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Aircrete blocks

Blockmaker H+H Celcon has appointed Hart Construction of Colchester a recommended contractor for its Ra House, its fast masonry construction concept. The Ra house combines Celcon aircrete blocks with the thin-joint system, engineered flooring systems and proprietary roofs, with options for the company’s foundation blocks and flooring system at ground floor. Hart Construction has already completed a thin-joint project in Bermondsey, south London and is about to begin work on two more Ra house projects in the capital.

H+H Celcon

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Launch of brick ranges

Baggeridge has launched four brick ranges. The Ochil Greystone Smooth has smooth arises and is aimed at the architectural market. The Trinity Cream Gilt Stock is a cream textured brick, and also comes in a Multi version, with the same base colour with dark smoked areas. Both are aimed at the housing sector. The Light Russet Sovereign Stock is a blend of pale reds and has a soft texture as a result of its water struck manufacturing process. The brick is suited to brownfield sites, as it fits into settings with more mature brickwork.

Baggeridge

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Insulated brick cladding

A 200- year-old Yorkshire cottage has been reclad using Eurobrick’s insulated brick cladding system. The company's Classic cladding range was specified in a mix of Pastorale, Old English and Baroque blends. To install the system: first, the existing structure was clad in insulated backing panels, mechanically fixed by panel fasteners to the substrate. Brick slips were bonded to the panel by adhesive, each slip being located in the vacuum formed channels. Finally dry pack mortar was applied.

Eurobrick

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Concrete block paving

Hard landscaping company Marshalls has won an order for around £200,000 to supply two of its concrete block paving products for the homezone to a housing scheme being created by Barratt Homes. The scheme at Ringland Park, near Norwich, will use 4,000m2 of Tegula paving and 8,000m2 of Rialta to create the pedestrian-friendly highway. Tegula and Rialta are both forms of traditional looking concrete sett paving.

Marshalls

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Clay roofing tiles

Bewley Homes has specified Koramic clay roofing tiles for its Avalon housing scheme in the grounds of Douai Abbey and School, Newbury, Berkshire. The 42 new homes are designed to respect the character of the adjacent grade II-listed buildings, and are fitted with Koramic handcrafted 309 heritage medium plain tiles.

Koramic

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Interlocking clay tiles

Sandtoft has supplied 5,428 m² of its large format Cassius Clayslate for a Bett Homes scheme to regenerate the Oatlands area of Glasgow. Comprising 1,300 homes, the Oatlands scheme is designed to reflect surrounding Scottish architecture in a modern form. Bett Homes initially thought clay would be too expensive for a scheme on this scale, but with 10.5 tiles per square metre and the same installation techniques as for concrete tiles, the product proved cost-effective.

Sandtoft

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Off-site technology

Remember the Hanson House at the 2005 BRE Offsite show? It was a key exhibit, showcasing many of the company’s innovations in off-site technology, including prefabricated cavity wall systems, Jetfloor flooring, Thermalite thin-joint blockwork, Wonderwall composite panels, and E E much more. Since then, it has been used to train Hanson staff, demonstrate the technology to the housebuilding industry, and its innovations are being used in projects across the country. For example, social housing in Swansea is being re-clad using the Wonderwall system.

Hanson

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Stainless steel wall ties

Ancon ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø Products has expanded its range of Staifix stainless steel wall ties. The STF wall tie, designed to fix masonry to timber frames up to four storeys high, is now available to suit a 100mm cavity.

Ancon ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø Products

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Composite roof panel

The Sanvey Gate apartment scheme in Leicester is topped with Ward Topdek single-ply roofing system, installed by Advanced Roofing and Flooring. More than 700m² of the system was fitted to the building, which was extended upwards and required a new roofing system to accommodate the 45 degree roof feature. Ward Topdek is a factory pre-engineered composite roof panel, comprising a single-ply PVC outer membrane integrally bonded to a Firesafe rigid PIR insulation core, and a steel trapezoidal profile inner deck to provide structural strength.

Ward Topdek

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Retaining wall blocks

A housing development at Burntisland near Edinburgh is the first UK site to use Anchor Wall Systems’ Landmark segmental retaining wall blocks. Developer Stewart Milne Homes is building 100 homes on the site. Terraces up to 6m high had to be provided to facilitate build on the site, and one wall was required within 9m of a main highway. Landmark has British Board of Agrément certification, and its two key components are concrete facing blocks and polymeric geogrids that are locked together.

Anchor Wall Systems

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Facing bricks

Self-build specialist Potton has selected Terca to supply the clay facing bricks for its showhouse at Buildstore’s permanent exhibition centre in Swindon. Terca is playing a key role in the design of the showhouse by selecting the most appropriate clay bricks from its range of 200 products.

Terca

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Lightweight steel roofing

Lightweight steel roofing supplier Metrotile, has supplied its Metro Slate for a 32-home scheme by the Orkney Housing Association. The specification for the timber-frame homes called for a material that would be extremely durable, and sympathetic to the local environment. The product was selected to recreate the attractive irregular riven appearance of a traditional slate roof. Metro Slate is manufactured from high-grade steel and protected by an Aluzinc coating – combining zinc and aluminium.

Metrotile

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