Duplex 120 Riser Door

The Duplex 120 Riser Door is a premium fire-rated access panel designed for maximum safety and durability. Offering 120-minute fire resistance on both sides, it ensures superior protection in high-risk areas. Constructed from robust materials, it provides a secure and aesthetic solution for concealing... View Article

An electric shock

David Barrett of EHC discusses the major change coming in June which will affect over 900,000 electricity meters in UK homes with night storage heaters, and what this means for landlords. The Radio Teleswitch Service (RTS) is a nationwide system... View Article

New homes ‘top out’ at St Ann’s Hospital site

Hundreds of much-needed new homes for London have moved a step closer to completion, with the “topping out” of 240 homes on the former St Ann’s Hospital site in South Tottenham. Not-for-profit housing association Peabody and development partner The Hill... View Article

NHBC announces Apprentices of the Year

House-building apprentices have been recognised today at the National House Building Council’s (NHBC) annual graduation ceremony held at its headquarters in Milton Keynes. As a leading training provider for the house-building industry, NHBC’s training is shaping and growing the future... View Article

Students create housing ideas to tackle homelessness

Students from the Scott Sutherland School of Architecture & Built Environment at Robert Gordon University (RGU) have been working on developing social housing for homeless or displaced young people in Aberdeen. The second-year students studying the University’s new MSci Advanced Architectural... View Article

Platform Housing Group Doubles EMTN Programme to £2bn

Platform Housing Group, one of the largest housing associations in the Midlands, has doubled its Euro Medium Term Note (“EMTN”) programme (rated A+ by S&P and Fitch) to £2bn and at the same time published a new Sustainable Finance Framework.... View Article

Bancon Group celebrates 50th anniversary

TV’s George Clarke to talk about the importance of home at the premier event in the Scottish home building sector calendar Leading Aberdeenshire housebuilding and construction firm Bancon Group is to mark the start of its 50th anniversary celebrations through its... View Article

Sydney’s Parkline Place development completes

Oxford Properties Group (‘Oxford’), Mitsubishi Estate Asia (‘MEA’), and Investa’s Parkline Place development, a 39-storey commercial tower above the new Gadigal Station in Sydney, has completed. Foster + Partners worked as part of the team that established an integrated approach... View Article

Celebrate architectural past and present

As a building material that spans the ages, brick can be used to create buildings that reflect the past as well as represent the here and now. This design aspect is very much in vogue with mixed-use developments, which are... View Article