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UKGBC warns DCLG about exemptions
Earlier this month, Intelligent Building Today reported that the Government’s preferred option would be that sites building 10 units or fewer would be exempt from the allowable solutions aspect of zero carbon homes policy as it believes smaller housebuilders would …
Read more »Don’t rely on Retrospective Planning Permission!!
Relatively recently an article from the the Birmingham Mail Facebook feed caught my eye that highlighted the crazy building work people are prepared to undertake without the necessary planning consent. Driven by a need (greed) to accommodate more local students, …
Read more »Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007
Construction remains a disproportionately dangerous industry where improvements in health and safety are urgently needed. The improvements require significant and permanent changes in dutyholder attitudes and behaviour. Since the original CDM Regulations were introduced in 1994, concerns were raised …
Read more »Call to make domestic energy efficiency national priority
UKGBC urges government to boost Green Deal take-up with better financial offer Domestic energy efficiency must be a national infrastructure priority, the UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) is arguing. The call comes against the publication of both a UKGBC report …
Read more »The top ten green trends for 2014
Intelligent Building an interesting article by Jerry Yudelson on his thoughts for the top ten green trends for 2014, makes you think! Jerry Yudelson, one of the world’s leading green building consultants, keynote speakers and authors, thinks he knows what …
Read more »Home owners warned against fake Green Deal contractors
Geoffrey Cox, Conservative MP for Torridge and West Devon, has recently warned that some contractors are taking advantage of the Green Deal and posing as accredited suppliers of the energy project. Companies are approaching people and offering Green Deal assessments …
Read more »Constructing Excellence Berkshire – Vision 2025 Launch event
Local Excellence Last night we attended the Constructing Excellence Berkshire – Vision 2025 Launch event. Constructing Excellence is the single organisation charged with driving the change agenda in construction. They exist to improve industry performance in order to produce a …
Read more »Efficient Building Structures
EBS ELK factory tour Last week we took 2 developer clients on a tour of the EBS elk factory tour in Austria. A closed Timber Panel system for achieving Code for Sustainable Home (CSH) level 3/4 easily and quickly. The …
Read more »Checklist for hiring a new builder
Aside from finding and buying a plot for your new home, few decisions are as important as choosing your house builder. Whether you already have a dream home in mind and need builders to make it a reality or want …
Read more »Growth and Infrastructure Act
Good news for stalled residential sites Hopefully this well help get stalled residential development sites moving. Landowners can now renegotiate affordable housing requirements, and appeal if negotiations fail. This combined with the new government encouraged sale support should lead to …
Read more »Random Blogs
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The top ten green trends for 2014 December 18, 2013 -
UKGBC warns DCLG about exemptions November 26, 2014 -
Don’t rely on Retrospective Planning Permission!! November 7, 2014 -
Blacklisting December 11, 2012 -
Checklist for hiring a new builder July 30, 2013
