Completed Kits

We've completed the kit shown in this post.  The eye-catching contemporary design replaces a traditional build on the East coast of Scotland.  We're looking forward to seeing photographs of the finished house in due course.

Congratulations!

Congratulations to Susan and Gerry Goldwyre for winning the Edinburgh section May the Best House Win on STV.  The programme has four homeowners visit each other’s homes, judging each one and giving a score out of ten. 

The Goldwyre’s woodland Eco-house on the bank of the river Esk beat three other homes in order to be voted the Best House.

SIPs Industries provided the SIPs panels for the Goldwyre’s house back in 2009, and it’s wonderful to see the finished project being so appreciated.  The house has also been featured in Homebuilding and Renovating Magazine.

You can watch the programme online on STV iPlayer until 17^th March 2011, the SIPs house is part 3.

Ecobuild 2011

The installation team arrived in London last night, and construction of the Ecobuild stand starts this morning.  In addition to the SIPs Industries stand, S1256, they’ll also be putting up the UK SIPs Association stand, which is N140.

The UK SIPs Association stand demonstrates how to achieve Passivhaus standard by utilising SIPS. If you would like to attend, there’s still time to register for a free ticket at www.ecobuild.co.uk; we hope to see you there.

International News

A prefabricated SIPs house in Calgary is put up in one day.  The panels were made into pods in the factory, then craned into place on site.  More details of the story - and a video - can be seen here.

Finished Kits

The panels arrive on site

During the build

Putting the roof panels on

The kit for this SIPs Industries project went up in just two weeks.  This is a replacement build, near Perth , Australia,  to replace the original house which was destroyed in Bushfires in late 2009.

Ecobuild 2011

Ecobuild 2011 opens a week today at the ExCel Centre in London.  Register for your free ticket by visiting www.ecobuild.co.uk.

SIPs Industries will be there on Stand number S1256, we look forward to seeing you there!

International News

Three members of SIPA  - the US SIPs Association - have been recognised by the NAHB Research Centre at the Internaitonal Builders' Show in Orlando, Florida as having successfully improves the energy efficiency of their projects by using Structural Insulated Panels.  Read the full story by following this link.

Oak Frame

More photographs of the Oak Frame project shown in this post.

Ecobuild 2011

Ecobuild 2011 is nearly upon us!  The show actually closes a fortnight today, after running for three days at the London ExCel Centre from 1^st – 3^rd March 2011.  The show presents over 1300 exhibitors, 130 seminars and over a dozen interactive attractions on the exhibition floor.

SIPs Industries will be exhibiting on stand S1256.  Our Installation team will be particularly busy this year as they are not only putting up our own stand but also the UK SIPs Association stand, N140, which comprises a Passivhaus compliant two-and-a-half storey house.

If you would like to come along, you can sign up for a free ticket by registering your details here or visiting www.ecobuild.co.uk. 

We would love to see you there, and remember; if you have plans, feel free to bring them along to discuss options.  If you’d like us to provide you with a free no obligation quote then you can leave a paper or electronic copy with us at the show and we’ll get a quote back to you as soon as we can.

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Completed Kits

The Kit in this post has now been completed.  These internal shots show how SIPs can be used to create room in the roof space.

Oak Frame

Cladding an Oak Frame with SIPs

We’ve just completed an Oak Frame for Roderick James Architects in Devon, and we’re delighted to have a note from the architect who designed the building:

“Just a quick thank you note to say I’ve had a telephone call from the Building Contractor regarding the new dwelling you’ve worked on at Newton Abbot.

[The main contractor] says the SIPs went extremely well, the panels all fitted as planned and your team on site did a very good job of all the details. He is very pleased as, of course, are we. Thank you for all your work on the project.”

We should have photographs of the completed kit soon, more to be found on our website www.sipsindustries.com.

Ecobuild 2011

Ecobuild 2011 is getting closer, with the show due to open to the public two weeks tomorrow.  With over 1300 exhibitors, Ecobuild is one of the biggest events in the world for sustainable design, construction and the built environment.  Register now for your free ticket.

SIPs Industries will be exhibiting on stand S1258, and we hope to see you there!

On-Going Projects

This SIPs Industries kit over on the West of Scotland is progressing well.  These photographs were taken on the day that the roof went on.

Homebuilding and Renovating Show

It’s a busy month for shows next month, as in addition to attending Ecobuild we will also be at the National Homebuilding and Renovating Show at the NEC in Birmingham from the 24^TH to 27^TH March.  You can find us on stand C149 

You can register for free tickets by clicking here, or on the Homebuilding and Renovating Show logo to the right .

Completed Projects



SIPs Kit on the way to completion May 2009



SIPs Kit on the way to completion May 2009

SIPs Industries provided the SIPs Kit for this training centre back in May 2009.  The client wanted a dedicated centre to provide on-site training apprentices and other staff.  The training centre was officially opened in November 2009, more details  can be found here.

On-going projects

This SIPs Industries kit on the East coast of Scotland is progressing well.  These aerial photographs taken at the end of January show the house beginning to take shape.

International News

Robert Redford chooses SIPs for the Redford Conference Centre at Sundance, Utah.  The full story is here: http://www.greenbuildingpro.com/news/89-green-news/2683-r-control-sips-chosen-to-frame-and-insulate-robert-redfords-sundance-conference-center

Weather!

The severe weather we’ve been having this week has impacted on two of our sites, both of them in the West of Scotland.  A school near one of our sites has been closed for the day due to structural damage caused by the storm, and we’ve been unable to get out to the islands to complete a kit this week.  Fingers crossed the weather is better next week!

The BBC has stories both on the weather we’ve had over the past few days, and the forecast here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-12362278

 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-12351200

Completed Projects

We mentioned in our last newsletter that one of our completed projects - ‘The Barn, Dalqueich’ -had won an award in the Kinross-shire Civic Trust Architectural Awards 2010. 

The project received a Highly Commended for Architectural Design and Construction Work of Merit, and was particularly commended on “the straightforward way it expressed its method of construction, and the way the structure fitted with the spaces required for the accommodation and room functions.”  The judges also commented that “The selection of materials was well controlled and appropriate to the design.”

There wasn’t enough space in the Newsletter to show any pictures of the project, so here are some now:

Completed Kits

This is the internal upstairs of a recently completed SIPs Industries kit.  Hopefully we'll get to see finished photographs in a few months, it's always good to see the SIPs kits turned into homes.

Ecobuild 2011

We’ll be attending Ecobuild at the London Excel Centre from 1^st – 3^rd March 2011.

It’s always a pleasure to go to the shows, meet new people and often put faces to names.  We are always happy to discuss projects and plans on the show stand, and also to accept plans for estimating so feel free to come along and see us for a chat.

For more details of the show, a list of exhibitors and to register for your free ticket, visit the website http://www.ecobuild.co.uk/.