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Cost analysis highlights timber frame savings
Timber frame construction is only marginally cheaper than masonry for affordable housing but is significantly quicker, according to a new study by cost consultant Rider Levett Bucknall UK
Moody’s: Ireland faces skilled foreign workers shortage
Moody’s rating agency has warned that rising rents and house prices in Ireland could deter skilled foreign workers, although there is currently no indication that the economy is overheating
Case study: Timber frame specialist chooses insulation alternative
A Berkshire timber frame specialist has become so enamoured of the Actis Hybrid insulation system that it has forsaken its previous PIR board in favour of the innovative, quick, clean, easy to use alternative
Contractors selected for £1.5bn Scottish housebuilding framework
Twenty building contractors have been confirmed for a £1.5bn local authority housebuilding framework in Scotland
Planning Protocol to unite developers and planning authorities in Essex
Planning departments and developers across Greater Essex have signed up to a new Essex Planning Protocol. The Planning Protocol is an agreement committing parties to working together constructively to facilitate the growth needed across Greater Essex
BOPAS registrations set to outperform previous years
BLP Insurance, the specialist residential warranty and commercial latent defects insurer, has revealed significant growth in the number of registrations under the Build Offsite Property Assurance Scheme (BOPAS) over the last three years, with 2018 on track to outperform all previous years
High-Waters, Helicopters and Hindsight: Do You Know Your Flood Risk?
Stephanie Kerr of Argyll Environmental discuss flood risk and flood planning, as well as looking in detail at flood risk on farm land.
Research suggests tradespeople are unprepared for smart home tech
84% of tradespeople said they had never undertaken any training in smart home technology, according to a recent poll carried out by IronmongeryDirect
Hackitt Review calls for “radical rethink” of regulations – but no...
The independent review of building regulations and fire safety set up by the government in the wake the Grenfell Tower disaster has called for a "radical rethink" of the system - but has rejected calls to ban flammable cladding
Charity highlights the need for people to use registered electricians
Electrical Safety First has just launched a major consumer campaign to highlight the need for people to use registered electricians – with research showing putting cash before competence is a false economy
CPRE react to interim report of the Raynsford Review
CPRE welcomes a new interim report by former housing minister Nick Raynsford reviewing the planning system in England, which will be presented to the House of Lords today (15 May)
Project partners promoting inclusion in construction
Ian Streets of About Access discusses inclusion in construction and how feedback from consultation around a road improvement project has resulted in a group of major construction companies working together to minimise the negative impact of their work on neighbours and disabled people.
Futurologist predicts construction technology by 2075
A report examining the role that technology will play in the construction industry in the future has highlighted that drones, 3D printing and roofs made from recycled plastic bottles will all be possible by 2025
Resource efficiency in construction could answer carbon emissions
UK emissions are expected to exceed the government’s fourth and fifth carbon budgets, which set emissions targets in the 2020s and 2030s. However, new research shows that improving resource efficiency in the construction sector alone could halve projected excess carbon emissions in the 2020s
Thoughts from the shovel face: The time value of… information
Paul Nathanail, managing director of specialist environmental consultancy Land Quality Management Ltd discusses land contamination and remediation, and the requirement for sound site investigation
Land contamination is...
Affordable Housing: A Focus on Construction
The Homeowners Survey of 2018 states that people living in the UK today are more concerned about property prices and availability of homes than they were 5 years ago. With home quality also a concern these findings equate to an overall lack of confidence in the housing sector
Wates bans single-use plastic cups on London scheme
Wates Residential has banned single-use plastic cups on one of its London developments and is looking to roll out the policy to all of its sites.
Ombudsman services reveal findings of housing dialogue
Ombudsman Services (OS) has today (2 May) released the findings of Building Balance, its major dialogue looking at how complaints should be handled in the housing sector in order to better protect consumers
Government to review carbon monoxide alarms
Housing Minister Dominic Raab has announced a government review into the rules that require carbon monoxide alarms to be fitted in homes across England
Reinventing the home: Designing the world’s first freeform 3D printed house
A project in Tennessee is testing a “revolutionary” design to reinvent the modern home using 3D printing technology
Legal & General establish affordable housing division
Insurance specialists Legal & General have set up a new dedicated affordable housing division, to continue its ambitions in the housebuilding sector
Report reveals inadequate accessible housing now a ‘major barrier’
A new report from the charity Papworth Trust has revealed that the issues the disabled face when searching for adequate housing are now a major barrier to independent living
Aquobex – Flood Resilience?
In this ebook, design and engineering specialist Aquobex looks at how houses can be made more resistant to flooding to prevent water getting in and, if it does, more resilient to help ensure that families can be back in their homes in weeks rather than months.
Inquiry told offsite held back by ‘lack of trust’
A parliamentary inquiry has been told that procurement models must change and construction companies need to overcome a “lack of trust” if offsite manufacture...
London social housing estate achieves UK’s first blockchain energy trade
Verv has completed the UK’s first energy trade using blockchain technology as part of regulator Ofgem’s Sandbox initiative to test innovative services and business models not possible under current regulation
Swan Housing Group awarded BOPAS accreditation
BLP Insurance has announced that Swan Housing Group, one of the leading regeneration housing associations in the UK, has secured BOPAS (Buildoffsite Property Assurance Scheme) accreditation for its precision engineered, modular, cross-laminated timber (CLT) homes