Vol 19 No 1
		The Builder Links section will over the months provide an extensive resource of websites applicable to the Construction trade. If you would like your site linked here contact Barry Gibson on 028 9266 3390 or email info@northernbuilder.co.uk.
		www.acefixings.com ACE FIXINGS has an extensive range of over 30,000 different products, ready to meet the construction industry’s needs at any given time. www.nfrc.co.uk The NFRC website has recently been updated and improved with its ‘services matrix’ section now live. www.redland-ireland.com Check out Redland Roofing System’s new web site. The information rich site provides invaluable help in the specification of roofing materials, with a host of helpful information to download or request on-line. www.irishtendersdirect.com The site offers construction tender information for the North and South of Ireland - new build, renovations, alterations, mechancial, electrical, civil engineering, group water schemes, steelwork, cabling, plumbing, fencing, windows, lifts, landscaping, plant and machinery. www.nitimber.com NITTA comprises 12 member companies who together import around 75% of the timber brought into Northern Ireland. www.citbni.org.uk CITB encourages and facilitates training of a whole range of construction trades and specialist skills, including management, not only for those already working in the industry but also for new entrants intending to start a career in construction www.rigby-research.co.uk Michael Rigby Associates (MRA) specialises in research based marketing and consultancy for the home improvement, window and building materials markets in the UK and Europe. www.valor.co.uk/valor/valor.nsf/installrequest Corgi registered installers can now download instructions for Valor, Wonderfire and Morso fires and stoves from the Valor web site. www.certa.com Certa, the U.K.’s largest provider of environmental insurance has launched its new web site. www.paymentor.com ResolvMentor is a unique on-line solution available at www.Paymentor.com, an innovative web-enabled invoice management and late payment service. www.richmondbp.com Richmond is one of Ireland’s major suppliers of quality building products with established distribution routes to both builders’ merchants and the building industry. The site offers the ability to access information on the company’s range of materials, without rummaging through stacks of brochures. www.specifiernewsline.co.uk WHS Halo has just launched a unique service to the specifier involved with PVCu windows, doors and curtain wall systems. The company has put its commerical sector brand - System 10 - to work sponsoring a new website for specifiers. Designed as a ‘news’ channel, www.specifiernewsline.co.uk combines the latest news in the public sector and commerical market places with essential information on changes in all kinds of government legislation, Building Regulations, British Standards and specification issues. Among many topics, articles will cover specifying for high rise regeneration, social housing issues, an update on the progress of the green paper relating to the new Housing Act, and the use of PVCu in conservation areas. www.fermac.com Multi-disciplinary practice Ferguson & McIlveen has just launched its new corporate web site. Founded in Belfast in 1922 the practice now has offices throughout the UK and Ireland. www.tendersireland.com Access to the latest public sector tenders in Ireland has become virtually instataneous as the result of upgrades to this Belfast firm's web site. www.getrid.co.uk This is a business2busiess site providing a service to industry and includes sale of surplus stock, machinery and equipment and business auctions. www.builders-surplus.co.uk The online marketplace for buying and selling surplus building products and much more besides. www.alliedtrades.org The Allied Trades Confederation is a trade body which aims to help its members increase their business, protect their company and reduce overheads. www.moffett-thallon.co.uk Moffett Thallon & Co. Ltd. is one of the Province's leading distributors and manufacturers of flush, panel and specialist doors and associated products. www.floorspec.co.uk This web site has been designed as a one stop site offering the ultimate in flooring materials and product specification. Everything is covered from safety flooring finishes to carpeting and specialist flooring solutions for all types of buildings and end users. www.generalcabins.com General Cabins & Engineering is a specialist company manufacturing a full range of vandal proof accommodation which has been designed to meet the needs of a wide variety of customers operating in different market sectors. www.belfastcity.gov.uk/buildingcontrol Belfast Building Control Service is embracing and developing with internet technology. The Service’s first generation web site has created a platform from which it intends to introduce enhanced and innovative approaches to information exchange. www.hritchie.co.uk In 1998 H. Ritchie & Sons (Electrical Wholesalers) Ltd was named ‘Wholesaler of the Year’ in the Caradon MK Electric sponsored competition and reference is made to this on the company web site. www.top-survey.com Top Survey sells a comprehensive range of surveying equipment and accessories, construction, lasers, machine control systems, GPS/GIS and mapping products and survey software. www.petalgroup.com Petal Interior Solutions: A Market Leader In Washrooms and Panel Products www.cisireland.com ‘Information that builds your business” With over 30 years of experience, more than 3,000 customers across 150 sectors And over 100,000 projects covered, CIS is the leading provider of construction leads in Ireland.