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Renovation or new build: how embodied carbon is driving the debate

Wednesday, 4th October 2023

Embodied carbon is a hot topic in the built environment industry, and it is also becoming a key factor in planning decisions. Here, we explore how embodied carbon is driving the debate around renovation versus new build and the benefits... View Article

LIFOS wins the Environmental Initiative Award

Tuesday, 3rd October 2023

The Lifos Fort solar PV battery storage system won the Plantworx Environment Initiative Award with a product that is set to help the construction industry transition to a diesel-free and low-carbon future. The award-winning product is set to significantly reduce... View Article

Statement sustainability with Rusticork

Tuesday, 3rd October 2023

With its true bark texture, RUSTICORK from Granorte brings an original, bold and raw aesthetic to walls. The RUSTICORK collection of panels by Granorte create natural, bold and beautiful walls that come directly from the renewable bark of cork trees.... View Article

Foster + Partners completes new Hanoi HQ for Techcombank

Tuesday, 3rd October 2023

Foster + Partners has completed a new headquarters for Techcombank in Hanoi. Following a period of rapid growth, the company is consolidating its operations in a new tower that reflects its vision to ‘change banking, change lives.’ The 22-storey building... View Article

UK’s first full Future Homes Standard housing development to be delivered in Gedling

Tuesday, 3rd October 2023

Top 10 UK homebuilder Keepmoat is delivering the first development of new homes to full Future Homes Standard for private sale at its Gedling Green development in Nottingham. The new development includes 33 new homes at the site of the... View Article

Highly anticipated shared ownership homes launch at popular Hendon development

Tuesday, 3rd October 2023

Award-winning shared ownership provider SO Resi recently launched its latest phase of new homes in the capital, SO Resi Hendon Waterside, comprising 42 studio, one and two-bedroom apartments, as well as two and three-bedroom duplex homes. According to research from... View Article

Orbit Homes to launch its first heat pump powered development in the East

Tuesday, 3rd October 2023

Orbit Homes will be launching its first Air Source Heat Pump (ASHP) powered development in the East, Liberty Park, which will comprise 50 affordable properties. The homes in Rackheath, Norfolk, will each be fitted with an electric ASHP which takes... View Article

Plans submitted for sustainable regneration to create canalside homes

Tuesday, 3rd October 2023

A planning application to continue the regeneration programme along Leicester’s waterside has been submitted by multi-disciplinary design practice, rg+p Ltd. Acting on behalf of Trafalgar Global, rg+p has designed and submitted a proposal for 360 new homes on vacant brownfield... View Article

Resapol – working together with Flowcrete

Tuesday, 3rd October 2023

Resapol announce they have signed a UK wide distribution agreement with Flowcrete, a brand of Tremco CPG UK, for the Flowcrete range of products. For more than 50 years, Flowcrete’s Isocrete Floor Screeds have been the product choice on some... View Article

Passivent no leak guarantee protects year after year

Monday, 2nd October 2023

Passivent, one of the UK’s leading manufacturers of natural ventilation solutions, has unveiled a market-leading 15 year no leak guarantee available as standard across three of its most popular roof ventilation terminal products. The Passivent Airscoop, Airstract, and Hybrid Plus... View Article

New Altro Piccolo brings stylish, affordable comfort  to residential living areas

Monday, 2nd October 2023

New Altro Piccolo is an attractive, cushion backed 2.4mm wood-effect vinyl flooring, designed to create comfortable and affordable living spaces in residential housing. Ideal for residential living areas, Altro Piccolo is available in a range of designs including maple, oak... View Article

Choose a smarter vinyl floor

Monday, 2nd October 2023

Beauflor® Smartex Pro is an affordable vinyl floor that’s available in a wide range of home-like looks that makes it perfect for housing projects. Suitable for use throughout all domestic areas, Beauflor Smartex Pro can be used as a comfortable... View Article

The world’s first brushless industrial pump from Saniflo

Monday, 2nd October 2023

Saniflo continues to innovate in the industrial waste pump sector by becoming the first manufacturer to offer a brushless option. The popular Sanicubic 2 Pro Smart is a pumping station designed to lift grey and black waste water from individual... View Article

40 for 40 goes on protecting habitat

Monday, 2nd October 2023

To date, 40 for 40, a partnership between Parkside Architectural Tiles and World Land Trust has protected nearly half a million square metres of biodiverse habitat. 40 for 40 is a partnership between specifiers, Parkside Architectural Tiles and the World... View Article

UK’s number one lintel distributor puts customers first with £5m investment programme

Monday, 2nd October 2023

Civils & Lintels, the UK’s largest steel lintel distributor, is making life easier for housebuilders across the country by opening four regional distribution hubs. Civils & Lintels has committed more than £5 million to create four regional lintel distribution hubs... View Article

ZHA wins design competition to build Sanya’s new harbourside cultural district

Monday, 2nd October 2023

The city of Sanya in Hainan, China has announced Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) as winners of the international design competition to build the city’s new harbourside cultural district. Situated on the southern tip of Hainan Island, China’s most southerly province... View Article

Matthew Pratt, CEO of Redrow announced as co-chair of Future Homes Standard

Monday, 2nd October 2023

The CEO of leading housebuilder, Redrow, has been appointed as Co-Chair of the Future Homes Standard (FHS) Implementation Board. Alongside Catherine Adams, Director of Building Systems and Net Zero at DLUHC, Matthew Pratt will lead the board, bringing together housebuilders... View Article

Avant Homes West Yorkshire strengthens commercial team with two senior appointments

Monday, 2nd October 2023

Housebuilder Avant Homes West Yorkshire has strengthened its commercial team with two senior appointments. Chris Penn and Mark Lyon join as commercial director and commercial manager respectively, and will both play a pivotal role in supporting housebuilder’s multi tenure regional expansion strategy.... View Article