16 | APRIL 2020
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BUILDING REGULATIONS PART L CHANGES TO BE A KEY
TOPIC AS BFRC FABRICATORS FORUM RETURNS
Birmingham City Football Club will be the venue for the second outing of the BFRC
Fabricators Forum when it takes place this year on June 16th, with a second event, the BFRC’s
Annual Simulators Meeting, taking place the next day, June 17th, at the same venue.
A wide-reaching pro-
gramme led by some of the win-
dow and door industry’s leading
experts will include a series of
panel debates, Q&A sessions and
networking opportunities, with
new BFRC product launches and
initiatives also to be announced.
Revisions to Part L of the Build-
ing Regulations expected this
year are likely to be a key topic
and discussions will be directed
towards clarifying the impact
these will have on the UK win-
dow and door sector. Attendance
to the BFRC Fabricators Forum
will be limited with free places
allocated on a first come, first
serve basis. With the interest in
Part L, demand is expected to be
high.
The BFRC is the UK’s most
trusted and widely used in-
dependent ratings system for
verifying the energy performance
of windows and doors, using
the well-known rainbow system
to raise standards across the
glazing industry. The first-ever
Fabricators Forum in Reading last
year proved a constructive and
VEKA UK Temporarily Closes
Operations due to COVID-19
Dave Jones, Managing Director of VEKA UK explains
“For over 30 years, VEKA UK, our customers and
our people have faced a fair few challenges. And
we’ve come through them, by acting quickly,
supporting each other and working together.
“We are taking our
responsibility during this
Pandemic very seriously
and as the situation con-
tinues to change rapidly so
must we. The wellbeing of
our employees, customers,
suppliers and community
is our highest priority,
which is why we have
made the difficult decision
to temporarily close our
operations in the UK from
Sunday 29th March and
ceased to make deliveries
after Weds 25th March
2020.
“Due to the dynamic na-
ture of the Pandemic, we
do not know when we will
be able to open our busi-
ness once more, but we
will review this in 3 weeks
in-line with Government
advice. As soon as we
have any new information,
we will share this with you
via our website and social
media channels in the first
instance.”
www.vekauk.com
valuable meeting for profession-
als across the window and door
supply chain, and the strong em-
phasis on audience participation
during the discussions on key
issues vital to the industry will be
repeated at this year’s event.
“We’re thrilled to be hosting
our second Fabricators Forum,”
said Lis Clarke, BFRC Operations
Director. “Following the feed-
back received off the back of last
year’s event we have organised
the Birmingham programme,
which will focus on intensive
discussions with the goal of
reaching conclusions and bring-
ing them to reality through BFRC
and other GGF organisations on a
range of issues.
“To achieve this, we are assem-
bling a panel of some of the UK’s
foremost experts and respected
panellists to lead discussions
about key industry topics and
bring valuable insights into what
the next year has in store for our
industry.”
The event is followed by a sec-
ond day organised for Certified
Simulators, who carry out fenes-
tration ratings calculations on
behalf of BFRC and its registered
members.
Further details of the pro-
gramme will be announced over
the next few weeks.
Tickets are free but numbers
are limited: please register
to attend at https://
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/
bfrc-fabricators-forum-
tickets-93948978925
UK Glazing Group Saves £350,000
With Customade Group
Celebrations have been taking
place at UK Glazing Group Ltd as it marks
a very successful year of trading as a PVCu
and aluminium supplier for the commer-
cial market. Since ceasing manufacturing
and choosing Customade Group as its fab-
ricator 12 months ago, the firm has made
incredible savings of £350,000 and boosted
output by 25%.
As well as toasting to its success, the
company, which has installed windows
and doors on some of the north west’s
most prestigious buildings, has now
invested £100,000 to convert its former
3,500 square foot factory in North Man-
chester into a showroom; which includes
aluminium windows and doors from REAL
Aluminium, glazed roof lanterns from Atlas
Glazed Roof Solutions, PVCu windows
from Polyframe and composite doors from
Virtuoso Doors.
Based in Heywood, Lancashire, UK Glaz-
ing Group is an established commercial
supplier of PVCu and aluminium products
for new-build residential and commer-
cial projects. The firm supplies up to 200
frames a week and employs five fitting
teams to install on commercial contracts.
www.customade.co.uk