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• FP McCann launches carbon reduction programme

  01-12-2021 12:51
  
  Precast concrete specialist FP McCann has teamed up with one of the UK’s top universities to continue its research and development programme focusing on low carbon solutions and how they can be developed throughout the company’s extensive product portfolio.
  FP McCann’s R&D Team will work alongside Dr Jacek Kwasny and Professor Su Taylor from Queen’s University Belfast throughout this drive to lower carbon emissions.
  The programme will cover the materials used and all
  
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• British Gypsum upgrades website to improve product data info

  01-12-2021 12:44
  
  British Gypsum has launched its new website as part of its wider commitment to continue to provide better data, tools and support for its partner construction customers.
  The website delivers a range of new features and is one of the steps that British Gypsum is taking following an in depth review of its approach to data and marketing integrity, to help raise building standards across the industry and facilitate better building outcomes.
  In order to ensure that it provides users with access to th
  
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• Balfour Beatty launches nuerodiverse site cabins

  01-12-2021 10:02
  
  Balfour Beatty and Sunbelt Rentals have launched a new sustainable site cabin design with integrated disability and neurodiverse features.
  The EcoSense cabins have wider corridors for wheelchair users, coloured plug sockets and switches to assist the visually impaired and tri-coloured LED lighting for those who are hyper-sensitive to bright light.
  Balfour said the initiative was “a positive step forward in making site cabins a more inclusive environment for neurodivergent people.”Eco
  
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• Balfour Beatty launches neurodiverse site cabins

  01-12-2021 10:02
  
  Balfour Beatty and Sunbelt Rentals have launched a new sustainable site cabin design with integrated disability and neurodiverse features.
  The EcoSense cabins have wider corridors for wheelchair users, coloured plug sockets and switches to assist the visually impaired and tri-coloured LED lighting for those who are hyper-sensitive to bright light.
  Balfour said the initiative was “a positive step forward in making site cabins a more inclusive environment for neurodivergent people.”Eco
  
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• Scottish house builder buys rival for £56m

  01-12-2021 08:35
  
  Growing Scottish house builder Springfield has bought Inverness-based Tulloch Homes for £56m.
  Springfield has also announced plans to raise £22m through a share placing at a 4.4% discount to the share price to part finance the deal.
  The takeover of the Highlands builder, which was itself bought through a management buy-out six years ago, is conditional on the successful fundraising, expected to be finalised on 21 December.Innes Smith, CEO of Springfield, said: “This is another
  
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