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A dry block building system for pools is proving a hit with professional UK companies. Fairlocks Pool Products have
been successfully selling the Betaloc™ Shuttering Block system since 2008 and say the method is a proven sure fire winner and, once employed, straight away becomes the primary build choice for many professional UK pool building companies.
The outstanding Betaloc™ system
is designed for vertical and horizontal reinforcement, creating excessive
strength both
compressively and laterally, which can be used for demanding projects with
general
constructional needs. Incorporating a unique dry build
process, Betaloc™ allows the blocks to be laid to a running bond in a
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combination of half and third lengths. Dry building means that when stacking the blocks there is no need to mortar the joints together, thus saving time and extra cost implications. Using the Betaloc™ Shuttering Block also allows non- masons to construct with them, again saving on cost. The fact is that not so skilled persons on site can build footings, foundations and many other applications using the Betaloc™ Blocks while skilled masons are left free to concentrate on other areas of the project, creating a
faster rate of
construction. Although Betaloc™ Blocks are
lighter than most conventional hollow blocks and clearly more versatile, they can still accomplish minimum compression strength of 7.3N/mm². Betaloc™ can be used for any pool finish but their strength makes them particularly suitable for use in tiled pools.
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£15 MILLION WORTH OF POOLS AXED IN SCHOOL CUTS
As many as 30 new swimming pool projects costing £15m will not now be built as part of the axe which has fallen on the UK’s school building programme. The coalition
government’s
announcement that suspending projects for 715 new schools as part of the latest tranche of spending cuts,
included a
number of pool projects. The coalition government took
its axe to a further £1.5bn in spending commitments, cutting £1bn from the schools budget and millions from the business department, communities and local government and the Home Office. The announcement coincided
with the education secretary’s confirmation that the £55bn, 20- year Building Schools for the Future programme would be cancelled altogether. Some 706 new school buildings and services that already have contracts signed will go ahead, but 715 more will be scrapped. The pool projects to be axed
include new pools for Basingstoke, Brighton, Derby and Bristol.
Marquis Spas is to increase its involvement with the Make-A-Wish Foundation – the largest wish- granting organisation in the world that every 25 minutes, grants a wish for a child with a life-threatening medical condition. Having just reached its 400th wish
marquis to donate more to charity from each hot tuB sale A similar arrangement has been
recently introduced and
appropriately named, ‘Wish’ hot tub. “Our new ‘Wish’ spa will help
more children’s wishes come true and not just hot tub wishes,” said John Schrenk, President of Marquis Spas. In addition, the company is
milestone by supplying an Ultimate Destiny hot tub for an 11-year old boy at the end of April, the American-based company is to donate to the charity US$25 from every sale to a Marquis dealer of its
extending and formalising its sponsorship to include the Make-A- Wish Foundation of Canada, where an informal collaboration has been in place between the company, its dealers and the charity.
well established in the UK for over five years, with Golden Coast, the sole distributor of Marquis Spas products in the UK, having granted 26 wishes in association with the organisation’s national branch. “We are cranking up our support
of the Make-A-Wish Foundation by a notch and taking it to a higher level. It feels great to be able to do more. It’s always rewarding when you assist another human being, but it’s extra special when it’s a child you are
helping,” added Schrenk. Since supporting its first wish in
2000, Marquis Spas has helped generate more than US$2.4m in spa donations and discounts for the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
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