Major insulation and cladding manufacturers have engaged in “sinister” attempts to undermine building regulations and have manipulated the testing regime to present dangerous products as safe, the ...

Timber cladding has become a familiar sight on buildings across the UK, from contemporary housing developments to extensions and refurbishment projects. Its popularity reflects a wider shift ...

Strongwell’s Strongirt® is the ideal continuous insulation (CI) cladding attachment support system. This all-FRP fiberglass pultruded composite uses a custom fire-retardant resin system and unique ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Companies that made the cladding and insulation used on Grenfell Tower will be questioned this week as an ...

Italian chemical and development group Acell (Milan, Italy) has already earned kudos in the construction composites industry with its innovative foam-cored sandwich panels for doors (click on “SMC ...