Inventor hopes to change construction industry (From Essex County Standard)

Inventor hopes to change construction industry

7:10am Wednesday 24th October 2012 in News By James Cox

AN INVENTOR claims his Dragon’s Den style innovation will change the building industry.

Graham Marfleet, MD of Marfleet Construction, has produced the A-Scaler - a ruler which helps builders accurately measure architect’s drawings.

He said: “People keep saying I should take it on Dragon’s Den, but I don’t have any plans to do that yet.

“It seems so simple that I can’t believe no one had invented it before."

Mr Marfleet noticed that most small construction companies did not have the equipment to print off full-sized architects plans, which are typically A1 sized.

Instead, they have to down-scale to A3 or A4 and use complicated maths, or approximate measurements, to work out the dimensions.

He photocopied a full sized ruler, printed it out at a reduced size and the first A-Scaler was born.

For more pictures, history of the innovation and Mr Marfleet's hopes for the product see Wednesday's Gazette.