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Traditional building firms join £800m MMC framework for councils and housing associations

|Date: 18 September, 2024

Traditional building firms join £800m MMC framework for councils and housing associations

20 traditional construction companies and two MMC firms have been appointed to a new build framework, whe ...

20 traditional construction companies and two MMC firms have been appointed to a new build framework, where they will carry out principal contractor duties on offsite projects for local authorities an ...

18 September, 2024
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NHBC launches local authorities insights collection

|Date: 1 May, 2024

NHBC launches local authorities insights collection

Independent provider of warranty and insurance for new-build homes, NHBC has brought together some of the ...

Independent provider of warranty and insurance for new-build homes, NHBC has brought together some of the leaders of local authority development and regeneration to share their thoughts on this import ...

1 May, 2024
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Morgan Sindall appointed to Norfolk County Council’s new construction framework

|Date: 22 April, 2024

Morgan Sindall appointed to Norfolk County Council’s new construction framework

Morgan Sindall Construction’s Eastern Counties business has been selected for Norfolk County Council’s (N ...

Morgan Sindall Construction’s Eastern Counties business has been selected for Norfolk County Council’s (NCC) Major Construction Works Framework. The latest iteration of the framework will help meet on ...

22 April, 2024
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INCA publishes best practice guide for external wall insulation

|Date: 15 April, 2024

INCA publishes best practice guide for external wall insulation

INCA, the recognised trade association for the external wall insulation (EWI) industry in the UK, has pub ...

INCA, the recognised trade association for the external wall insulation (EWI) industry in the UK, has published best practice guidance on the installation of external wall insulation designed to ensur ...

15 April, 2024
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Housing association’s first off-gas new-build homes have “everything” customers want

|Date: 2 April, 2024

Housing association’s first off-gas new-build homes have “everything” customers want

Homes at a North East housing association’s first gas-free new-build development are receiving top marks ...

Homes at a North East housing association’s first gas-free new-build development are receiving top marks for both customer satisfaction and energy efficiency. Newlyweds Joel and Brooklyn Huntington ...

2 April, 2024
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ForHousing starts work on £3m development of 18 new homes in Walkden in Salford

|Date: 21 March, 2024

ForHousing starts work on £3m development of 18 new homes in Walkden in Salford

ForHousing has started on site at Mayfield Avenue, Walkden with an 18-home development comprising of 12 o ...

ForHousing has started on site at Mayfield Avenue, Walkden with an 18-home development comprising of 12 one-bedroom homes and six two-bedroom homes, all for social rent. Amidst a housing crisis where ...

21 March, 2024
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Homegrown ground source heating on show for Cornwall MP

|Date: 4 March, 2024

Homegrown ground source heating on show for Cornwall MP

Cornish MP, Cherilyn Mackrory, was on hand to see how Truro-based Ground Source Heat Pump manufacturer an ...

Cornish MP, Cherilyn Mackrory, was on hand to see how Truro-based Ground Source Heat Pump manufacturer and contractor, The Kensa Group, is deploying Networked Heat Pumps to provide 140 new homes in Qu ...

4 March, 2024
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Nuaire | Preventative measures

|Date: 28 February, 2024

Nuaire | Preventative measures

When it comes to damp and mould: prevention is better — and often easier — than cure, says Wendy Thomas, ...

When it comes to damp and mould: prevention is better — and often easier — than cure, says Wendy Thomas, Residential Product Manager at Nuaire. Did you know that in England alone around 904,000 homes ...

28 February, 2024
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DTS secures CHIC Newbuild Development Framework for timber frame

|Date: 16 February, 2024

DTS secures CHIC Newbuild Development Framework for timber frame

Leading UK offsite timber frame manufacturer, Donaldson Timber Systems (DTS), has been appointed to the C ...

Leading UK offsite timber frame manufacturer, Donaldson Timber Systems (DTS), has been appointed to the Communities and Housing Investment Consortium’s (CHIC) Newbuild Development Framework. As part o ...

16 February, 2024
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Latest £100m council and housing association ‘disruptors’ framework launches

|Date: 5 February, 2024

Latest £100m council and housing association ‘disruptors’ framework launches

21 suppliers have won spots on the third generation Social Housing Emerging Disruptors (SHED) framework, ...

21 suppliers have won spots on the third generation Social Housing Emerging Disruptors (SHED) framework, which enables housing associations and councils to compliantly buy innovative services from sta ...

5 February, 2024
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