The UK Government's capital expenditure programme in both the Health and Education sectors remains strong and is forecast to continue for a number of years. This considerable financial commitment underpins its commitment to continuously improve the quality of schools, academies, colleges and hospitals in our built environment. Eurobond's non-combustible panels have been used extensively in both sectors in recent years.
As a composite panel specialist, we have developed our cladding products so that they not only have the ability to meet the aesthetic requirements of designers but can also meet the stringent NHS Fire Codes and BB100 legislation in relation to the use of non-combustible materials where appropriate. The emphasis on this is even greater of late, especially after the Royal Marsden hospital fire that happened in January this year.
As a result, our composite panel products have recently been specified for numerous projects within these sectors and the following projects will receive their cladding product throughout the month of July for installation.
• Frimley Hospital in Surrey will have approximately 278m2 of our cladding panel installed
• Royal Preston Hospital
• Burnley College will have approximately 2,938m2 of Europanel delivered
• Orpington College in Kent will receive approximately 1,337 m2 of our composite panel
Once complete, if worthy, a case study will be completed on these projects and added to our case study archive and interactive map, accompanied by photographs so keep a look out for them.
Wednesday, 20 August 2008
Monday, 18 August 2008
The Eurobond Evolution
Sounds exciting and it is ! Since evolving from being a supplier of cladding to many food application customers, Eurobond has come on in a big way. We now supply some of the UK’s major brands with thousands of square meterage on an array of projects ranging from Tesco and Asda to Cardiff City FC, Stirling Hospital and the Channel Tunnel Rail Link. These projects are no longer about just supplying food application companies with our Firemaster Wall and Ceiling composite panels, they are about supplying big named customers with architecturally inspiring cladding products.
Whether it is our Rainspan rainscreen support panel or our signature product, Europanel that inspires who is to know but there is choice and a lot of it – especially with the array of colour finishes offered by Corus Colorcoat®.
So what better way to mark this evolution than to re-brand the company. Historically, we have been known for our red and blue corporate branding. This will still feature, on occasions, but it was felt that it was slightly dated and not really in line with where we are now as a company and where we want to go. The executive decision was made – a new company image that will be reflected in all forms of communication, both internally and externally.
The new corporate image, which you will be aware of from this website and various other marketing communication materials, is a graduated black background with a white logo and a touch of green. The reason behind the colour choice was to create a look and feel that was somewhat different to your average run of the mill construction website and to create a nice, crisp, clean contemporary look that exemplifies the company’s new contemporary coming of age.
Cladding has the ability to transform a building – it dresses designs and brings them to life. In isolation, a composite panel may not look much or be awe inspiring but collectively, our composite panels can create a wow factor through contemporary architectural designs. We wanted the website and our other marketing communication materials to convey this image.
We used colour coding aids to help the user navigate through the site and created it in such a way that made usability very, very easy. The introduction of green breathes life into the site and makes it easy for the user to find the mouse pointer. We wanted all of our literature to accompany the growth and changing face of Eurobond and to illustrate where we are heading as a company.
With the recent release of the corporate brochure, SID (Specifier Information Disc) and newsletter, Eurobond’s panel is now being viewed in the market as the product of choice when it comes to a mineral wool specification.
The Eurobond evolution has become a revolution through improved fire performance, changes to legislation and exceptional environmental credentials - all unparalleled by plastic foam PIR composite panels. We are ambitious people with clear goals and determination. We have developed a fantastic range of panel products and have a wealth of new ideas in the pipeline. We’re really excited about the future potential of our business and where we see ourselves going.
Whether it is our Rainspan rainscreen support panel or our signature product, Europanel that inspires who is to know but there is choice and a lot of it – especially with the array of colour finishes offered by Corus Colorcoat®.
So what better way to mark this evolution than to re-brand the company. Historically, we have been known for our red and blue corporate branding. This will still feature, on occasions, but it was felt that it was slightly dated and not really in line with where we are now as a company and where we want to go. The executive decision was made – a new company image that will be reflected in all forms of communication, both internally and externally.
The new corporate image, which you will be aware of from this website and various other marketing communication materials, is a graduated black background with a white logo and a touch of green. The reason behind the colour choice was to create a look and feel that was somewhat different to your average run of the mill construction website and to create a nice, crisp, clean contemporary look that exemplifies the company’s new contemporary coming of age.
Cladding has the ability to transform a building – it dresses designs and brings them to life. In isolation, a composite panel may not look much or be awe inspiring but collectively, our composite panels can create a wow factor through contemporary architectural designs. We wanted the website and our other marketing communication materials to convey this image.
We used colour coding aids to help the user navigate through the site and created it in such a way that made usability very, very easy. The introduction of green breathes life into the site and makes it easy for the user to find the mouse pointer. We wanted all of our literature to accompany the growth and changing face of Eurobond and to illustrate where we are heading as a company.
With the recent release of the corporate brochure, SID (Specifier Information Disc) and newsletter, Eurobond’s panel is now being viewed in the market as the product of choice when it comes to a mineral wool specification.
