Entries by Lyn

Highland Project Stalls due to increasings costs and staff shortages

Labour shortages, price hikes and supply issues threaten to derail the Highland Council’s ambitious new home building programme. Members will be briefed on the delays at the council’s housing and property committee tomorrow. A joint report on the capital programme and housebuilding programme details a multi-million pound slippage caused by the ongoing challenges facing the […]

GREEN LIGHT FOR CONTROVERSIAL GRETNA DEVELOPMENT

A HUGE housing development on the former Gretna golf course has been approved despite strong opposition from the community. Alba Developments have been given the green light to build 200 homes on the 11-hectare site, with the first brick set to be laid in early 2022. As part of the legal agreement with Dumfries and […]

MORE CLICK & COLLECT POINTS FOR IRONMONGERYDIRECT AND ELECTRICALDIRECT CUSTOMERS

Leading specialist trade suppliers, IronmongeryDirect and ElectricalDirect have expanded their Click & Collect service, offering tradespeople more flexibility and convenience. 270 new pick-up points have been added to an expanding network of over 6,000 UK shops, with more planned for the coming months.   This added benefit for customers forms part of IronmongeryDirect and ElectricalDirect’s […]

Building new cities that are fit for our future

It is predicted that we will see an additional 2.5 billion people seeking a place to call home within the cities of our world within the next 30 years, which poses the question – should we expand existing cities or start afresh? Buildingspecifier.com editor Joe Bradbury discusses: The oldest city on Earth, Jericho dates back […]

High lumber prices in the US exterts global impact

The record high lumber prices in the US shifted global lumber trade flows in the first half of 2021 US lumber prices reached unprecedented highs in the 2Q/21. For example, the costs for 2×4 framing pine lumber inthe US South averaged almost $800/m3 in May, up from $210/m3 as recent as February 2020 and nearly […]

Offsite Expo Exceeds Expectations

Organisers of Offsite Expo have reported that the first day of the event exceeded expectations. After the leading offsite construction exhibition had to be called off in 2020 due to Covid restrictions, the team behind the event were determined to make every effort to ensure 2021 was a tremendous success. Taking place at the Coventry […]

LaNd banking myth’s debunked by study

Housing developers’ land banking myth debunked by study   The myth that housing developers are hoarding land after gaining planning consent in order to benefit from a rising market has been debunked in new research by leading planning consultancy Lichfields. Lichfields was commissioned by the Land Promoters and Developers Federation (LPDF) and the Home Builders […]

JOINING FORCES TO IMPROVE AIR QUALITY

The Supply Chain Sustainability School (SCSS) is leading the way for the UK’s built environment to drastically reduce onsite emissions to air that are harmful to human health and the planet, such that they will reach net zero by 2040 and contribute to UN Sustainable Development Goals 3, 11 and 13. The Plant Commitment Charter […]

ENERGY CRISIS COMMENT

Mike Foster, CEO of the Energy and Utilities Alliance, says: “The current energy crisis around gas supply and demand was entirely avoidable but that doesn’t help solve the problem now. In the short term, the tools available to help are limited and expensive but may be necessary to keep fuel poverty levels in check; to […]

Fire Door Safety Week – Make Time to Save Lives

  1.7 million renters in fear of putting tenancy at risk by raising fire safety concerns   Fire Door Safety Week research reveals more than one in ten renters fear that raising fire safety concerns will affect their tenancy There is cause to complain: a third of all renters have experienced fire doors being damaged […]