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Local contractors secure place on £750m construction framework

|Date: 1 July, 2022

Local contractors secure place on £750m construction framework

SCAPE, one of the UK’s leading public sector procurement authorities, has announced the eight contractors ...

SCAPE, one of the UK’s leading public sector procurement authorities, has announced the eight contractors that will deliver up to £750m of new investment in the public sector across the Midlands and E ...

1 July, 2022
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UL | Come up to standards

|Date: 30 June, 2022

UL | Come up to standards

Gailord Nepp, Head of Building Envelope Testing at UL, offers a guide to meeting the required standards f ...

Gailord Nepp, Head of Building Envelope Testing at UL, offers a guide to meeting the required standards for curtain walling and rainscreen cladding for local authorities and housing associations. It’s ...

30 June, 2022
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B&K Structures | Staying on track on the road to zero carbon

|Date: 29 June, 2022

B&K Structures | Staying on track on the road to zero carbon

For local authorities, the climate crisis has rapidly pushed sustainability to the top of the priority li ...

For local authorities, the climate crisis has rapidly pushed sustainability to the top of the priority list regarding new building design. As such, implementing a greater use of sustainable materials ...

29 June, 2022
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Kier Places | Evolving the public sector estate

|Date: 27 June, 2022

Kier Places | Evolving the public sector estate

Mark Whittaker, Managing Director of Kier Places, discusses evolving the public sector estate to adapt to ...

Mark Whittaker, Managing Director of Kier Places, discusses evolving the public sector estate to adapt to a changing world. As Charles Darwin once said, it’s not the strongest nor most intelligent of ...

27 June, 2022
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IRT Surveys | Affordable warmth that pays for itself

|Date: 24 June, 2022

IRT Surveys | Affordable warmth that pays for itself

UK social housing providers are facing their biggest challenge yet. Not only are decarbonisation deadline ...

UK social housing providers are facing their biggest challenge yet. Not only are decarbonisation deadlines looming, but also thousands of residents are in desperate need of protection from rising fuel ...

24 June, 2022
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Council seeking to remove more carbon from development process

|Date: 24 June, 2022

Council seeking to remove more carbon from development process

Another step has been taken on Nottingham’s journey to become carbon neutral by 2028 with the introductio ...

Another step has been taken on Nottingham’s journey to become carbon neutral by 2028 with the introduction of a new environmentally-focused planning document. The Informal Planning Policy Guidance, co ...

24 June, 2022
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Perega | Futureproofing social housing against climate change

|Date: 23 June, 2022

Perega | Futureproofing social housing against climate change

Monika Rogers, Senior Structural Engineer at Perega, discusses the damaging impacts of climate change and ...

Monika Rogers, Senior Structural Engineer at Perega, discusses the damaging impacts of climate change and the key points for councils and housing associations to consider when planning, designing and ...

23 June, 2022
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Drone Corner | Accurate inspections and data capture

|Date: 20 June, 2022

Drone Corner | Accurate inspections and data capture

Grace Hammond, Account Manager at Vantage UAV — the NHF preferred drone services supplier — drills down o ...

Grace Hammond, Account Manager at Vantage UAV — the NHF preferred drone services supplier — drills down on the cost benefits of drones and how they make a difference to safe and accurate inspection an ...

20 June, 2022
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Council wins prestigious industry award for low carbon heat network

|Date: 20 June, 2022

Council wins prestigious industry award for low carbon heat network

Leeds City Council has scooped up a prestigious industry award for the success of its flagship low carbon ...

Leeds City Council has scooped up a prestigious industry award for the success of its flagship low carbon district heating network. The council and its network partners Vital Energi and Ener-vate were ...

20 June, 2022
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Mayors and local leaders sign pledge to meet WHO air pollution targets a decade ahead of the UK Government

|Date: 17 June, 2022

Mayors and local leaders sign pledge to meet WHO air pollution targets a decade ahead of the UK Government

Cross-party mayors and local leaders from across the UK are today sending a joint letter to the Governmen ...

Cross-party mayors and local leaders from across the UK are today sending a joint letter to the Government pledging to meet World Health Organisation (WHO) targets on deadly air pollution by 2030, a d ...

17 June, 2022
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