All Housing articles – Page 95
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CommentEmbodied carbon regulations: a case of not if but when
Housebuilders will have to adapt their business model to account for tougher carbon reduction targets
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NewsGrenfell consultant described project as a ‘farce’
Emails revealed at public inquiry also show project QS branded contractor Rydon ‘nonchalant’
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NewsPost 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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NewsConsultant 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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NewsWork 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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NewsHousing recovery sparks post-lockdown surge in construction orders
Housebuilding sector strongest performing part of construction as activity levels grow
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NewsBuild 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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In FocusCould covid spell the end of open-plan living?…
… probably not, but people are reassessing their housing needs, with room for home-working and outdoor space top of the wishlist. Now housebuilders are starting to rethink home designs
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NewsLegacy 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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NewsGrenfell 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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NewsCambridgeshire council signs up housebuilder for development JV
South Cambridgeshire forms partnerships with Hill Group and Balfour Beatty
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NewsWhat 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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News‘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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NewsMcStone 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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NewsHA consortium to kick start offsite homes procurement
Building Better group of associations will launch modular framework procurement this month
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NewsGovernment turns down half of applicants for £1bn cladding fund
More than half of the decided applications to pay for remediation of non-ACM clad buildings so far refused
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NewsArgent founder to chair housing quango
Peter Freeman given Homes England job after departure of Sir Edward Lister to be Downing Street adviser
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NewsGrenfell council cut corners on inspections due to austerity, Inquiry told
Building control officer felt forced to make ‘judgments’ about whose work needed most focus
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CommentDesirable home price increases are hiding the true state of the market
When the distressed sales start average house prices will fall
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NewsDeal to kick start major Glasgow build to rent scheme
Insurance giant L G to forward fund 346-home Candleriggs Square tower