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Digital construction expert predicts 2024 trends for the industry

|Date: 8 January, 2024

Digital construction expert predicts 2024 trends for the industry

Richard Clement, Deputy General Manager at Smart Construction, offers his thoughts on the biggest digital ...

Richard Clement, Deputy General Manager at Smart Construction, offers his thoughts on the biggest digital and technological trends in construction for 2024. As the UK Government’s deadline for the dig ...

8 January, 2024
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Six top tips for developing housing that’s fit for the future

|Date: 25 November, 2022

Six top tips for developing housing that’s fit for the future

As ForHousing unveils its commitment to ensuring all its new-build homes are net zero, Nigel Sedman, Exec ...

As ForHousing unveils its commitment to ensuring all its new-build homes are net zero, Nigel Sedman, Executive Director of Homes, reflects on six ways the progressive social landlord is ensuring its h ...

25 November, 2022
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Tolent begins work on new Vaux homes

|Date: 18 August, 2022

Tolent begins work on new Vaux homes

One of the country’s most ambitious residential developments is under construction. Sunderland City Counc ...

One of the country’s most ambitious residential developments is under construction. Sunderland City Council’s Vaux housing development — the first of 1,000 homes that will eventually stand across the ...

18 August, 2022
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Fellowes champions IAQ in education with the Clean Air for Classrooms initiative

|Date: 23 June, 2022

Fellowes champions IAQ in education with the Clean Air for Classrooms initiative

On Clean Air Day (16th June 2022), Fellowes launched a major initiative to provide a FREE AeraMax Pro Air ...

On Clean Air Day (16th June 2022), Fellowes launched a major initiative to provide a FREE AeraMax Pro Air Purifier with H13 HEPA Filtration to 100 education providers. The Clean Air for Classrooms fre ...

23 June, 2022
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Greater awareness of smart technology’s role in combatting climate change needed

|Date: 11 August, 2021

Greater awareness of smart technology’s role in combatting climate change needed

Local authorities must better communicate the benefits of smart technology’s role in combatting climate c ...

Local authorities must better communicate the benefits of smart technology’s role in combatting climate change, according to new research. As climate change and its subsequent natural disasters domina ...

11 August, 2021
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First residents move into new five-bedroom Oldham Council homes

|Date: 4 February, 2021

First residents move into new five-bedroom Oldham Council homes

One of the first residents to move into a new state-of-the-art Oldham Council home says it has “given her ...

One of the first residents to move into a new state-of-the-art Oldham Council home says it has “given her family a whole new world.” Louise has received the keys to a new modern house at Primrose Ban ...

4 February, 2021
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First tenants take up residence at FitHome development

|Date: 26 June, 2018

First tenants take up residence at FitHome development

A Saltire Award-winning concept that unites the priorities of healthcare, housing provision and tenant we ...

A Saltire Award-winning concept that unites the priorities of healthcare, housing provision and tenant welfare has welcomed its first tenants in the Highlands. 14 people can now call the ‘FitHome’ vil ...

26 June, 2018
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Considering the integration of fire and security systems

|Date: 30 April, 2018

Considering the integration of fire and security systems

Peter Lackey, Fire Manager UK & Ireland at Johnson Controls, considers the role of the facilities man ...

Peter Lackey, Fire Manager UK & Ireland at Johnson Controls, considers the role of the facilities manager of the future and the integration of fire and security systems. Fire and security systems ...

30 April, 2018
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It’s all about Customer Service — lessons learnt from 30 years of Omfax

|Date: 20 February, 2018

It’s all about Customer Service — lessons learnt from 30 years of Omfax

Peter Graddon, Director of Omfax Systems, discusses the importance of customer service in the social hous ...

Peter Graddon, Director of Omfax Systems, discusses the importance of customer service in the social housing sector. The key lesson we have learnt after 30 years of working alongside social landlords ...

20 February, 2018
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New study shows that smarter homes for older people could save the NHS £2.5bn per year

|Date: 8 February, 2018

New study shows that smarter homes for older people could save the NHS £2.5bn per year

Creating more modified homes which encourage older people to keep mentally and physically fit for longer ...

Creating more modified homes which encourage older people to keep mentally and physically fit for longer could help save the NHS and social care system billions of pounds each year, according to a new ...

8 February, 2018
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