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    Secure your school’s future with Hoardfast: Keeping students safe amidst RAAC risks

    Secure your school’s future with Hoardfast: Keeping...

    In recent news, the safety of our children in schools has taken centre stage as crumbling RAAC (Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete) structures pose a serious threat.

    “RAAC is essentially a lighter-weight form of concrete, used to build roofs, schools, colleges and other buildings from the 1950s until the mid-1990s. But experts fear that the material has now reached the end of its shelf life and is liable to collapse.” – Sky News

    As 156…

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    Insights – Meeting the growing demand for additional storage space in ports

    Insights – Meeting the growing demand for additional...

      In today’s globalised world, ports play a crucial role in facilitating international trade and commerce. With the steady growth of global shipping and the ever-increasing volume of goods being transported, ports are facing a pressing…

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    Insights – Manage rising energy costs by optimising your industrial space

    Insights – Manage rising energy costs by optimising...

      Businesses across the UK are facing big increases in the price of energy. With prices hitting record highs recently, the rising cost of fuel is at the top of the list of the most worrying outcomes of the current crisis for business leaders….

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    Insights – Enhancing workplace safety and efficiency: The importance of airlock systems and airlock doors in factories and warehouses

    Insights – Enhancing workplace safety and efficiency:...

      In today’s rapidly evolving industrial landscape, workplace safety and operational efficiency are paramount concerns for factory and warehouse owners. As businesses strive to maintain high productivity levels while safeguarding their…

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    Insights – Hoardfast as a cheaper alternative for site rooms as price of plasterboard soars

    Insights – Hoardfast as a cheaper alternative for...

      Due to soaring demand and raw material price rises, the cost of plasterboard has risen more than 15% this year. And that’s on top of an almost 100% rise in costs throughout 2022.   Major plasterboard manufacturers have already…

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    Insights – Are we running out of warehouse space?

    Insights – Are we running out of warehouse space?

    Just last year, experts warned that the UK would run out of warehouse space within 12 months and right on time, it seems to have come to fruition. Earlier this year, research showed that the shortage of available warehouse space is hitting…

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    Insights – Guidelines for allergens in food production

    Insights – Guidelines for allergens in food production

    In factories where production of both allergen-containing foods and non-allergen containing foods are within the same facility, there are a few ways to minimise the risk of cross-contamination via methods of separation.

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    Insights – Common problems faced by contractors working on city centre fit outs

    Insights – Common problems faced by contractors...

    Contractors need to ensure that there is no health risk posed due to the emission of dust from their construction site to the immediate surrounding environment.

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    Insights – The easy way to enclose a mezzanine floor

    Insights – The easy way to enclose a mezzanine floor

    Mezzanine floors are commonplace in many industrial and commercial environments. They deliver more space without extending or moving to bigger premises and can allow for segregation of different areas where necessary. Whether they are fixed or…

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    Insights – Temporary building and dust screen for construction work within manufacturing environments

    Insights – Temporary building and dust screen for...

    Construction work is often a necessity within manufacturing environments and comes in the form of upgrading processes and machines, extend buildings or improving efficiencies in line with any industry or technological developments.

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