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| CAB Diary 2015 |
 Full details of all
CAB's events can
be found here.
Our next event is:
- CAB Regional
Members’ Meeting
Thursday 23 February 2016, Athena, Leicester
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 |
Elements from the complete range of architectural aluminium glazing systems from Kawneer have been used on the £20million redevelopment of a primary school in a London borough.
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Guests at Newcastle upon Tyne’s new Hampton by Hilton hotel can enjoy spectacular views across the city thanks to windows supplied by SENIOR ARCHITECTURAL SYSTEMS.
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One of the newest food experiences in London, Broadgate Circle offering a diverse collection of restaurants, cafes, bars, street food traders and a gym, makes extensive use of natural limestone with aluminium windows and doors supplied by Aluprof and installed by Linder Facades.
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One of the first applications of the new Soleal aluminium door system from TECHNAL is a prestige office and apartment refurbishment at Clifford’s Inn in the City of London.
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| Events |
AluK took part in a live panel discussion last week at the inaugural Building Live conference, held this month in Bishopsgate, London.
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| Products |
Invisifold Ltd and VBH have teamed up to develop and launch a new system for slide & fold doors and windows believed to be the only one that allows standard profiles to be used for such an application.
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| Doors |
For many years commercial entrance doors for office and retail developments have been available in aluminium; lightweight and sustainable aluminium framed doors are easy to make, strong and can cope with high usage, but their traditional looks can be a little dated.
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Customers of SCHUECO UK can now choose products from German door panel specialist, Adeco, a long-time supplier to Schueco customers in other European countries.
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| Awards/Standards |
Titon has become a member of Secured by Design (SBD), receiving the coveted SBD status ‘Police Preferred Specification’ for a number of its products, including the new TS007 Kitemarked Asterion 3-star door cylinder.
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Aluminium systems company REYNAERS has been announced as finalists for six categories in the Construction Marketing Awards 2015.
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JACK ALUMINIUM SYSTEMS has been named a double finalist at the Construction Marketing Awards 2015
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| Brochures & Video |
BRISANT SECURE has launched three videos showing how quickly a burglar can break into a real house with three different cylinder lock types most commonly used by the industry – with one failing in just nine seconds.
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“It’s always about changing and looking for a better way; and if we’re not evolving and adapting we’re not relevant.”
That is the stark from Eric Mertz, the American CEO of global hardware suppliers Cotswold and Caldwell, in their new corporate video.
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| People |
The Glass
and Glazing Federation (GGF) is pleased to announce the appointment of Phil Pinnington as Health & Safety and Facilities Manager.
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Thomas Cahill has recently been appointed Business Development Manager South East for EFAFLEX UK Limited.
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The Door & Hardware Federation (DHF) has appointed Patricia Sowsbery-Stevens DipM MCIM as marketing manager.
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Business Micros continues to strengthen its Technical Resource team with the appointment of Kevan Howarth as another new support technician.
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Nickie West has been appointed to the board of FIT Show organiser FIT EVENTS LTD.
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Graeme Bailey has celebrated 25 years at BUSINESS MICROS and received a personalised cake from his team to mark the anniversary.
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Quanex Building Products has appointed Chris Alderson to succeed Andy Jones in the position of Managing Director of Edgetech UK.
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| Windows |
POLYFRAME GROUP has announced its first venture into aluminium, with the acquisition of Norfolk-based Advanced Aluminium.
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SLIDERS UK, manufacturer of inline sliding, bi-folding and composite doors, says that increased demand for its aluminum bi-fold and inline sliding patio door and window ranges, had contributed to an increase in turnover 10 per cent.
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Lancashire-based aluminium bi-fold manufacturer ALUFOLDDIRECT is celebrating its first anniversary with the announcement that is has passed 1,000 frames a week supplier to trade customers all over the UK.
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| Hardware |
Hardware supplier VBH now stocks Multi-Matic, the latest tilt and turn system from Maco.
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MILA has launched its new GRIP (Green Reliable Intelligent Polymer) espag handle manufactured from a high strength ABS material for use with PVC-U, timber and aluminium window systems.
