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Quantity Surveyor/Project Manager.
Award winning commercial installer The Window Company (Contracts) Ltd is recruiting for an experienced Quantity Surveyor/Project Manager with great leadership skills, exceptional attention to detail and proven commercial skills and awareness.
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People |
EPWIN WINDOW SYSTEMS has appointed Natalie Tellis-James in a Customer Marketing Support role.
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Cambridge based MIGHTON PRODUCTS has announced the appointment of Jim Herrington as its Marketing Director.
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Machinery |
The TWR GROUP is claiming a UK industry first after investing in a Modula lift and storage system more commonly found in applications such as healthcare, oil and gas, and automotive.
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Window, door and curtain walling designer, fabricator and installer CMS WINDOW SYSTEMS has commissioned and installed two new Stuga ZX5 PVC cutting & prepping machining centres in addition to its existing two.
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EMMEGI (UK) has proved it is more than just an aluminium machinery supplier with the sale of machining equipment to Stoke on Trent based Robust-UK Ltd.
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G 17 Awards |
It’s that time of year again. The shortlist of G17 finalists is out and 64 companies and individuals are all bursting to tell us about their achievement and holding their breath until the Awards evening.
So, from now until the event, on Friday 17 November at the London Hilton on Park Lane, we will publish our Hall Of Fame of the finalists on a page of their own.
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Events |
The first in a series of VIRTUOSO customer experience days brought installers together to view the company’s range of composite and PVCu panels at its 80,000-square foot Co Durham site.
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Last week saw the official opening by ALUK of its new £25million 350,000 sq ft headquarters in South Wales.
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Exhibitions |
CORNWALL GLASS has hosted its annual golf day with customers and industry partners at Truro Golf Club.
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More than 12,000 visitors attended Interplas, the plastics industry show on 26th to 28th September at the NEC. Among them was building products extruder EUROSEAL.
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Windowmaker says it boasted ‘over 100 years of experience’ with colleagues Tish, Rima, Diane and Bhairavi at its booth at Glassbuild, Atlanta.
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Brochures / Video |
RESIDENCE COLLECTION has completed a new brochure and suite of marketing materials for its flush sash window Residence 7.
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ALUWOOD has created a retail brochure to help fabricators and joiners show the benefits of aluminium clad timber windows and doors.
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Internet / I.T. |
MORLEY GLASS & GLAZING has this month unveiled its new and updated website.
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Organisations |
The GGF has recognised two of its stalwarts, former GGF President and interim Chief Executive Brian Baker and Standards Committee Chairman Brian Waldron with special awards for Outstanding Service to the Federation.
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BFRC has welcomed the conviction and sentencing of three company directors for their fraudulent business under the trading name of “Green” that falsely offered funding grants for “A” energy rated and/or Pilkington Glass windows and doors.
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Results |
ATLAS GLAZED ROOF SOLUTIONS is celebrating its best month ever for sales of its lantern roofs, rooflights and Skyroom mock orangery system, with 40% more sales compared to the same period last year.
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SLIDERS UK reports sales up 36% at the end of September on the same time last year, driven by increased sales in its Ultimate Evolution and AluK aluminium bi-folding door ranges.
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Standards |
CENSOLUTIONS has attained CORGI Fenestration Audit Centre status.
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TRUFRAME has gained certification to ISO 9001:2015 through BSI, a UKAS accredited certification body.
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Products |
KENRICK has launched Nemesis a new bi-directional twin cam espagnolette window locking system specifically for aluminium profiles.
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SOLIDOR is adding the Winkhaus AV3 autolock, a new automatic multi-point locking system, to its security hardware options, which already include the Ultion locking system, and the Lock Lock door handle.
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CARL F GROUPCO has been selected as a distributor of Trojan’s new TS 008 accredited Unicorn letterplate.
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Deceuninck announces that its new RAL 7021 (Black Grey) substrate is now ready to order as of yesterday (2nd October).
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EUROCELL has unveiled its Lusso orangery-style roof system comprising highline gutter and internal pelmet components.
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Q-RAILING has launched a new railing system, Easy Glass View, for a ‘near invisible’ minimalist glass Juliet balcony.
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Apeer has added white and cream to the exterior-facing border options for its LUMI window and door system, bringing the total to nine exterior as well as 15 internal finishes.
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Fabricator Focus |
Cambridgeshire installer Surefit East Anglia has become the latest member of the ASTRASEAL COMMERCIAL INSTALLER NETWORK.
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POLYFRAME has launched into its second major investment programme since becoming part of the Customade Group.
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Kingfisher Windows has introduced a 68mm frame depth aluminium window, available on
10-15 day turnaround.
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Shropshire-based trade fabricator UNIVERSAL TRADE FRAMES has added the Spectus Flush Casement Window to its portfolio.
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Projects |
Windows, doors and a lantern roof by REAL ALUMINIUM were chosen by Bristol-based installer Panoramic Ltd to complete five three-storey townhouses on the edge of Bath with an asking price of over £1 million each.
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HAZLEMERE COMMERCIAL has completed another education sector refurbishment with the renovation of John Mason School in Abingdon, Oxfordshire.
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A new extension to premises for Kent-based charity Last Chance Animal Rescue includes 13 patio doors from PATIOMASTER SOUTH EAST.
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The 25 Charterhouse Square building in Smithfield, London has been revitalised including external glass facades using 1,600 m2 laminated and tempered facade glazed units manufactured by PRESS GLASS.
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Glazing products from the Hybrid range of SENIOR ARCHITECTURAL SYSTEMS were used in the restoration and extension of a former Masonic Hall in Oxford.
