The Council for Aluminium in Building has recently set up a ‘Closed Loop Recycling’ initiative in the UK and Ireland. The aim of the initiative is to encourage the recycling of aluminium alloys within the same alloy grades. For the CAB scheme we require that extrusion grades of aluminium, namely 6,000 series alloys for the […]
With the ONS revising its dip in construction output in 2020 to a fall of 14% and the CPA forecast for a growth this year of 13.7%, it seems that the UK industry continues to bounce back. On the downside, there is the shortage of materials and skilled labour followed with the inevitable rise in […]
It should come as no surprise that the UK is experiencing a serious workforce and skills shortage in the Construction Industry. The current situation is a result of a workforce laid off at the beginning of the pandemic taking up alternative employment, the loss of a significant amount of European construction workers who have returned […]
A lot has been claimed about the benefits of aluminium by CAB and many other associations, but we should also ask: “Where would we be today without this material?” With a high strength to weight ratio, aluminium is a structural engineering material, without it we would not have the modern airliners of today, or indeed […]
CAB are undertaking a short survey in the light of the proposed changes to Part L in Building Regulations.