth

consultation with the marketplace, has

determined an unquestionable need and

desire for a kitchen and bathroom show

in the capital next year.

The show will target both the retail

and contract audience and will

showcase the latest products and

services from leading manufacturers

in the kitchen, bathroom and tiling

markets.

kbb sales director, Sam Cande

commented: “kbb Birmingham was an

excellent indicator that this market is

regaining confidence after the last

couple of difficult years. The launch of

kbb London will give manufacturers the

opportunity to display their products at

a national event, with a key focus on the

London and southern markets, offering

a distinctive platform for the industry in

its entirety.

“A natural extension to the successful

kbb Birmingham exhibition, kbb London

will be targeting companies from across

the market to ensure a diverse range of

products for this exciting new exhibition.

The initial response prior to the

official launch is very encouraging

and underlines the faith the industry

has in our company to deliver a great

exhibition.”

The RIBA in the South West and Wales is holding a free sandcastle

competition on Saturday 24 July at Barry Island’s blue flag beach.

The competition which is open to families and friends, is a joint event

between Design Circle RSAW South Branch (Royal Society of Architects in

Wales) and the RIBA Bristol & Bath Branch (RIBA South West).

The competition kicks off at 13.00 and judging takes place at 17.00 by a

mixed panel of judges, with prizes being awarded shortly afterwards in the

following categories: tallest sand structure, most technically daring, best

overall scheme, and people’s choice.

Teams should consist of up to six members and children (under the

supervision of their parents) are more than welcome to take part. Teams

should provide their own equipment; bucket and spades, or any other tools

that are to be used (note, motorised diggers are not allowed). Framework

is allowed, however all supporting structures must be removed for judging

and teams may decorate their structure with flotsam and jetsam found on

the beach. The judges’ decision will be final!

Once-in-a-lifetime opportunity

A fond farewell

Global building products manufacturer, Sika, is offering engineering and

architecture students once-in-a-lifetime work experience opportunities at top

locations around the world as part of an initiative to provide them with a real

hands-on glimpse of their future careers.

The Sika Experience competition features six key themes – Resources,

Mobility, Wind, Water, Climate and Solar – underlining the company’s position

as a diverse and innovative company at the forefront of modern construction.

After answering a range of questions and giving their details, entrants are

placed in a prize draw – with Sika donating $25 to sustainable projects for every

serious application received. The winning candidates go on a specially tailored

two-week work experience programme aimed at sharpening their knowledge

in the category they have applied for.

The Resources and Mobility categories have already taken place, with the

winning students – drawn from across the globe, including New Zealand,

Romania, Italy, Thailand and China – visiting Switzerland to see Sika’s

production centres first hand and chatting to the company’s technicians before

touring some of the top engineering spots in Europe including Paris, London

and Munich.

N&C Nicobond has sadly announced that the

inventor of ready mixed tile adhesive, Eric Leigh

recently passed away. In 1958, Nicholls and

Clarke developed and marketed the very first

Nicobond Tile Cement. This was the first ready

mix emulsion based tile adhesive, introducing

innovation to the world market and drastically

changing the construction industry as we know

it today.

Award shortlist announced

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has announced the release

of this year’s shortlist for the 350 Award, a celebration of architecture

projects under £350,000; the winner of which will be given a People’s

Choice Award.

The 350 Award is the centre piece of the RIBA’s Architecture Festival

2010, which is the very first of its kind for the North West.

OMI Architects has been nominated for The Bridge of Discovery, for

Creswell Crags Museum & Heritage Centre in Nottinghamshire. Aidan

Simpson Architect has been nominated for a private commission, built

in Mereclough near Burnley. Liverpool based architect Studio Three

has been nominated for its design for the St Anselm’s College Food

Hub in Birkenhead, Wirral. Honey Architects, based in Barrow in Cumbria,

has been nominated for its design of the Fisherman’s Bridge in The

Lake District National Park. The bridge was completed on a tiny budget

of £18k. Harrison Pitt Architects has been nominated for its extension

to a private house that was originally a stable block in Lancaster, and

Stanton Andrews Architects, based in Clitheroe in Lancashire, has been

nominated for the 350 Award for its renovation of a 1980’s estate house

in Bolton.

Sustainable science

The Exeter Science Park project infrastructure team was presented with

a CEEQUAL Excellent Client & Outline Design Award at the ICE South West

Annual Dinner on 4 June 2010. The award was presented by Richard Coackley,

vice president of the Institution of Civil Engineers.

The project is also being assessed as a Whole Project Award under the

CEEQUAL scheme, and achieved an 86% score in the Interim Client & Outline

Design stage of the assessment.

CEEQUAL is the assessment and awards scheme for improving sustainability

in civil engineering and public realm projects.

All the latest construction news

Editor’s

Choice

Forgotten spaces

Skating off

Revamp going

underground

RIBA London, alongside Design for London and Qatari

Diar, has announced the winners of its Forgotten

Spaces competition.

