We are all busy, yet housebuilding figures are falling. The market demands higher standards, so prefabricated modules are craned in to provide a solution. Sustainability is a priority for future…
Warming Up
Beco & BIM – A Working Model
The process of converting the construction industry to BIM processes was never going to be easy. We are talking about changing the habits of a construction lifetime after all! Reviewing…
Building Pressure
Whichever way you look at it, pressure is growing on the UK building industry. But not only to produce more houses, they need to be better performing houses, with improvements…
ICF – Sense and Sustainability
There is growing recognition – now almost universal – that unless significant action is taken to reduce the harm we are doing to our world, our children will have serious…
The Race is on to Build New Homes
But is it going in the Right Direction? The national shortage of housing and capacity to supply the market continues to command headlines in both the national and the trade…
Architects Declare – A Climate for Change
The report from the Committee on Climate Change certainly seems to be stimulating response in political circles as the stark nature of the findings demands that attitudes also need to…
Reducing Plastic Waste in Construction
With the Considerate Constructors Scheme (CCS) launching a new initiative to highlight the construction sector’s best practise in handling of plastics and packaging, hopefully the campaign will draw attention to…
Made in the UK
We’ve noticed over the past few years that clients are becoming increasingly sensitive to the large distances that some of their building products have to travel before they reach site,…
The Whole Truth: Concrete and Carbon
Dr Martyn Kenny, sustainability director at Tarmac Construction has recently published an article discussing the whole-life carbon impacts of concrete and its neglected benefits. He shares some surprising statistics which,…
Planning Permission and Acquiring Land
Self-build projects in England account for 7-10 per cent of new houses built each year (approximately 12,000 new homes), a figure dwarfed by countries such as France (60 per cent)…