26 appointments & news Introducing the new Bond
Acting on intelligence out in the field, undercover fixing specialist Ancon has launched a new super-Bond, ultra-low thermal conductivity wall tie that even Spectre would find hard to crack. The new Teplo-BF basalt fibre wall tie features specially moulded safety ends that improve buildability and enhance mortar bond strength by up to 80 per cent. The
Teplo-BF is created by the setting of innovative pultruded basalt fibres in a resin matrix. This composite material provides a combination of high strength and outstanding thermal efficiency.
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Calor exhibits for the first time at CIH 2016
providing space and water heating, such as heating oil, electric boilers or heat pumps. However, says Ian Digby, Specifier Manager at Calor, with LPG offering all the versatility of mains gas, from as little as £500 per plot, it is well worth considering.
Sitecoat is a hit with East Anglian builders
Fencing contractor, J. Earl Fencing of Bungay, Suffolk, is finding that Norbord’s Sitecoat hoarding product is the panel of choice for discerning builders and developers. Sitecoat is made from Norbord’s 18mm moisture-resistant SterlingOSB3 square-edged board. Yet, unlike the standard product, Sitecoat is filled and primed on one side to create a
smooth, flat surface which can be painted with the customer’s logo, corporate colours or even a decorative mural. OSB is the most popular site hoarding panel product, and it is most often the most basic grade that is chosen.
Calor is urging housing associations and developers to take a fresh look at how liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) can offer affordable home energy to rural properties at this year’s CIH Conference 2016. For sites located off-grid, developers often find that the high costs of a connection to the mains gas grid are prohibitive and need to consider alternative means of
Enq. 118 Marc Overson joins Panasonic UK
Panasonic is delighted to announce the appointment of Marc Overson to Panasonic Heating & Cooling, who joins the team as the Country Manager for the UK & Ireland. Marc Overson joins Panasonic from the European air conditioning division of Samsung Electronics. Marc will focus on building market share within the commercial air
conditioning arena, a key growth target area for the company in the UK & Ireland. Initial activities will include the introduction of a new regional technical support service, the enhancement of core training activities and delivery of energy efficient products.
UK Worker of the Year 2016 goes Live
UK WOTY is in its seventh year and the prizes are better than ever. The competition sponsored by workwear giants Dickies in association with Honda and ASDA has an amazing choice of prizes this year, including £250,000 cash, a Honda Jazz car, a Honda Crosstourer 1200cc motorbike, a Honda Marine Rib boat, a year’s free shopping at ASDA, a
luxury holiday and many more. This is the seventh year Dickies has run the national competition, with carer and homicide case worker Katie Washbourne coming out on top last year.
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Kneepads manufacturer Redbacks Cushioning is one of the co-sponsors of the ‘Building Britain’s Future’ project which was launched at Westminster on Speakers Green in front of the Houses of Parliament on 3 May. The event, organised by The National Construction Academy, an organisation set up by Derby construction boss Ian Hodgkinson,
highlighted the need to encourage and incentivise apprentices to take up brick laying which, with the constant need for more housing, can offer excellent career prospects and earning potential.
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www.redbackscushioning.com Nationwide Windows & Doors continues to impress with CCS
Nationwide Windows & Doors is very pleased to once again represent the new build and public sector, in conjunction with Nottingham City Homes, with a Bronze award at the Considerate Constructors Scheme’s National Site Awards. Daryl Cashmore explains: “The CCS’s National Site Awards are presented to construction sites of all sizes which are recognized to have raised the bar in considerate construction. Together with Nottingham City Homes, we were incredibly proud to be rewarded by CCS. That this is the fifth time we have been commended by the scheme makes the achievement special to us. The site was proven to have shown the highest levels of consideration towards the public, its workforce and the environment through adhering to the Scheme’s five-point Code of Considerate Practice: Care about Appearance, Respect the Community, Protect the Environment, Secure everyone’s Safety, Value their Workforce, and it was commented within the report that the site ‘was a credit to Nationwide Windows & Doors and to the site team’. We have worked closely with Nottingham City Homes for several years from our dedicated depot in the area, so for us, this award is a fantastic demonstration of our ability to seamlessly integrate within a customer’s community.”
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