ISG has secured a £32 million fit out project with Arcadia at the fashion retailer’s UK headquarters in the heart of the West End. The scheme at Colegrave House, which sits above The Plaza shopping mall, sees the contractor ...
Tags: Fashion Retailer, Apparel
The newly completed 62 Buckingham Gate building, hailed by Land Securities as the jewel of its extensive transformation of London's Victoria district, owes its striking glazed facade to Saint-Gobain Glass. Conceived by architects Pelli ...
Tags: Glass, Construction, Decoration
The innovative use of a double-skin Clima façade based on a specification provided by Saint-Gobain Glass has created one of the major energy-efficiency features for One Angel Square, said to be one of the most sustainable large ...
Tags: Glass, Construction, Decoration
At One Angel Square, Manchester, stands the landmark building that houses the Co-operative Group’s new headquarters. Striking in its architecture, it is an expression of the Co-op’s values and commitment to the environment: it ...
Tags: Square Alight, Lighting
Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group, announces today that it has been awarded a £121 million contract for an 18-storey hotel, leisure and apartment complex in North Greenwich Peninsula, London for Grove Developments ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration
The newly completed 62 Buckingham Gate building, hailed by Land Securities as the jewel of its extensive transformation of London's Victoria district, owes its striking glazed facade to Saint-Gobain Glass. Conceived by architects ...
Tags: Glass, Construction
Interserve has started the first phase construction works of Jaguar Land Rover's new engine manufacturing center at South Staffordshire business park near Wolverhampton in the UK. The automaker is investing over GBP500m in the new plant, ...
Following an LED lighting makeover at the home of UK politics, number 10-12 Downing Street has had a special BREEAM award bestowed upon it in recognition of its environmental efforts. The governmental building was one of 17 to receive an ...
Tags: LED lighting, LED Retrofit Project, Special Award, Downing Street
PM David Cameron with deputy PM Nick Clegg at 10 Downing Street Prime minister David Cameron’s residence has received a BREEAM award, after undergoing an LED makeover. 10-12 Downing Street, a 300 year-old building which houses 150 ...
Tags: David Cameron, LED makeover, lighting
The rejuvenation of 125 Old Broad Street, better known as the Stock Exchange Tower, has turned an old building into a striking new landmark on the London skyline. The 26 storey tower in the heart of London was refurbished in July 2008. ...
Tags: glass, ceiling glass, glass industry
Mars Chocolate today (25 September) opened a new GBP6m (US$9.8m) research and development facility in Slough. The company said that the "state of the art" site would be responsible for delivering new products to European markets and ...
Tags: Mars Chocolate, Slough, research and development, food company
Luxonic Lighting, one of the leading UK lighting manufacturers, has underlined its sustainability credentials by becoming a Carbon Trust accredited supplier as well as achieving IS0 14001. Luxonic Lighting had to demonstrate to the Carbon ...
Tags: Lighting
With the launch of these two new types of glass - products developed using the latest glass technology - AGC Glass Europe now offers an increased range of triple silver-coated products for facade applications of commercial buildings. ...
Tags: market view, AGC Glass
In partnership with the World Green Building Council, Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI) is enabling the development of more 'Green Buildings' by turning innovative and intelligent lighting solutions into people benefits in ...
Tags: LED Lighting
Timber build specialist B&K Structures has supplied cross-laminated timber (CLT) panels for the construction of a London school gym and three classroom blocks. The modernisation work at Preston Manor School was undertaken by Kier ...
Tags: market view, timber, CLT