Cardiff Community Housing Association is experiencing the benefits of timber frame construction on its la ...
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Housing & Regeneration: Frame of Mind
|Housing & Regeneration: Frame of Mind
Cardiff Community Housing Association is experiencing the benefits of timber frame construction on its latest development in Cardiff Bay. LABM has all the details It’s no secret that the skills shorta ...
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Housing & Regeneration: Cause and Effect
|Housing & Regeneration: Cause and Effect
Excess atmospheric moisture affecting housing stock is something all professionals in the sector have com ...
Excess atmospheric moisture affecting housing stock is something all professionals in the sector have come across — but do we give enough thought to its causes and effects? Steve Hodgson, Chief Execut ...
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Housing & Regeneration: Whole Life Costs
|Housing & Regeneration: Whole Life Costs
When undertaking planned external maintenance of social housing properties, low cost materials are often ...
When undertaking planned external maintenance of social housing properties, low cost materials are often a favoured option, particularly when budgets are tight. Kevin Wallis explores the alternative — ...
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Residential Care Design: Building For Change
|Residential Care Design: Building For Change
As the public sector continues to face the challenge of managing the needs of an aging population and inc ...
As the public sector continues to face the challenge of managing the needs of an aging population and increasing incidence of dementia, Stantec's Jonathan Wilson discusses the need for progressive res ...
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Retirement & Supported Living: Designing the Mental Health Dialogue
|Retirement & Supported Living: Designing the Mental Health Dialogue
Andrew Murray and Liam Lennon at TODD Architects discuss the importance of opening up the mental health d ...
Andrew Murray and Liam Lennon at TODD Architects discuss the importance of opening up the mental health design dialogue and highlight why extensive end-user research is crucial in creating exemplary h ...
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The LCA’s “Speeding Up Delivery” Report, Explained
|The LCA’s “Speeding Up Delivery” Report, Explained
‘Planning is not a barrier to building’. This is the initial statement of a recent report from the Local ...
‘Planning is not a barrier to building’. This is the initial statement of a recent report from the Local Government Association that it is hoped will not only move the debate on implemented planning a ...
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Social Housing: Cap It All Off
|Social Housing: Cap It All Off
Since August the Government has released its Social Housing Green Paper, announced £2bn funding for housi ...
Since August the Government has released its Social Housing Green Paper, announced £2bn funding for housing associations over the next decade to build more homes and plans to scrap the council borrowi ...
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SPECIAL REPORT: Offsite Housing
|SPECIAL REPORT: Offsite Housing
In the first of three articles, Geoff Fawkes considers how offsite construction is helping to address the ...
In the first of three articles, Geoff Fawkes considers how offsite construction is helping to address the housing crisis by increasing productivity. He also looks at a pioneering new affordable housin ...
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Scape Group Explain Their ‘Future of Social Homes for Rent’ Report
|Scape Group Explain Their ‘Future of Social Homes for Rent’ Report
The average local authority in England would like to build 1,800 homes for social rent every year, accord ...
The average local authority in England would like to build 1,800 homes for social rent every year, according to research from public sector procurement specialist Scape Group. This is 18 times more th ...
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Tackling the humidity risk threatening public sector built assets
|Tackling the humidity risk threatening public sector built assets
Previewing presentations from a forthcoming seminar series, Niall Crosson, Group Technical Manager at Eco ...
Previewing presentations from a forthcoming seminar series, Niall Crosson, Group Technical Manager at Ecological Building Systems and Michael Foerster, Engineer Head of Applications Technology at pro ...