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2024年9月8日 · Maximising procurement as an enabler for construction in the North-west of England. Our Building the Future Think Tank regional roundtable, in partnership with Constructing Excellence, was held in Manchester recently, and saw industry experts come together to brainstorm ways to maximise procurement in the North-east.
Councils holding £8bn of builder contributions meant for vital ...
2 天之前 · Local authorities hit hard by the housing crisis are sitting on the highest sums of affordable home funding Over £8bn of infrastructure payments made by developers remains unspent by local authorities in England and Wales, according to the Home Builders Federation (HBF). New research shows that ...
Building the Future | Building
The Building the Future Commission will continue into 2024. Having embarked on this enormously ambitious project – covering eight very broad areas - we realise the current challenges facing construction as a sector and the wider built environment need ongoing research. This is why we are setting up our own editorial research hub, known as The ...
Building the Future Commission: Planning to solve the housing crisis
2024年1月30日 · In the housing and planning stream, the Building the Future Commission has delivered an in-depth review of the English planning system, and led the wider public policy debate such as by floating the idea of a planning super-squad – months before Michael Gove announced the very same thing.These efforts have left the commission in a good place to look back and consider what will be the final ...
The Building Safety Bill is now law – here’s what you need to know
2022年4月27日 · The Building Safety Act will amend the Defective Premises Act (DPA) to increase the time period for retrospective compensation claims from leaseholders from six to 30 years, rather than to 15 years as first suggested last summer. It will be extended to 15 years for claims on new work.
The UK is setting the standard for energy-efficient homes - Building
2024年1月3日 · The latest update – according to the consultation paper published last month – reflects this, continuing to be a demanding and comprehensive standard that will shape our industry for years to come. But it also has its limitations. While it continues to set a high standard, particularly for new-builds, there are a few areas of the updated standard due to come into force in 2025 that give me ...
Explainer: the proposed Future Buildings Standard in detail
2021年2月1日 · The Future Buildings Standard follows the same structure and also has an interim standard for 2021. The main difference is the Future Buildings Standard consultation does not include a target or any detail for 2025. Instead the document focuses almost exclusively on the rules for 2021. These include two carbon reduction options, of 22% (option ...