The present invention relates to a panel (1) for the construction industry suitable for being fixed to cover a surface (2) of a building structure (3), this panel (1) comprising: a first layer (4), consisting of or comprising an expanded plastic material; a second layer (7), impermeable or substantially impermeable to water and steam, fixed, directly or indirectly, to the first layer (4), and suitable for being positioned, when the panel (1) is installed, on the side opposite to a surface (2) of a building structure (3) to which the panel (1) is fixed. The panel (1) comprises a third layer (8), fixed, directly or indirectly, to the first layer (4) on the side opposite to the second layer (7), and comprising a plurality of first bulges (9), spaced apart from each other so as to define an air channel (10) between them, and having the same height, these first bulges (9) being configured to engage, with their free end (9a), facing away from the first layer (4), with a surface (2) of a building structure (3) to which the panel (1) is fixed. The invention also concerns a method for the laying of a panel (1) according to the invention, comprising the following steps: preparing one or more portions of adhesive (20), in such a quantity that its total volume is less than the total volume of said air channel (10) of the panel (1); - placing said one or more portions of adhesive (20) between a surface (2) of a building structure (3) and the third layer (8) of the panel (1), with the free end (9a) of the

first bulges (9) facing the surface (2); -exerting a pressure on the panel (1) towards the surface (2), in such a way that the one or more portions of adhesive (20) are gradually pushed into the air channel (10) until an end of stroke condition is reached wherein the free end (9a) of the first bulges (9) engages with the surface (2).

A cladding element, for use in a building envelope, comprising a first face, a second face and a plurality of edges. One or more of the plurality of edges includes a mating feature configured to resist moisture passage between cladding elements when the cladding elements are installed on a wall or other structure. The cladding element can include one or more joint features to improve mating between the cladding elements, reduce labor costs, and facilitate moisture drainage from the cladding elements.

A composite fibre cement cladding element, comprising a plurality of fibre cement component pieces is provided wherein the fibre cement component pieces are fused together to provide a single unit that gives the appearance of two or more courses of cladding elements in a series.

A tile system for a burn room includes a plurality of interlocking surface tiles, each surface tile having an upper portion and a lower portion. The lower portion extends beyond at least a portion of a perimeter of the upper portion to define a flange. The system further includes a plurality of interlocking corner tiles configured to interact with at least one of the plurality of surface tiles; and a bracket system for securing the plurality of surface tiles and the plurality of corner tiles to a surface.

A building panel, such as a floor panel or wall panel, has a first mechanical locking device at a respective first edge 11 and an opposite second edge, such as long edges, for horizontal and vertical locking of similar or essentially identical building panels in an assembled position. The building panel further has a second mechanical locking device at a respective third edge and an opposite fourth edge for horizontal and vertical locking of similar building panels or essentially identical building panels in an assembled position. The first mechanical locking device includes, at the first edge, a tongue groove 111 configured to receive a first locking tongue at the second edge.

A set of essentially identical floorboards each including a front face and a rear face extending in the horizontal plane, a core, and a surface layer, a mechanical locking system is arranged at least at two opposite edges for connecting a floorboard with an adjacent floorboard in a horizontal and a vertical direction, said mechanical locking system being configured for connecting the floorboard with the adjacent floorboard by vertical folding, wherein one of said opposite edges is provided with a horizontally extending protrusion at an upper edge, and wherein said protrusion is configured to overlap a surface groove at an upper edge of the other of said opposite edges, such that two connected and adjacent floorboards have upper overlapping edges.

A cladding element, for use in a building envelope, comprising a first face, a second face and a plurality of edges. One or more of the plurality of edges includes a mating feature configured to resist moisture passage between cladding elements when the cladding elements are installed on a wall or other structure. The mating features of each cladding element including one or more concave arcuate bevelled edges designed to improve the overall aesthetic appearance of the mating interface between adjacent cladding elements when installed on a wall or other structure.

The cushioning preform comprises two layers of foam material, e.g. polyethylene foam, laminated together in a laterally offset relation to one another, with or without a polyethylene film therebetween. Each of the foam layers is of rectangular cross-section has a surface section of greater density than the remaining section thereof. Rolls of the preform may be unrolled into a flattened condition on a substrate, such as a concrete floor, with a stepped edge of each unrolled preform overlaid by an adjacent unrolled preform and adhered thereto by a glue on the stepped edge.

A panel having a panel upper side and a panel lower side and at least two opposing panel edges, which have each an edge break on the panel upper side, the edge breaks forming in the connected state a joint in a covering surface. The edge break of one of the panel edges is formed larger than the edge break of the opposing panel edge, and a lower part of the large edge break of the one panel edge is overlapped in the connected state by the small edge break of the opposing panel edge.

A panel configured to be used for constructing a floor covering that includes a plurality of such panels. A combination of locking elements is used on the flanks of the coupling profiles on the sides of the panel that provides for replacing the well-known tongue and groove coupling.