All Housing Delivery articles – Page 99
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NewsHousebuilding plummets to lowest on record
Government figures show extent of damage to supply done by lockdown build hiatus
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NewsContractor for window surrounds ‘assumed materials were fine’, Grenfell Inquiry hears
Former Rydon project manager oversaw gaps being packed with combustible insulation then topped with uPVC
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NewsCladding subcontractor admits Grenfell work ‘unacceptable’
Osborne Berry partner cannot explain how cavity barriers were placed back-to-front and wrong way around
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NewsConsultant tells Grenfell Inquiry it was ‘clearly’ not providing full clerk of works role
John Rowan Partners boss says ‘too many experts’ would have been required for it to check building regs compliance
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NewsGrenfell Inquiry: What we learned this week
Facades specialist questioned on project management failings and reliance on advice from suppliers
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NewsHBF sets up net zero housing task force
Cross sector body will also create delivery hub to drive uptake of new technologies
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NewsGrenfell’s flammable insulation picked to hit ‘aspirational’ sustainability target
M E consultant said safe mineral wool would not have reached energy efficiency target, inquiry hears
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NewsL&G Modular’s first scheme ‘substantially complete’
Boss of insurance giant’s modular business says firm now ready to deliver ‘at scale’
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NewsGrenfell cladding fabricator admits being aware safer ACM panels available
CEP sales lead quizzed about knowledge of fire-retardant version of combustible cassettes used in fatal refurbishment
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NewsBarratt gets stamp of approval for ‘net zero’ plans
Housebuilding giant says it is first to have environmental targets ratified by Science Based Targets Initiative
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NewsGrenfell project manager misunderstood fire warning, Inquiry hears
Project manager at cladding specialist also said“sloppy workmanship” of installation subcontractors escaped his notice
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NewsGreenwich seeks builders for 117-home social rent scheme
HTA-designed council-housing scheme worth around £45m
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NewsGrenfell cladding specialist denies tower was ‘guinea pig’ for new insulation
Inquiry into 2017 disaster hears insulation manufacturer Celotex wanted to use refurbishment for just-launched RS5000 product
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NewsSigma forms JV to deliver 3,000 build to rent homes in London
Countryside to construct the first 361 homes for the Homes England-backed venture
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NewsDevelopers to bid for £100m garden city job
Local council planning to grant developer 250 year lease for the 480-home site
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NewsScarborough begins housebuilder hunt for £250m council homes programme
Council kicks off market engagement ahead of contract notice next year
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NewsSon of Harley boss given first ever project manager role on Grenfell refurb
Inquiry hears the project manager at the scheme’s cladding specialist did not think understanding Building Regulations was part of his job
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NewsCall for 75,000 homes-a-year modular build programme
Report calls for government to boost affordable homes programme and give Homes England new role
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NewsNearly 3,000 blocks have dangerous non-ACM cladding
Sunday Times reports that 2,957 blocks containing 186,000 homes have applied for £1bn cladding replacement fund
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NewsLondon mayor launches revised MMC design app
Sadiq Khan supports creation of app from Bryden Wood which allows quick feasibility testing of offsite schemes