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PAS2035 Airtightness and Ventilation

|Date: 15 September, 2021

PAS2035 Airtightness and Ventilation

Luke Smith, Managing Director of Build Test Solutions, discusses PAS2035:2019 and offers advice on how be ...

Luke Smith, Managing Director of Build Test Solutions, discusses PAS2035:2019 and offers advice on how best to satisfy its requirements for ventilation and airtightness. PAS2035:2019 came into force f ...

15 September, 2021
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Opinion | New planning requirements for high-rise buildings creates fire safety uncertainty for other building types

|Date: 9 September, 2021

Opinion | New planning requirements for high-rise buildings creates fire safety uncertainty for other building types

New planning requirements on fire safety for high-rise residential buildings came into force on August 1s ...

New planning requirements on fire safety for high-rise residential buildings came into force on August 1st and require developers to consider fire safety at the earliest stages of planning. While we u ...

9 September, 2021
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Construction materials shortage: NEC and Management Systems to minimise programme risk

|Date: 18 August, 2021

Construction materials shortage: NEC and Management Systems to minimise programme risk

Everyone understands the reasons risk management is important — both within construction and elsewhere — ...

Everyone understands the reasons risk management is important — both within construction and elsewhere — but at a time of great pressure to ‘build back better’ and rebuild the economy, it’s more vital ...

18 August, 2021
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Achieving net zero homes | Working in harmony with the National Grid

|Date: 11 August, 2021

Achieving net zero homes | Working in harmony with the National Grid

Is Grid Harmony one way to make UK housing net zero? Andy Sutton, Co Founder and Director of Design & ...

Is Grid Harmony one way to make UK housing net zero? Andy Sutton, Co Founder and Director of Design & Innovation at Sero, outlines the need for new and refurbished homes to work in harmony with th ...

11 August, 2021
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Why social housing providers are taking a fabric first approach to housing retrofit

|Date: 6 August, 2021

Why social housing providers are taking a fabric first approach to housing retrofit

With the 2050 net carbon deadline upon us, J Tomlinson’s Managing Director, Ant Newton, discusses why hou ...

With the 2050 net carbon deadline upon us, J Tomlinson’s Managing Director, Ant Newton, discusses why housing providers and social landlords are adopting a ‘fabric first’ approach to their retrofit pr ...

6 August, 2021
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Industry Comment | Is planning really a problem?

|Date: 3 August, 2021

Industry Comment | Is planning really a problem?

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

Matthew Warburton, Policy Advisor at the Association of Retained Council Housing (ARCH), looks at the issues surrounding planning and argues that councils need more powers to incentivise developers to ...

3 August, 2021
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The importance of building strong relationships with housing associations

|Date: 29 July, 2021

The importance of building strong relationships with housing associations

Thermatic Homes are a national M&E contractor based in Greater Manchester that provides a one-stop so ...

Thermatic Homes are a national M&E contractor based in Greater Manchester that provides a one-stop solution for housing associations, from mechanical and electrical services, to build and renewabl ...

29 July, 2021
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Rethink and reuse before building, says sustainable construction expert

|Date: 23 July, 2021

Rethink and reuse before building, says sustainable construction expert

The construction industry needs to rethink its approach to reusing and recycling buildings if it is to be ...

The construction industry needs to rethink its approach to reusing and recycling buildings if it is to be seen as truly sustainable, according to a leading expert. David Cheshire, Sustainability Direc ...

23 July, 2021
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Gender Network launches at Sovereign Housing Association

|Date: 19 July, 2021

Gender Network launches at Sovereign Housing Association

Working in housing, there is never a dull day, says Sovereign's Regional Director of Housing Helen Hann. ...

Working in housing, there is never a dull day, says Sovereign's Regional Director of Housing Helen Hann. Here, Helen talks about the importance of standing up and being counted and why she stepped up ...

19 July, 2021
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Delivering public sector construction projects to budget

|Date: 19 July, 2021

Delivering public sector construction projects to budget

Kingsley Clarke, Operations Lead, Southern Construction Framework, discusses the five fundamentals of del ...

Kingsley Clarke, Operations Lead, Southern Construction Framework, discusses the five fundamentals of delivering public sector construction projects to budget. ‘Public sector project runs over budget’ ...

19 July, 2021
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