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Small ceramic facade elements, great effect…

Tuesday, 2nd April 2019

The municipal site between the Jewish Museum, the new TAZ building and the former flower wholesale market hall at Kreuzberg was not simply awarded to the highest bidder, but to the one who submitted the best concept for a development.... View Article

How housing developers and contractors can help hedgehogs – a new guide from Hedgehog Street

Tuesday, 2nd April 2019

It’s not ‘news’ that Britain’s hedgehogs are declining. The two wildlife charities behind Hedgehog Street, the British Hedgehog Preservation Society (BHPS) and People’s Trust for Endangered Species (PTES), have been working together since 2011 to help stop the dramatic decline... View Article

Mayor offers £200m to protect affordable homebuilding through Brexit uncertainty

Tuesday, 2nd April 2019

The continuing Brexit negotiations are already affecting the housing market, with falling sales and uncertainty over house prices. This is having a knock-on effect on housing associations, who currently receive low levels of funding from Government and therefore rely heavily... View Article

Millwood tops national housebuilder survey 2018

Tuesday, 2nd April 2019

Kent-based Millwood Designer Homes, has achieved the highest overall score, amongst 51 top housebuilders and developers across the UK, in an independent national survey of new home buyers carried out by company In-house Research Ltd, for 2018. The annual scores,... View Article

Futurebuild champions innovation and lays the foundations for 2020

Tuesday, 2nd April 2019

The first ever Futurebuild has been hailed as a resounding success with 27,283 visitors joining the event to address the industry’s biggest challenges. Bringing together senior decision makers and innovators from across the built environment, the event furthered ecobuild’s legacy... View Article

Designed for the future: students recognised for homebuilding vision

Tuesday, 2nd April 2019

Students at a leading Scottish university have been rewarded for their innovative ideas for the future of the housebuilding industry, thanks to a major UK homebuilder. CALA Homes, in partnership with Heriot-Watt University (HWU), has awarded five third year students from the... View Article

Partnership delivers sustainable, viable multi-site solution

Tuesday, 2nd April 2019

BAM Construction is progressing with a £67m framework to build a batch of secondary schools in the North-East, won in part through its collaboration with Gilberts Blackpool. The four schools will all be ventilated using Gilberts’ innovative MFS unit, which... View Article

Three Hauraton drainage systems installed at Margem Green Energy Biomass Plant

Tuesday, 2nd April 2019

The Margam Green Energy Biomass Plant is a 40MW electricity power station utilising chipped wood waste as fuel otherwise destined for landfill. When fully operational the project will use around 300,000 tonnes of waste wood from nearby regions. The plant... View Article

BIM for all

Tuesday, 2nd April 2019

Adrian Wild, founder of Integro Construction Software, looks at why smaller housebuilders and developers are missing out on practical BIM software solutions which could bring a range of benefits. Feature-heavy CAD and Building Information Modelling software products are popular with... View Article

House-prices now eight times the average salary as the crisis intensifies

Monday, 1st April 2019

The ONS annual ‘housing affordability’ statistics published today, show: A typical home in England now costs a staggering eight times the annual earnings of the average full-time worker. And for workers on a lower income, the gap between average house... View Article

Work officially starts at Nottingham’s Unity Square

Monday, 1st April 2019

Described as ‘the most transformational office scheme to happen in the East Midlands in more than a decade’, Unity Square has now officially broken ground in Nottingham. HMRC has entered into a 25-year lease on the development, which is being... View Article

VeriSmart Rental Demand Index: Cambridge tops the table for highest rental demand

Monday, 1st April 2019

The latest research by VeriSmart, the UK’s only combined lettings inventory and property compliance specialists, has looked at where across the UK is home to the highest levels of tenant demand for rental properties. VeriSmart analysed rental listing data across... View Article

New PRO-TEK™ WPC engineered vinyl flooring

Monday, 1st April 2019

New PRO-TEK™ WPC engineered vinyl provides a fast-track flooring option for education and student accommodation. Combining an LVT surface finish with an integral water-proof core and acoustic underlay, the award-winning floor provides a robust finish and dramatically cuts installation time.... View Article

School achieves aesthetic fire performance with MEDITE PREMIER FR

Monday, 1st April 2019

A state-of-the-art sports and learning centre in Cambridge features a dramatic space-defining acoustic based on the use of MEDITE PREMIER FR fire rated panels from MEDITE SMARTPLY The product was specified by architects Chadwick Dryer Clarke Studio (CDC) for acoustic... View Article

A double take for Caddick at national Considerate Constructors’ Scheme Awards

Monday, 1st April 2019

Caddick Construction enjoyed a double celebration at the Considerate Constructors’ Scheme National Site Awards this week (27 March) where two of its Leeds sites were recognised. The prestigious awards are handed to only the top 11% of registered construction sites out of... View Article

SLIMVAC® offers smarter route to ultra-thin, lightweight thermal insulation

Monday, 1st April 2019

The SLIMVAC® range of ultra-thin vacuum insulated panels from Promat UK utilises next generation materials technology to deliver the highest levels of thermal insulation in all kinds of applications, without the bulkiness associated with traditional insulating products. With standard thicknesses of... View Article

Polyflor adds EnCore Rigid Loc to the Expona family of premium vinyl floorcovering

Monday, 1st April 2019

Polyflor, the UK’s commercial and residential vinyl flooring specialist is pleased to announce the launch of a brand new product format, the Expona EnCore Rigid Loc collection. This exciting new hybrid product has an expertly engineered premium rigid SPC (Stone... View Article

NFB helps members with the EU Settlement Scheme

Monday, 1st April 2019

The National Federation of Builders (NFB) is concerned that many skilled construction workers may not have the language or technical skills to understand how to apply for settled status. From 30 March EU citizens will need to apply for EU... View Article