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Demand for detached and semi-detached houses has grown, according to the NHBC (Yui Mok/PA) Sign up for our daily newsletter featuring the top stories from The Press and Journal. Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up More detached and semi-detached homes are in the housebuilding pipeline, as the demand for properties with space to work from home has grown, according to an industry body. The National House Building Council (NHBC), a warranty and insurance provider, said the number of new home build registrations generally was up by 10% in the first quarter of 2021 compared with a year earlier. ....
The government’s obstinacy is unfathomable. It is also unsurprising. For, as the Grenfell Tower inquiry has exposed, the state – at local and national level – has continually colluded with business to the detriment of ordinary people. Private companies continued to sell materials they knew could kill. Governments and regulators refused to act. Locals who spoke up were damned as “troublemakers”. Arconic, the company that made the Grenfell Tower cladding, knew it to be a firetrap. The firm created more fire-resistant cladding to use in countries with tighter regulations, such as Germany, but pushed the dangerous version in Britain. It allowed it to be used in a form called a “cassette” (in which panels are bent into a box shape to hide the fixings) even though it recognised as far back as 2004 that this could be lethal in a fire. The cassette system was used on Grenfell Tower. An internal memo from 2007 forecast that a fire in buildings with such cladding could result ....
Housebuilders heart hedgehogs: Taylor Wimpey debuts new environmental strategy, as industry publishes biodiversity guide Content by subject If you already have an account please use the link below to sign in. If you have any problems with your access or would like to request an individual access account please contact our customer service team. Credit: The National House Building Council Jessica Rawnsley Taylor Wimpey, one of the UK s largest residential homebuilders, has announced a string of ambitious climate targets as part of its new environmental strategy. The strategy, titled Building a Better World , sets a series of targets to curb its direct environmental impacts, alongside specific pledges to enhance nature on new developments, achieve science-based carbon reduction goals,;and make it easier for customers to live in a more sustainable way. ....
Future of Modular Construction | Promoting the benefits of offsite construction in housing Research into the benefits and challenges of using modern methods of construction in the housing sector could help the wider construction industry gain greater insight. Five years after Mark Farmer’s industry review told the UK construction sector to “modernise or die”, Homes England-funded research is very much aimed at making sure the housing sector consciously chooses to modernise. Homes England is the agency charged with the task of supporting developers to deliver on government’s aims around new homes. The research is being carried out by the MMC Research Commission, a team led by Atkins and its subsidiary Faithful & Gould. It is one year into a six year study that is analysing the benefits and challenges to the housing market presented by modern methods of construction (MMC) such as modular units manufactured offsite. ....