‘Practical completion’ has become part of the day-to-day vocabulary for contractors, clients, project managers and surveyors across the length and breadth of the UK. Muckle LLP’s Adam Aston explains more....
Modular construction can offer huge benefits in terms of project schedule, budget and workforce requirements. But prefabrication has struggled to be seen as a valid choice in the housing sector....
As a new report calls for action to tackle energy inefficient homes in the UK, Andy Swift, Sales and Operations Manager at Iso Chemie, says architects who adopt new approaches...
The UK construction supply chain needs to begin planning for a period of contraction amid economic and political uncertainty according to a construction lawyer at Manchester-based law firm Slater Heelis....
With the current shortfall in social housing stock there is a race to produce homes in the shortest timeframes. Here, Managing Director of EOS, Steve Thompson, discusses how fast-track construction...
Hard landscaping expert at Scott Parnell, Ian Griggs discusses the benefits of using permeable paving to combat flooding....
Jerald Solis, Director of Experience Invest, offers his expert insight into how developers can make new-build properties attractive to buyers and also support the needs of local communities....
Liz Gibbons, Senior Associate and Social Housing Specialist at Capital Law, offers her analysis on the key issues facing the sector from an ongoing shortfall of affordable housing to removing...
When you think of working at height, you would be forgiven for initially picturing rooftop working – but working at height in interior applications poses just as many potential risks....
Grounds and winter maintenance firm GRITIT talks about how public sector organisations leave far too much to chance in how they manage outdoor spaces, despite the risks and consequences of...
The issue of working late can be a sensitive one within many businesses, as the line between flexibility and unhealthy overtime becomes increasingly blurred. Tina Chander, Partner and Head of...
The announcement of additional affordable homes funding is a welcome encouragement to the social housing industry. Nick Worman, Social Housing Expert and Associate at national property consultancy Bruton Knowles, reflects...
Thanks to the Party Wall Act protection is given to owners of properties next door to where building work is taking place. Paul Burton of Pellings explains more....
Ensuring the structural stability of external wall insulation systems (EWIS) is critical to their safe and effective performance, with particular attention required when it comes to their ability to withstand...
The Government’s Outsourcing Playbook sets out guidance to de-risk working practices on major outsourcing programmes and other large publicly-funded contracts – but does it go far enough? Bob Hide, Director...
Architects are responsible for designing safe buildings, that’s a given. In the wake of the Grenfell Tower tragedy it’s clear stopping fire deaths is high on the agenda. Ian King,...
Alvaro Enguita-Gonzalez, BBA Business Unit Head – Test, explains why you need to start testing early in your product development lifecycle to take a good idea to a profitable innovation....
Managing budgets and making the right maintenance and housing improvement decisions at the right time is crucial for social housing providers – and that’s where CIT (Consultancy, Investigation, Training) is...
As politicians increasingly look to local authorities to help build the affordable homes Britain needs, Bjorn Howard, Group CEO of Aster Group, argues that housing associations are ideally placed to...
A contractor is injured after falling off a scaffold. In legal terms, who is responsible? Adrian Rooney, Chair of the NASC Health and Safety Committee and Managing Director of Midland...
