Clearview Midlands June 2014 - Issue 151 | Page 25

INDUSTRYNEWS

The Next Generation of

Composite Doors

CAB’s Supersonic
Success at
Concorde!
More than 130 CAB members
and guests recently attended
the first CAB Regional
Members’ Meeting of 2014
at the spectacular Concorde
Runway Museum in
Manchester.
The first speaker, Neesha
Gopal, Associate Director,
Meinhardt Façade Technology
spoke about the recent changes
to the RIBA plan of work.
Recognising the large presence
of aluminium fabricators in
attendance she was keen to
point out the opportunities
that she believed existed for
CAB members, especially
in projects under £4M. She
encouraged members to engage
in conversations with companies
such as her own at an early stage
even if it was simply a ‘heads up’
about a project in the pipeline.
Mike Hitchmough,
Divisional Director, Head
of Offices for architects
3DReid, then presented some
spectacular images and an
excellent commentary on the
construction of the award
winning Co-operative Group
HQ, One Angel Square at
NOMA53. Members were
particularly interested to learn
about why the practice ha @