Meeting carbon emission targets will be a balancing act for the construction industry, says Manny Atkinso ...
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BTP Architects | Reducing carbon emissions in new properties
|BTP Architects | Reducing carbon emissions in new properties
Meeting carbon emission targets will be a balancing act for the construction industry, says Manny Atkinson, Director at BTP Architects. Targets to reduce carbon emissions will have a huge impact on ho ...
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Is lack of an agreed Net Zero Carbon definition hampering decarbonisation efforts, asks Focus?
|Is lack of an agreed Net Zero Carbon definition hampering decarbonisation efforts, asks Focus?
Sustainability experts at Focus have questioned whether the lack of an agreed Net Zero Carbon (NZC) defin ...
Sustainability experts at Focus have questioned whether the lack of an agreed Net Zero Carbon (NZC) definition is hampering the built environment’s decarbonisation efforts. In June 2019, the UK govern ...
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Social value and encouraging a better gender balance in public sector construction
|Social value and encouraging a better gender balance in public sector construction
Social value is not a new term but it’s one that we can expect to hear a whole lot more as 2021 unfolds. ...
Social value is not a new term but it’s one that we can expect to hear a whole lot more as 2021 unfolds. As part of Women in Construction Week, Kevin O’Connor, Head of Social Value and Inclusion at Du ...
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Collaborative approach is key to delivering much-needed homes says North West housebuilder
|Collaborative approach is key to delivering much-needed homes says North West housebuilder
Working collaboratively has become an increasingly preferred method in order to deliver projects at pace. ...
Working collaboratively has become an increasingly preferred method in order to deliver projects at pace. This approach was proactively adopted by partnership housing specialist Lovell Partnerships, a ...
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Opening windows will not protect schools, says BESA
|Opening windows will not protect schools, says BESA
The return of thousands of children to schools in England next week has reignited the debate about how be ...
The return of thousands of children to schools in England next week has reignited the debate about how best to minimise the risk of virus transmission including the need for better ventilation, accord ...
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Social value no longer a ‘nice to have’ for construction schemes
|Social value no longer a ‘nice to have’ for construction schemes
Social value has long been considered a ‘nice to have’ when it comes to construction projects, but thanks ...
Social value has long been considered a ‘nice to have’ when it comes to construction projects, but thanks to the introduction of the Government’s Construction Playbook in December 2020, that is starti ...
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Raising fire safety standards in social housing through connected technology
|Raising fire safety standards in social housing through connected technology
With the fire cladding crisis making headline news, industry experts are looking at the role of technolog ...
With the fire cladding crisis making headline news, industry experts are looking at the role of technology to improve fire safety standards today, and in the future. In response to evidence heard at t ...
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RetrofitWorks endorses National Retrofit Strategy
|RetrofitWorks endorses National Retrofit Strategy
RetrofitWorks, the not-for-profit co-operative that offers an easily adopted model for improving the UK’s ...
RetrofitWorks, the not-for-profit co-operative that offers an easily adopted model for improving the UK’s housing stock through greener repairs, maintenance and improvements (RMI), has been campaignin ...
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Legal Update | Modern Methods of Construction
|Legal Update | Modern Methods of Construction
Ruby Giblin, Partner in the Housing Finance and Social Housing team at Winckworth Sherwood, puts forward ...
Ruby Giblin, Partner in the Housing Finance and Social Housing team at Winckworth Sherwood, puts forward seven reasons why Modern Methods of Construction is coming to you in 2021. As we move into 2021 ...
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Post-Brexit compliance in procurement: what will change?
|Post-Brexit compliance in procurement: what will change?
The end of the Brexit transition period has passed, and with it many rules and regulations are changing a ...
The end of the Brexit transition period has passed, and with it many rules and regulations are changing across the board for many industries — including construction. Jonathan Oram, National Framework ...