Pushing the Envelope

Justin Furness – CAB Technical Director

A recent report by the New London Architecture forum and property consultant GL Hearn says that a total of 436 tall buildings are in the development pipeline across London, of which 119 have been proposed or approved since this time last year. More than 80 tall buildings – here classed as those with more than 20 storeys – are under construction: 233 have received planning approval and a further 114 are somewhere in the application or pre-application parts of the system. In comparison, 19 tall buildings were identified as being completed in London in the last year.

It is against this bristling tall building backdrop that the Council for Aluminium in Building (CAB) has launched its Aluminium in Building Conference and Exhibition, “Pushing the Envelope”, taking place in Loughborough on 12 May 2016. With the use of aluminium and the demands on the building envelope ever increasing, as clients demand ever greater levels of performance from the façade, how do technology and regulation keep pace?

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Tony Higgin
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This Month's News

Home improvements on
the up

Homeowners in England and Wales are back on the home improvement trail, according to a new report from Barbour ABI showing a sharp rise in such planning applications last year after previous years of more sluggish growth.

Some 1.9 households per 100 in England and 1.2 in Wales had planning applications in for all kinds of home improvements, representing increases of 17% and 12% on an average of the two previous years.

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MP hears aluminium issues

Senior Architectural Systems has joined with the Aluminium Federation (ALFED) to help raise the profile of the industry and its importance to the UK’s job market in a meeting with Don Valley MP Caroline Flint.

The MP toured Senior’s manufacturing facility in Denaby. The visit provided the opportunity to highlight the various issues facing the aluminium sector in terms of energy efficiency targets, competition from overseas and skill shortages.

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A Company To Inspire Britain

CMS Window Systems has been named in an influential report by the London Stock Exchange as one of the top 1000 most exciting and dynamic businesses in Britain.

The 1000 Companies to Inspire Britain 2016 report, which contains a foreword by the Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne, along with other leading politicians in the business community, identifies CMS as one of only a handful of companies in the door and window industry that are inspirational in their success to date and growth potential.

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Another record Fensterbau

The twin trade fair event Fensterbau Frontale and Holz-Handwerk reports a record 110,581 visitors to the event held between 16 and 19 March, compared to 108,967 at the previous show in 2014.

The second day alone saw 38,568 visitors flow through the halls – a single-day record for the Exhibition Centre Nuremberg itself.

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George Clarke to open the Master Fitter Challenge

TV presenter George Clarke will be opening the Master Fitter Challenge at the 2016 FIT Show which is to be held at the Telford International Centre next month.

This year, in the live finals at the event, six fitting teams will compete for cash prizes totalling £10,000.

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