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Yorkshire Housing extends contract with Travis Perkins Managed Services for a further three years

|Date: 18 March, 2024

Yorkshire Housing extends contract with Travis Perkins Managed Services for a further three years

Yorkshire Housing has extended its partnership with Travis Perkins Managed Services for a further three y ...

Yorkshire Housing has extended its partnership with Travis Perkins Managed Services for a further three years, in a contract worth up to £7m per annum. The housing association will work with Travis Pe ...

18 March, 2024
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JPS secures £1m contract with Housing Solutions

|Date: 4 December, 2023

JPS secures £1m contract with Housing Solutions

Jewson Partnership Solutions (JPS) has secured a new three-year contract worth £1m with Housing Solutions ...

Jewson Partnership Solutions (JPS) has secured a new three-year contract worth £1m with Housing Solutions, a leading provider of affordable homes in Berkshire and Buckinghamshire. Delivering on the s ...

4 December, 2023
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Winners selected on materials framework for local authority landlords

|Date: 29 March, 2023

Winners selected on materials framework for local authority landlords

City Electrical Factors, Huws Gray, Jewson, NMBS, Travis Perkins and Wolseley are among 13 merchants to h ...

City Electrical Factors, Huws Gray, Jewson, NMBS, Travis Perkins and Wolseley are among 13 merchants to have secured spots on a large-scale materials framework for UK local authorities and housing ass ...

29 March, 2023
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Special Report | Procuring for Building Regulations Part L

|Date: 1 November, 2022

Special Report | Procuring for Building Regulations Part L

Dean Fazackerley, Head of Technical Procurement for not-for-profit public sector construction framework p ...

Dean Fazackerley, Head of Technical Procurement for not-for-profit public sector construction framework provider LHC, gives an overview of why public sector organisations must approach homes construct ...

1 November, 2022
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Communication: Net zero will require collaboration, not conflict

|Date: 15 February, 2022

Communication: Net zero will require collaboration, not conflict

Andrew Carpenter, Chief Executive at the Structural Timber Association (STA) looks at the recent focus on ...

Andrew Carpenter, Chief Executive at the Structural Timber Association (STA) looks at the recent focus on embodied carbon in the built environment and explains why a more positive approach to communic ...

15 February, 2022
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Wates Residential searches for sustainable innovations to build net zero homes

|Date: 19 January, 2022

Wates Residential searches for sustainable innovations to build net zero homes

Wates Residential, part of leading privately-owned construction, property services and development compan ...

Wates Residential, part of leading privately-owned construction, property services and development company Wates Group, is launching a new campaign to find innovative, sustainable technologies and mat ...

19 January, 2022
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Plastic waste from UK construction businesses rises 46%, reveals government data

|Date: 1 November, 2021

Plastic waste from UK construction businesses rises 46%, reveals government data

Plastic waste from the UK’s construction industry has increased 45.72% over just two years, according to ...

Plastic waste from the UK’s construction industry has increased 45.72% over just two years, according to analysis of recently published government data by the construction site storage experts at Site ...

1 November, 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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MMC key to future proofing supply chain certainty

|Date: 10 August, 2021

MMC key to future proofing supply chain certainty

Materials and supply was the subject of The Housing Forum's second webinar in its MMC series, held on the ...

Materials and supply was the subject of The Housing Forum's second webinar in its MMC series, held on the 28th July. Given the current challenges surrounding construction skills and the supply of buil ...

10 August, 2021
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UK’s first cement-free ultra-low carbon concrete block launched

|Date: 12 February, 2021

UK’s first cement-free ultra-low carbon concrete block launched

The first cement-free ultra-low carbon concrete block has been launched in the UK which promises up to 73 ...

The first cement-free ultra-low carbon concrete block has been launched in the UK which promises up to 73% CO2 savings compared to traditional concrete blocks. The new sustainable concrete block, Gree ...

12 February, 2021
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