The Eurobond evolution has become a revolution through improved fire performance, changes to legislation and exceptional environmental credentials - all unparalleled by plastic foam PIR composite panels. We are ambitious people with clear goals and determination. We have developed a fantastic range of panel products and have a wealth of new ideas in the pipeline. We’re really excited about the future potential of our business and where we see ourselves going.
Wednesday, 13 August 2008
The Golden Games - Beijing 2008
This is the 8th Olympics I have attended, this time in my role of President of UK Athletics. I will be there with the British Athletics team, about 60 athletes all together, with managers, coaches, doctors and physios.
Our athletes have been selected from our Olympic trials in Birmingham. The criteria is pretty straight forward. First achieve the qualifying standard in your event during the season, then finish in the first two at the finals in a head to head competition. We can take 3 athletes per event and this will be at the discretion of the selectors. It’s a fair and objective system.
Our athletes are well prepared, thanks mainly to lottery funding. It’s called ‘The World Class Programme’ and enables our top performers to train full time at home or abroad in excellent facilities and with their personal coaches present. They also get medical and physiotherapy provided and lots of advice on nutrition, lifestyle management and psychology. It’s really a scientific approach to sport helping to make our athletes competitive with the rest of the world.
Beijing is hot and humid with lots of smog, difficult conditions to run it, especially in the middle and long distance events like the marathon. To help acclimatise to this the team spent two weeks in Macau, an island south of Hong Kong, also very hot and humid before they travelled to Beijing to compete. They did this before the World Championships in Osaka, Japan last year and we came back with five medals!!!
So what are our prospects. In Athens four years ago we won three gold. Kelly Holmes got two in her great 800 and 1500 metre wins and our men’s 4 x 100metre relay beat the Americans to take gold.
To be honest, I would be pleased if we achieved the same in Beijing. Every four years it is getting tougher and with 210 countries taking part gold medals will be a huge challenge. We have set a target of five medals and fifteen finalists. Our best medal chances are in the men’s triple jump with Philip Idowu, the woman’s 400 metres with Christine Ohurugo and Nicola Saunders, the heptathlon with Kelly Setherton and our men’s 4 x 100 metre relay.
Medals are important because success inspires our young people to emulate our champions and of course to show our sponsors that we are world class. But it is not just about medals. Our athletes have worked very hard to be selected to represent Great Britain at the Olympics, this in itself is an achievement. We should also congratulate those who make finals and be in the top eight in the world, then there will be those who achieve a personal best performance in their event. We can ask no more of an athlete if they manage this at the Olympics.
So I am looking forward to a great sporting occasion in Beijing. Hopefully it will be a peaceful games devoid of politics.
Good luck to our sportsmen and woman in all the Olympic sports involved – 28 in all, let’s hope they do come home with the 35 medals predicted and then it’s London 2012 – here we come!!!
Lynn Davies
Our athletes have been selected from our Olympic trials in Birmingham. The criteria is pretty straight forward. First achieve the qualifying standard in your event during the season, then finish in the first two at the finals in a head to head competition. We can take 3 athletes per event and this will be at the discretion of the selectors. It’s a fair and objective system.
Our athletes are well prepared, thanks mainly to lottery funding. It’s called ‘The World Class Programme’ and enables our top performers to train full time at home or abroad in excellent facilities and with their personal coaches present. They also get medical and physiotherapy provided and lots of advice on nutrition, lifestyle management and psychology. It’s really a scientific approach to sport helping to make our athletes competitive with the rest of the world.
Beijing is hot and humid with lots of smog, difficult conditions to run it, especially in the middle and long distance events like the marathon. To help acclimatise to this the team spent two weeks in Macau, an island south of Hong Kong, also very hot and humid before they travelled to Beijing to compete. They did this before the World Championships in Osaka, Japan last year and we came back with five medals!!!
So what are our prospects. In Athens four years ago we won three gold. Kelly Holmes got two in her great 800 and 1500 metre wins and our men’s 4 x 100metre relay beat the Americans to take gold.
To be honest, I would be pleased if we achieved the same in Beijing. Every four years it is getting tougher and with 210 countries taking part gold medals will be a huge challenge. We have set a target of five medals and fifteen finalists. Our best medal chances are in the men’s triple jump with Philip Idowu, the woman’s 400 metres with Christine Ohurugo and Nicola Saunders, the heptathlon with Kelly Setherton and our men’s 4 x 100 metre relay.
Medals are important because success inspires our young people to emulate our champions and of course to show our sponsors that we are world class. But it is not just about medals. Our athletes have worked very hard to be selected to represent Great Britain at the Olympics, this in itself is an achievement. We should also congratulate those who make finals and be in the top eight in the world, then there will be those who achieve a personal best performance in their event. We can ask no more of an athlete if they manage this at the Olympics.
So I am looking forward to a great sporting occasion in Beijing. Hopefully it will be a peaceful games devoid of politics.
Good luck to our sportsmen and woman in all the Olympic sports involved – 28 in all, let’s hope they do come home with the 35 medals predicted and then it’s London 2012 – here we come!!!
Lynn Davies
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