January 27, 2022
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Improving the Traceability of Windows and Doors
Adrian Pavey, Commercial Director at Nationwide Windows and Doors, discusses how new technology can help improve the safety of fire doors....
Tag Archives: Housing
January 5, 2022
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Living Walls Lead Urban Uprising
Incorporating biophilic design principles in landscape architecture is essential if our cities are to become more climate resilient. Here, Richard Sabin, Managing Director of Biotecture, looks at why that and...
October 25, 2021
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Nationwide Windows Launch Trainee Installer Scheme to Futureproof Quality
Nationwide Windows & Doors has launched an independent pilot programme to provide quality training to the next generation of installers, creating real career opportunities and helping to improve communities, housing...
September 7, 2021
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Five Creative Ways to Solve the UK’s Housing Shortage
In this article, Jamie Johnson, CEO of FJP Investment, shares with PSBJ five creative opportunities to increase new social housing stock in the UK....
July 2, 2021
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The Social Housing Decarbonisation Challenge
In its Clean Growth Strategy, the Government set out its ambitions for a low carbon future with the decarbonisation of social housing high on the agenda. ...
June 9, 2021
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Taking the Pulse of Social Housing Construction
Designing, building and managing social housing is complex and multifaceted, and even more so against a changing dynamic of safety standards, housing demand, environmental targets and build quality. To explore...
May 10, 2021
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Bell Phillips Completes Three New Housing Developments in Tower Hamlets
Three new affordable housing developments designed by Bell Phillips Architects (BPA) for Tower Hamlets have now completed and have already begun to welcome residents....
April 1, 2021
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FLOOD MANAGEMENT IN URBAN ENVIRONMENTS
Changing weather patterns and urban growth have contributed to an environment in which flooding is an increasingly frequent and damaging occurrence. Here, Ben Puddy, Regional Technical Manager at Hydro International,...
March 4, 2021
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THERE’S NO ONE-SIZE-FITS-ALL SOLUTION TO DECARBONISING DOMESTIC HEATING
Decarbonising heating is high on the agenda for many social landlords and housing developers. As well as playing a vital role in tackling climate change, increasing the energy efficiency of...
February 9, 2021
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DECARBONISING SOCIAL HOUSING
Following the Government’s plans to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 and a number of subsequent sustainability pledges and announcements made, Tom Murray, Specification Director at Baxi Heating, discusses what...
February 9, 2021
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A WINDOW INTO MODULAR HOMES
Three million new homes must be built in England over the next 20 years to solve its housing crisis, a report by housing charity Shelter says. Companies manufacturing new builds...
January 6, 2021
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NEW COUNCIL HOMES ‘RAISE THE BAR FOR SUSTAINABILITY AND FIRE SAFETY’
A new modular council development in Newhaven, East Sussex, is being hailed as a ‘game changer’ for social housing and a window on the future of residential schemes. The entire...
November 12, 2020
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What Will the New Regulations Mean for Housebuilders?
In August 2020, the UK Government announced that homes, hospitals, schools, shops and offices would be given automatic planning permission, with the aim to facilitate quicker development of buildings. Here,...
October 9, 2020
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Going Above and Beyond to Increase Housing Stock
In June this year, architect practice Hoban Design helped south London housing association Sutton Housing Society to secure planning permission for 71 rooftop or ‘airspace’ flats, increasing its total...
July 8, 2020
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How Flooring Can Revolutionise Social Housing Properties
Lisa Tomlin, CEO of Carpet & Flooring – one of the UK’s largest independent flooring distributors – discusses how social housing providers can benefit from the flooring specified in their...
June 11, 2020
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Who is Building the Conservation Areas of the Future?
Anthony McNamee, Associate at Farrer & Co, and Hugh Petter, Director at Adam Architecture, investigate....
June 11, 2020
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Keeping Water Clean: How to Design a Hygienic Water Network
Despite the fact that they’re mostly hidden away behind concrete and plaster, the water networks built into the structures we live in are vitally important systems that we rely on...
April 16, 2020
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Still Being Accommodating
Abet Laminati’s exterior grade MEG high pressure laminate is still going strong on two developments of B3Living’s housing portfolio....
April 1, 2020
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Modern Methods of Construction in Social Housing
Epwin Group, a leading manufacturer of PVC-U windows, doors and fascia systems, recently conducted research including a survey of UK social housing professionals, on the use of modern methods of...
April 1, 2020
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Social Housing: Why choose liquid waterproofing?
Victoria Ramwell from Kemper System explains why cold-applied liquid waterproofing can offer a durable solution for social housing projects....