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The Horne Group, which has tion, social services, public buildings
more than 40 years experience in and public areas the company’s cus-
the building industry, is launching a tomers also include Slough Estates
fully-portable state-of-the-art ultra- Group, Birmingham Hippodrome
sonic leak detector kit that uses and the Highway’s Agency..
digital technology to identify pre-
cisely where water and air smartroof
®
is a first-of-a-kind
penetrates in buildings and interlocking panel system that,
claddings. The technology can also unlike other rooms-in-the-roof
be transferred to boats, motor vehi- products on the market, spans
cles, aircraft, trains and sealed from gable end to gable end. A
components. complete eco-friendly structural
timber insulated system it creates
Filon Products is the first British instant room space with a com-
Glass Reinforced Polyester (GRP) prehensive back-up infrastructure
sheeting manufacturer to recycle its to support all requirements.
GRP back into its product ranges,
ensuring its products are fit for the Micklewrights Structures Ltd is a
future green demands of the indus- family-owned steelwork fabricator
try. A supplier to the roofing and that has been operating for more
cladding industry for more than 50 than twenty years. The company
years, the company also recently started manufacturing secondary
launched its Fixsafe system, which steelwork for all sectors progress-
enables damaged roof sheets to be ing into long-term contacts for
replaced from the underside, signifi- power stations and then the open
cantly reducing risk to operatives. market with numerous builders in
the agricultural, commercial,
HiBar Flood Systems Ltd has industrial, leisure and local author-
developed a unique new concept ity sectors. The company recently
for flood defence. The HiBar system completed two projects – the
is a free-standing, automatic, self- Champions Church in Netherton
erecting flood barrier that is installed and bridge-strengthening at the
around the property’s perimeter but waterfront near Merry Hill.
Home grown innovation
unlike other solutions it does not
rely upon the structural strength of For further information, telephone
the property and instead uses the Victor Tsemo on 0121 688 4050.
Eleven businesses from the West cal axis wind turbines next to the floatation power of the floodwaters
Midlands came together to show- Pyramid Stage at the Glastonbury themselves.
case some of the region’s most festival. The company claimed fur-
innovative products and services ther headlines when it completed W Barratt Contractors Ltd, com-
for the building sector at this the first residential Skyrota installa- mercial coating specialists, has more
year’s recent Interbuild show, the tion, which is set to be featured on a than 21 years of contracting experi-
UK’s largest construction event. forthcoming episode of Channel 4s ence and provides a ‘one stop shop’
From a revolutionary solar PV sys- ‘Grand Designs’. Sitec is committed for refurbishments. Specialising in
tem to a wind turbine installed for to the development of renewable the public sector including educa-
this year’s Glastonbury music festi- energy and was joined on its stand
val, the companies were brought by Mr Richard Chadwick, inventor of
together as part of a three-year the Skyrota wind turbine.
programme being undertaken by
the West Midlands Centre for LED (UK) Ltd designs, develops,
Constructing Excellence (WMCCE) and manufactures solid state (light
and Advantage West Midlands. emitting diode) white power energy
‘Building on Advantage’, the efficient lighting for the 21st century.
name of the project, aims to pro- Its products, which are supplied to
mote the capabilities and specialist both the private and public sector,
expertise of the region - which provide light energy savings of up to
already represents a turnover of 80 per cent compared to traditional
£6 billion and 260,000 jobs in the lighting methods and are non-toxic
building technologies sector. Here and completely recyclable.
are the companies that took part:
Hazlin of Ludlow Limited is one
The Coleshill SolarTile ® of the UK’s leading manufacturers of
is a revolutionary new ‘plug-in’ inte- bespoke architectural veneered fire
HiBar floor system
grated solar PV system doors, panels and doorsets. The
manufactured in the UK that can company has a proven record in the
both contribute to achieving sustain- education, heritage and restoration
ability and reduce running costs of and healthcare sectors and has sup-
the home or business. Using proven plied products for projects such as
technology, it has no moving parts the John Radcliffe Hospital, The
and has a 25 year power output Queens Gallery and The Royal
guarantee. SolarTile® can be easily Society – to name but a few.
installed into Marley Modern and
similar concrete tiled roofs without Dimart has developed a new steel-
additional changes or disruptions to armoured cable stripping tool that
the build program, making it ideal can cut into the outer insulation and
for both refurbishment and new the protective steel strands under-
build projects. neath, something that until now has
not been possible for electrical engi-
Sitec Infrastructure Services neers. The SACS tool (Steel
made headlines earlier this year Armoured Cable Stripper) launched
when it successfully installed one of in November 2009 is the brainchild of
Coleshill SolarTile®
the revolutionary Skyrota 5kW verti- local electrician Martin Barratt.
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