Knauf Insulation launches ‘gateway-ready’ rainscreen cavity systems
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by CM Staff
3h ago
Knauf Insulation has launched Rocksilk RainScreen Cavity Systems, designed to simplify specification and support compliance in cladding and masonry facades. The systems consist of sheathing insulation, fixings, and cavity barriers. “The Building Safety Act places much more scrutiny on everyone working on high-risk buildings,” said Luke Davies, rock mineral wool product manager at Knauf Insulation. “The ‘gateways’ it introduces, plus the ever-stricter compliance criteria of the building regulations, mean it’s never been more important to get your specification right. “That’s why we’ve laun ..read more
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Anatomy of a fall: inside a mock HSE trial
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by Cristina Lago
6h ago
If there’s an accident on your site and the HSE investigates, what happens next? A ‘mock trial’ shows how proceedings work in a health and safety prosecution. Cristina Lago sits in. CM was in court recently. Only, in this case, the court was a bright room of a riverside London office, those sitting in the dock were lawyers with impressive acting skills, and the jury was made up of curious guests keen to understand what happens during a prosecution following a serious accident at a construction site. During this ‘mock trial’, the health and safety team at law firm Fieldfisher recreated a p ..read more
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Director jailed after exposing workers to asbestos
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by Cristina Lago
6h ago
A company director has been jailed for eight months after failing to protect workers from asbestos exposure at a development project in Winchester. Stephen Davies, 59, had set up The Cavendish Winchester Ltd with the sole purpose of refurbishing the Winnall Close commercial unit into student rental accommodation. His co-director, Neil Bolton, 56, was spared an immediate jail term and was handed a four-month suspended sentence at Southampton Crown Court on 27 March 2024. The company was fined £30,000. Ten tonnes of asbestos removal An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (H ..read more
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Costain trials concrete sensors in major road and rail projects
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by Cristina Lago
6h ago
Concrete sensor technology has helped Costain reduce striking times by a third and lower its carbon footprint, the engineering company claims. Materials engineers have been using concrete sensors to monitor the strength and temperature of setting concrete, which resulted in time and efficiency savings, Costain said. It also helped reduce the quantity of materials used. One project used the sensors for more than 80 different pours and structures, eliminating the need to conduct destructive testing of approximately 500 strike cubes. How the sensors work The Gaia 200 sensors, manufactured ..read more
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In pictures | the best images of March 2024
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by CM Staff
6h ago
A round-up of the best images of March 2024. Fort Gilkicker redevelopment A Grade II-listed 19th-century fort in Gosport, Hampshire, is being converted into 26 homes after falling into disrepair. Mabey Hire used 22 sensors to monitor site-wide vibration to ensure no damage was caused by the hydraulic breaker used to remove concrete. Labour gets construction on the agenda UK opposition leader Keir Starmer and shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves visited Mace’s Panorama project near St Paul’s Cathedral in London after the government announced the 2024 spring Budget. Carbon-neutral asphalt ..read more
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The Lancasters: heritage heroics on Hyde Park
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by Will Mann
6h ago
Since July 2019, at a historic residential building overlooking London’s Hyde Park, CIOB chartered company member and heritage specialist Rosewood has been working on a complex facade restoration project. CM reports. The Grade II-listed Lancasters building has views across Hyde Park The Lancasters sits in one of London’s most exclusive postcodes. Grade II-listed and built between 1856 and 1865, this French neoclassical style terrace of 15 ambassadorial residences in W2 has spectacular views across Hyde Park, with elevations on Lancaster Gate, Leinster Terrace and the Bayswater Road. The t ..read more
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Site visit: Oxford power station conversion
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by CM Staff
1d ago
CIOB members can take a tour of the conversion of the former Osney Power Station in Oxford in April. The Victorian industrial building is being converted into a home for Oxford University’s Global Leadership Centre, part of the university’s Saïd Business School. Graham has been appointed to deliver the project and will carry out a full internal refurbishment of the existing building to create high-quality teaching spaces alongside leisure and dining facilities. Some 120 hotel-style bedrooms will accommodate some of the business school’s students. The power station was built in the 189 ..read more
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‘Unacceptable’: housing minister slams building owners holding up remediation
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by Cristina Lago
1d ago
Housing minister Lee Rowley has admonished building owners who are not remediating unsafe residential blocks and warned they would “face the consequences for their inaction”. “Of course, while many buildings are getting fixed or – better still – have completed remediation, there remains a reducing core of building owners who continue to hold up remediation,” Rowley said in Parliament on Tuesday (26 March). “This is unacceptable.”   According to the latest government figures, 485 (98%) of high-rise buildings in England with Grenfell-type ACM cladding have either started or comple ..read more
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Visit Willmott Dixon’s net-zero workspace at Tower Bridge
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by CM Staff
1d ago
CIOB London Tomorrow’s Leaders will be heading to Thamesside in April to view a net-zero workspace under construction. Willmott Dixon is transforming Tower Bridge Court, an out-of-date 1990s office building next to Tower Bridge, into one of the UK’s most sustainable offices. The project is for investment firm FORE Partnership. The existing five-storey building will be stripped back and renewed, preserving the embodied carbon in the frame. Two floors will be added, with a third set back from Tower Bridge to create a terrace and club room. All tenants will have direct access to outdoor sp ..read more
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Lewisham Council investigated after 5,000 fire safety actions overdue
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by Cristina Lago
2d ago
The Regulator of Social Housing (RSH) has published a regulatory notice after it found Lewisham Council breached consumer standards. RSH investigated the council following a self-referral and concluded that there were a range of issues with its homes and services. Although the council had carried out fire risk assessments for all relevant blocks, over 5,000 fire safety actions were overdue, of which more than 200 were high-risk actions. The council also had a significant number of overdue repairs. Between April and December 2023, fewer than 55% were completed on time. The average time t ..read more
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