All Housing Delivery articles – Page 91
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Grenfell client warned project would fail without ‘fundamental’ re-appraisal
Inquiry hears consultant initially advised against simply retendering scheme to save costs but changed its mind
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Grenfell Inquiry: What we learned last week
Witnesses included consultants from QS Artelia and RBKC’s building control manager
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Newest homes ‘least comfortable’ during lockdown
Small size and lack of outdoor space made residents less happy with new properties, study by UCL finds
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Fire minister calls for modular to solve housing’s safety problems
Stephen Greenhalgh said the industry needed to “raise its game”
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Grenfell client chose not to hire £30k design advisor, inquiry hears
Tenant Management Organisation appeared to struggle with design role after taking it in-house
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Faithful & Gould bags roles on £15m modular housing scheme
Scheme to provide 120 homes in Worksop
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Safety fears emerge over part-built Onward scheme
New builder for Runcorn scheme left half-finished following the collapse of contractor Cruden
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Grenfell consultant described project as a ‘farce’
Emails revealed at public inquiry also show project QS branded contractor Rydon ‘nonchalant’
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Post occupancy tests should be condition of Help to Buy cash, government told
Riba demands that evaluation of the performance of new build homes should be mandatory for all public buildings
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Consultant alleges ‘improper’ contact between Grenfell client and contractor
Advisor tells Inquiry he was ‘shocked’ to learn of £800k value engineering talks while procurement still live
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Work to restart on stalled £100m Liverpool job
Aura scheme previously put on hold in the wake of fraud allegations into developer Elliot Lawless
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Housing recovery sparks post-lockdown surge in construction orders
Housebuilding sector strongest performing part of construction as activity levels grow
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Build to rent investment to hit record high in 2020
£4bn to be spent on new build rented homes despite pandemic, says new research
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Legacy body starts developer search for 1,200 homes on Olympic Park
Development Corporation looking for partner to build out schemes designed by Allies and Morrison and Mikhail Riches
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Grenfell Inquiry: Boss had ‘every confidence’ in project's building control officer
Council manager says surveyor only had 30 live projects and rejects allegations of ‘culture of bullying’
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Cambridgeshire council signs up housebuilder for development JV
South Cambridgeshire forms partnerships with Hill Group and Balfour Beatty
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What we learned at last week's Grenfell Inquiry hearings
Cladding fitters unable to explain ‘unacceptable’ errors while austerity staffing cuts hampered building control inspections
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‘Heartbroken’ building control officer laments lack of time on Grenfell refurb
Local authority surveyor blasts council staffing cuts but admits to Inquiry his checks fell short
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McStone partners with Anchor for new later living homes
The UK’s largest providers of housing for older people join forces to develop new homes
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HA consortium to kick start offsite homes procurement
Building Better group of associations will launch modular framework procurement this month