Indeglas has launched a new product. The new DEKO FG Nature is said to feature the latest in glazed screen partitioning technology. The interior glazing solutions specialists has created a new product that uses the latest technology and merges high performance and natural touch. The new DEKO FG Nature allows
The consultants Douglas Wheeler Associates and the architects Austin-Smith:Lord have been appointed to carry out heritage regeneration work in Penicuik. The two companies have been awarded the contract to carry out the regeneration work by Midlothian Council. The work proposed is significant, with the Council appointing Douglas Wheeler Associates and
Hussain Architectural Design Ltd a female led multi award winning Architectural Practice and Planning Consultancy based in Burnley, Blackburn, Manchester and London has won the Most Innovative Woman in Sustainable Design at the Build Magazine 2017 Sustainability awards. Saira Hussain founded Hussain Architectural Design in a small office in Burnley
Proposals to build a new public leisure centre in Egham in Surrey have been approved. The designs for the project were put forward by Watson Batty Architects and they have received full planning approval. The project has been valued at £19 million. Watson Batty Architects worked closely with their client,
The Service Design Fringe Festival in London are calling for entries to a new competition. Arts Thread will be hosting the Fringe Festival in London and are looking for graduate entrants in order to find the world’s best graduate 2017 projects. This competition is a great opportunity for recent graduates
How much can bad eviction advice really cost? According to a recent survey of landlords, the average cost to a landlord of their tenant being advised to ignore an eviction notice stands at nearly £7,000. Private tenants are often advised by local councils and agencies to ignore eviction notices served
Browser does not support script. Contact us The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has responded to the ‘Building better places’ report published today (Friday, 19 February 2016) by the House of Lords Select Committee on National Policy for the Built Environment. A number of key RIBA recommendations have been
Last month saw John Brells take the helm of the Driver Group operations across the Asia Pacific region. Based in Perth Australia, John is a highly regarded delay and disruption expert with an impressive CV and an eye on the future. John shared his thoughts whilst talking about the biggest
Ingleton Wood, a property and construction consultancy that has been in operation since the 1930s has announced the appointment of a new Senior Associate for the company’s Structural Engineering sector. Ingleton Wood have appointed a Andrew Wright to the position. Andrew will be based out of the company’s London office
The construction on the former site of Smithfield Primary School in Aberdeen is taking a step forward. Phase 1 of the work has been completed at the site for the primary school which will be located in the Middlefield area of Aberdeen and a part of one of the largest
Indeglas has launched a new product. The new DEKO FG Nature is said to feature the latest in glazed screen partitioning technology. The interior glazing solutions specialists has created a new product that uses the latest technology and merges high performance and natural touch. The new DEKO FG Nature allows for the transfer of light and also offers customers a high degree of acoustic performance in order to blend well with the most up to date and state of the art interior design. The new glazing product is an expansion of the existing DEKO range. Indeglass has recently rebranded and as part of this change is now looking to develop their long term business relationship with DEKO of Denmark, the leading system manufacturing company. Indeglas first started operating as DEKO Scotland, but has recently been rebranded. Under its old name, the company has been operating for 17 years, before rebranding in June this year. The company was founded by Jeanette MacIntyre who is now the Managing Director. Jeanette has said that the new DEKO FG Nature is a great addition to the company’s product portfolio. The new DEKO FG Nature range is a development of the minimal design found in Indeglas’s more classic DEKO FG partition. The interior glazing solutions is available in a range of different thicknesses and is also easy to maintain. The partition is also fully demountable which means that the solutions is completely flexible to the client’s needs. The product ranges and services that are on offer with Indeglas allow architects and designers who are using them to focus on bringing natural light into the centre of a built environment. The glazing solutions allows for more aesthetically divided interior spaces. The use of natural light in built environments has also been found to be beneficial to occupants, whether the building is used for education, healthcare, the local government or anything in between.
