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Is your church or heritage building ready for the storms?
Churches have always suffered form the effects of lightning. Golde (1977), for example, notes that the campanile of San Marco in Venice was struck and severely damaged or completely destroyed nine times between 1388 and 1762.
Even in an era when skyscrapers and cell towers overshadow the tallest church steeple, it’s crucial for churches to be intentional about lightning protection. A single lightning strike can not only sear church roofs and steeples, but it can also ruin computers, sound systems, alarms, and other electronics.
Read more: Is your church or heritage building ready for the storms?
Let's Imagine creates a difference for The Salvation Army
Let's Imagine is a branding consultancy and has creative curiosity for finding interesting and innovative ways to communicate through design.
They believe that design should have a great idea at its heart, and should 'simply' engage, inform and influence.
Read more: Let's Imagine creates a difference for The Salvation Army
Safety in Roofing Awards 2013
The National Federation of Roofing Contractors today announced the members who have received recognition for their health and safety practices in this year’s Safety in Roofing Awards.
The awards have been in operation for a number of years and were instigated as a way to promote the positive attitude to health and safety by NFRC member companies. Trade members are invited and encouraged to enter information on their health and safety training and accident statistics collected during the course of the year.
Martin-Brooks honoured for heritage skills
Sheffield based roofing specialists, Martin-Brooks, has received national industry recognition for the quality of its work in the heritage sector.
Martin-Brooks is shortlisted for this year’s National Federation of Roofing Contractors’ (NFRC) heritage award for the complete re-roof of a grade II listed church in Derbyshire.
Unique roofing material named finalist in roofing awards
Not far from Stamford in Lincolnshire is Collyweston, a traditional village in the heart of England. It is also the source of Collyweston ‘stone slate’, not a true slate but a fissile limestone formed in the Jurassic period, some 150 million years ago.
The stone has been mined in the area since roman times and was used extensively in the local area and on some prominent buildings around the country until the growth of the railways in the late 19th century led to the decline in the quarrying industry.
Read more: Unique roofing material named finalist in roofing awards
NE company’s commitment to young recruits
One of the UK’s leading lightning protection companies, based in Darlington, has created a number of new opportunities for local young people as the company experiences continued growth.
Stone Technical Services has seen an increasing demand for its lightning protection services in the last year – counting the likes of St Paul’s Cathedral amongst its clients- and, as a result, has recruited two apprentices and a junior manager.
National Funeral Exibition 2013
After what has been hailed as the most successful funeral exhibition ever held in the UK, NFE are now well advanced in planning the 2013 show.
They are theming the show around the traditional Circus, providing exhibitors with an excellent opportunity to develop some exciting ideas for stand design. The NFE Big Top Bar will incorporate circus style entertainment, which will have extra attractions on Family Day.
Tread carefully with your carbon footprint
With an increasingly high profile focus on the Green Agenda and the clamour to reduce energy consumption and wastage through improved insulation, a word of caution when it comes to considering properties where traditional metal roofs are being installed.
The demands for thermal insulation, particularly in the roof space has led to the increasing specification for a warm roof design in both large and small projects.
Roofers in line to be made kings of the castle
When tenders were being submitted for the restoration of Lowther Castle in Cumbria, it made sense when considering the roofing contract to approach the only company in the county on the NFRC’s National Heritage Roofing Contractor Register – Cumbria Roofing North West Ltd.
In fact all three companies bidding for the project did just that and when Patton Construction from Ballymena in Ireland was awarded the contract it was Cumbria Roofing they employed.
Brand new ‘Grade One-listed’ building is in line for Roofing Award
The project to install the roofs onto seven new houses at Stanmer House in Brighton was an unusual one, to say the least. The houses are built on the existing foundations of the old kitchen block at the 18th-century Palladian-style mansion, which was demolished when the repairs were deemed impracticable.
However, the building materials and the style of the new build has to match the previous building as they form part of the Grade One-listed property, together with the main house, which was built in 1723-4.
Read more: Brand new ‘Grade One-listed’ building is in line for Roofing Award
Darlington company clinches high profile contracts
Stone Technical Services has further secured its position as a leader in its field by winning several major contracts in Yorkshire.
Thanks to its reputation as one of the UK’s top high level and general maintenance and restoration companies, Stone has been appointed by English Heritage to carry out condition surveys to two historic mills and preservation works at an important ruin, celebrated by the well-known artist JMW Turner.
Read more: Darlington company clinches high profile contracts
Known as The Hive
The New Worcester Library and History Centre was an innovative partnership development between Worcester County Council and the University of Worcester to create Europe’s first fully integrated public and university library.
Known as The Hive, the dramatic building features seven roof cones for natural stack ventilation and is clad in 16,000 TECU® gold shingles. These are produced by KME and more information is available at http://www.kme.com/en/roofing
Zinc: It's not just for multivitamins anymore!
Zinc is not for the faint of heart. The key is learning proper installation techniques. If you are a metal roofing contractor scheduled to work on a job where zinc has been specified, do you a) cry because you’ve heard horror stories about how difficult it is to work with or b) grab a Kleenex, get yourself and your crew trained, and find a new material to master?
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