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The challenges of complying with new-build energy regulations

|Date: 20 Mar 2018

The challenges of complying with new-build energy regulations

Elmhurst Energy’s Technical Director, Stuart Fairlie, looks at some of the most common areas where reside ...

Elmhurst Energy’s Technical Director, Stuart Fairlie, looks at some of the most common areas where residential buildings face challenges when complying with new-build energy regulations. The energy co ...

20 Mar 2018
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Fears over cowboy builders are costing the UK economy £10bn

|Date: 12 Feb 2018

Fears over cowboy builders are costing the UK economy £10bn

The UK economy is missing out on £10bn each year because homeowners are so fearful of hiring a cowboy bui ...

The UK economy is missing out on £10bn each year because homeowners are so fearful of hiring a cowboy builder, they simply don’t commission building work, according to new research by the Federation o ...

12 Feb 2018
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Skills and Quality to be key themes for NHBC’s Building for tomorrow 2018 roadshows

|Date: 11 Dec 2017

Skills and Quality to be key themes for NHBC’s Building for tomorrow 2018 roadshows

Next year’s NHBC Building for tomorrow roadshows will focus on attracting young people into construction ...

Next year’s NHBC Building for tomorrow roadshows will focus on attracting young people into construction and new home quality. Building for tomorrow is the annual series of seminars presenting the lat ...

11 Dec 2017
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Gibbs & Dandy partnership wins customer service award

|Date: 01 Dec 2017

Gibbs & Dandy partnership wins customer service award

Builders’ merchant Gibbs & Dandy is celebrating after winning an industry award for its partnership w ...

Builders’ merchant Gibbs & Dandy is celebrating after winning an industry award for its partnership with Build Aviator. The company picked up the award for Best Customer Service of the Year at the ...

01 Dec 2017
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Helping to understand Lot 20

|Date: 09 Nov 2017

Helping to understand Lot 20

Glen Dimplex Heating & Ventilation has launched a dedicated new website on the upcoming Lot 20 regula ...

Glen Dimplex Heating & Ventilation has launched a dedicated new website on the upcoming Lot 20 regulations. The new website has been designed to help housebuilders get to grips with how the new st ...

09 Nov 2017
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New guide from Greenworks to help avoid common pitfalls

|Date: 07 Nov 2016

New guide from Greenworks to help avoid common pitfalls

Greenworks has partnered with the LABC to create a guide to achieving a completion certificate, helping a ...

Greenworks has partnered with the LABC to create a guide to achieving a completion certificate, helping avoid the common pitfalls of non-compliance. ...

07 Nov 2016
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Approved Document Q questions

|Date: 26 Oct 2016

Approved Document Q questions

PHPD puts some of the key questions about the new Approved Document Q to Secured By Design – the flagship ...

PHPD puts some of the key questions about the new Approved Document Q to Secured By Design – the flagship police initiative looking to help builders ‘design out crime’. ...

26 Oct 2016
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Accessible bathrooms & Part M

|Date: 08 Apr 2016

Accessible bathrooms & Part M

Craig Baker, Marketing Director at Mira Showers, looks at the recent revisions to Part M of the Building ...

Craig Baker, Marketing Director at Mira Showers, looks at the recent revisions to Part M of the Building Regulations dealing with accessibility and asks what these changes mean for bathrooms. ...

08 Apr 2016
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Purchasing Land – the issues & challenges

|Date: 31 Mar 2016

Purchasing Land – the issues & challenges

With land buying firmly back on the agenda for housebuilders, Michael Finnett, solicitor and residential ...

With land buying firmly back on the agenda for housebuilders, Michael Finnett, solicitor and residential property expert at law firm Gordons LLP, looks at some of the current issues that housebuilders ...

31 Mar 2016
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Part L compliance via Fabric First

|Date: 30 Mar 2016

Part L compliance via Fabric First

Darren Evans explains how to use a fabric first approach to meet Part L requirments, noting that housebui ...

Darren Evans explains how to use a fabric first approach to meet Part L requirments, noting that housebuilders may need to challenge current methodology in order to reach the performance levels requir ...

30 Mar 2016
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