LATEST NEWS!

7th October 2021
Behind the Façade – new documentary heralds ‘era of responsibility’ for the UK cladding industry

A ground-breaking film which explores the UK construction industry’s response to the Grenfell Tower disaster has been launched to encourage more open debate within the UK construction industry.

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27th September 2021
MSP Scotland releases new drone footage

MSP Scotland Ltd supplied 6000m2 of polyester powder coated (PPC) aluminium rainscreen cladding and approx. 1300 PPC aluminium window pods to D&B Facades Ltd.

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5th August 2021
MSP Scotland sees uplift in recladding projects

Scotland’s leading manufacturer of bespoke cladding systems, MSP Facades, has started to see an increase in remediation projects – both north and south of the border. Having already completed half a dozen recladding projects involving high rise residential towers, the Glasgow-based façade specialist is expecting a lot more of this type of work in the next twelve months.

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1st August 2021
RCI Façade Awards Project Shortlist

MSP Scotland are proud to have supplied D+B Facades for both shortlisted projects at the Façade Awards. East Coast College, Lowestoft is shortlisted for the Best Use of a Rainscreen System Using Aluminium and the Natural History Museum, Tring for the Most Sustainable Building.

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2nd July 2021
Why is cladding remediation taking so long?

Peter Johnson, chairman and founder of VIVALDA Group, appreciates the frustrations of residents and the housing sector alike regarding the slow progress being made on the replacement of faulty cladding on unsafe high-rise buildings. While there have been teething problems, he believes the working group led by The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) is finally getting to grips with the complex issues surrounding cladding remediation.

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9th June 2021
New Accies stadium is clad in success

Working under the guidance of award-winning architects MLA (Michael Larid Architects), Glasgow-based façade specialist MSP has recently completed a technically challenging cladding project for the historic Edinburgh Academicals Rugby Football Club. Locally known as ‘The Accies’, the Raeburn Place ground hosted the first Rugby match between Scotland and England in 1871. 

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27th April 2021
MSP Facades celebrates UK cladding industry with award sponsorship.

MSP Facades, Scotland’s leading provider of fabricated cladding solutions, is showing its support for the sector in 2021 with the sponsorship of the Best Refurbishment Project category at the RCI Façade Awards.

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3rd March 2021
Vivalda Group launches CladMaster video series

Vivalda Group, the UK’s largest independent supplier of non-flammable cladding, has is producing a series of videos to improve the construction industry’s understanding of issues such as cladding materials, fixing systems and fire safety specifications.
 
The first film explores the recent ‘A1 or nothing’ trend among specifiers and the surprising rise of PVDF coatings in place of well-established A-rated powder coated solutions. 

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9th December 2020
Façade solutions provider MSP invests £250,000 in bright future

Cumbernauld-based architectural facades manufacturer MSP has invested £250,000 in new technology and improved facilities to meet increased demand for its services.

Among its new acquisitions is a CNC-controlled Mayer beam saw and a second Rainer Eletek turret punch. These machines will dramatically improve the plant’s capacity, enabling it to provide developers and contractors across the UK with a wide range of non-flammable, bespoke façade systems. New air filtration and dust extraction systems have also been installed to meet the highest safety standards.

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​17th August 2020

​MSP Façade Solutions sees upturn in wake of lockdown
MSP Façade Solutions, the Glasgow-based non-flammable cladding specialist, has seen a surprising uplift in trade since the easing of restrictions due to Covid-19. The company currently employs 35 people and saw a 40% month-on-month increase in trade during July 2020.
 
Due to this significant increase in work – driven largely by the government’s £1.6bn fund to repair unsafe cladding on high rise buildings and ongoing investment in public sector projects – MSP has taken on two new welders and is looking for additional staff in its administration and sales support functions. 
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