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Product News ><br />
Airtight sealing and ventilation<br />
explained<br />
Is an airtight seal just an<br />
airtight seal?<br />
Vision London Returns with over 160<br />
Speakers in its Second Year.<br />
Launched in 2015, Vision is the event for architects, specifiers,<br />
clients and suppliers. The place where these communities come<br />
together to discuss, debate and showcase the latest innovations and<br />
developments in architecture, design and the built environment.<br />
The event focuses on new and innovative building products and<br />
materials, providing ideas and solutions for new and inventive ways<br />
to achieve better building design solutions and comply with ever<br />
changing legislation.<br />
Building on the huge su<strong>cc</strong>ess of last year’s launch event, Vision will<br />
return to London Olympia on 7 - 8th June 2016, and promises to<br />
deliver even more educational content, practical solutions and<br />
innovative products for today’s busy specifier.<br />
Through a series of seminars and case studies delivered by over 160<br />
leading international speakers, alongside a carefully curated<br />
exhibition of cutting edge products and solutions, Vision is the ideal<br />
meeting place for professionals connected to the built environment<br />
and a unique opportunity for suppliers to showcase their products.<br />
In Vision’s second year, over 200 organisations will be exhibiting<br />
their new and inventive solutions that facilitate the creation of<br />
better building design. The event also boasts an extensive CPD<br />
a<strong>cc</strong>redited seminar programme where over 160 influential industry<br />
figures speak on a range of topics covered under the themes, Future<br />
Materials & Systems, Technology Talks, Innovation in Architecture &<br />
Design, Building for Health & Wellness, Smart Buildings, Building<br />
Information Modelling (BIM) and Offsite Construction.<br />
Vision has also agreed later opening hours for 2016 – as some busy<br />
Architects would like to visit the event in the early evening. Opening<br />
hours on the 7th June will be 10am until 9pm, and will incorporate<br />
the incredibly popular drinks reception and Pecha Kucha sessions<br />
organised by the NLA, open to both Exhibitors and Visitors. On the<br />
8th June the event will run from 9am until 4.30pm.<br />
Vision 2016 takes place at London Olympia<br />
on 7th and 8th June.<br />
Peter Thompson, General<br />
Manager of ISO-Chemie UK, gives<br />
insight into the trade-off between<br />
airtightness and ventilation in<br />
sealing products.<br />
The legal requirement to consider<br />
airtightness in building designs<br />
has been around since the 2006<br />
changes to UK Building<br />
Regulations.<br />
When designing to Passivhaus standards, this gets a little more<br />
complicated as they refer to airtightness as so many changes of air<br />
per hour.<br />
However, the more airtight we make our buildings the less fresh air<br />
we get into them through random unwanted gaps within the building<br />
fabric. Such problems can cause other issues for people with<br />
respiratory problems or young children, so proper ventilation is<br />
crucial.<br />
How is ‘Build Tight and ‘Vent Right’ achieved? Put simply, with<br />
natural ventilation and mechanical ventilation.<br />
An airtight seal therefore needs to be more than just an adhesive<br />
tape. ISO-Chemie has seen a bewildering range of options on the<br />
market. ISO-Chemie has a regional network of field-based Technical<br />
Advisors, as well as an office based technical hotline, designed to<br />
discuss particular customer requirements<br />
www.iso-chemie.co.uk<br />
Portakabin Hire announces £22m<br />
investment<br />
Portakabin Hire has announced a £22m investment in new modular<br />
buildings available for hire. This is in response to the rising demand<br />
for a<strong>cc</strong>ommodation for interim use in both the commercial and<br />
public sectors and will make the Group’s hire fleet among the<br />
newest in the UK. It will also give customers the benefit of even<br />
shorter lead times.<br />
The £10m first phase of the investment has already been<br />
completed and included £3m for new double classrooms which are<br />
already helping schools and LEAs to address the urgent shortfall in<br />
teaching a<strong>cc</strong>ommodation for primary education across the UK. The<br />
second phase of new modular buildings will be manufactured and in<br />
stock before the end of this year.<br />
In addition to the fleet expansion, Portakabin has an ongoing<br />
programme of<br />
investment in its Hire<br />
Centre estate. This will<br />
enable it to service the<br />
needs of local<br />
organisations and<br />
businesses more<br />
effectively, and the<br />
requirements of major<br />
projects nationwide.<br />
Register for your FREE visitor pass today at:<br />
www.visionlondon.com/register<br />
.<br />
www.portanews.co.uk<br />
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