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| CAB Diary 2015 |
 Full details of all CAB's 2015 events can be found here
Our next events are:
- CAB AGM, Annual Dinner, Golf & Activities Day, 2 July 2015,
Forest of Arden Hotel, Warwickshire
- Architectural River Cruise, 1 October 2015, The Thames, London
Look out for our next Contractual Awareness Seminars in October and November 2015
For further details contact Justin Ratcliffe, Chief Executive or Julie Harley, Office Manager at the CAB office on 01453 828851
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| Projects |
Windows from the SENIOR ARCHITECTURAL SYSTEMS Hybrid range were chosen to feature in the UK Pavilion at Milan Expo 2015.
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Bespoke sliding doors from REYNAERS AT HOME feature in Casa Las Palmeras a luxurious Spanish villa designed by architect Valentín de Madariaga and his fabricator partner Grupo Moncada.
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| Products |
CLAYTON GLASS has launched Smartglass-W, said to be the industry’s first glass specifically designed for conservatory doors and windows.
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TITON has added the MACO M-SPAG telescopic shootbolt espagnolette to its range of window security products.
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BOHLE has expanded its Liftmaster range of handling equipment with the Liftmaster B1 portable lifter.
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| Hardware |
YALE DOOR AND WINDOW SOLUTIONS has launched AutoSecure, a new multipoint lock said to deliver improved resident security and reduce maintenance call-outs.
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BRISANT has launched the Ultion anti-snap, anti-drill and anti-bump cylinder said by CEO Steve Stewart to be ‘the most secure lock on the market’.
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Security has come out top composite door suppliers’ priorities in marketing a door’s benefits in a survey by hardware supplier WINKHAUS and Insight Data.
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National trade supplier Total Hardware is now the exclusive distributor of Trojan’s new additions to the Elite range of products.
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Mila has unveiled five new profile-matched colours for its newly launched ProSecure door hinge – Anthracite, Silk, Cement grey, Chartwell Green and Cream.
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| Internet / I.T. |
Two members of the PURPLEX MARKETING digital team, Jennifer Hearn and Edward Billett, have completed the Google Adwords programme and exams.
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Internet lead supplier LEADS2TRADE has prepared for Google ‘mobilegeddon’ with a major overhaul of its website to ensure members of its Trusted Local Suppliers scheme remain unaffected.
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Bi-folding door hardware specialist DEBAR LIMITED reports amazing acceptance of its new online ordering function since launching its website last year.
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| Exhibitions |
ASSA ABLOY will be using its presence at this year’s IFSEC to promote its strong support for open communication platforms as the way to win business and create long term partnerships.
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Companies in glass machine manufacturing, the glass industry and the glazing trade can now register for glasstec 2016.
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THE FIT SHOW 2016 has been launched with a brand new marketing campaign and website with the theme ‘Defining the Industry’.
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| Events |
Business Micros has just been announced as one of the main sponsors for this year’s G-15 Awards, which take place at the London Hilton Park Lane on 27 November.
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SWISSPACER has been announced main sponsor for the G-15 Awards for the second year running.
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| People |
Joe Montague is the new Operations Manager at MILA. Heading up a 19 strong team, Joe has overall responsibility for Mila’s warehouse operation in Daventry.
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Alex Jones has joined Yale Door and Window Solutions as product manager.
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Ashley Pearson has joined commercial aluminium systems company, Jack Aluminium to fill the newly created role of Sales Manager.
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SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS is underlining its commitment to customer support with the creation of two new roles - Head of Sales and Customer Experience Manager.
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Piotr Ostrowski has joined BUSINESS MICROS ALUMINIUM as a database programmer working exclusively on the LogiKal system.
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Component Supplier ERA has announced the appointment of Paul Reid as group sales director.
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SENIOR ARCHITECTURAL SYSTEMS has appointed Mark Wheatley to the board as technical director.
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BOHLE LTD has appointed Bernd Neumann to the Board following the recent departure of Bohle Group CEO, Dr. Heinrich Ostendarp.
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| Windows |
Soccer veterans Jimmy Greenhoff and Terry Conroy helped LISTER TRADE FRAMES to launch its new Designer Range niche brand aimed at architects and new build.
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Peter Hansford, Chief Construction Adviser to the Government, has visited fenestration design and manufacturer Senior Architectural Systems as part of his ongoing fact finding tour of the UK construction industry.
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The BFRC has launched its ‘A++’ thermal efficiency window label applications process, along with the emphatic rebuttal that high rated windows will not cause a house to overheat.
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Cardiff-based Dudleys Aluminium has gone over to CNC machining after nearly 20 years of using only semi-automatic copy routers.
