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Lift fire safety flagged as critical risk in major retrofit programmes

|Date: 6 February, 2026

Lift fire safety flagged as critical risk in major retrofit programmes

As the focus shifts from regulation to delivery, industry leaders warn that lift fire safety is becoming ...

As the focus shifts from regulation to delivery, industry leaders warn that lift fire safety is becoming a critical challenge in major retrofit and remediation programmes, particularly in older high-r ...

6 February, 2026
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Mansell opens Greater Manchester’s first dedicated MMC Centre to scale housing delivery

|Date: 4 February, 2026

Mansell opens Greater Manchester’s first dedicated MMC Centre to scale housing delivery

Mansell Building Solutions has opened its new headquarters and MMC Centre in Oldham, Greater Manchester, ...

Mansell Building Solutions has opened its new headquarters and MMC Centre in Oldham, Greater Manchester, setting out a blueprint for faster, safer and more certain housing delivery across the city reg ...

4 February, 2026
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Vent-Axia welcomes Healthy Homes Standard

|Date: 19 November, 2025

Vent-Axia welcomes Healthy Homes Standard

Vent-Axia has welcomed the Government’s publication of its Healthy Homes Standard, a set of design requir ...

Vent-Axia has welcomed the Government’s publication of its Healthy Homes Standard, a set of design requirements and good practice guidance for building homes that is designed to support the delivery o ...

19 November, 2025
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Industry unites to educate home builders on sustainable timber construction

|Date: 13 November, 2025

Industry unites to educate home builders on sustainable timber construction

The Structural Timber Association (STA) has launched a new initiative in partnership with Future Homes Hu ...

The Structural Timber Association (STA) has launched a new initiative in partnership with Future Homes Hub, the Timber Frame Learning Journey, which aims to show developers how to deliver faster, gree ...

13 November, 2025
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Grant Westfield launches new 2025 Specification Brochure

|Date: 21 August, 2025

Grant Westfield launches new 2025 Specification Brochure

Manufacturer of wall panels, Grant Westfield, has released its new 2025 Specification Brochure, providing ...

Manufacturer of wall panels, Grant Westfield, has released its new 2025 Specification Brochure, providing architects, designers, developers and contractors with an essential guide to the company’s com ...

21 August, 2025
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Strategic partnerships key to unlocking housing delivery, finds new report from law firm Winckworth Sherwood

|Date: 6 August, 2025

Strategic partnerships key to unlocking housing delivery, finds new report from law firm Winckworth Sherwood

Strategic partnerships are increasingly fundamental in enabling residential developers to deliver new hou ...

Strategic partnerships are increasingly fundamental in enabling residential developers to deliver new housing at scale, finds a major new study from law firm Winckworth Sherwood. With residential deve ...

6 August, 2025
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Funding reform could boost local growth, new report suggests

|Date: 25 July, 2025

Funding reform could boost local growth, new report suggests

A new report has highlighted how refining government funding processes and streamlining the business case ...

A new report has highlighted how refining government funding processes and streamlining the business case system could strengthen the delivery of local and regional growth. Published by national plann ...

25 July, 2025
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Staying in the loop with water circularity

|Date: 4 June, 2024

Staying in the loop with water circularity

It is time to reconsider the ways in which we store, manage, and reuse water, says Martin Lambley, Global ...

It is time to reconsider the ways in which we store, manage, and reuse water, says Martin Lambley, Global Product Manager for Urban Climate Resilience at Wavin. The UK's water management infrastructur ...

4 June, 2024
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Planning Portal unveils integrated Building Control service

|Date: 3 April, 2024

Planning Portal unveils integrated Building Control service

TerraQuest, the operator of Planning Portal, is unveiling a new Building Control Portal, offering a raft ...

TerraQuest, the operator of Planning Portal, is unveiling a new Building Control Portal, offering a raft of new features designed to benefit local authority building control teams (LABCs), planning ag ...

3 April, 2024
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Implementing SuDS: ACO launches industry guide at Futurebuild

|Date: 5 March, 2024

Implementing SuDS: ACO launches industry guide at Futurebuild

With water security a pressing concern and the need to implement sustainable drainage systems (SuDS) soon ...

With water security a pressing concern and the need to implement sustainable drainage systems (SuDS) soon to be a legal requirement in England, ACO has launched a new industry guide at Futurebuild. Th ...

5 March, 2024
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