All Housing Delivery articles – Page 86
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In FocusInterview: Stephen Teagle on boosting output at Vistry Partnerships
Partnerships boss has ambitions to ramp up number of homes delivered a year, as well as concerns over planning reforms and construction capacity
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NewsBuilding control ‘pressured’ into certifying Grenfell insulation, inquiry hears
Certificate from LABC became key part of Kingspan’s marketing literature for product used in Grenfell Tower
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NewsMissing rigged Celotex fire test was ‘very basic error,’ BRE manager tells Grenfell inquiry
BRE staff failed to notice two fire-resisting boards added to test rig to ensure a pass
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NewsCelotex ‘did not conceal’ rigged insulation test from BRE, Grenfell inquiry hears
Cladding installer says testing body was checking test rig the ‘whole time’
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NewsGrenfell cladding firm a ‘significant source of revenue’ for BRE, inquiry told
Hearing sees emails from BRE consultant saying desktop studies of Grenfell insulation could be ‘huge source of income’
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NewsGrenfell Inquiry: what we learnt from the BRE this week
Hearings focused on testing body’s role in certifying combustible building materials used on Grenfell tower as safe
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NewsBRE told about misapplied fire tests four years before Grenfell, inquiry hears
Manager at Kingspan rival Celotex emailed BRE flagging concerns in 2013
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NewsTechnician tells Grenfell Inquiry ‘busy’ burn hall caused insulation testing errors
BRE’s Phil Clark said the testing room could have ‘10 people in on any given day’
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NewsUrban & Civic picks Stonebond for first phase at Waterbeach
Housebuilder run by Cherry family to build first homes on 6,500-home south Cambridgeshire scheme
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NewsGovernment faces fire safety bill rebellion
Conservative backbench amendment aims to make sure leaseholders do not pay cladding repair costs
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NewsManager warned cladding firm to ‘urgently’ improve safety years before Grenfell fire
But Arconic continued selling Reynobond PE panels in the UK until a week after the Grenfell Tower fire
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NewsHomes England steps in to unlock stalled Yorkshire sites
Housing quango to buy schemes in Harrogate for more than 800 homes
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NewsClarion awards £20m contract for east London scheme
Higgins appointed to build out 74-home regeneration project in Forest Gate
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NewsStandards body to start random testing of existing construction products
Shake-up by BBA comes in wake of Grenfell Inquiry revelations from materials firms
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NewsGrenfell Inquiry: What we learnt from Arconic last week
Hearings focused on the degree to which cladding manufacturer had misled customers over its ACM panels
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NewsCouncils and ‘for-profits’ to sign long-term affordable housing deals
Details of ‘strategic partnerships’ programme confirm expansion to deliver thousands of homes
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NewsKingspan appoints lawyers to aid post-Grenfell reform of insulation business
Shocking Grenfell inquiry testimony prompting firm to bring in head of compliance and confidential hotline
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NewsGalliard completes TfL deal for 92-home Crossrail station scheme
Site purchase allows build to start on £140m two-block scheme on the edge of Soho
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NewsFormer L&Q boss David Montague lands new role
Montague to chair London developer Joseph Homes after 12 years at the helm of L Q
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NewsGrenfell cladding boss denies ‘deliberate concealment’ of test results
British regulator was not told by Arconic of combustible panels’ ‘disastrous’ 2005 test failure, inquiry hears