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Commercial buildings require regular roof maintenance which can be complicated. This is because they are not the same as residential buildings. Hence, the challenges that owners of those buildings face are quite different from those of residential owners. What’s Commercial Roofing? It is an industry term that covers management, installation, construction, and designing of commercial systems. You can also call it institutional or corporate roofing. People who offer this service include designers of the systems, commercial roofers, and manufacturers of roofing materials. Roofers use various materials for business buildings. They include SPF (sprayed polyurethane foam), asphalt, gravel and tar, metal, and concrete. They can also use ply materials such as EPDM, PVC, or TVP, built-up roof, bitumen roof, and so on. These materials…

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Having a modern light in your house is a thing that can drastically improve the impression of your interior design. In turn, this will drastically improve the resale value of the place, as well as the quality of life of every single home’s inhabitant. Now, since lighting fixtures contribute to the power bill, it is also a matter of your home’s upkeep and maintenance. Moreover, it’s a factor that can make your household eco-friendlier. Regardless of the way you look at it, it’s something that can transform your household. Here are five ways you can make a modern lighting scheme for your home. LED lights There’s no talk about the present…

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Construction robots are semi, or fully autonomous robots designed to improve the speed and quality of construction work. The construction industry is one of the least automated industries that features manual-intensive labor as a primary source of productivity. However, with the advancement in technology, the construction industry is utilizing robots to excel at repetitive tasks in a controlled environment. Various robots have been used to ensure better productivity and quality. Demolition robots have been used to safely and precisely demolish any structure compared to the manual process. According to AllTheResearch, “Construction robot market was valued at USD 231.5 million in 2018 and is expected to reach USD 464.8 million by 2026, growing at a CAGR of 9.5% during the forecast period.â€� With the …

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The effect of COVID-19 on the roofing market has been significant, with an estimated 20% decline in market value in 2020. Since 2015, demand for roof coverings has been supported by strong growth in housebuilding and domestic RMI, along with increased output in a number of commercial and industrial new build & refurbishment markets. Growth in the overall market for roof covering reached c. £1.1bn in 2019. Key areas for this growth came from housing, office, schools and leisure. However, the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic has taken its toll on the industry. In the public sector, capital budgets remain tight, but spending on construction in sectors such as health and education had been increasing before the pandemic, and which are forecast to pick up again post-COVID…

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No matter how careful and vigilant you are on your property, all homeowners will discover a plumbing leak in the home from time to time. The frequency in which you notice a plumbing leak, however, can be dramatically reduced if some common ground rules are followed. Here in this article, we aim to provide you with the knowledge and skills to hopefully spot the warning signs of a plumbing leak. Once you do you will be able to minimise the damage it can do to your home! So, read on below for our best tips on how to stop a plumbing leak causing water damage on your property. Don’t Leave Water Consuming Devices On When You Are Not Home Now it goes without saying…

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Spotting the signs of a cowboy builder can be the difference in you having the redevelopment of your dreams, and the experience of your nightmares. A cowboy trader, sometimes referred to as a rogue trader, can be described as a tradesperson who is not properly trained and delivers generally a low standard of work. We have compiled a list of the most common signs that should set the alarm bells off in your head straight away. If you notice any of the signs below, steer well clear of these tradespeople! No Accreditations When a company has no accreditations, it is often an easy first step to spotting a cowboy builder. They can give you reassurance that their work has been previously vetted by a trusted trades body…

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Now everyone knows the dangers that asbestos can cause, but once upon a time we were very ignorant to the harm long term exposure can have on our lungs. As time has passed and science has improved, we have learned from our naivety. But once upon a time asbestos was considered the best thing since sliced bread in the construction industry. So, it may have you wondering why it was used, and where abouts in your property asbestos may have once been present. In this blog we will detail the whens and whys, giving you the low down of what made asbestos the material that was first reached for when it came to property construction. What Makes It A Good Building Material? Asbestos has been used in …

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Planning permission has been granted for an application submitted by Peel L&P and Your Housing Group (YHG) for the development of Patagonia Place, a 31 storey residential development at Liverpool Waters. The development will consist of 278 homes and marks the fifth residential development at Princes Dock, one of five neighbourhoods at the £5 billion waterfront development. Liverpool Waters is transforming 60 hectares of historic docklands and is the biggest single regeneration project in the history of Liverpool and one of the largest in Europe. The development offers 2,000,000 sq.m of floorspace which will include 9,000 residential homes, 315,000 sq.m. of business space and 53,000 sq.m. of hotel and conference facilities. The waterfront project will also be the home to a new cruise liner terminal and hotel as well…

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“Why LOLER Is Especially Important in the Construction Industry“ If you work in the construction industry, then you will be aware of the various health and safety hazards that are ever present. It doesn’t matter how small or large a construction project is, it’s essential that steps are taken to safeguard the health of anyone within the area. Parts of this are regulated under the Health and Safety at Work Act and a sub-section of this comes under what is called LOLER. When it comes to LOLER, these are few companies with more extensive knowledge of the regulations than P. Airey Tail Lifts. Based in the North West of England, P. Airey is a sales and repairs business that …

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CSI Unveils Revolutionary API, CROSSWALKSM to Boost Productivity for Architects, Engineers, Construction Managers and Owners in Each Stage of Project and Building Life Cycles Architects, engineers, contractors, and owners now have the digital productivity and accuracy tool that brings greater levels of efficiency to each stage of the project and building life cycle. The Construction Specifications Institute (CSI), a national association dedicated to improving the communication of construction information, today unveils CROSSWALK (www.crosswalk.biz). CROSSWALK augments the design and construction process by enabling construction technology platforms to connect through an Application Programming Interface (API). This API connects to and curates versions of CSI’s MasterFormat®, Uniformat®, and OmniClass® construction information classifications and standards that span decades. Designed to be used …

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