The consultants Douglas Wheeler Associates and the architects Austin-Smith:Lord have been appointed to carry out heritage regeneration work in Penicuik. The two companies have been awarded the contract to carry out the regeneration work by Midlothian Council. The work proposed is significant, with the Council appointing Douglas Wheeler Associates and Austin-Smith:Lord to carry out heritage regeneration work to the entire town. The massive scheme of works has been made possible as the Heritage Lottery Fund has awarded a grant that will see the town centre given a new lease of life. The project will include the creation of a range of repair proposals that will restore a number of the old buildings in the town, work to improve the streets and possibly further work that will develop new community activities in the town centre. The consultation part of this project will look into the different ways that a community-led vision can be carried out while working to restore the central historic aspects of the town. Technical information that will be needed before the construction work begins will also be gathered and submitted as a part of a second funding application to the heritage Lottery Fund that will be required to carry out all of the desired work. If this second round of funding get approval it is thought that the project will be awarded upward of £1.69 million that would be delivered over the course of five years to allow the council to carry out the work. The funding would begin from April 2018. It is also believed that this funding would also unlock £725,000 of funding from Historic Environment Scotland. Austin-Smith:Lord architects has been working to deliver the highest quality of creative and practical architecture since 1949. The architects has studios dotted around the UK including in Glasgow, Cardiff, Bristol, Liverpool and London. The company has successfully completed over 5,000 projects since opening in 1949 and over the years has managed to be recognised for their work by receiving more than 150 awards and commendations over these years.
Hussain Architectural Design Ltd a female led multi award winning Architectural Practice and Planning Consultancy based in Burnley, Blackburn, Manchester and London has won the Most Innovative Woman in Sustainable Design at the Build Magazine 2017 Sustainability awards. Saira Hussain founded Hussain Architectural Design in a small office in Burnley in 2011 after working some years in practice and completing her degree at Huddersfield University, she was later joined by Leeds Met University educated Nixie Edwards. Having been nominated for over 25 awards in the last few years, including The Duke of Gloucester Awards, Red Rose Awards, English Asian Business Awards and HAD has recently won the Most influential woman in UK Architecture award. Saira Hussain and Nixie Edwards would like to highlight the importance of women in the construction industry as role models for the next generation and are currently attending fresher’s fayres, schools, colleges and University’s and also participating in a short film about Women in Construction. Saira Hussain: ‘’ Too often we still see women feeling ‘shut out’ of certain careers or routes into work, And we know that this sense of some areas being out of bounds includes the construction industry, with it seen as “something for the boys”, despite the incredible opportunities it can offer.. Stereotypes still persist. For many, a job in construction too often still conjures up an image of a man in a high-vis jacket on a building site. Women make up half our population and so it is right that we see them able to fulfil their potential and thrive in careers across our economy, including construction. To do this we need more to educate young people and recognition from the existing females in the construction/ architecture and engineering industries and we’d like to thank the 2017 Sustainability awards for doing just that.’’ For more information visit: www.hussainarchitecture.co.uk
Proposals to build a new public leisure centre in Egham in Surrey have been approved. The designs for the project were put forward by Watson Batty Architects and they have received full planning approval. The project has been valued at £19 million. Watson Batty Architects worked closely with their client, Places for People, in order to come up with plans that would transform the 23,400 sq ft facility already on the proposed site, into a purpose built 41,000 sq. ft. space with state of the art facilities. The proposal is to demolish the existing building and before creating the new leisure centre on the same site. This project will create the town’s first public swimming pool which will feature eight 25 metre lanes as well as a moveable floor and spectator seating. There will also be a 10 meter x 10 meter learner pool that will also have a moveable floor. The leisure facilities will also include a 4-court sports hall and a fitness suite with 110 different stations and an indoor cycling studio. As part of the designs there is also four flexible studios indoor health studio with a sauna, steam rooms, wet and dry treatment rooms. Watson Batty has been working to devise the project with Places for People, Runnymede Borough Council and Active Lifestyle which is the centre’s operators. Also involved in the drafting of the proposal were a number of other consultants in order to make the most out of the developments. The consultation took over a year and a public consultation was also held in order to make sure that they deliver facilities for the local communities and make sure that they receive the optimum capital investment for the project. There are also a range of external facilities included as part of the leisure centre plans, including six 3G five-a-side football pitches and a full sized synthetic turf pitch and a full-sized football grass pitch.
