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The History of Structurally Insulated Panels

The History of Structurally Insulated Panels

The Managing Director of SIP Build UK, Chris Duckworth shares the story of Structurally Insulated Panels ...

The Managing Director of SIP Build UK, Chris Duckworth shares the story of Structurally Insulated Panels (or SIPs) construction. In the age of technology, and the increasing use of modern methods of c ...

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Easy Innovations: The Cutting Hedge

Easy Innovations: The Cutting Hedge

When it comes to new problem solving solutions for builders, Easy Innovations is very much at the cutting ...

When it comes to new problem solving solutions for builders, Easy Innovations is very much at the cutting “hedge”. With the thermometer nudging 90 degrees Fahrenheit at the time of writing, its hard t ...

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How Workwear Can Affect & Improve Your Health

How Workwear Can Affect & Improve Your Health

David Clark, managing director of the Hultafors Group UK, which owns Snickers Workwear and Solid Gear Saf ...

David Clark, managing director of the Hultafors Group UK, which owns Snickers Workwear and Solid Gear Safety Footwear, expands on the concept of "Enclothed Cognition": Clothes have come a long way sin ...

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The New Generation of Lead-Free Flashings

The New Generation of Lead-Free Flashings

With the launch of Leadax from Cromar Building Products, a new generation of lead-free flashings has arri ...

With the launch of Leadax from Cromar Building Products, a new generation of lead-free flashings has arrived Unrealistic performance claims for a number of lead-free flashings have prompted understand ...

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Top Eight Tips for Small Business Owners from LeaseVan.co.uk

Top Eight Tips for Small Business Owners from LeaseVan.co.uk

Tradesmen and women have been urged to be ‘vantastic’ and smarten up their works vehicle to help business ...

Tradesmen and women have been urged to be ‘vantastic’ and smarten up their works vehicle to help business boom. With thousands of self-employed UK builders, electricians and plumbers working out of va ...

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Five Tips for Noise Reduction from Monarfloor

Five Tips for Noise Reduction from Monarfloor

Structure-borne noise is a growing problem for multi-occupancy buildings – but there are ways to reduce i ...

Structure-borne noise is a growing problem for multi-occupancy buildings – but there are ways to reduce it, says Lee Nichols, ‎product development & business manager at Monarfloor Acoustics, part ...

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The Only Way Is Upskilling

The Only Way Is Upskilling

Dave Hall, National Technical Academy Manager at British Gypsum discusses why he believes ‘upskilling’ is ...

Dave Hall, National Technical Academy Manager at British Gypsum discusses why he believes ‘upskilling’ is the sector’s best hope for rejuvenation. A recent report from the Federation of Master Builder ...

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SME Housebuilder: Licence to Skill

SME Housebuilder: Licence to Skill

How can we raise standards in the building industry? Alli Gay of CHI Homes explains how one SME housebuil ...

How can we raise standards in the building industry? Alli Gay of CHI Homes explains how one SME housebuilder is doing its bit. Our daughter has been helping out in CHI office over the summer and asked ...

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Homes Through the Ages: The Foreseeable Future

Homes Through the Ages: The Foreseeable Future

In the first of a new series, Professional Builder’s Lee Jones examines the NHBC Foundation’s vision for ...

In the first of a new series, Professional Builder’s Lee Jones examines the NHBC Foundation’s vision for future new builds All predictions of the future are informed by the preoccupations and prejudic ...

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COMPANY PROFILE: Stabilia, “The Spiritual Home of the Builders Level”

COMPANY PROFILE: Stabilia, “The Spiritual Home of the Builders Level”

Professional Builder makes a pilgrimage to what is universally regarded as the spiritual home of the buil ...

Professional Builder makes a pilgrimage to what is universally regarded as the spiritual home of the builders’ level. Okay, so it was hardly the stuff of Richard the Lionheart. The intrepid crusader w ...

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