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Landlords and facilities managers must create culture of fire safety reporting, asserts Bureau Veritas

|Date: 4 November, 2022

Landlords and facilities managers must create culture of fire safety reporting, asserts Bureau Veritas

New research released this week by the British Woodworking Federation (BWF), as part of its annual Fire D ...

New research released this week by the British Woodworking Federation (BWF), as part of its annual Fire Door Safety Week, found that a third (32%) of the British public would not report a problem with ...

4 November, 2022
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Community garden blossoms as Morgan Sindall Construction completes work on regeneration scheme

|Date: 3 November, 2022

Community garden blossoms as Morgan Sindall Construction completes work on regeneration scheme

Morgan Sindall Construction’s Eastern Counties team has celebrated the completion of work for Great Yarmo ...

Morgan Sindall Construction’s Eastern Counties team has celebrated the completion of work for Great Yarmouth Borough Council to provide residents of the Middlegate housing estate with a new communal g ...

3 November, 2022
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Public sector fire safety and compliance research findings

|Date: 3 November, 2022

Public sector fire safety and compliance research findings

Fire safety and compliance in the public sector: what progress has been made since Grenfell? Here, Hannah ...

Fire safety and compliance in the public sector: what progress has been made since Grenfell? Here, Hannah Mansell, Group Technical Director for Masonite companies in the UK, outlines findings from res ...

3 November, 2022
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Passivhaus principles key to overhauling building stock, says supplier

|Date: 3 November, 2022

Passivhaus principles key to overhauling building stock, says supplier

As the ongoing energy crisis further underlines the need for efficient home design, local authority windo ...

As the ongoing energy crisis further underlines the need for efficient home design, local authority window specifiers are being implored to explore Passivhaus principles to futureproof new and existin ...

3 November, 2022
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Planning specialist calls for rethink over housing plans for Scotland’s capital city

|Date: 2 November, 2022

Planning specialist calls for rethink over housing plans for Scotland’s capital city

Edinburgh City Council is being urged to rethink its plans if it is to deliver the thousands of new homes ...

Edinburgh City Council is being urged to rethink its plans if it is to deliver the thousands of new homes it needs by 2030, in the light of a new report from planning and development consultancy Lichf ...

2 November, 2022
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A third wouldn’t report fire door safety issues

|Date: 2 November, 2022

A third wouldn’t report fire door safety issues

A third (32%) of the British public would not report a problem with a fire door, with a perceived lack of ...

A third (32%) of the British public would not report a problem with a fire door, with a perceived lack of personal repercussions being one of the main reasons for not reporting, new research to mark F ...

2 November, 2022
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Saint-Gobain Weber | Protection from the elements

|Date: 2 November, 2022

Saint-Gobain Weber | Protection from the elements

LABM finds out how the use of innovative materials from Saint-Gobain Weber helped speed up construction a ...

LABM finds out how the use of innovative materials from Saint-Gobain Weber helped speed up construction at a council housing development in Wales hit by COVID-19 delays. Anglesey County Council commis ...

2 November, 2022
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London Borough of Sutton appoints Real to deliver new quality homes, co-designed with residents

|Date: 2 November, 2022

London Borough of Sutton appoints Real to deliver new quality homes, co-designed with residents

Contractor and developer Real has been appointed to construct 92 quality and affordable homes in the Lond ...

Contractor and developer Real has been appointed to construct 92 quality and affordable homes in the London Borough of Sutton town centre. The new homes at Beech Tree Place will be delivered as part o ...

2 November, 2022
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Mental health support for Borders tenants are finalists at GO Awards Scotland

|Date: 1 November, 2022

Mental health support for Borders tenants are finalists at GO Awards Scotland

BeWell, a specialised mental health and wellbeing service that has improved the lives of 30 at-risk housi ...

BeWell, a specialised mental health and wellbeing service that has improved the lives of 30 at-risk housing association residents and has cut eviction rates, became a finalist of the Social Value Awar ...

1 November, 2022
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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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