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EMMEGI UK is accustomed to being asked about its machines’ specification, performance and of course price but Hampshire fabricator Quick Glaze had one even more important question to ask – what will fit in my factory?
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| Curtain Walling |
Around 1,000m2 of aluminium curtain walling from TECHNAL, fabricated and installed by Dortech Architectural has been specified for a major commercial refurbishment in a conservation area in Leeds’s professional district.
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Curtain walling, windows and doors from KAWNEER are featured on Swansea University’s £450million Bay Campus site.
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Working with unitised façades when delivering a building envelope requires a very different approach compared to the conventional stick curtain walling.
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| Brochures & Video |
Selling triple glazing is the theme of the latest SWISSPACER customer promotion video featuring Mark Pearce, Managing Director of Hampshire-based multiple award winning KJM Windows.
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| Awards/Standards |
The company, which has its headquarters on the town’s Elland Road, was rewarded for its “modern and efficient approach to manufacturing and marketing.
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Dun Laoghaire Lexicon Library and Cultural Centre, Dublin, has won both the Overall Excellence Award and the Sustainability Award in the 2015 SCHUECO Excellence Awards.
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Mini crane entrepreneur Gill Riley, co-founder and MD of the GGR Group, has been awarded the OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours.
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Please form an orderly Q
 Justin Furness – CAB Technical Director
While us Brits are notorious for our love of queueing, will we love the new “Q” that is forming? That is, Approved Document Q concerning the requirements for the security of new homes, which takes effect on 1 October 2015 for use in England. Will the introduction of AD Q be orderly?
The requirement set out in the Regulation is that reasonable provision is made to resist unauthorised access to new homes and any part of a building which provides access to a flat. It is applicable to easily accessible doors and windows, which will meet the requirement if they can resist physical attacks by either casual or opportunist burglars by being both sufficiently robust and fitted with appropriate hardware.
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I hope you enjoy this month's issue'.
 Tony Higgin
Publisher
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Your Green Future
Justin Ratcliffe, (CAB Chief Executive)
The government’s current target of millions of new apprenticeships is certainly one way of supporting the next generation so that they can learn and earn but more is still needed to bridge the gap between school and industry. In this area CAB has continued to actively support ‘Your Green Future’ (organised by Severn Wye Energy Agency), a series of interactive events which bring about engagement between a wide range of professionals and young people to inspire 14-19 year olds with the range of jobs, skills and qualifications available in the green economy.
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This Month's News
BFRC simplifies door ratings in line with windows
Energy ratings authority BFRC has responded to industry lobbying by bringing the labelling of replacement windows and doors into line, so installers will be able to offer both with the same energy efficiency rating labels.
Band increments for external residential doors will change from the current 15 to 10 points, bringing them into line with windows and and enabling them to achieve ‘A’ ratings
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BREEAM goes round the world with RFO
The sustainability credentials of building refurbishment and fit-out projects around the world can now be assessed and recognised under BREEAM, following the launch of BREEAM International Refurbishment and Fit-Out
BREEAM International RFO was developed followed the success of an equivalent scheme in the UK, said the scheme’s manager, Sarah Summerson of BRE: “It provides a tailored version that can assess refurbishment and fit-out projects all over the world, by taking account of the range of local and regional standards, conditions and climates.
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GGF Shop launch puts library resource online for all
The Glass and Glazing Federation is making its extensive library of publications available to everyone via The GGF Shop, a major new online initiative aimed at widening the readership of the acclaimed resource to the industry and consumers as well as members.
Both hard copies and downloads are available to order via the new retail website, which contains the full range of GGF titles, including technical data sheets, practice guides and H&S publications as well as consumer leaflets on subjects such as the organisation’s consumer protection and its Conciliation Scheme as well as independent advice on buying glazing products with confidence, all divided into ten product areas for ease of use.
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New scheme aims to tackle ‘the cowboy customer’
A new scheme that aims to protect both tradespeople and consumers by a third party escrow-style account is out to recruit new members from all home improvement sectors.
The Home Improvement Guarantee (HIG) is based on a series of staged payments which are held in a Financial Conduct Authority regulated holding account, then released to the tradesman only when the consumer is happy with the work and agrees to release the funds before depositing the next staged payment into the fund.
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Don’t trust fake web reviews, FMB warns homeownersn
Consumers have been urged to seek independently vetted tradespeople and not to put their faith in customer review websites following the announcement of an investigation by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) into fake customer reviews.
The warning comes from the Federation of Master Builders, whose Chief Executive Brian Berry says fake reviews are: “another string to the bow of cowboy builders and dishonest tradespeople.”
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