The Crow Wood Hotel & Spa Resort – winner of the Best UK Hotel Spa award 2024 – is taking its visitor experiences to the next level, with contribution from Gilberts Blackpool. The globally renowned venue has invested £16m in a new Woodland Spa thermal experience set within the facility’s 100-acre grounds in the heart of Lancashire. The three-storey building includes a gym, bar, restaurant, treatment rooms, relaxation rooms, indoor swimming pool plus jacuzzi, salt steam room a

Northwest contractor Winrow Building Services has recently completed the installation of a new high-performance system for heating and hot water production at a 111-bedroom hotel in Birmingham City Centre.  The hotel is part of one of the world’s biggest chains and the system has been augmented with SPF calculations and complete system integration for maximum operational efficiencies.   The new system consists of two 27kW R290 heat pumps, optimised with a bespoke 800-litre pr

Alex Brock, Senior Pre-Construction Manager at B&K Hybrid Solutions, explores timber’s growing use in leisure facilities and explores the Cozenton Park Sports Centre project. In the ever-evolving landscape of leisure, the use of engineered timber has emerged as a key material. Sustainable, efficient, and visually striking, timber has become the material of choice for forward-thinking developments across the UK.  Few projects demonstrate this better than the newly completed Co

The world’s first Passivhaus-certified leisure centre needed a highly efficient external air barrier to meet the required standards. St Sidwell’s Point in Exeter is the world’s first Passivhaus-certified, multi-zoned leisure centre. Developed on a brownfield site, it comprises a 25m main pool and 20m learner pool, a confidence water pool, and a 100-seat spectator area. There is also a cafe, soft play area, gym, health suites, and spa. The £44 million, world-leading project in

Jo Foulkes, Commercial Operations Manager from Kingfisher Louvres, explains how its practical solutions have been used in three different hotel refurbishments.  When it comes to hotel design, external louvres need to perfectly balance performance attributes such as weather protection, ventilation and acoustic attenuation without detracting from the exterior aesthetic. From boutique city centre venues to luxury countryside resorts, hotels need extensive plant equipment and, wi

Andrews Water Heaters supplied a new system to a hotel in Cirencester as part of a replacement project. Specify & Build reports. The Kings Head Hotel, a boutique 64-bedroom Cotswold Inn in the heart of Cirencester, is well known for the consistently high-quality service it offers its guests. As with all hotel buildings, ensuring a reliable and efficient hot water supply is a priority for the hotel owners, Brakspear Group, for the comfort and safety of its guests.  So, when th

Sameer Sawant, Director of leading solid surface manufacturer and supplier, Velstone , looks at the hotel construction sector post-Covid, and how growing momentum is reshaping solid surface specification. When Covid-19 brought the world to a standstill, the hotel construction sector was hit hard. Projects froze, funding dried up, and the future of new hotel builds suddenly seemed uncertain. Fast forward to today, and things are finally moving again with promising signs of a s

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Rinnai provides practical, economic & technical solution with  Low-GWP 50kW Heat Pump, bespoke thermal stores, Plate Heat Exchangers and...

Garrath Willshaw, Business Development Manager at HOPPE (UK), explains the things specifiers need to consider when choosing new door...

Simon Boocock, Managing Director at CR Laurence, discusses the creation of a striking new American apartment tower that redefines luxury...

Travelodge has partnered with energy management expert SmarterDM by Dimplex to implement its intelligent solution for heating and cooling...

SIG Building Solutions has extended its working relationship with Exeter-based SunGift Solar through the supply of bespoke solar canopy...

Set in the heart of Airport City Manchester’s hotel district, TRIBE is a new hotel placing an emphasis on guest comfort, with Pyroguard’s...

QDOS Event Hire provides high-quality temporary accommodation, welfare and toilet facilities for events, films and TV shows including...