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November is a busy time for the<br />
industrious construction industry<br />
professional. Events are plentiful, with<br />
UK Construction Week, London Build,<br />
Digital Construction Week and Kent<br />
Construction Expo (amongst others) all<br />
taking centre stage and eager for your<br />
attention. The nights are drawing in<br />
and the weather is changing. Hints of<br />
winter nip briskly at your heels,<br />
Christmas races Halloween to the shop<br />
shelves and you’re keen to squeeze<br />
every last productive drop from<br />
autumn in a bid to make hay whilst the<br />
sun still shines.<br />
<strong>MMC</strong> Magazine understands this... We<br />
don’t want to add to your seasonal<br />
stresses; we want to alleviate them.<br />
Flick through our pages and find<br />
exactly what you need – be it the latest<br />
product or service to solve your<br />
greatest challenges, thoughtprovoking<br />
opinions to spark the debate<br />
needed to push us forward as an<br />
industry or general updates on the<br />
goings-on in a thriving, vibrant and<br />
ever-changing sector.<br />
We’ve pulled out all the stops in the<br />
November issue to bring you the<br />
information you need now, so you don’t<br />
need to waste time scouring for it.<br />
Here it is - <strong>MMC</strong> November What are<br />
you waiting for!?<br />
Enjoy.<br />
Joe Bradbury<br />
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Deceuninck is one of the world’s major<br />
PVC-U window and door systems<br />
companies and a leader in innovation,<br />
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Deceuninck products are specified on a<br />
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According to Managing Director Rob<br />
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For more information see page 50<br />
<strong>MMC</strong><br />
10 History at your feet<br />
MODERN METHODS<br />
OF CONSTRUCTION<br />
Britain’s oldest heritage charity believes that floors are the ‘downtrodden’<br />
Cinderella of building conservation. We never look down… until now. <strong>MMC</strong> hear<br />
from Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB).<br />
16 Protect Membranes delivers U-value<br />
benefits for new modular innovation<br />
A variety of wall construction membranes, roofing underlays and accessories<br />
from Protect has been installed into an innovative new modular concept<br />
manufactured by Tingdene Homes, holiday and park home specialists.<br />
20 High Specification for a Higher<br />
Education Building<br />
Nov 2018<br />
issue <strong>M10</strong><br />
Architecturally designed and built completely to spec, the new three-storey<br />
building on the University of Birmingham’s Edgbaston Campus is full of<br />
unique features.<br />
28 Design Flexibility & Performance from<br />
Scotframe Val-U-Therm PLUS ®<br />
Val-U-Therm PLUS ® wall panels achieve 0.08 W/m2K - probably the best U-<br />
value wall in the world. Couple this with Scotframe’s expertise & track record<br />
and the sky really is the limit when it comes to design of buildings that tick all<br />
the boxes on your clients’ wish lists.<br />
38 Offsite Construction is Here to Stay<br />
Recent press coverage has focussed heavily on Offsite Construction providing<br />
the answer in a number of key sectors, due to the speed and efficiency of<br />
modular construction.<br />
Publisher Kevin Edgeworth Editor Joe Bradbury Design by Ellie Rich<br />
Sales and editorial enquiries to Kevin Edgeworth kedge@wavcoms.co.uk<br />
Press releases Gemma Spilsbury press@mmcmag.co.uk<br />
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without prior permission of the publisher. Whilst every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of editorial content, the editor and publishers do not accept<br />
responsibility for errors or loss and damage caused by any statements, claims or observations made by contributors, authors and their agents.<br />
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<strong>MMC</strong><br />
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