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Following increasing calls for the industry to modernise its approach, off-site and modular construction has become a big topic, with more developers and contractors favouring off-site and modular methods over the more traditional. Here, Rod McLachlan, SIPS Category Manager at Marley Modular Systems, discusses the increasing role of Structural Insulated Panel Systems (SIPS) within the […]
Government developing a construction industry which will deliver zero carbon homes, an industry worth £40 billion a year and create 80,000 new jobs. Yesterday Housing Minister, Esther McVey unveiled a £30 million boost for this ‘Construction Corridor’ Government funding to boost output in Yorkshire factory to 5,000 homes per year. Investment will promote […]
During UK Radon Awareness Week (4th–10th Nov), experts are warning that indoor levels of radon gas are increasing due to the installation of energy-saving measures and that unless this is addressed, an increase in lung cancer cases will be seen. Radon is the highest cause of lung cancer other than smoking and is responsible for […]
Dubai needs to halt all new home construction for one or two years to avert an economic disaster brought on by continued oversupply, according to one of its biggest builders. “We’re entering a crossroads now,” Damac Properties PJSC Chairman Hussain Sajwani said in a Bloomberg interview. “Either we fix this problem and we can grow […]
Driven by a growing population and intensifying urbanisation, the construction of high-rise buildings has increased considerably in recent years – more high-rise buildings are now being constructed than at any other time. Joe Bradbury of buildingspecifier.com investigates: Across the UK as a whole, there are currently over 270 existing high-rise buildings and structures, of […]
A project to create a high quality meeting room and classroom within the new Upper School of the prestigious École Jeannine Manuel School in London has been completed using the complete fire resistant, timber frame glazing system Promat SYSTEMGLAS® Ligna. The school, which is a co-educational, French bilingual, international school for 3-18 year olds, was […]
Rinnai, a UK leader in the manufacture and supply of heating & continuous flow hot water delivery systems and units for residential and commercial sites, has announced that it is planning on doubling its size within 10 years. The announcement, made by Managing Director Tony Gittings at a major event held at Skinners Hall in […]
The Village Green Medical Centre in Great Denham was built in 1994 using a modular building system for the speed of construction benefits. Planning authorities agreed to the project on the condition that the building would eventually be over clad with a finish that would blend in with the surrounding residential area. Today the building […]
Midlands businesses encouraged to grasp multi-billion-pound investment opportunities at MIPIM 2020 Businesses across the Midlands are being encouraged to take part in the Midlands UK delegation at this year’s MIPIM (Cannes, 10-13 March 2020), the world’s largest property event. Billions-of-pounds’ worth of investment is agreed each year at the international property and real […]
In an interview with ‘Development Finance Today’, Innes Smith, chief executive officer at Springfield Properties (pictured above), highlights the future challenges facing housebuilders, how Springfield Properties incorporates modern methods of construction and the current state of development funding. How do you assess the current development funding space as an experienced housebuilder? Is it difficult to […]
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