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HUECK has supplied windows and doors for Hoola, a development of 360 individually designed homes set across two rippling glass towers in London’s Tidal Basin Street.
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Yorkshire fabricator DEMPSEY DYER worked with astragal bar supplier The Georgian Bar Company to produce a version of the Deceuninck Flush Sash that would overcome planners’ objections.
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More than 200 casement windows, in the Halo System10 profile from The Veka UK Group, were used by Bowater Projects in the refurbishment of Llys Yr Efail, a housing scheme for older people in Blaenau Gwent, for Linc Cymru Housing Association.
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The Planar frameless glass system and Optiwhite low-iron glass from PILKINGTON are being used to create a triple-glazed, triple height wall as part of a new extension at St Richard Reynolds Catholic College, Twickenham.
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Doors |
TVPS has announced the launch of a new brand, VPS247 and website including a garage door building tool that enables consumers to create a door and receive an instant quote.
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SHEPLEY has added further design options to its Visage Composite Door Collection, most recently with new satin glass styles including traditional, contemporary and modern designs.
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PATIOMASTER has expanded its network by opening its latest fabrication centre in Scotland.
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THE SOLIDOR GROUP has achieved 100% orders delivered On Time, In Full for four months in a row to September.
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PHOENIX DOORS has rebranded its Continental and County 44mm flush-fitting composite door ranges under the ‘Sovereign’ brand.
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Awards |
English football referee Graham Poll is to host the British Woodworking Federation’s Annual Dinner and Awards on November 24.
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Thick and thin
Anyone with a taste for the finer points of specifications and standards may have been transfixed this week by a particular can of worms opened by Saveheat director and former Veka stalwart Colin Torley on the issue of the thickness – or lack of it – of IGU spacer bars in timber heritage frames.
As well as his first letter, Colin has now written a second with his reaction to the industry’s reaction – or lack of it – to the first (Read Letter), then shortly after that came the detailed response from the GGF (Read Letter).
Those of us less technically adept – and your editor must confess to being among them – may feel more than a little mesmerised by all the minutiae but it may sharpen our attention a little if a few people’s windows start to go wrong. The good reputation of this industry is built on the standards of quality and longevity that it sets so it is important that we give these experts the time and space to solve the issue to the satisfaction of all sides.
Elsewhere, there is more good news for retrofit with the latest figures from estate agents that more houses are going up for sale, which inevitably means more potential buyers eyeing up what improvements need to be done. Read Story
We hope you enjoy – and perhaps even understand – this week’s issue.
Chris Church
Editor
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This Week's News
GGF answers low
sightline debate
The GGF has responded to the controversy over reduced sightline IGUs, including a repeated warning from Chief Executive Phil Pluck that any member persistently breaking the law or its own rules will be expelled.
The Federation also says it has reported one manufacturer to Trading Standards authorities.
The response follows a letter to trade media from Saveheat Group director Colin Torley calling into question the use of the lower profile spacer bars in heritage applications.
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House selling hits
two-year high
Hopeful house sellers reached a two-year high last month with all UK new listings with estate agents up by 20% over August – and over 44% in London, according to the latest Property Supply Index by online estate agent Housesimple.com.
Two thirds (65.6%) of towns and cities saw an increase in the number of new properties taken on by estate agents in September over August, with the biggest local increases in Oxford with 71.0% and Torquay, 59.8%. The biggest fall was in Luton, down by 48.0%, followed by West Bromwich at 29.2%.
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Industry figures take part in Parliamentary Review
Senior industry figures joined Chancellor Philip Hammond, Business Secretary Greg Clark and other MPs and economic commentators in the House of Commons last week to take part in The Parliamentary Review.
The review is organised annually by government to assess the state of parliament and the economy; and a select handful of representatives from industry are invited to attend, to provide their input.
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Veka hosts George Osborne’s Northern Powerhouse report launch
Former Chancellor George Osborne and Northern Powerhouse Partnership Chairman chose the Veka Group’s Burnley HQ recently to launch its latest report; 'Powerhouse 2050: The North's Routemap for Productivity'.
Speaking to over 100 staff and guests, he said: “One of the major aims is to improve connectivity. Northern villages, towns and cities are proud of their local identities and steeped with history but are perhaps not big enough to make a global impact by themselves. They are close enough geographically however to team up; the distance between Manchester and Leeds, for example, is shorter than the Central Line of the London Underground.
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We Have Email
From: Colin Torley,
Sales and Operations Director,
Saveheat Group
I have sent out a letter, ref the illegal use of “Heritage Glass”. This was sent out a week ago and has been picked up by a number of publications. Since then there has been silence from a number of areas I would have thought would have picked up on this and maybe take issue with my comments, in particular,
The GGF are the Industry trade body and a number of their members are actively producing these units, so I would have thought that they would want to reassure the industry that manufacturing this type of “illegal” unit just doesn’t happen.
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From: Michael Holmes,
The Northern Homebuilding
& Renovating Show
(3-5 November 2017, HCC, Harrogate)
The cause of the housing crisis in the UK is simple enough for any GCSE economics student to understand: there are too many people chasing too few homes to either buy or rent.
The reason behind this is twofold: regional policy has failed to prevent employment and wealth from clustering around Greater London and the South East of England, and we have built far too few new homes for generations.
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From: Leon Friend,
Managing Director, Hueck UK
In early May 2017 six city regions in the UK elected metro mayors, or ‘combined authority mayors’. This election had the potential to dramatically alter the political structure of the UK and decision-making powers are already being devolved to different regions.
Amongst the most high-profile people to be elected as a metro mayor was former Labour leader candidate Andy Burnham, for the Greater Manchester region.
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Five three-storey townhouses on the edge of Bath with an asking price of over £1 million each.
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