Construction:
Construction
Minister Brian Wilson today sent a strong message to local authorities
that they must look for best value not lowest cost when judging construction
project tenders.
Construction
Archive
for the last month's
construction news
Awards & Standards
The Guild of Architectural Ironmongers and the RIBA are jointly sponsoring the 2002/3 Specification Awards
Part
L/EN1279
Velux claims that its roof windows
already meet and exceed forthcoming Part L requirements
The implications of the forthcoming changes to Part L of the Building Regulations in April have received much press recently. John Adams, Director of Sales at Portal Products gives his views from a door perspective.
VEKA has advised customers that windows produced with its Matrix system have achieved Part L without changing current fabrication or glazing methods.
All products within the Reynaers Concept Series are designed to comply with Document L requirements
Kömmerling seminar warns of 'Part L Snowball'
NEW! Training
Bohle
is offering training seminars on Glass Fusing, the GQA is stepping up
the pace in light of Part L, the GAI announces a CE marking seminar and
TEST has achieved notable success at Sash
Products
Screenline
U.K. Ltd. has launched a new integral blind system specifically designed
for the Domestic sector and more particularly for use in Conservatories
Recently
Piper made the decision to use its expertise in the manufacturing industry
to produce its own range of fully composite doors
Renovator
is the first glass polishing system in the world to remove scratches from
all types of glass with no distortion, says importer Glas-Weld UK.
Storm
Windows offer secondary glazing designed specially for historic buildings.
Lasertec glass measuring laser device from Ebor
New
Sheerframe patio door
from LB Plastics
Gold
and Platinum door panels from Hallmark
Product Archive
of all new products covered
in the Gl@zine
Projects &
Contracts
Leaderflush+Shapland
has
supplied over 3,300 internal doorsets to a new hospital in Wishaw in a
PFI contract.
Hardware from Siegenia-Frank (UK) Ltd has been installed in a research
centre in Antarctica.
Guardian Industries has supplied high-performance coated glass for the
700-foot tower that will serve as headquarters for HSBC in Canary Wharf
Sash UK has completed the latest phase of a refurbishment project for North British Housing Association both ahead of schedule and under budget
C3S Securiglass recently took part in supplying (and installing) all the fire resistant glass within some of the David Lloyd leisure and fitness centres in the UK
Projects Archive
Archive of outstanding glass and fenestration projects
People
K2
Conservatory Roof Systems has recently welcomed Bill Kenyon to the
position of Technical Support Manager
BRE has created a new senior management post, Director of Research
Robert Mason has taken on the role of President of BIAT (British Institute of Architectural Technologists)
Dr. Ernesto Zedillo, 50, former president of Mexico, has been appointed to the board of directors of Alcoa
'Well known and well regarded', is Bohle's latest new recruit, Martin Walsh, who becomes Sales Agent in both Eire and Northern Ireland from February.
People
Archive
for the last few month's
worth of people and careers
With some 200 exibitors and over 85 new products on show, Glassex 2002 got off to a fantastic start on Sunday, with visitor numbers topping 3,500.
"It's been an excellent first day,” said exhibition director Joanne Smith. “Visitor numbers were up on last year, and more importantly the visitors were in a buying spirit. People are really keen to buy and are looking for new products. We know the market for conservatories is buoyant, but the interest in other glass and glazing products appears to be way ahead of pundits expectations for the market."
The Glassex Daily Prize Draw, for attendees who pre-registered, was based on the theme of the forthcoming World Cup this summer. The results were:
First prize of a widescreen TV was won by Mr W Stanford of Glasshouse. Second prize of a Playstation 2 and FIFA 2002 game was wone by Mr M K Taylor of Chapel Glass & Glazing. Third prize of an official England shirt, England scarf and football video was wone by Mr K Fortune of LF Replacement Windows.
If
you do make it to Glassex, there will be a warm welcome (and cold Champagne)
on stand C050, where I and some colleagues will be happy to explain how
The Gl@zine can help your business.
I hope to see as many of you as possible in the coming few days.
Tony Higgin
Publisher
Glassex
CompleteStand Guide!
for a full stand guide.
Or Click the Glassex logo to visit the Glassex website
Exhibiting
at Interbuild?
Following the launch of their '50/50' Golden Jubilee feature for Interbuild
2002, the organisers have now added a '50/50' Golden Jubilee exhibitors'
area.
Ready for glasstec 2002?
Preparations for glasstec 2002 - the global flagship event for the glass industry - scheduled for 28 October to 1 November 2002 in Düsseldorf, are in full swing.
Going to Firex South 2002?
Firex South is an event for the fire prevention and protection industry in the UK which has been developed with key industry players.
Going to Fensterbau?
for details on the Pressplan tour package to the Nuremberg outing of this important show.
Exhibition
List
for upcoming
exhibitions in the
UK and the rest of
the world.
Marketing
&
Literature
Duraflex
has introduced technical binder which provides a guide to the company's
Diamond Suites, including new product data and technical bulletins.
