Designing a smoke control system

Steve Knight of Whitesales explains the challenges of smoke control in multi-occupancy buildings. With 53 per cent of fire-related fatalities resulting from individuals being overcome by smoke or toxic fumes, smoke heat exhaust vent systems (SHEVs) make a critical difference... View Article

Thakeham and Radian form joint venture

Thakeham has formed a significant joint venture with housing provider Radian to develop more than 600 new homes in Pease Pottage, West Sussex. The development will also provide a  home for locally based charity St Catherine’s Hospice, a new primary... View Article

From the world’s tallest to smallest homes

The conference streams at HOMES feature some of the UK’s leading residential developments. Here are eight of the best. 1. George Street modular towers: The sky is the limit Interest in modular built housing is growing but some housing providers continue to cite... View Article

BS 8612 – A better future for all?

Keith Plummer of ubbink explores the impact recent standards have on dry fix roofing, discussing the benefits that they have brought to projects. British Standards launched BS 8612: Dry-Fixed Ridge, Hip and Verge Systems in order to raise and control... View Article

Persimmon trading update

Persimmon plc today releases its third quarter Trading Statement which covers the period from 1 July 2018 to 6 November 2018. With the start of the autumn season customer activity has strengthened in line with the traditional seasonality of the... View Article

Integrating cladding into the offsite process

Steve Thompson of EOS Facades offers his perspective on the offsite opportunities available to housebuilders in a changing political landscape. Following the Hackitt Report further changes in Building Regulations have been anticipated, and the ban on all combustible materials on... View Article

Hotel-style living in Birmingham

379 apartments are being launched by Galliard Homes and Apsley House Capital in Birmingham. Intended to produce a sense of hotel-style living, with amenities such as a gym and cinema, the partnership hopes to set a benchmark in area. Intended... View Article

Appeal to find war heroes

A Midlands businessman has vowed to fully restore a World War One memorial in Leicestershire after ‘despicable’ thieves stole the brass plaque which honoured the names of those killed in action. Adrian Burr, managing director of award-winning builders Springbourne Homes,... View Article

227 new homes for Barking Riverside

Anew development named Parklands, bringing 227 new homes to Barking Riverside, is to be launched by L&Q. As part of the new masterplan by Lifschutz Davidson and Sandilands, Parklands will include 115 Shared Ownership homes, and 112 private sale units.... View Article

A Chinese takeaway for Theresa?

According to Riccardo Dawson of the new-build sales platform Yourkeys, overseas buyers should be thanked, not taxed, as they kick-start housing developments, boosting the overall number of new-build properties. In political parlance, the housing market is broken. And the party... View Article

Tool theft spike

Tradespeople across the UK are losing out on thousands of pounds at the hands of tool thieves. Recent research from the FMB has found that more than half of builders in the UK have been victim to tool theft at... View Article

‘Where Can We Build More Homes?’

From homes above shops, to building over the UK’s railway lines, a panel of industry experts met at UK Construction Week to discuss where we can build more homes in order to meet the Government’s housing targets. Speaking at the... View Article

‘Quality in Construction Post-Grenfell’

Discussing how to address quality in construction after the events of Grenfell, a group of industry experts met in Birmingham to speak at UK Construction Week on the 10th of October. Chaired by journalist and TV presenter Steph McGovern, the... View Article