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Wider cavities are key to futureproofing homes
As we approach the 2025 Future Homes Standard, guidance around building new homes is tightening. Matthew Prowse, Specification and Housing Director at Knauf Insulation, explores how wider wall cavities can help housebuilders retain flexibility in their designs while futureproofing for stricter regulations that lie ahead
The upkeep challenges of the UK’s social housing
Industry experts gathered to discuss how to tackle the challenges of remediating, upgrading and maintaining the UK’s social housing stock, at a recent roundtable hosted by Building, Housing Today and JLA
Warranty providers deliver more than insurance
Quality warranty providers offer expertise, security, and stability for you and your stakeholders
How location will underpin success for housing associations navigating the new Social Housing Regulation Act
Social landlords need a whole-picture perspective across their portfolio to ensure that any actions they take can deliver on new regulation, writes Nathan Ward, Channel Sales Development Manager, Ordnance Survey
Streamlined rainscreen specifications and real-world results
The last few years have seen several updates to Building Regulation guidance and as product choice comes under even greater scrutiny, streamlining the process has never been more important. Luke Davies explains
How JLA’s mould-fighting sanitisers are helping social landlords improve tenant satisfaction
The sanitisers can achieve better results, improve relations with residents, and help protect the satisfaction scores that determine housing association funding from the Regulator of Social Housing, writes Helen Buchan, head of product at JLA
Women in Construction: Dagmar Fritz-Kramer, CEO, Baufritz
This is part of a special report produced by our sister title Building in partnership with Gleeds
Special report: Women in construction
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Croudace Homes Group is embracing the future with Posi-Joist
Posi-Joist is helping professionals from every trade do their jobs to the best of their ability, saving precious time in labour costs. See the positive impact it’s having on one Surrey development
Closing the performance gap to achieve true energy efficiency
Matthew Prowse, specification and housing director, for Knauf Insulation, looks at a central challenge to building energy efficient homes and what housebuilders can do to overcome it
Maximise occupant safety with Kidde’s new safety device
The new Cavius Relay RF Interconnect is an interface between Cavius RF smoke and heat alarms and hard-wired, third party input and output devices
Insulation for life: Maximising housing stock performance
Paul Barrett, head of product management at Rockwool UK, outlines how housing providers can improve their homes’ energy, fire safety and acoustic performance
Housing block uses ROCKWOOL non-combustible insulation for recladding
Dan Court is a U-shaped seven storey building containing 138 one-, two-, and three-bedroom apartments in Wembley, London.
Recladding: ROCKWOOL supports Streamlight Tower
Façade systems, and especially the cladding of high-rise buildings, have been, and continue to be, the topic of increased discussion and scrutiny in the construction industry and beyond.
Building regulations: Change is the only constant
No matter what kind of construction or building trades you’re involved in, there are undoubtedly piles and piles of regulations and legislation that dictate how you work, what you do, and how you respond when something goes wrong.
How to build heat pump ready homes
James Hulbert, Head of Housing and Offsite for Knauf Insulation, discusses the growing use of heat pumps and what housebuilders can do to optimise their homes for the technology
The Hobbit House: A unique circular roof held up with MiTek’s Posi-Joist
Located in northern England, the unusual project is an entirely circular build complete with a circular front door and rounded windows
Posi-Joist cassettes become a key component in energy house 2.0
Behind the walls of Energy House 2 exists eHome2 – a unique concept build house. MiTek’s Posi-Joist cassettes are an essential part of the home’s design which focuses on sustainability and accelerating us towards low carbon and net zero housing
Have you got FIT Show’s 10th year anniversary event in your diary?
Make sure not to miss this huge event on the calendar
An MMC solution in masonry
Build homes quickly but don’t compromise on performance, says Frank Brittain, Building Solutions Manager at H+H UK
Understanding and complying with Part L regulations
Milbank Concrete Products discusses what the regulations are, what they mean for firms, and how WarmFloor Pro contributes to meeting the regulations
How to prepare safety cases for residential buildings
Adelard shares its approach to building safety case assurances
The case for a dedicated Part L solution
Mike White, chief technology officer at Zutec, answers key questions around software to support compliance
Overheating in residential buildings: A modern-day concern
It’s important we tackle this issue now and future-proof our systems to keep properties healthy and habitable going forward