The Service Design Fringe Festival in London are calling for entries to a new competition. Arts Thread will be hosting the Fringe Festival in London and are looking for graduate entrants in order to find the world’s best graduate 2017 projects. This competition is a great opportunity for recent graduates to use the skills that they have been developing in order to compete with people from all over the world. The competition will also be a great experience for those wanting to test their design skills in the industry. The Student Service Design Awards is brand new and open to design students and recent graduates. The competition has been put on in collaboration with Arts Thread. The focus of the competition is to uncover design talent with the showcasing of the best student projects from around the world. The deadline for entrants is in two weeks, August the 11th, and application needs to meet a criteria to be judged and progress through the competition. The judges are looking for a demonstration of new and existing service design methods, user research and insight, communication of any problem areas and of the proposed service. The entry must also be original and have an innovative thinking and approach. The guidance for the competition also says that credit will be given for inclusion and diversity shown in the project. Services that are successfully up and running due to a design project are also applicable for the competition as are applicant who have not been on a service design course, or those in a group that have had little or no experience of other service design projects. The Student Service Design Awards are open to all undergraduate and postgraduate students worldwide as well as those who have graduated or will graduate in 2017. The industry leading judges will select three winners, who will speak at the 2017 Service Design Fringe Festival.
How much can bad eviction advice really cost? According to a recent survey of landlords, the average cost to a landlord of their tenant being advised to ignore an eviction notice stands at nearly £7,000. Private tenants are often advised by local councils and agencies to ignore eviction notices served by their landlords – and to wait until evicted by bailiffs – in order to qualify as homeless and thus eligible for rehousing. The latest findings from the National Landlords Association (NLA) reveal that the mean total cost of a tenant being advised to remain in a property is £6763. In addition, half (47 per cent) of tenants who have been served a section 21 eviction notice by their landlord say they have been told to ignore it by their local council or an advice agency such as Shelter or the Citizen’s Advice Bureau (CAB). The news comes as the National Landlords Association (NLA) is due to give evidence to the Communities and Local Government (CLG) Select Committee today (Wednesday 14 September) on the Homelessness Reduction Bill. The Homelessness Reduction Bill, as introduced by Conservative MP Bob Blackman, amends the Housing Act 1996 to expand councils’ duties to prevent homelessness by: • Providing that Section 21 Eviction Notices are proof an applicant is threatened with homelessness • Doubling the definition of threatened with homelessness from 28 to 56 days The NLA has long campaigned against councils advising tenants to ignore eviction notices and in March, 2016, the then Housing Minister Brandon Lewis wrote to all local councils in England to clarify homelessness guidance. Richard Lambert, Chief Executive Officer at the NLA, said: “We have consistently campaigned on this issue, but despite many warnings to councils and agencies, this damaging advice is still being given out to tenants. Possession cases can take a very long time to resolve, and aside from putting an unnecessary strain on everyone involved, not to mention the Courts, these findings demonstrate just how costly the advice can be. Bad, or incorrect, advice hinders rather than helps landlords and tenants who are often already in a desperate situation. It will inevitably damage landlords’ confidence in the local authority and tenants may be put at much greater risk of having nowhere to live. We hope that this Bill will achieve its aims of reducing homelessness by giving tenants the support they need while incentivising the good work that landlords already do in communities across the country.” Source link
Browser does not support script. Contact us The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has responded to the ‘Building better places’ report published today (Friday, 19 February 2016) by the House of Lords Select Committee on National Policy for the Built Environment. A number of key RIBA recommendations have been adopted by the Committee, including: The appointment of a Chief Built Environment Adviser, a recognised expert appointed from within the sector to lead this work at an official level The Government publishing, consulting and adopting a high level policy for architecture and place quality in England The Government making design review mandatory for all major planning applications The Government reversing its decision to remove the requirement for new homes to generate no net carbon emissions (known as the “zero carbon homes” policy) and its decision to remove the Code for Sustainable Homes. The Government taking steps to ensure that local authorities are able to fulfil their potential as direct builders of new mixed tenure housing. This should include reviewing the impact of borrowing restrictions and proposed social rent reductions. RIBA President Jane Duncan said: “I welcome this important report by the House of Lords. The RIBA will now get to work with our members and other professionals in the built environment to ensure these important policies are adopted by Government.” ENDS For further information contact Howard Crosskey howard.crosskey@riba.org +44 (0)20 7307 3761 The full report will be available at 00.01 on Friday 19 February 2016 here: http://www.parliament.uk/built-environment The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) champions better buildings, communities and the environment through architecture and our members www.architecture.com Follow us on Twitter for regular RIBA updates @RIBA Posted on Friday 19th February 2016 Source link
