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| CAB Diary 2016 |
 Our next events are:
CAB Pre & Post Contract Awareness Seminar
Holiday Inn,
Basildon, Essex
Thursday 24 November 2016
CAB Marketing Forum
Grimstock Country House Hotel, Coleshill, Birmingham
Tuesday 29 November 2016
For further details contact Justin Ratcliffe, Chief Executive or Julie Harley, Office Manager at the CAB office on
01453 828851
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| Products |
ROTO has announced the worldwide release of its new Patio Alversa concept.
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SCHUECO UK is undertaking a two-phase development of its AWS outward-opening window range.
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SWISSPACER is claiming a world first with the launch of Triple, said to be the only warm edge spacer bar designed specifically for triple glazing.
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ALUMEN LTD is following the success of its own-brand rooflight range with the launch of the Bi-Fold By Alumen door.
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SAPA BUILDING SYSTEM has introduced a new slimmer profile to its Crown Sliding Folding Door.
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| Projects |
Swansea-based aluminium manufacturing and installation company AB GLASS played a role in the development of Ysgol Bae Baglan, dubbed as the £40 million ‘super school’.
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Another collaboration between aluminium building systems supplier HUECK UK and façade contractor McMullen Facades Ltd has seen the completion of The Pinnacle in south west London.
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Tamworth based fabricator Window and Door Maintenance Services has completed phase two of the development of Ashlawn School based in Rugby.
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Hilton Bournemouth, the latest property from Hilton Hotels & Resorts, has a soaring glass façade with panoramic views to the coast and across the town thanks to extensive use of architectural aluminium systems from METAL TECHNOLOGY.
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The Grade II former Terry’s chocolate factory in York has been transformed into more than 170 luxury apartments and penthouses.
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A development of over 100,000 sq. ft. of Grade A office space in Reading using HUECK aluminium building achieves a BREEAM Excellent standard for sustainability.
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The redevelopment of Paris’s Macdonald Warehouse is said to have transformed an urban logistics building into a vibrant and contemporary neighbourhood, using bespoke glazing systems from Reynaers.
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| Curtain Walling |
Architectural aluminium systems by Kawneer have been used on the RIBA award-winning Ashington Leisure Centre in Northumberland.
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| G 16 Awards |
G16 organisers have announced that Mock the Week regular Milton Jones is to be the host of this year’s gala awards evening at the London Hilton Hotel, Park Lane, on Friday, November 18.
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Hardware supplier VBH has reached the finals of both the Component Supplier of the Year and New Product of the Year categories at the G16 industry awards.
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| Exhibitions |
ROTO has announced details of its presence at BAU 2017, the trade fair for architecture, materials and systems.
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| Doors |
CDW SYSTEMS has supplied its aluminium doors for a project at the luxurious Sandbanks peninsula in Dorset.
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ALU-TEC UK LTD, the aluminium division of Climatec Windows Ltd, has manufactured this ten-pane bi-fold door for a restaurant nearby, on Chalkwell seafront in Essex.
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Kent-based Architectural glazing company APEX ALUMINIUM has become the latest company to offer the Üni_Slide aluminium door system from Fenster Fabrications.
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| People |
The GGF has named Alan Burgess of Masterframe as its President-elect following the resignation of Andrew Glover in July.
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BUSINESS MICROS has expanded its programming and installations teams again. Toby Hodgkinson has joined as a Senior Developer, Adam Wade is a Field Programmer and the newest recruit is Elliot Chadwick who is now an Installations and Support Engineer.
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The Guild of Architectural Ironmongers has appointed Neil Fisher as its new Director.
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MILA technical salesman Andy Haynes has celebrated his 30th anniversary with the company and on the way has become one of its most popular and valued members of staff.
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| Windows |
Vale Garden Houses, a Grantham-based manufacturer of orangeries, conservatories, bronze casement windows and bronze doors, has purchased a second Mecal CNC machining centre from ADDISON SAWS.
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Sussex based TRADESMITH LTD, a PVC-U fabricator for almost 25 years, has added aluminium to its product offering, with WarmCore.
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| Hardware |
The latest addition to the UAP door hardware range is the patio door handle with a 219mm backplate.
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BRISANT SECURE has been shortlisted for four Construction Marketing Awards for its Ultion lock campaign.
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| Awards/Standards |
The biennial GAI/RIBA Architectural Ironmongery Specification Awards are now open to entries.
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CMS Window Systems has won the award for ‘Best Circular Economy Initiative’ at the Scottish Resources Awards.
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The GGF has been nominated as a finalist in no fewer than five categories in the Construction Marketing Awards.
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Nominations are now open for the Institute of Architectural Ironmongers (IAI) awards, which will take place next February.
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Steel and aluminium glazing supplier WRIGHTSTYLE has won a contract for the HK$ 960 million refurbishment of Hong Kong’s Museum of Art.
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The AA720 tilturn aluminium window from KAWNEER has helped its curtain walling pass a CWCT Sequence B test.
