Winter is one of the most dangerous times of year, especially for builders and construction workers.
During the winter months, it is darker for longer and the weather changes to colder temperatures. We also often see lots of snow, ice and rain. This means the chance of slipping and falling…
Read MoreApplications for The UK Roofing Awards 2018 are now open! These are an industry-wide event, that aim to find the best in the business and “reward outstanding standards of workmanship and safety within the roofing industry.”
The Awards, which are hosted by…
Read MoreDelegates at a conference set up by the newly-formed National Construction Training Services (NCTS) have banded together in a pledge to improve industry standards.
These groups and individuals have confirmed support for a new Roofing Sector Assessment Infrastructure and Sustainability Plan. This plan can be seen as a counteraction against…
Read MoreAmerican technology company Tesla has announced prices for an innovative new product.
The company, best known for its electric vehicles, hopes its long-awaited ‘Solar Roof’ will help to revolutionise the home energy market and make renewables a viable option for more people.
Tesla’s new product is a roof cladding…
Read MoreBIM is an acronym standing for Building Information Modelling, or Building Information Model. It is used to create a unified approach to the process of designing a building with multiple collaborators on one computer system, rather than using separate sets of drawings.
Even though the word building is used, the…
Read MoreA recent survey by RICS UK Construction suggests that skill shortages in the industry are the worst they have been for 20 years. There are a number of reasons why construction firms in the UK have been struggling to secure a stable growth. These include limited access to credit…
Read MoreExperts have been ensuring the quality of slates through testing since 1944, when BS 680 was first introduced. Back then, the process of sourcing slates was very different to the process today. Most informed decisions were made by seeing which slates performed the best over the life of the…
Read MoreEach year, the JRC team take a trip to the Spanish quarries, where we source the material for our slate products. It is clear that the quarry owners have a clear passion for the high quality of their products. This is one of the main reasons why we have…
Read MoreThe Construction Design and Management, or CDM, Regulations are put in place to increase the effectiveness of health and safety measures and give greater peace of mind to all workers involved. Recently, the biggest change to these regulations has been approved, which directly affects domestic projects and SMEs for…
Read MoreThe recently updated British standard will come into full effect this coming Sunday (1st Mar), after the cross-over period from the change in the standard last August.
BS 5534:2014 “Slating and tiling for pitched roofs and vertical cladding. Code of practice” is a full revision of the standard, which is…
Read MoreAugust 31st 2014 saw an update to the British Standard for Slating and Tiling (BS 5534). This update is designed to help with the overall security of roofing structures, and contains a number of welcomed changes.
The standard will have a 6 month coexistence period where both the old and…
Read MoreThe slate industry has a long and celebrated history, with the industry in the UK traceable back to Wales during the Roman Empire. Slate was utilised by these ancient developers to slate the roof of a fort at Segontium, now Caernarfon. These simplistic beginnings grew steadily, with rapid expansion…
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