Entries by Lyn

ROCKWOOL perfect insulation performance

ROCKWOOL delivers proven insulation performance for Clarin College flat roof Priority Roofing has installed over 7,500m2 of ROCKWOOL HARDROCK® Multi-Fix Dual Density for the new secondary school development at Clarin College, Athenry. In supplying the non-combustible insulation solution, ROCKWOOL enabled the roofing contractor to deliver against a complex specification which required thermal and acoustic performance […]

State of the Art Antiviral Spray

Corksol UK launches a state of the art antiviral spray solution to help protect surfaces against harmful bacteria and viruses, including SARS and Coronavirus  Corksol UK, the Yorkshire-based company that exclusively distributes Corksol SprayCork to approved applicators across the UK, has announced the launch of a new, innovative spray solution, Protesol Anitviral, which is scientifically […]

Lotus School is a first in more ways than one….

The opening of the Lotus School in Blackpool is a first in more ways than one. It is the first purpose-built social environmental mental health school in the area. The £4.5m project is also the first in the area to be fitted with the first COVID-compliant hybrid ventilation. The main teaching classrooms and sports hall […]

LHC EXTENDS SCHOOLS & COMMUNITY BUILDINGS FRAMEWORK

Public sector framework specialist LHC has extended its schools and community buildings framework for an additional three months, following a delay in the retendering procedure caused by Covid-19 The Schools and Community Buildings (SCB2) framework – which covers new build, extension and associated works for school, community, healthcare and emergency services buildings – will be […]

The ‘Creative Conurbation’

Engineering services firm completes work at £80m university building Engineering specialist, SES Engineering Services (SES), has announced the completion of MEP works on a university building in Leeds with a development value of £80m. Working on behalf of main contractor George Downing Construction (GDC), SES was appointed in 2018. It has installed a full range […]

Design, Build and Learn in New £30m School

The new Winterstoke Hundred Academy Building (Images: Cabot Learning Foundation) These are the first glimpses of what a new £30 million school for up to 1,200 students in Weston-super-Mare will look like. Plans have been submitted to North Somerset Council by the Cabot Learning Federation (CLF) for an expansion of the Winterstoke Hundred Academy (WHA) […]

Another derelict school ravaged by Fire

FIREFIGHTERS were called out in the early hours of the 12th of June after fire broke out at a derelict former Dudley school. Crews from Dudley Fire Station attended the incident at the old Sir Gilbert Claughton School in Blowers Green Road at around 3pm after reports of smoke billowing from the site which is […]

OCADO LOSES THE BATTLE

Ocado loses fight to build distribution centre near north London primary school   Ocado has lost its legal bid to be allowed to build a distribution depot “a skipping rope away” from a north London primary school. A High Court judge threw out the online supermarket’s claim for judicial review of a council decision to […]