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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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Government launches Starter Homes consultation

|Date: 24 Mar 2016

Government launches Starter Homes consultation

Starter Homes consultation shows consideration for build to rent sector. ...

Starter Homes consultation shows consideration for build to rent sector. ...

24 Mar 2016
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DCLG commissions research into Building Regulations Approved Documents

|Date: 03 Feb 2016

DCLG commissions research into Building Regulations Approved Documents

NBS Research has launched a new survey on behalf of the Department for Communities and Local Government ( ...

NBS Research has launched a new survey on behalf of the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) with a view to making the use of Approved Documents a more user-friendly experience. ...

03 Feb 2016
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Removal of bats simplified thanks to new licence

|Date: 11 Sep 2015

Removal of bats simplified thanks to new licence

SLR Consulting is helping developers save time and money on construction sites as a result of a new licen ...

SLR Consulting is helping developers save time and money on construction sites as a result of a new licence which allows for the easy removal of bats. ...

11 Sep 2015
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Building industry reposnds to PM’s ‘Smarter State’ speech

|Date: 11 Sep 2015

Building industry reposnds to PM’s ‘Smarter State’ speech

The Prime Minister has laid out his vision for the country outlining the need for a 'Smarter State'. In i ...

The Prime Minister has laid out his vision for the country outlining the need for a 'Smarter State'. In it he has called for the release of public land for further housebuilding. The housebuilding sec ...

11 Sep 2015
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Planning proposals address some, but not all concerns

|Date: 14 Jul 2015

Planning proposals address some, but not all concerns

Mike Derbyshire, Head of Planning at multi-disciplined property consultancies Bidwells, comments on the p ...

Mike Derbyshire, Head of Planning at multi-disciplined property consultancies Bidwells, comments on the planning proposals and the impact it is likely to have. ...

14 Jul 2015
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