Entries by Lyn

INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN THE MIDLANDS

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 […]

Scotland’s goal of 50,000 affordable homes is achievable: Innes Smith

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 […]

3% affordable, 97% luxury – The box building, proposed and opposed

Court Collaboration’s application for the 51-storey One Eastside was deferred by the city council’s planning committee. It was confirmed Birmingham Airport still maintain their objection that construction cranes could pose a danger to airplanes flying on a newly established flight path and have sought a further assessment. The £160m development, on the former college and […]

Electrifying the subsea industry

By JP Casey   As the offshore industry’s carbon footprint continues to grow, more subsea companies are looking to partial and total electrification as a means to cut costs and reduce environmental impacts. JP Casey looks at four electrification projects in the subsea sector. In 2017, Oil & Gas UK reported that the UK offshore […]

PAS with Flying Colours

A ‘whole door system’ which combines secure locking with failsafe emergency evacuation features has been introduced by GEZE UK to meet the rigorous PAS 24 standard. The Slimdrive SL NT PAS 24 System achieves outstanding security – one of the best on the market, whilst still meeting ever-greater demands of building requirements. The system enables […]

CLASSIC STYLE MEETS MODERN INNOVATION WITH KINGSPAN TEK HOME

A new build home in Kingsclere has embraced a ‘best of both worlds’ philosophy by combining traditional aesthetics with the exceptional fabric performance provided by the Kingspan TEK Building System. The hillside site in Hampshire was previously home to an inter-war style house, which the owners originally planned to extend and renovate. After the initial […]

University and TV architect join forces to develop new homes of the future

The ways that homes are designed and built in the future could be completely transformed, thanks to a new project between Northumbria University, Newcastle and the renowned architect, TV presenter and campaigner George Clarke. The University has signed an agreement with Clarke’s charity, the Ministry of Building Innovation and Education (MOBIE), to work together to […]

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England is short of 4m homes

Housebuilding needs to increase in the UK. It is predicted that a total of 340,000 homes need to be delivered each year in order to tackle spiralling house prices and the critical shortage of affordable homes. This target has constantly been missed – with figures showing that only 184,000 homes were completed in England in […]

CAN CONCRETE BE GREEN?

MIT researchers develop emissions-free cement production process Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers have demonstrated an experimental way of manufacturing cement that releases no carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Currently, the production of cement for concrete accounts for about eight per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions, leading to calls for architects to stop using […]