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The government’s New Towns programme, which recently announced it had already received more than 100 proposals for a potential total of a million homes across the country, will require more skilled labour and speedier construction methods to help it become reality, says insulation specialist Actis<\/a><\/h2>\n

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG)’s New Towns Taskforce is halfway through a year-long process to develop recommendations to create new towns of 10,000 homes or more apiece, as part of the government’s bid to build 1.5m new homes during the current parliament.<\/p>\n

Actis has long been a champion of tackling the housing crisis, while ensuring that quality and thermal efficiency standards are of the highest possible standard.<\/p>\n

MMC will be key to achieving government housing targets<\/h3>\n

It says building more offsite homes and adopting a robust and focused recruitment programme to encourage many more young people to embrace careers in the construction industry are vital components required to enable the Taskforce to achieve its aim.<\/p>\n

Offsite-constructed homes<\/a> can be built up to 30% more quickly than traditional brick and block, enabling developers to deliver homes at a faster rate and using fewer man hours per unit.<\/p>\n

Actis UK and Ireland sales director Mark Cooper, whose Hybrid insulation, vapour control layer and breather membrane system and two-in-one Eolis HC are a popular choice for timber framers and block and brick builders, explained: “The speed with which such homes can be built has two-fold benefits – accelerating the delivery of much-needed new homes, while at the same time addressing the shortage of skilled workers to build them.<\/p>\n

“Additionally, quality is far better controlled, and these timber frame homes can be thermally superb, cutting carbon emissions and saving money and resources.<\/p>\n

“Elements such as wiring, plumbing and insulation take place offsite, in the factory. Our insulation systems take between 25 and 50% less time to install than traditional alternatives, which all helps to speed up the process,” said Mark.<\/p>\n

“The site crew \u2018just’ has to erect everything in the right order with a typical build time of between seven and 12 days, depending on the size of house.”<\/p>\n

He stressed the importance of investing in large scale recruitment into the construction industry<\/h3>\n

“A recent report by Checkatrade reveals that the UK needs another 1.3 million skilled workers and 350,000 apprentices. In the intervening period, before these people are fully trained, some elements of the offsite construction process can be carried out by those with less extensive expertise in the building trade, freeing up those with greater skills to focus on the more complex areas.”<\/p>\n

Actis is involved in school and college outreach initiatives to encourage more young people to consider careers in construction and it also helps upskill existing construction professionals via its RIBA-approved CPDs<\/a> – Tomorrow’s Insulation Solutions for Future Homes Standards and Addressing the performance gap with reflective insulation.<\/p>\n

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The government’s New Towns programme, which recently announced it had already received more than 100 proposals for a potential total of a million homes across the country, will require more skilled labour and speedier construction methods to help it become reality, says insulation specialist Actis. 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