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Acoustics CPD

|Date: 16 February, 2019

Acoustics CPD

Recognising the increased emphasis on acoustics within today’s construction industry, Isover has created ...

Recognising the increased emphasis on acoustics within today’s construction industry, Isover has created an acoustic CPD. Developed in response to compelling evidence about the negative effects noise ...

16 February, 2019
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FMB: Builders Spend 2.5 Years Driving Van!

|Date: 4 October, 2018

FMB: Builders Spend 2.5 Years Driving Van!

Builders spend 2 ½ years driving their van over the course of their working lives and almost one year try ...

Builders spend 2 ½ years driving their van over the course of their working lives and almost one year trying to locate a particular tool, according to new research by the Federation of Master Builders ...

4 October, 2018
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Garador: Large Size Garage Door Range

|Date: 26 September, 2018

Garador: Large Size Garage Door Range

Garador offers a range of garage doors in larger sizes There is a trend today for wider garages; with hom ...

Garador offers a range of garage doors in larger sizes There is a trend today for wider garages; with homeowners wanting that extra bit of width for modern cars and for storage too. Garador offers its ...

26 September, 2018
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Fools With Tools

|Date: 13 September, 2018

Fools With Tools

If you've been witness to a site with some of the worst examples of building work then send in your image ...

If you've been witness to a site with some of the worst examples of building work then send in your images to us! Have you been called in to rectify a DIY disaster? Or asked to rescue a botched job? P ...

13 September, 2018
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Watch: The British Gypsum Process

|Date: 3 September, 2018

Watch: The British Gypsum Process

Watch the video below, showing the process British Gypsum's plaster undergoes before arriving at trade co ...

Watch the video below, showing the process British Gypsum's plaster undergoes before arriving at trade counters. The process of producing gypsum products from rock to room is fascinating. With m ...

3 September, 2018
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Behind the Scenes with Festool: Roofing Tools

|Date: 9 August, 2018

Behind the Scenes with Festool: Roofing Tools

In the last two articles, Festool's Phil Beckley has looked at how the developments in power to ...

In the last two articles, Festool's Phil Beckley has looked at how the developments in power tools have been pivotal in improving working standards for tradespeople. In this column, he ...

9 August, 2018
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Behind the Scenes with Festool: Renovation Tools

|Date: 2 August, 2018

Behind the Scenes with Festool: Renovation Tools

Are you achieving speedy, efficient and clean renovation? Festool's Phil Beckley explains how you ca ...

Are you achieving speedy, efficient and clean renovation? Festool's Phil Beckley explains how you can do just that. In the last column, I looked at the development of tool technology and the ...

2 August, 2018
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Construction Workers Warned: Stay Out of the Sun!

|Date: 30 July, 2018

Construction Workers Warned: Stay Out of the Sun!

Kelly Davidson and Chris Hoile from Womble Bond Dickinson are reminding Britons ...

Kelly Davidson and Chris Hoile from Womble Bond Dickinson are reminding Britons to “stay out of the sun”. With the heatwave set to return to parts of the UK at the end of this ...

30 July, 2018
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Guardian Extensions: Helping Builders Out

|Date: 24 July, 2018

Guardian Extensions: Helping Builders Out

A new approach to the home improvement market can help builders extend their options in more ways than on ...

A new approach to the home improvement market can help builders extend their options in more ways than one. It comes with the territory: snow, wind, rain and plummeting temperatures means that traditi ...

24 July, 2018
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Is Red Tape Standing in the Way of Government Homes Target

|Date: 19 July, 2018

Is Red Tape Standing in the Way of Government Homes Target

Bureaucracy, lack of cooperation and a dwindling SME builders market are the main blockades to reaching t ...

Bureaucracy, lack of cooperation and a dwindling SME builders market are the main blockades to reaching the government’s ambitious housing targets according to panellists at an event held by BLP Insur ...

19 July, 2018
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