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Can shipping container homes solve the US housing demand House prices in the US are skyrocketing. Low mortgage rates and Covid have driven the demand but supply is nowhere near meeting that demand, the discrepancy resulting in a further spike in the ever-increasing values. We are seeing the same pattern in the UK. In terms […]
Building industry ups the ante to get reverse VAT scrapped The campaign for the government to ditch reverse charge VAT is mounting with the Federation of Master Builders, FMB, claiming two-thirds of SMEs believing it will damage cash flow. Scottish National Party MP Kirsten Oswald has already tabled an early day motion calling for the […]
A budget of more than £900m, including funding for infrastructure, regeneration and job training schemes that can support the region’s post-Covid-19 economic recovery has been approved by the West Midlands Combined Authority. The 2021/22 WMCA Budget includes a package of major transport projects to help drive economic growth and cleaner air as well as funding […]
Invest in technology, productivity and sustainability, says Fergus Harradence, Deputy Director of Construction at the UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. He will be addressing the CIOB’s Adapt & Thrive conference on 24 March. The UK construction sector has done a great job amidst the pandemic, adopting new site procedures allowing the whole […]
TOKYO: With Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga pledging to bring Japan’s carbon dioxide emissions to net zero by 2050, a growing number of Japanese companies are looking at how they can make a bigger contribution to curbing global warming. As investors scrutinize how firms address environmental issues, sustainability and governance, Japanese trading houses are reviewing business […]
Cladmate Cladding Support Systems are a long term manufacturer of Aluminium & Steel Rainscreen cladding support systems. Family owned since its conception, the family has been involved in the construction industry stretching back 3 generations. Cladmate are part of a larger group of companies called KNT Group, who specialise in a variety of building materials […]
Floor fitters and home owners alike will be all too familiar with the curse of squeaky floorboards. Time after time the culprit is the fasteners; nails working loose over time, leading to expensive callbacks and customer dissatisfaction. While it’s well known that screws provide a tighter grip power by pulling the boards together, fitting 6mm […]
Government incentives designed to encourage energy efficiency, coupled with technological advancements, have applied pressure on the construction industry to build increasingly airtight buildings of late. However, high levels of airtightness and poor ventilation are building up major health problems in new housing, according to a study by Glasgow School of Art’s Mackintosh Environmental Architecture Research […]
VORTICE LAUNCHES THE UVLOGIKA ENVIRONMENTAL SANITISER Never before has there been so much emphasis on the sanitisation and disinfection of surfaces we come into contact with. The ongoing battle against COVID-19 means it is essential for our health and wellbeing that surfaces are sanitised efficiently, especially in public spaces. VORTICE has now introduced […]
When there are ambitions to build one of the world’s most advanced rail transit systems, few compromises will do. So when the Qatar Government announced a €130bn diversification and modernisation programme, with a first phase being development of the Doha Metro Network, Hunter Douglas Architectural was honoured to be involved. The station, designed by UNStudio, […]
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