The top three prize winners from a shortlist of

20 were: 1st Prize – Reservoir Roofs by Gort Scott

(Waltham Forest N17 9NH); 2nd Prize – The Pool

by Scott Brownrigg (Camden WC1); 3rd Prize –

Thames Archipelago by Craft Pegg (Tower

Hamlets E14 9QS).

ISG Jackson Special Projects has skated off with a £1.2m

contract to refurbish and upgrade facilities at the popular

Riverside Ice & Leisure Centre in Chelmsford, Essex.

The fast-track project has been timed to coincide with the

low season at the centre and sees the contractor carrying

out a raft of improvement works at the ice rink.

Work started on 7 June and will take around nine weeks

to complete. ISG Jackson Special Projects will carry out

essential repairs to the concrete base of the ice rink, re-

paint the deck and renew the stainless steel perimeter

barrier. A key element of the scheme involves the

replacement of the ageing mechanical and electrical

systems that keep the rink frozen.

Victoria Tube station, one of the

busiest and most congested on the

network, is set for a radical £700m

transformation as TfL announced

that a contract has been awarded for

its redevelopment.

As part of TfL’s multi-billion pound

Investment Programme to improve

and expand the transport network,

the VINCI BAM Nuttall joint venture

will reconfigure Victoria station –

creating a brand new ticket hall,

doubling the size of the existing

southern ticket hall, and installing

new entrances, nine new escalators

and step-free access.

The station redevelopment is

essential to supporting the upgrade

of the Victoria line and the two

together will result in quicker, easier,

and less congested journeys for

thousands of Londoners. Between

now and 2018 TfL will upgrade eight

Tube lines, build Crossrail, and

expand the DLR and London

Overground networks, as well

as delivering other major

improvements. Such investment is

vital to the future growth, prosperity

and the competitiveness of London

and the UK, particularly to creating

new jobs and opportunities.

Boris Johnson, the Mayor of

London, said: "Anyone that's

ever been near Victoria Tube in

the rush hour will know that these

improvements cannot be made

soon enough.”

Reservoir Roofs by Gort Scott

£1,000 prize up for grabs

4D training

The £8.7m ACT-UK Simulation Centre has recently

opened in Coventry as the UK’s first virtual reality

training facility for the construction industry.

The Centre, which is only the second of its kind in

the world, will enable construction site managers to

be trained as though on a real site, using pioneering

technology. A 12m panoramic screen recreates a wide

variety of scenarios, meaning trainees could be

virtually on-site at anything from a small, rural

affordable housing scheme, to an inner-city high-rise

office development. The Centre sets a new standard

for leadership and management training in the

industry.

A talented Diploma in Construction and the Built

Environment (C&BE) student will be rewarded with a

£1,000 prize for their hard work and achievements at this

year’s Construction Manager of the Year Awards.

The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) will present

the special award to an exceptional C&BE Level 3 Diploma

student who has achieved an overall grade B to A* and a

good profile of grades for their Principle Learning and

Project modules. As keen supporters of the Diploma, the

CIOB is offering the cash prize to motivate and encourage

young people to take up careers in the built environment.

Bridget Boreham, the CIOB’s chief operating officer,

said: “We are delighted to support the Diploma and reward

the student who has achieved the strongest profile each

year. The Diploma places the built environment at the

heart of mainstream secondary education and a whole

generation will now see opportunities for careers that,

until now, they were hardly aware of.

“Too often the brightest pupils in schools are not aware

of the positive difference this industry makes to people’s

lives and the environment around us. It is in everyone’s

interest to make sure young people get the skills they

need to succeed, whether they decide to go into a job with

training or continue studying at college or university.”

Award-winning observation

By winning the Merit Award of the Society for Environmental Graphic Design (SEGD), the Indemann Observation Tower has demonstrated its brilliance on an

international stage. The 36m (118ft) high accessible steel sculpture, which resembles a primitive robot, was erected in the autumn of 2009 on a brown coal

waste tip in Inden/Germany as a symbol of the structural evolution of this former mining region. While the size and shape of the Indemann is impressive, it

is its semitransparent skin of stainless steel mesh with integrated LED profiles that attracts thousands of visitors every week. At night a spectacular

computer-controlled light show brings the steel colossus to life. The platform for this spectacle is the Illumesh system, a co-operative development of

GKD – Gebr. Kufferath AG, Düren, and ag4 media facade GmbH, Cologne. The global patent is held jointly by the two companies. The SEGD Design Award

celebrates outstanding creations in the fields of environmental graphic design and was presented on June 5 in Washington, D.C.

The 270-tonne steel sculpture was designed by the Maastricht-based Maurer United Architects, and with its three viewing platforms, is an internationally

admired industrial monument. The Indemann Observation Tower impressed the multidisciplinary expert jury in the USA in all aspects. Special praise was

given to the metallic surface, which, with more than 40,000 interwoven LEDs, each one separately controlled by computer, makes the Indemann a

shimmering night-time focal point for the region. During the day the reflectivity of the woven stainless steel skin blends the starkly geometrical silhouette

into the surrounding landscape.

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