by Caoimhe Fullen | Feb 17, 2021 | Blog |
On Engineers Week Priyang Patel shares his advice for aspiring engineers and talks about how the Oaklea project presented an interesting challenge to develop a bespoke solution to meet the needs of the project. What inspired you to become an engineer? From the...
by Caoimhe Fullen | Feb 16, 2021 | Blog |
On Engineers Week we are celebrating the technical expertise of our talented engineers. Steve Higginbottom, Senior Technical Engineer at Keystone Lintels reflects on his favourite project, the Church Farm Barns and shares his advice for aspiring engineers. What...
by Caoimhe Fullen | Feb 11, 2021 | Blog |
By Ciaran McAliskey Specification Executive at The Keystone Group The Northern Ireland Housing Executive’s (NIHE) recently announced that it would cost up to £1.7bn to bring its existing housing stock inline with an energy-efficient low SAP Rating A. This is...
by Caoimhe Fullen | Oct 12, 2020 | Blog, Products |
The pressure is on for the construction industry to deliver and meet the Prime Minister’s challenge to ‘build, build, build’ the country out of recession. In order to achieve the government’s 300,000 new homes per year pledge to tackle the long-standing property...
by Caoimhe Fullen | Sep 15, 2020 | Blog |
If buildings are designed to meet Part L regulations and carbon reduction targets, then it is essential specifiers understand the impact of thermal bridging. With a traditional steel lintel potentially creating a major thermal bridge in a building, correct lintel...
by Caoimhe Fullen | Sep 7, 2020 | Blog |
More energy-efficient houses are high on the UK’s agenda, particularly when considering energy use in homes accounts for around 14% of total UK emissions. With the Committee on Climate change report ‘UK housing: Fit for the future?’ highlighting that energy use in...
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