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Voice of the Architect | At the coalface

|Date: 8 October, 2019

Voice of the Architect | At the coalface

Architects are at the coalface when it comes to the planning process — let them do their jobs, says Vicky ...

Architects are at the coalface when it comes to the planning process — let them do their jobs, says Vicky Saunders, Managing Director of architecture firm BTP. Here Vicky explains why she believes a n ...

8 October, 2019
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Legal update | Reach for the skies

|Date: 7 October, 2019

Legal update | Reach for the skies

Change is clearly required if we are going to solve the ongoing housing crisis in the UK, and embracing a ...

Change is clearly required if we are going to solve the ongoing housing crisis in the UK, and embracing alternative methods of development, such as airspace development, will be a major step, says Win ...

7 October, 2019
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Industry Comment | The Queen’s Speech and housing

|Date: 4 October, 2019

Industry Comment | The Queen’s Speech and housing

Matthew Warburton, Policy Advisor at the Association of Retained Council Housing (ARCH), considers the Qu ...

Matthew Warburton, Policy Advisor at the Association of Retained Council Housing (ARCH), considers the Queen’s Speech and what it will have to say about housing. With the odds on a November General El ...

4 October, 2019
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Guest Comment | Smart energy

|Date: 30 September, 2019

Guest Comment | Smart energy

Cheryl Hiles, Energy and Environment Sector Director at Pell Frischmann, offers advice on planning for a ...

Cheryl Hiles, Energy and Environment Sector Director at Pell Frischmann, offers advice on planning for a smart energy future. Hidden amongst the torrent of political activity this summer, the Governme ...

30 September, 2019
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Legal Update | Home Building Fund

|Date: 6 September, 2019

Legal Update | Home Building Fund

Winckworth Sherwood’s Patricia Umunna considers the Home Building Fund for new development. In the 2017 b ...

Winckworth Sherwood’s Patricia Umunna considers the Home Building Fund for new development. In the 2017 budget Philip Hammond increased the funding available for the Home Building Fund from £3bn to £4 ...

6 September, 2019
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Industry comment | Will Boris back council housing?

|Date: 4 September, 2019

Industry comment | Will Boris back council housing?

Matthew Warburton, Policy Advisor at the Association of Retained Council Housing (ARCH), considers the im ...

Matthew Warburton, Policy Advisor at the Association of Retained Council Housing (ARCH), considers the impact of the recent ministerial changes and the potential of a no deal Brexit on the affordable ...

4 September, 2019
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Guest Comment | Single source of truth

|Date: 12 August, 2019

Guest Comment | Single source of truth

Project complexity is pushing cost and time uncertainty to the limit, says Bill Zuurbier, Co-Founder and ...

Project complexity is pushing cost and time uncertainty to the limit, says Bill Zuurbier, Co-Founder and Managing Director of risk management consultancy Equib. Many local-authority construction proje ...

12 August, 2019
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View from the Supply Chain | Offsite Solutions

|Date: 19 July, 2019

View from the Supply Chain | Offsite Solutions

Richard Tonkinson, Executive Director of Offsite Solutions, considers the latest innovations in bathroom ...

Richard Tonkinson, Executive Director of Offsite Solutions, considers the latest innovations in bathroom pod technology and the benefits they offer specifiers. The use of bathroom pods has increased h ...

19 July, 2019
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Legal Update | Investing in modular construction

|Date: 15 July, 2019

Legal Update | Investing in modular construction

Ruby Giblin, Partner in the Housing Finance team at law firm Winckworth Sherwood, says it’s time for loca ...

Ruby Giblin, Partner in the Housing Finance team at law firm Winckworth Sherwood, says it’s time for local authorities to reap modular construction benefits. Local government finally freed from caps o ...

15 July, 2019
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Industry Comment | Grenfell, two years on

|Date: 9 July, 2019

Industry Comment | Grenfell, two years on

Matthew Warburton, Policy Advisor at the Association of Retained Council Housing (ARCH), discusses the pr ...

Matthew Warburton, Policy Advisor at the Association of Retained Council Housing (ARCH), discusses the progress made by government to make buildings safer following the tragic Grenfell disaster and th ...

9 July, 2019
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