April 2026 - Construction Update Magazine

April 2026

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Copper Sustainability Partnership launches awareness campaign to curb plastic use

A campaign designed to spread awareness about the harmful impact of plastic pollution and showcase alarming statistics on microplastic levels in everyday items has been launched by The Copper Sustainability Partnership (CuSP).

The year-long campaign, titled ‘Would You Trust Plastic With That?’, aims to provoke a conversation about worldwide plastic dependency and the urgent need for systemic change.

Housebuilder to invest £27 million and deliver 147 new homes in Wintringham

Top 10 UK housebuilder, Keepmoat, has revealed its plans to create 147 new homes in St Neots, Huntingdonshire, as part of a wider scheme set to deliver 2,800 new homes.

Located off Nuffield Road, the new homes represent an investment of more than £27 million from the housebuilder and will see a range of multi-tenure, eco-friendly homes created.

The Sky is the New Soil: Rethinking the Urban Horizon

For a long time, we viewed the tops of our buildings as the “edge” of the world. In the architectural psyche, the roof was a boundary—a hard, flat line where the city ended and the sky began. We treated these millions of square meters as a wasteland of gravel, HVAC units, and weathered bitumen.

The Silverton apartments: Balcony Glazing for 11-storey High Rise Development

Situated in East London’s Royal Docks, The Silverton is a development of 1-, 2- and 3-bedroom luxury apartments from property developer Fairview New Homes. Located near the Tate & Lyle sugar refinery and London City Airport, the project required balcony glazing to create a sheltered outdoor living space, while also helping to reduce noise pollution and meet wind-loading requirements.

FIRE DOOR HARDWARE TRAINING, DEMOS AND COMPETITIONS: WHAT TO EXPECT FROM ALLEGION UK AT THE FIRE SAFETY EVENT 2026

Allegion helps keep people safe where they live, learn, work and connect and is bringing together its family of trusted door hardware brands at The Fire Safety Event 2026, taking place between the 28th – 30th April at the NEC, Birmingham.

Allegion’s team of fire door safety experts will span two exhibition stands at this year’s Fire Safety Event, 4/E90 and 4/F20. At stand 4/E90, visitors can explore a comprehensive portfolio of precision-engineered solutions, with a series of working door displays and live demonstrations highlighting how Allegion’s security, hardware and door control products operate as part of a complete and compliant fire door assembly. Throughout the three day event, Allegion’s experts will provide practical, on-the-spot guidance and advice for its range of tested and certified hardware solutions, suitable for timber, steel and composite fire doors.