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Group S: Spotlight Academia: “Retrofit design for grade-II listed Inland Revenue Centre in Nottingham”

The University of Nottingham façade program undertook measures to progress a 30-year design through the challenge to integrate new technological advances in materials science, pre-heat and heat recirculation’s systems for the UoN Business School.

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Published on: 01 Jan 20

Spotlight Façade Awards: Battersea Power Station Phase 2

The SFE Façade Design and Engineering Awards recognise excellence and achievement in façade engineering. We will be using the SFE newsletter as a platform to showcase some of the winners from 2023. The UK Refurbishment prize was picked up by seele, Wilkinson Eyre and Buro Happold for their work on Battersea Power Station Phase 2.

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Published on: 01 Jan 20

SFE University Outreach

Members of the Society of Façade Engineering (SFE) were delighted to present an ‘Introduction to Façade Engineering’ at the University of Exeter in January, the University of Surrey in February, at UWE Bristol in April. These lectures included presentations by Simon Bate and Claudio Marini (Buro Happold), Kaman Wong (AESG), Tapiwa Kapofu (Wintech), and Heran Yang (CBRE).

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Published on: 01 Jan 20

Spotlight Façade Awards: Deerns Italia SpA and Park Associati for Luxottica Digital Factory

The SFE Façade Design and Engineering Awards recognise excellence and achievement in façade engineering. We will be using the SFE newsletter as a platform to showcase some of the winners from 2023. The International Refurbishment category was won by Deerns Italia SpA pfor Luxottica Digital Factory. Read more about the project now.

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Published on: 01 Jan 20

UK-SPEC Higher-Risk Buildings Standard

The UK Engineering Council has launched a new standard for Professional Engineering Competence and Commitment Contextualised for Higher-Risk Buildings (UK-SPEC HRB) for engineers and technicians. Registration for Engineers competent to work on HRBs in key disciplines like Structures, Building Services, Façade Engineering, and Fire Engineering is underway.

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Published on: 01 Jan 20

Meet the SFE Hub Representatives

The Society of Façade Engineering's membership is a worldwide network of professionals across the façade industry, with over a thousand members around the globe. To enable the SFE to provide useful services to such a widespread community, we have established localised hubs to organise and operate on a regional basis.

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Published on: 01 Jan 20

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