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The importance of up-to-date housing asset management data

|Date: 11 January, 2019

The importance of up-to-date housing asset management data

Nicola Brown, Director of Housing Technology Solutions provider ROCC, discusses the use of data to boost ...

Nicola Brown, Director of Housing Technology Solutions provider ROCC, discusses the use of data to boost building safety post-Grenfell. Header image: Job costing is the process of tracking the expense ...

11 January, 2019
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Building a sustainable future: decarbonising how we heat our homes

|Date: 10 January, 2019

Building a sustainable future: decarbonising how we heat our homes

From increased funding for housing associations and local authorities, to taking steps towards meeting th ...

From increased funding for housing associations and local authorities, to taking steps towards meeting the Government’s target of building 300,000 new homes a year until 2020, the housing and construc ...

10 January, 2019
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Bathrooms | Building Information Modelling

|Date: 20 December, 2018

Bathrooms | Building Information Modelling

Ana Martin-Alvarez discusses the benefits of using BIM to create better bathroom spaces. Over the past fe ...

Ana Martin-Alvarez discusses the benefits of using BIM to create better bathroom spaces. Over the past few decades, digitisation has become engrained in almost every aspect of our professional lives. ...

20 December, 2018
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Roofing & Cladding | Pushing the Envelope

|Date: 19 December, 2018

Roofing & Cladding | Pushing the Envelope

Decisions about the design and specification of the building envelope play a key role in how well a build ...

Decisions about the design and specification of the building envelope play a key role in how well a building will stand the test of time — its weather-tightness, energy efficiency, visual appeal, oper ...

19 December, 2018
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Kitchens & Bathrooms | Ageing Better’s home adaptations report

|Date: 18 December, 2018

Kitchens & Bathrooms | Ageing Better’s home adaptations report

New research from the Centre for Ageing Better highlights how councils and service providers are working ...

New research from the Centre for Ageing Better highlights how councils and service providers are working to help local people live in their homes for longer through home adaptations. LABM takes at loo ...

18 December, 2018
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Facades | Lessons in louvre

|Date: 17 December, 2018

Facades | Lessons in louvre

Barrier Louvres were specified for The Cycle Works' new-build student accommodation at Coventry Universit ...

Barrier Louvres were specified for The Cycle Works' new-build student accommodation at Coventry University, to help provide a healthy and comfortable environment for students, LABM finds out more. Hea ...

17 December, 2018
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Roofing & Cladding | Sustainable Specification

|Date: 14 December, 2018

Roofing & Cladding | Sustainable Specification

Co-Founder of EnviroBuild Aiden Bell offers an advisory guide to specifying sustainable roofing and cladd ...

Co-Founder of EnviroBuild Aiden Bell offers an advisory guide to specifying sustainable roofing and cladding materials. (Header Image: Hyperion Decking from EnviroBuild installed at Goat Lees Primary ...

14 December, 2018
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Kitchens & Bathrooms | Accommodating Disabled Children

|Date: 13 December, 2018

Kitchens & Bathrooms | Accommodating Disabled Children

English Housing Survey statistics have shown that the largest percentage of families with disabled childr ...

English Housing Survey statistics have shown that the largest percentage of families with disabled children live in social housing. In fact, 5.6% of housing association properties accommodate a disabl ...

13 December, 2018
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Heating | Protecting Heating Systems with Water Treatment

|Date: 12 December, 2018

Heating | Protecting Heating Systems with Water Treatment

John Lynch, Domestic Sales Director at Flamco, highlights the importance of cleaning, protecting and main ...

John Lynch, Domestic Sales Director at Flamco, highlights the importance of cleaning, protecting and maintaining heating systems with effective water treatment solutions. No professional individual in ...

12 December, 2018
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Heating & Plumbing: District Heating Networks

|Date: 11 December, 2018

Heating & Plumbing: District Heating Networks

Toby Heysham, Managing Director of Pinnacle Power, discusses why local authorities need to be progressive ...

Toby Heysham, Managing Director of Pinnacle Power, discusses why local authorities need to be progressive and embrace District Heating Networks District Heating Networks (DHN) have been operating succ ...

11 December, 2018
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