
Repair work to soar in wake of RAAC crisis
Repair work to soar in wake of RAAC crisis Builders could be overwhelmed with repair work to schools, hospitals, theatres, and other unsafe public buildings

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Repair work to soar in wake of RAAC crisis Builders could be overwhelmed with repair work to schools, hospitals, theatres, and other unsafe public buildings

Major building contractors have improved their average payment times from 45 to 30 days after receipt of invoice, according to Build UK data. They are

Construction products could be withdrawn from the country within two years if the government forces all building products to be UK conformity assessed by the

Giving Homes England the power to acquire land, masterplan and grant planning approval offers a glimmer of hope for scaling up housing delivery. Housing and

A major scaling up of custom and self-build homes has failed to materialise due to insufficient publicity and available land, claims Conservative MP Richard Bacon.

The construction industry has breathed a sigh of relief that political pressure to make the installation of solar panels on all new-build homes has been

The UK’s focus on increasing habitats for wildlife could hinder housebuilding on smaller sites warns the National Federation of Builders, NFB. The trade body is

A call for evidence to look at successful nutrient mitigation schemes in areas where river phosphates and nitrates are too high, has been cautiously received

Housebuilders want chancellor Jeremy Hunt to get cladding and insulation product manufacturers to contribute to the estimated £3bn bill to make hundreds of risky flats

Up to 77,000 fewer new homes are likely to be built a year for the rest of this decade, slumping to the lowest level since

SME developers are bracing themselves for huge extra costs when new rules requiring a housing or commercial project to increase biodiversity by ten per cent

More than 20,000 new homes are expected to be built in the capital over the next decade on land owned by Transport for London, TfL,
Housebuilders are challenging proposals to scrap the lower rate of landfill tax, which they claim would amount to a 30-fold
Smaller builders are calling for the government to remove the one-hectare threshold for theproposed medium-sized plot definition of ten to
Plans for 300,000 new social and affordable homes over the next decade will generate a pipeline of work for SME
Robots capable of laying bricks five times faster than a skilled human could help the UK reach the ambitious target
Smaller builders are optimistic Homes England’s new national housing bank will give them a bigger slice of the development action.
Housebuilders are calling for a ‘cap’ on the grid connection and infrastructure costs when it becomes mandatory for new homes
Standardisinginfrastructure agreements and employing more planning officerswould speed updelivery of thousands of housing projects currently delayed, claims the Homebuilders Federation,
Simplifying planning with a new ‘medium’ sized definition for sites of ten to 49 homeswill enable SMEs to be major
Proposals for young people to be able to work and move freely around Europe could have a positive spin-off for
SME construction firms to be the most affected by proposals to reign in immigration as they will struggle to pay
Grid demand to surge as heat pumps and electric cars gain traction SMEs will leave the housebuilding sector if the
Standardisinginfrastructure agreements and employing more planning officerswould speed updelivery of thousands of housing projects currently delayed, claims the Homebuilders Federation,
Expanding the proposed medium-sized site definition of ten to 49 homes to up to 150 for London has won the
Imposing a design code for conversions of empty office space into housing would help ensure the new homes were fit
Water companies must be held to account on sewage provision if the Government’s target of 1.5m new homes by 2029
Master developer Lands Improvement has acquired Dunton Hills golf centre and is set to put enabling infrastructure on the 551-site
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