A brick, made of recycled construction waste, the K-Briq, will go into production thanks to £1 million in funding by Zero Waste Scotland to its developer Kenoteq, a clean-tech spin-out from Heriot-Watt University. The multi award-winning K-Briq is made from over 90% recycled demolition and construction waste materials. It produces a tenth of the CO2 emissions of a traditional fired brick and requires less than a tenth of […]

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Roofing giant BMI has brought its UK businesses together under the BMI UK and Ireland banner.   The move follows the coming together of Icopal and Monier Redland, and a period of investment in premises, systems and people.   Maintaining the link with some of the sectors best-known names, the new brands include BMI Redland, […]

Building services specialist merchant Brymec has helped to supply product and technical expertise on the construction of the landmark Bailey Point development, Bournemouth University’s new £31 million student accommodation project. The modern student accommodation, located at the heart of the university’s Lansdowne Campus, will home 550 students in ensuite bedroom apartments and studio flats, all […]

South Wales independent builders’ merchant LBS Builders Merchants opened its 26th branch yesterday (June 15). The branch, on the Ty Verlon Trading Estate in Barry, is the family-run company’s furthest east branch in Wales. The fully-refurbished site, off Cardiff Road, will consist of a builders’ merchant, a Total Plumbing outlet and a large, impressive kitchen […]

Wolseley, the plumbing, heating and cooling trade specialist merchant, is evolving its brand to highlight and signpost its key specialisms, under the banners of Wolseley Pipe and Wolseley Climate. John Hancock, managing director of Wolseley Pipe and Wolseley Climate, says: “In January 2018 our business brought together its different units under a single Wolseley brand. As […]

Ecological Building Systems will bring together a Passivhaus expert, a timber construction pioneer and a world famous tourist attraction this November when the company takes its Perfect Airtight Seal Seminar Tour to Belfast’s Titanic venue. Combining a celebration of the city’s shipbuilding heritage with its pioneering approach to creating a more sustainable, efficient and comfortable […]