Revisiting the approach to Fire Safety in Social Housing
Fire Safety is of the utmost importance, and housing fires are preventable more often than not. Despite this, fires in UK housing are no thing of the past – with…
Solving the housing crisis with offsite construction
In 2021 Housebuilder & Developer conducted a study to gauge interest in modern methods of construction, finding that 40% of respondents reported they had never worked with any MMC, and…
Revisiting Fire Safety
Last year, Housing, Management & Maintenance magazine conducted a research initiative of its readers to find out the most common causes of fire risk in their housing stock, and the…
Design for SuDS
The Government has announced that it will be mandatory to include Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) in virtually all new housing developments in England from 2024. This finally implements Schedule 3…
The Decarbonisation Of Social Housing
The UK’s housing stock is arguably the oldest and most inefficient in Europe. However, 80% of the housing we will need by 2050 already exists. This means that a retrofit…
A New Era Of Energy Efficient Buildings
The 2022 changes to Parts L and F of the Building Regulations for buildings (plus the introduction of Part O covering overheating for domestic buildings) bring some significant upgrades in…
The Road to Zero Carbon
According to the World Green Building Council, buildings are globally responsible for half of the world’s total CO2 emissions and resource consumption, and 36% of global energy consumption. In 2019…
Responding to change – the impacts of the amended parts L and F
As of 15th June 2022, new homes starting construction must produce at least 31% less carbon than under the previous regulations, legislated under changes to Part L and F of…
Fire Safety & Project Accountability
The Grenfell Tower fire was the most devastating single event to occur in the UK’s built environment since World War 2. In its aftermath, various pledges and proposals have been…
Meeting the Needs of an Ageing Population
According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), by 2041, one in four people in England will be 65 or older, and by the same year, the number of English…
Building Safety into Law
Five years after the Grenfell Tower tragedy, the Government introduced the Building Safety Bill, to attempt to address many of the construction industry issues which have been blamed for the…
Building a Low Carbon Home
Climate change and energy are arguably the two biggest issues facing the world today. Building homes for high energy efficiency is one of the key ways that we can make…