August '10 - Lily House goes live at Ebbw Vale. Lily house is by Dragon Board is a Code Level 5 Light Gauge Steel House. More details from BRE here, Energy Saving Trust article here and finally an article in the Green Building Press can be found here. Lily House has a U value of 0.12 and an air leakge test of 0.37 (which is amazing bearing in mind a pass is 10 and Passive standards are 0.6). The practice provided engineering for the project.
Lily House at Ebb Vale
August '10 - CE marking flyer launched in association with the SCI. Go over to the DEM web site (www.lightgaugesteel.co.uk) for more info.
August '10 -
Web site launched -
www.lightgaugesteel.co.uk
August '10 - Practice celebrates it's 1st Birthday. A huge thankyou to all our customers. We couldn't have done it without you!
July '10 - W A Browne CE Marking assessment is lodged with SCI
July '10 - The practice has gone Limited - the eagle eyed amongst you may notice the slight change in the logo, but other than that and becoming VAT registered you will notice no difference in our service to you, our clients.
April '10 - Stephen Napper Associates are producing a Technical Manual to the upcoming Eurocodes for Light Gauge Steel (EC3) for Green 5 Star Homes of Cyprus and are assisting W A Browne with their CE Marking application - a UK first it is believed.
April '10 - The practice have produced designs for a twenty metre by ten metre single storey structure to the Eurocodes for a client in a seismic zone. Design included seismic design, wind analysis, concrete slab and foundation design and light gauge steel design all to the relevant Eurocodes. Another UK first it is believed.
Eurocodes UPDATE : The practice are working with the SCI and other interested parties to produce formal guidance on the new Eurocodes and can confirm that they came into effect "from March 2010" according to correspondence the practice have had with Lord McKenzie (Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at Communities and Local Government).
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