Search Results: 'Kingspan'

Futurebuild in the frame
18 December, 2006
Timber engineered building system manufacturer Kingspan Century is planning a major presence at Futurebuild 2007 at Earls Court in February.

Eco-home showcases timber frame construction
02 December, 2006
Timber frame designer and manufacturer Prestoplan has helped create a prototype eco-home to showcase modern methods of construction.

Construction starts on first 60K house
14 November, 2006
Kingspan Century is starting work on the first SIXTYK Consortium site to be developed as part of the government's Design for Manufacture competition.

Timber frame peceptions changing, says Kingspan Century
23 October, 2006
Perceptions of timber frame's capabilities are changing rapidly, according to Kingspan Century.

SIPs used in UK's largest off-site project
16 October, 2006
The UK's largest development to be built using off-site construction techniques is under way in Manchester.

TTF conference line-up finalised
29 September, 2006
The final line-up of speakers for this year's Timber Trade Federation (TTF) conference has been announced.

Kingspan confident of timber frame growth
12 September, 2006
Kingspan Group plc has posted a 33.7% growth in first half pre-tax profits to €83.4m.

Kingspan Century supplies green project
04 September, 2006
Kingspan Century's TEK structural insulated panel building system has been used in a green housing project in Norfolk which achieved an EcoHomes rating of “good”.

SIXTYK Consortium scores a hat-trick
07 August, 2006
The SIXTYK Consortium and its house system supplier Kingspan TEK have scored a hat-trick in the government’s Design for Manufacture competition.

Kingspan acquisition imminent
24 July, 2006
Kingspan is preparing to announce an acquisition in the timber construction sector as part of a concerted effort to consolidate the market.

Enterprise Ireland launches UK promotion
10 July, 2006
Irish development agency Enterprise Ireland says it can save the UK construction industry millions of pounds a year by greater use of Irish suppliers.

TEK homes built in a day
07 July, 2006
The Kingspan-Century TEK building system has been used to construct homes in a single day at a development in the Orkney Islands.

Panel building system cuts fuel bills by 80%
10 June, 2006
A three year energy efficiency analysis carried out by Clays of Addingham has revealed that the heating bills of homes constructed using Kingspan Century’s TEK Building System are around 80% less than homes constructed using traditional building methods.

Eco-friendly in Dublin
09 June, 2006
All the timber components for the roof, wall and floor of an eco-friendly private home in Dublin were supplied by Finnforest.

Timber house attracts VIPs
27 May, 2006
Community and local government secretary Ruth Kelly and deputy prime minister John Prescott were among the visitors to the SixtyK timber panel house in central London.

Design for Manufacture competition expanded
23 May, 2006
The government’s Design for Manufacture competition, which has proved a success for timber construction methods, is being expanded to cover eco-community developments on six new sites.

Kingspan in acquisition talks
15 May, 2006
Kingspan is in talks with rigid insulation board manufacturer the Hytherm/Xtratherm Group with a view to an €85m acquisition.

Ecobuild pays off for timber exhibitors
04 March, 2006

Kingspan TEK wins second project
27 February, 2006

Ecobuild lays down green marker
18 February, 2006