Last month saw John Brells take the helm of the Driver Group operations across the Asia Pacific region. Based in Perth Australia, John is a highly regarded delay and disruption expert with an impressive CV and an eye on the future. John shared his thoughts whilst talking about the biggest challenge facing the construction dispute industry over the next decade: “From my perspective, I think it is staying on the cutting edge of technology in all aspects. We are now working in a world of “big data” and shorter delivery periods. In order to maintain quality deliverables for our clients, we need to do it better, faster and more cost efficiently.” John joins Driver Group and its global Expert Witness team, Diales, from Turner and Townsend where he led the contract services team in the delivery of commercial, contractual, and Expert Witness advisory services. His move to Driver was influenced by various elements including the calibre of the Asia Pacific team, many of whom he worked with previously, and the ethos and operational approach of the management team. John added: “Driver and Diales have a strong reputation as a premier Expert Witness service provider. The management approach and vision for the future is refreshing and it sits well with my own viewpoint and approaches of always adding value and delivering solutions for clients.” He continues: “The people at Driver are world class and I’m enjoying getting involved in the business, renewing old relationships and discovering the new treasures that the Asia Pacific team yields.”
Ingleton Wood, a property and construction consultancy that has been in operation since the 1930s has announced the appointment of a new Senior Associate for the company’s Structural Engineering sector. Ingleton Wood have appointed a Andrew Wright to the position. Andrew will be based out of the company’s London office and will fill a new role in the company. Ingleton Wood has created the role of Senior Associate in order to allow the property and construction consultancy the opportunity to diversify in the future. The ability to offer advice to more areas of the property and construction industry will help the practice boost growth in some areas of the business. Andrew will be a great asset to the company as he has spent over 20 years working in the sector. It is thought that in his new role, Andrew will be required to manage the development of existing teams in the consultancy company and then expanding the current offering of services to include commercial property. The company will be focusing mainly on property in central London. With the change that is taking place at Ingleton Wood makes the company an exciting organisation to be apart of. The London Ingleton Wood office has built up a very good reputation and it is great news that Andrew will been adding the experience he has gained over the course of his 20 year experience. There is a great deal of potential in the property and construction consultancy sector to expand. With Andrew in the role of Senior Associate for Structural Engineering, he should be able to recognise opportunities for the company to grow while still offering the same level of service to their clients. In the past Andrew Wright has worked as a loss adjustor at DWF, the law firm and has also been a structural engineer for Clarkebond, the engineering consultancy company.
The construction on the former site of Smithfield Primary School in Aberdeen is taking a step forward. Phase 1 of the work has been completed at the site for the primary school which will be located in the Middlefield area of Aberdeen and a part of one of the largest council house developments to take place in well over a decade. The Smithfield development is expected to be finished next year and will offer 99 different sized homes that will range from two-bedroomed apartments to four-bedroomed houses. Lippe Architects, a firm that is based in the North East and CHAP Construction set out strict requirements in regards to the materials used on the construction of the homes and the school for the council estate. Because of this, when the contractor and architect came to tendering the bids on the project, Duncryne was selected. The company is known for being the only supplier of Econic Boards in the UK. Econic Boards are well known for being robust and fire resistant as well as being adaptable and able to be used for a wide range of purposes. One of the uses for Econic board is as an excellent substrate to be used for the application of render as the product is known or being adherent and able to cope with the strength required for render applications. Econic Boards can also be used for the curving designs as well, demonstrating an excellent bending strength. These boards were used on the Smithfield project for the complete external board requirements of the larger buildings as well as for some of the internal flooring. By the time the development is finished it is thought that more than 7,000 sq. m. of Econic product will have been used. The Smithfield project will be a much needed addition to the housing available in Aberdeen when the development is finished in 2018.