All Housing articles – Page 96
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NewsVistry appoints new South east MD
Housebuilder brings in former Bellway exec in latest senior management change
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NewsGovernment launches £3bn housing retrofit programme
Money will be spent on private houses and public buildings
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NewsHousebuilding plummets to lowest on record
Government figures show extent of damage to supply done by lockdown build hiatus
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NewsContractor for window surrounds ‘assumed materials were fine’, Grenfell Inquiry hears
Former Rydon project manager oversaw gaps being packed with combustible insulation then topped with uPVC
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NewsCladding subcontractor admits Grenfell work ‘unacceptable’
Osborne Berry partner cannot explain how cavity barriers were placed back-to-front and wrong way around
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CommentForget housing targets, what we need is quality
Trying to build 300,00 homes a year is a fantasy. What people need is more space says Peter Bill
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NewsConsultant tells Grenfell Inquiry it was ‘clearly’ not providing full clerk of works role
John Rowan Partners boss says ‘too many experts’ would have been required for it to check building regs compliance
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NewsGrenfell Inquiry: What we learned this week
Facades specialist questioned on project management failings and reliance on advice from suppliers
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NewsHBF sets up net zero housing task force
Cross sector body will also create delivery hub to drive uptake of new technologies
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NewsGrenfell’s flammable insulation picked to hit ‘aspirational’ sustainability target
M E consultant said safe mineral wool would not have reached energy efficiency target, inquiry hears
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NewsL&G Modular’s first scheme ‘substantially complete’
Boss of insurance giant’s modular business says firm now ready to deliver ‘at scale’
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NewsGrenfell cladding fabricator admits being aware safer ACM panels available
CEP sales lead quizzed about knowledge of fire-retardant version of combustible cassettes used in fatal refurbishment
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CommentWhat do people really want from their homes?
An Ipsos MORI survey of 2,500 people gives a generational breakdown of top ranked features
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NewsBarratt gets stamp of approval for ‘net zero’ plans
Housebuilding giant says it is first to have environmental targets ratified by Science Based Targets Initiative
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NewsGrenfell project manager misunderstood fire warning, Inquiry hears
Project manager at cladding specialist also said“sloppy workmanship” of installation subcontractors escaped his notice
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NewsGreenwich seeks builders for 117-home social rent scheme
HTA-designed council-housing scheme worth around £45m
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NewsGrenfell cladding specialist denies tower was ‘guinea pig’ for new insulation
Inquiry into 2017 disaster hears insulation manufacturer Celotex wanted to use refurbishment for just-launched RS5000 product
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NewsSigma forms JV to deliver 3,000 build to rent homes in London
Countryside to construct the first 361 homes for the Homes England-backed venture
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CommentWhy modular isn’t working
A holistic design approach is needed to realise the benefits of industrialised construction
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NewsDevelopers to bid for £100m garden city job
Local council planning to grant developer 250 year lease for the 480-home site