Work Starts on Affordable Housing Developments

Work has started on site as Rollalong, the largest permanent offsite construction company in the south of England, announces a £6.3 million partnership with pioneering regeneration company Be First. Modern methods of construction (MMC) specialist Rollalong has been appointed to... View Article

Brexit uncertainty stymies home improvement plans

More than a third of home improvers have cancelled or postponed plans to either move or improve due to uncertainty surrounding Brexit over the past two years, according to new research by VELUX. The research among 2,000 homeowners with plans... View Article

Site Lines – Serving student wellbeing needs

Students in the 21st century face a wide range of health and wellbeing challenges as well as technological demands. James Allison of architects Bennetts Associates discusses an example of thoughtful improvement of student wellbeing facilities for Cambridge University In the... View Article

Brewers Yard city living scheme takes next step

Ambitious plans for a major multi-million-pound city living development at the heart of City of Wolverhampton have moved onto the next stage. The Brewers Yard scheme is proposed for ten acres of brownfield land neighbouring University of Wolverhampton’s Springfield Campus.... View Article

New 3D BIM service launched by ISO CHEMIE

Foam tape sealing company ISO CHEMIE has extended the scope of its specialist services with the launch of new 3D BIM (Building Information Modelling) technology. The move will enable architects and designers to integrate high quality scaled digital information around... View Article

Vent-Axia supports BEAMA’s ‘Net-Zero by Design’ report

As the UK becomes the first major economy to commit to net-zero emissions, leading British ventilation manufacturer, Vent-Axia is delighted to support BEAMA’s ‘Net-Zero by Design’ report. Launched on 10th September 2019, at the Council Room, One Great George Street,... View Article

Northern Housing Consortium Selection

KMS are pleased to announce that we have been appointed on the Northern Housing Property Safety & Security Framework for Residential Access Control and our SimpleKey Web solution. The Framework is the commercial arm of the Northern Housing Consortium was... View Article

Wall-to-wall thinking

As part of meeting our commitments to reduce emissions to net zero by 2050, Chris Miles of Kingspan Facades looks at the options for specifiers when it comes to holistic approaches to maximising thermal efficiency in facades In June, the... View Article