The airtightness of a building must be considered hand in hand with the ventilation strategy of the building because it must be properly ventilated to ensure occupant comfort
Controlling the levels of moisture which enter and exit a building can be a complex task. Find out how Vario® XtraSafe smart membrane can tackle the effects of unwanted moisture in your build.
As a result of regulation changes such as Part L1A and with the likes of Passivhaus standards firmly in place, the level of airtightness in buildings has never been more important.
It’s often been said that graphene has the potential to revolutionise the construction industry, but it’s now thought the wonder material could transform aircraft building as well.
To ensure the best listening experience during a show, concert halls must be built with acoustic performance very much in mind. In this blog, we look at how five of the world’s most impressive music venues were built.
Of the hundreds of new skyscrapers planned for London, one design stands out among the rest, a timber skyscraper, presented by researchers from the University of Cambridge, alongside building firms PLP Architecture and Smith and Wallwork.
Following the recent announcement of new carbon dioxide targets that aim to bring a 57 per cent reduction in emissions on 1990 levels by 2030, reducing the carbon footprint of a building is becoming of even greater importance.
When you think of day-to-day life in a typical construction environment, taking a top of the range mobile phone onto a building site seems like a risky move.
In the small Belgian province of Tielt-Winge, the local authority was having issues with vandalism to a wooden viewing tower that kept getting burnt down.