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| Contracts |
DORMAKABA, has been appointed to deliver its HSW-R sliding glass shop front system at the new Victoria Gate development in Leeds.
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| Security |
UAP has announced that all its narrow door chains are TS003 as standard.
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Doors and windows left unlocked ...keys left in the door …even windows held shut with a piece of string – however intruder-proof we make our doors and windows, many homeowners still make it all too easy for burglars just to walk in, according to a survey by Winlock Security.
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A new delivery guarantee and buyer’s guide to choosing panic and emergency door hardware have been launched by HOPPE (UK) LTD.
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| Charities |
GM Fundraising has again commissioned the children at Hope House Children’s Hospices to create some very special Christmas cards that are now on sale.
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GM Fundraising’s Border2Border cycling challenge this year has raised £195,766.92, a 20-year record for the event.
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| Internet / I.T. |
BUSINESS MICROS ALUMINIUM has completed a new CNC link between its LogiKal software system and an FOM machining centre.
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The Glass & Glazing Federation has declared its MyGlazing.com consumer website a resounding success with over 100,000 unique visitors.
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| Organisations |
The Glass and Glazing Federation has launched its Annual Report 2016 on year ending 31st December 2015.
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The impact of Brexit on standards and regulations
 Justin Furness – CAB Technical Director
For my short address at the recent CAB Members’ Meeting, held at Mercedes Benz World on 12 October 2016, I attempted to provide some clarity around the possible impact of Brexit on standards and regulations. At this point in time nothing has changed in this regard and it is very much business as usual. This should come as no surprise as, in case you had not noticed, we have actually not left the European Union yet…
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It is also worth pointing out that standards-making in particular is led by private organisations. The national standards bodies such as BSI in the UK and DIN in Germany are private organisations; the European Committee for Standardisation (CEN) is an international non-profit association that is independent from any individual stakeholder, although of course it operates within the framework of EU Regulation. This highlights an important issue for the UK post-Brexit: where should we be positioned with respect to EU Regulations? Perhaps this is a: “What has the EU ever done for us?” moment (and no, we do not want answers on a postcard). Read More
I hope you enjoy this month's issue.
 Tony Higgin
Publisher
Please send all editorial to news@aluminiuminarchitecture.co.uk
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CAB Q3 Survey:
Strong Year Ahead
Justin Ratcliffe, (CAB Chief Executive)
CAB Chief Executive, Justin Ratcliffe looks at rising confidence in the very latest Q3, 2016 CAB State of Market Report and reflects on the recent CAB Regional Members’ event at Mercedes Benz World, Weybridge which highlighted a number of key initiatives.
The very latest Q3, CAB State of Trade Survey highlights strong signs of optimism in the year ahead with the caveat of rising unit costs. With the wider construction sector showing growth for the 14th consecutive quarter, CAB members’ expectations for the next quarter recovered considerably with 53% net balance anticipating an increase in sales over the next quarter while 80% net balance anticipated a rise in the next 12 months – the highest confidence level since Q2, 2015. Read more
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This Month's News
Building demand bucks Brexit in Q3 – FMB
Consumer demand for building work remained resilient in the three months following the vote for Brexit, according to new figures from the Federation of Master Builders.
Commenting on the results of the first UK-wide survey of the SME construction sector post-referendum, Brian Berry, Chief Executive of the FMB, said: “Ongoing workloads for construction SMEs remained remarkably resilient in the months following the referendum vote, suggesting that consumer demand – which accounts for the bulk of SME work – has held up far better than anticipated. Some of the other key indicators of SME activity, such as employment levels, anticipated workloads and new work enquiries, are all positive, albeit showing slowed growth compared to the previous quarter.
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Assa Abloy acquires Trojan
Assa Abloy has acquired Trojan Holdings Limited, the £20million door and window hardware supplier, with the declaration of plans to further expand its product offering for its customers.
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Anger at ‘burglar’s dream’ lock-picking kits on open sale
The Door and Hardware Federation has joined the outcry against online retailers openly selling lock-picking tools including full instructions, saying the phenomenon is further proof that door manufacturers and installers should use higher spec locks as standard.
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New crackdown on
cold-callers
The Government is to get even tougher on nuisance cold callers by making company directors personally responsible for fines of up to £500,000 each to stop them ducking out by liquidating their companies.
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Bespoke Solutions in Aluminium
In an occasional feature for Aluminium in Architecture Wojciech Brozyna - MD of Aluprof UK reinforces the argument for specifying aluminium.
Why specify aluminium? Some of the reasons that spring to mind are ‘strength’, ‘durability’ and ‘recyclability’, it is the latter that makes the specification of aluminium a green choice for architects as aluminium is virtually 100% recyclable many times over. Today over 50% of all aluminium extruded comes from recycled content which uses just 5% of the original energy used to create the aluminium in the first place. So why don’t we just use more recycled aluminium, well, we just can’t get enough to meet demand! Since 1880, when aluminium became a commercial reality, 75% of all the aluminium produced is still in active service, I don’t think many other building materials can boast such credentials.
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