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Armstrong Ceilings has launched a systems warranty that exceeds anything else out there in the market. The first 30-year warranty in the ceiling systems sector has been launched by Armstrong to meet specifiers’ and contractors’ increasing focus on risk management. Unique to Armstrong, the 30-year ceiling system warranty is designed to give 30 years of total confidence in the system specifiers have chosen. Armstrong Ceilings currently offers standard product warranties of 15 years on a…

A new teaching facility constructed using a Yorkon off-site building solution from the Portakabin Group, has opened at one of the country’s top performing academies in Cumbria after just four weeks on site. The new Centre for Leadership and Learning at The Queen Katherine School in Kendal was required as a training venue and to provide the school with an area to host regular educational meetings and conferences. The Queen Katherine School is a comprehensive…

Forward-thinking hospitals in London have recently piloted BRE’s new BREEAM In-Use (BIU) scheme for the healthcare sector with excellent results, demonstrating their commitment to healthier patient & staff environments, lower running costs & sustainable buildings and management practices. As part of an on-going campaign on green issues across the whole of the NHS (www.nhssustainabilityday.co.uk), both Bart’s & Great Ormond Street Hospitals have recently piloted the BREEAM In-Use methodology on their buildings. BREEAM In-Use is designed…