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Introducing Vue: Bimstore’s New Custom Configurator
Bimstore’s expert Technical Team have developed a sophisticated new custom configurator, Vue, which seamlessly combines entire product ranges. This tool benefits both manufacturers and specifiers by making even the most complex product ranges easy to display and configure online.
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Were You a Part of the UK BIM Crew?
This April marks Bimstore’s 15th year. It’s a moment to look back beyond the platform itself, to the circumstances and industry shift that led to its creation. Alongside the conception of Bimstore came the UK BIM Crew, a collective who shared emerging ideas and challenged conventional thinking, united by a shared interest in a more efficient way of working. Were you a part of the UK BIM Crew during the early years of BIM?
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BIMCRUNCH Spring '26 is here: read our new edition today!
This Spring Edition of BIMCRUNCH celebrates a new way of thinking across the built environment, reflecting trends in material innovation, building safety compliance, and low-carbon heating systems. This edition features insights from leading UK and Australian manufacturers, alongside feature articles on digital workflows and smart modelling. We also close the first quarter with the exciting news that Bimstore's parent company has been recertified as a B Corp organisation.
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Recertified as a B Corp Business
We are proud to share that our parent company, Space Group, has been recertified as a B Corporation. This builds on the original certification in 2022, when Bimstore became one of the first BIM libraries to achieve B Corp status.
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Hedgehog Awareness Week 2026: Download Timloc’s Hedgehog Highway from Bimstore
May 3rd–9th marks Hedgehog Awareness Week, an initiative established by The British Hedgehog Preservation Society.For one manufacturer on Bimstore, the Hedgehog Pledge is already ingrained in the brand's culture. Timloc Building Products, though best known for manufacturing and supplying sustainable building alternatives, offers one product that stands out from the rest: The Hedgehog Highway.
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Glidevale Protect supports roofing refurbishment and installation at Bristol development
Building products manufacturer Glidevale Protect has supplied a range of roofing and ventilation solutions as part of the refurbishment of a mixed-use residential scheme in Bristol where it also successfully trialled a new initiative.
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Interactive Clerkenwell installation invites architects to shape ‘safer buildings’ conversation
Building materials manufacturer, wienerberger, invites architects to be part of a live, evolving digital installation at Clerkenwell Design Week, as it explores what building safety really means to a profession being reshaped by regulation.
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Save Time with Imax Xtra 2 Floor Standing Cascades - Powerful Output Built in Under 90 Minutes!
The video follows the step-by-step assembly of three 80kW Imax Xtra 2 floor standing commercial condensing boilers in real time, demonstrating a complete build from first part to final connection, ultimately achieving up to 840kW of heating capacity in under 90 minutes - proving powerful output doesn’t have to mean long build times.
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Leading Irish Hotel Refurbs with Stelrad K3 Radiators
A leading hotel in Ireland – the Grand Hotel at Malahide in Dublin – has recently refurbished the heating system in several of its rooms utilising Stelrad K3 design Compact with Style radiators. Read more in this case study article...
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Niftylift Wins HAE Supplier of the Year 2026
Niftylift has been named Hire Industry Supplier of the Year at the 2026 Hire Awards of Excellence in London, hosted by Hire Association Europe (HAE), marking the third consecutive year the company has received this prestigious accolade.
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Polypipe Case Study: A Retrofit Residential Project in Solihull Required a System Upgrade
A retrofit residential project in Solihull required a system upgrade to modernise the traditional heating system. The project, completed in just three days, entailed replacing an outdated single-pipe copper system with a more efficient flow and return configuration, using PolyPlumb Enhanced 15mm fittings. Read more in this article featured in BIMCRUNCH Spring '26.
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Build a Three-Boiler Cascade with Hydraulic Separation in Less than 90 Minutes
In this video, Ideal Heating cascade three Evomax 2 boilers on a low height frame and header kit, together with a choice of hydraulic separation options to protect your boiler including plate heat exchangers, low loss headers and magnetic low loss headers all installed with pre-formed insulation kit - saving hours of valuable time.
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Albion Valves: Pressure Reducing Valves (PRVs) Key Considerations
When addressing pressure management in modern plumbing systems, especially in large-scale and high-rise buildings, Pressure Reducing Valves (PRVs) play a critical role. Find out more in this article by Albion Valves, featured in BIMCRUNCH Spring 2026.