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Movers and makers

• Manufacturer and supplier of aluminium rainwater goods Guttercrest has announced it is BIM-ready. Guttercrest manufactures more than 40 different standard types of aluminium gutters, downpipes, fascia, soffits and wall copings and will continue to add these to BIMstore until all its product ranges and styles are available. Each file package includes compressive information on the product, designed for use with Autodesk Revit 2017.
  www.guttercrest.co.uk
• The Trussed Rafter Association (TRA) has released a spandrel panel guide. The new guide sets out some essential guidance on various aspects of spandrel panel design, construction and installation including reducing the risks, costs and waste. TRA has collaborated with the Structural Timber Association and the NHBC to produce this guide, which aims to standardise spandrel panel construction.
  www.tra.org.uk
• Rooflight manufacturer Xtralite has added products, including from its X-2 range, to the National BIM Library. The products which are now available on NBS feature the full technical details such as UV ratings, dimensions and suitability statistics. Adding products to the NBS also allows specification for differing roof insulation thicknesses, something which specifiers and architects may have found problematic in the past.
  www.xtralite.co.uk

Natural slate
A heritage building, Rose House, which had to be rebuilt to make way for a city link road, has been topped with Welsh Slate. A total of 650m2 of the manufacturer’s Cwt Y Bugail slates were chosen to work as a like-for-like for the original roofing. Welsh Slate manufactures under an accredited Quality Assurance Scheme that complies with BS EN ISO 9001:2008. Their roofing products are also kite-marked to BS EN 12326-1:2004.
Welsh Slate

Single ply membrane
A single ply membrane from SIG has been chosen for Lymington Shores, a residential development in Lymington. Rhepanol fk PIB single ply membrane is 100% recyclable and has a full life cycle assessment to ISO14040. The company says it was chosen due to its sustainable credentials. Almost 12,000m2 of flat roofing, pitched roofing with standing seam, terraced areas and cold roof build ups to bin stores and valley gutters were installed on the project.
SIG Design & Technology

Reinforced bitumen system
More than 7,200m2 of Bauder’s reinforced bitumen system, Bauder Total Roof System, has been used to repair the failing roofs at Airedale Academy in Castleford. The project was challenging as the roof had more than 20 separate roof areas. The system build-up included Bauder’s PIR Insulation with the required levels of thermal performance and tapered insulation to create drainage falls without having to incorporate them into the structure. As part of the works, 20 new Bauder rooflights were also fitted.
Bauder

New roof lantern
AluFoldDirect has launched Technic-AL, a new roof lantern with no plastic trims. The 100% aluminium system uses only a square-cut profile with a thermal break to create its finish and slim sightlines. The product is available in two designs: the contemporary four-pane RL1 lantern and the multi-pane RL2 for wider roofs.
AluFold Direct

Fibre cement weatherboard
Cembrit has launched a new fibre cement weatherboard called Cembrit Plank. The product is described as versatile, low-maintenance, and rot, rust, warp, crack, sun, heat, rain and fire-resistant, and it offers an alternative to timber- and plastic-based products. The company says the overlapping plank looks like painted timber and does not require toxic preservative treatments in the way timber weatherboarding does. The product is available with colour-matched accessories.
Cembrit

Roof glass
Saint-Gobain ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø Glass has introduced Azura+ to its SGG BIOCLEAN low maintenance self-cleaning conservatory roof glass range. The SGG BIOCLEAN is a low-maintenance, self-cleaning function that uses rain and light from the sun to combat dirt and grime. The company states Azura+ offers an 83% heat reflection and 0.17 g-value.
Saint-Gobain Glass UK