'Glaverbel
News' shows the latest products, upcoming trade fairs and new, available
documentation
The 2002 RIBA Product Selector contains Freefoam's new Technical Sheet
BIAT
2001/2002 Directory of Practices and 2000/2001 Annual Report
New
literature on HW
Systems' new vertical
slider
Assa
Abloy's
handbook on
the formal regulations
regarding exit devices
for escape routes
Literature
Archive
for the last few week's
worth of new literature
Feature
Articles
Hanic Software has set up shop in the UK: export director Horst Mertes
explains what the firm has to offer the glass processor
Decorative glass fusing the
Bohle way
Fire
Resistant
Glass
for information on the new
test rig for fire resistance
at the BRE
Technical Feature
for a special article on the use of molybdenum disilicide in glass production
Steady growth of its trade and commercial work has enabled long-established Profile 22 fabricator, Atherton Windows, to expand from 2,000 to some 15,000 sq ft of manufacturing space
Tracey Yearn, md of Manchester based Status fabricator United Trade Frames is cutting it in the double glazing sector with the help from Elumatec machinery.
SASH
UK has entered a
partnering agreement with
Northern Counties Housing
Association
Fabricator
Archive
for previously featured
fabricator profiles
Internet
News
WHS Halo, the Sutton Coldfield based window extruder and manufacturer
of PVC-u windows and doors has now updated and re-launched their web
site.
In
a major new initiative to help small firms exploit the multi-billion
pound e-commerce market, world-leading companies in the technology and
banking sectors have partnered with the British Chambers of Commerce
and the DTI led programme, UK online for business, to set up the first
ever support network of eBusiness Clubs to help more SMEs do business
online.
Today's
Events at Glassex are:
11.30: Mila Product Launch
12.00: Wagner Prize Draw: Visitors can grab a balloon from an air
filled tower to win a prize. Each day one balloon has a special prize
(portable TV, DVD player etc) which gets dropped in the tower at 12 noon.
13.00: Panels Plus Champagne Buffet to introduce the new System
X Composite Door (by invitation only)
Todays
FREE seminars are:
Room A:
10.15: Unravelling Certification presented by Richard Baldey, Head
of Business Development, BSI Product Services
11.45: The American Perspective on Gas Filling presented by Randi
Ernst, President, FDR Design Inc
13.45: Part L is Only the Start: Energy Rating for Windows by Dr
Robin Kent, Project Manager, British Fenestration Rating Council
15.15: FENSA - the solution to Part L (various speakers)
Room B:
10.45: Secondary Glazing for Refurbishment of Grade I and Grade
II Listed Buildings presented by Steve Barrow, Managing Director, Granada
Secondary Glazing (CPD accredited)
14.00: Meeting the EN 1279 Standard by Dr Pietro Ungarelli, Technical
Manager (Sealants Division), Fenzi SpA and member of the CEN Standards
Committee
15.30: Glass Fusing - a new profit opportunity presented by Roger
Alltimes, Product Manager of Bohle AGs Art Glass Department, Germany
Please visit the Seminar
Page for details of the excellent seminar programme on offer.
You can browse the UPDATED contents of the
show, using either the alphabetical
stand guide, the group-by-product
sections, or via the industry's first interactive FLOORPLANS.
Don't forget that you can view previous issues in our ARCHIVE
SECTION in addition to archive sections for LITERATURE
and FABRICATOR
FOCUS, PRODUCTS,
PROJECTS,
PEOPLE
and CONSTRUCTION
Great
start to Glassex for CoolTemper
GLASSEX got off to a great start for Dave Raven, Managing
Director of Unilam International. Within hours of the show opening, he’d
sold a £350,000 CoolTemper furnace to a glass company in Glasgow.
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THE FIRST conservatory franchise operation in Britain
THE FIRST conservatory franchise operation in Britain was launched on the opening day of Glassex 2002. As a sign of its commitment to its manufacturing base, Planet has invested £1m in machinery from Promac, which will increase output from 800 to a potential 2000 items per week.
Bohle launches Dri-Cool 'freeze-dried' sealant at Glassex
Bohle will officially launch a revolutionary coolant for glass processing machinery at Glassex.
COVA PRODUCTS has extended its Cova XL range
COVA PRODUCTS has extended its Cova XL range of exterior grade woodgrain and plain coloured foils for the window market with the launch of three new veneers, collectively called the Shogun range. Visitors can see for themselves at Cova's Press Launch at 12.15 am today on stand B030.
MASTERFRAME has unveiled two modifications to its range at this year’s show
MASTERFRAME, manufacturers of the Bygone Collection of custom-made PVC-U sliding sash windows, has unveiled two modifications to its range at this year’s show.
First is an outward-opening internal staff bead, designed to hide the brush pile and streamline the window’s appearance. Also new is an electronically operated gearing suitable for any Masterframe sliding sash window, which can be fitted retrospectively. "It was particularly designed with disabled customers in mind, although it could be useful in many installations," Masterframe MD Alan Burgess told The Gl@zine.
Masterframe also launched a new and very competitively priced sash window designed for new build properties. The cost saving comes from the basic specification and the smaller frame size: just 133cm as opposed to the usual 146cm.
Throughout the show Masterframe is also giving visitors to their stand (CO41) a free CD which carries a full sash window guide to the new Document L regulations.
Alan Burgess, MD of sash window specialist manufacturer Masterframe, has set up a new company specialising in secondary glazing. It’s called, appropriately, Framemaster.
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