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Shelforce to hit 200 fire doors a week

|Date: 31 August, 2022

Shelforce to hit 200 fire doors a week

Leading Birmingham window and door manufacturer Shelforce is having to increase capacity for its fully co ...

Leading Birmingham window and door manufacturer Shelforce is having to increase capacity for its fully compliant Fireshel 30-minute fire, smoke and security resistant door. By the beginning of Septemb ...

31 August, 2022
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Leader of the Royal Borough of Greenwich joins calls for an immediate freeze on the energy cap

|Date: 30 August, 2022

Leader of the Royal Borough of Greenwich joins calls for an immediate freeze on the energy cap

Ofgem’s announcement that the energy price cap will rise to £3,549 will plunge thousands more families in ...

Ofgem’s announcement that the energy price cap will rise to £3,549 will plunge thousands more families into fuel poverty. The Royal Borough of Greenwich is calling for urgent action now, including a f ...

30 August, 2022
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Energy price cap response needs to “fix the roof while the sun is shining”

|Date: 26 August, 2022

Energy price cap response needs to “fix the roof while the sun is shining”

Responding to the confirmation that the Ofgem price cap will rise a staggering 80% to a record high of £3 ...

Responding to the confirmation that the Ofgem price cap will rise a staggering 80% to a record high of £3,549, UK100 says urgent action is needed to help communities now. Polly Billington, Chief Execu ...

26 August, 2022
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Digital twin technology used to optimise building performance across the Orkney Islands

|Date: 24 August, 2022

Digital twin technology used to optimise building performance across the Orkney Islands

Orkney Islands Council has used pioneering digital twin technology to optimise operational performance, e ...

Orkney Islands Council has used pioneering digital twin technology to optimise operational performance, energy efficiency and air quality across its building portfolio. Working with built environment ...

24 August, 2022
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IES | Using digital twin technology to maximise sustainable retrofit

|Date: 23 August, 2022

IES | Using digital twin technology to maximise sustainable retrofit

Keivan Djahanbani, Senior Project Consultant at IES, discusses using digital twin technology to unlock ma ...

Keivan Djahanbani, Senior Project Consultant at IES, discusses using digital twin technology to unlock maximum sustainability in local council retrofit programmes. Recently, the Commons Environmental ...

23 August, 2022
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Alliance of 23 housing providers launches £2bn off-site national construction framework

|Date: 18 August, 2022

Alliance of 23 housing providers launches £2bn off-site national construction framework

The Off-Site Homes Alliance (OSHA), an alliance of 23 housing associations, is launching a national const ...

The Off-Site Homes Alliance (OSHA), an alliance of 23 housing associations, is launching a national construction framework for volumetric (CAT 1) and panelised (CAT 2) Modern Methods of Construction ( ...

18 August, 2022
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Southern Construction Framework launches tender for 5th generation SCF Construct framework worth up to £4.5bn

|Date: 18 August, 2022

Southern Construction Framework launches tender for 5th generation SCF Construct framework worth up to £4.5bn

Southern Construction Framework (SCF), a leading construction procurement framework delivered by the publ ...

Southern Construction Framework (SCF), a leading construction procurement framework delivered by the public sector for the public sector in the South of England, has announced the tender for its 5th g ...

18 August, 2022
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Legal Update | Winkworth Sherwood discuss the impact of rent reforms

|Date: 16 August, 2022

Legal Update | Winkworth Sherwood discuss the impact of rent reforms

Charlotte Cook, Partner in the Social Housing team at Winckworth Sherwood, considers whether rent reforms ...

Charlotte Cook, Partner in the Social Housing team at Winckworth Sherwood, considers whether rent reforms will drive up demand for social and local government housing. The Government in its May Queen’ ...

16 August, 2022
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Special Report | Driving regeneration through collaborative development

|Date: 15 August, 2022

Special Report | Driving regeneration through collaborative development

Peter Hawthorne, CEO of regeneration specialist LCR, explores the importance of placemaking-led regenerat ...

Peter Hawthorne, CEO of regeneration specialist LCR, explores the importance of placemaking-led regeneration and how local authorities can utilise collaborative partnerships to catalyse the most effec ...

15 August, 2022
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Special Report | The future of EV charging

|Date: 12 August, 2022

Special Report | The future of EV charging

Craig Slater, Managing Director at Sevadis, discusses the future of EV charging for local authorities and ...

Craig Slater, Managing Director at Sevadis, discusses the future of EV charging for local authorities and social housing providers. Undoubtedly, we are experiencing an EV revolution — something that m ...

12 August, 2022
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