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Who better to advise on the best lock cylinder than an ex-burglar? So says UAP after its UAP + 1* Kitemarked Euro Cylinder appeared beside security consultant and former felon Michael Fraser on ITV’s This Morning.
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Italy, it seems has a lot to learn from the UK in the battle against lock-snapping, according to AVOCET Managing Director Clive Lloyd.
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The Door & Hardware Federation is calling on other insurance companies to follow the lead of one major UK insurance company which has announced it is advising its domestic insurance policy holders to choose TS 007-rated security for their entrance doors.
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| Exhibitions |
Advanced visitor registration for The Fabricator Installer Trade (FIT) Show, already confirmed as the biggest trade event for the window, door, conservatory and glass industries for at least a decade, is now live on the FIT Show website.
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UK architectural aluminium systems supplier Kawneer joined forces with its sister companies in Europe to showcase its portfolio of curtain walling, window, door and framing products at construction show Batimat.
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Brisant has announced it is taking two separate stands dedicated to Ultion, its flagship high security cylinder lock at next year’s FIT Show.
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Oliver’s Army
and PAS 24
 Justin Furness – CAB Technical Director
I spent some of my formative years growing up in a characterful Cotswold cottage that featured several architectural quirks. We won’t go into the single glazed windows that regularly iced-up on the inside in winter, nor the downstairs loo come to that, but I remember the imposing front door well. It was what I can best describe as a solid oak bi-fold featuring cast iron studwork.
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Although the cottage was small, for some reason the front door opening was larger than normal and the door, reputed to date from the 17th century, could be opened halfway to a few feet wide before opening fully. The story goes that the door dated from the time of the English Civil War when you had to be a bit careful about who you let in when they came knocking. The story was further embellished on the basis that a nearby road was called Gunhouse Lane and said by some local wags to be the location of one of Cromwell’s armouries. Perhaps this was all the fanciful work of a creative estate agent, but an interesting tale nevertheless.
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I wondered to myself recently how that front door would perform in a PAS 24 test. One thing is for sure, it would perform much better than the back door of the cottage, which was a real case of sublime to ridiculous. Presumably dating from the 1970s, the back door was woefully inadequate in the security department, and while the large clear glazed panel provided valuable daylight for the galley kitchen beyond, it did make manipulating the lock thumbturn through the letter box much easier. While this saved us from being locked out on a few occasions with the judicious use of a bent bucket handle, it was no joke that we were burgled this very same way. Fortunately we didn’t have much worth stealing and no one was at home at the time, but it was an unpleasant experience.
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I hope you enjoy this month's issue.
 Tony Higgin
Publisher
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This Month's News
A third of construction firms are turned off by taking on apprentices
A third of small construction firms are being put off from taking on apprentices because of the bureaucracy involved, according to a new research report “Defusing the skills time bomb” published by the Federation of Master Builders (FMB).
Brian Berry, Chief Executive of the FMB, said: “The construction industry is in the midst of a skills crisis which can only be solved if more employers take on apprentices.
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House building starts to bounce back
Home building in the UK has begun to show a welcome upturn, with a record £3.7billion contract value in October representing nearly half (49%) of all construction.
The figures, in the latest Economic & Construction Market Review from industry analyst Barbour ABI, also show the increase puts residential construction at more than three times the value of commercial and retail put together (15%).
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GGF Group Forms New Inspections Company
RISA (Rushworth Inspection Services & Auditing) Ltd is the name of a brand new inspections subsidiary company set up by the Glass and Glazing Federation (GGF Group).
RISA Ltd will initially undertake inspections and auditing work within the replacement glazing sector and it will be taking over all FENSA’s inspections from February 2016.
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400K homes at risk from
skills shortage
The construction skills shortage could scupper the Chancellor’s vision for 400,000 new affordable homes, warns the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) in response to today’s announcements in the Spending Review.
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Celebrate British success stories
Despite a recorded decline in British manufacturing we should celebrate the success stories and create a culture of enterprise and innovation. This is the view of Tim Ferkin – director at hardware company Cotswold Architectural Products, which is part of the Caldwell Group.
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