All Housing Delivery articles – Page 88
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NewsHousing starts fell 16% in pandemic year
First official figures show similar drop in completions for 2020
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NewsHomebuyer satisfaction hits highest level on record
Latest HBF survey findings follow industry focus in aftermath of build quality scandals
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NewsCertifier based insulation fire rating on tests of other products, Grenfell Inquiry hears
Former deputy chief executive of the BBA said he was not sure if the decision was permitted under UK fire regulations
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NewsTopHat submits plans for first apartment scheme
Goldman Sachs-backed modular start-up to extend existing Kitchener Barracks scheme
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NewsBBA issued 'materially wrong' certificate for Grenfell ACM, inquiry hears
Certifying body’s project manager admits never seeing crucial test data before issuing Arconic with renewal of flawed document
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NewsFormer Crest bosses set up ‘for profit’ housing provider
Stephen Stone reveals he has teamed up with former Crest Nicholson chair William Rucker to found Flint Housing
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NewsL&Q pledges investigation as fifth floor window falls from flat block
Landlord tells residents of Chase House in Kilburn it is ‘very sorry’ for the incident
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NewsStudent housing giant reports £120m pre-tax loss
Unite says occupancy down to 88% in pandemic year but records much smaller hit to underlying profit
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NewsL&G starts work on 200-home ‘net zero’ retirement village
Developer’s later living arm Inspired Villages behind £120m Bedfordshire scheme
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NewsGovernment injects £83m into Notts urban extension
Money will allow Clowes to accelerate delivery of 3,000-home Fairham scheme
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NewsArconic threatened testing house boycott unless Grenfell cladding approved, inquiry hears
Hearing told British Board of Agrément supplied certificate for ACM cladding based on incomplete test data
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NewsGrenfell cladding firm warned in 2007 that panels could kill 70 people
Manager told Arconic of expert’s prediction that ACM panels would burn like a ‘truck of 19,000 litre oil’
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NewsHyde seals 2,000-home development deal with M&G
Housing association’s chief executive stresses importance of new sources of finance in wake of cladding crisis
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NewsGrenfell Inquiry told of ‘fundamental errors’ in cavity barrier installation
Manufacturer says work was of ‘poorest standard’ it had ever seen
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NewsGrenfell cavity barriers only formally approved after fire, inquiry hears
Installed barriers had not been tested prior to use on tower’s refurbishment
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NewsHomes England names sites for six-year MMC study
Homes England to write annual report on progress of 1,800 homes
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NewsRICS sets out new EWS1 form guidance
Move designed to free up housing market by exempting flat blocks without cladding from need for fire assessment
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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