Max Halliwell Yes – He’s ‘On the Telly’With almost 200 people crowding into an event to hear the forthright views of TV presenter, George Clarke on housebuilding, In these extracts from his article, Max Halliwell looks at why questioning the mindset of the construction industry has attracted such interest.Transform the Way we BuildA group […]
Costing Modular Construction
Rob Mills: Aecom Greater AwarenessDebates about modular construction and off-site manufacture are nothing new. But with more suppliers, better quality and greater awareness within the industry, could it finally achieve critical mass? Rob Mills of Aecom looks at the figuresModular housing in Ladywell, LewishamBackgroundIt may have had different names over the years – prefabrication, modular […]
House Prices After Lockdown
Prof. Yolande Barnes – Housing Today Fast Forward Structural Changes by 10 YearsCoronavirus could fast forward structural changes to house prices by 10 years. Housebuilders need to react fast. It is now plainly evident that the housing market cannot function at all during the coronavirus lockdown. At the very least, viewings, listings, surveys, mortgage appraisals […]
French Buildings MUST be 50% wood
Global Construction Review 2022 Sustainability TargetThe government of France is set to require that all new public buildings must be made at least 50% from wood or other sustainable materials from 2022 as it pushes for sustainable urban development.Paris LeadsThe local government in Paris had already pledged a greater use of natural materials such as […]
Building Regs during COVID-19
Government Guidance to LABC’s What LABC should doOn 21st April Central Government issued guidance to LABC for all building work being carried out during the COVID-19 outbreak. Building Control Bodies should, where possible, check regularly with those carrying out work including its current status and any plans to continue work.Continue to AssessBuilding Control Bodies should […]
PDR Extended to Boost SME Resi
Property Week Planning ReformsWriting in Property Week, Adam Branson reports that housing secretary Robert Jenrick has announced a raft of planning reforms to speed up the development of new homes, including new permitted development rights (PDRs), a register of brownfield land and a focus on “beautiful” building. […]
The Bright Side of Covid-19
7 Opportunities of the Pandemic The Dark SideWriting in the 23 March issue of Forbes, Professor Jeroen Kraaijenbrink reminds us that the coronavirus pandemic has a lot of dark sides. Around the world, people get ill and die, schools close, the healthcare system is overloaded, employees lose their jobs, companies face bankruptcy, stock markets collapse […]
Avoiding Planning Gridlock
Joey Gardiner – Housing Today Executive PowersOfficials may use executive powers to take decisions if committees are cancelled. Councils are considering taking up rarely-used executive powers to keep the planning and development system moving during the coronavirus pandemic, Housing Today understands.Cancelling Planning CommitteesThe moves are in response to reports of councils cancelling planning committees following […]
Are YOU Connected?
William Newton – Property Week Connectivity key to UK’s futureAs many UK workers currently sit at home and try to virtually recreate their work environment, politicians and businesses need to ask how we remain a world-leading country and economy after Brexit and the impact of Covid-19.Economic UnderpinningsDigital infrastructure needs to be at the heart of […]
Dutch Courage over Climate Crisis – How to Do It!
Mitchell Lubiak – Property Week Ground Breaking SchemesProperty Week took a look at some of the groundbreaking schemes in and around Amsterdam and talked to the people behind them to find out why the country has embraced circularity with such zeal.The ‘Little Details’It is the little details that bother Owen Zachariasse.On a tour of Park […]
