All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 1354
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Just passing by?
We now know where the neighbourhood renewal fund millions will be spent. Will cash make a difference?
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'Positive first step in regulation revolution'
The Housing Corporation found "clear evidence of good performance" in its first pilot inspection of a housing association - but has asked it for an action plan for improvements
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Deficit that drives rush to transfer
The stark financial situation forcing many councils down the stock transfer route was spelt out in a major study this week
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Corporation may take sole RSL validation role
The Housing Corporation could be solely responsible for validating and checking registered social landlords' support services in an extention of its current role under the new Supporting People funding regime.The suggestion is made in the Supporting People consultation document on quality and monitoring published this week. It details proposals for ...
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Blurred Vision
The row over whether to give to beggars obscures the real issue: why do people need to beg?
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Raynsford to 'amend and adapt' rent plans
The housing minister has given his firmest indication yet that the government's plans for rent restructuring will be amended to make them palatable for the housing association sector
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£33m jobs and homes plan for ex-offenders
A multi-million package to help ex-offenders with housing and training has been unveiled by the Home Office a week after a critical report from a rehabilitation charity
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Roger Milne
Planning minister Nick Raynsford repeats the Government's warning to housebuilders over the need to develop towns that people want .
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Source of inspiration
Netherne-on-the-Hill, Coulsdon, Surrey Gleeson Homes is re-using some 95% of the hospital buildings at its 430-unit demonstration project. Josephine Smit looks at how architectural features such as stone porticoes are being re-used to create individual homes and how even 600 000 tons of crushed concrete is being recycled.
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Grasping the metal
Wilton Road, Reading, Berkshire Ealing Family HA's 25-unit development is far more than a giant Meccano set. Its steel frame is just the beginning allowing the architect to abandon conventional central heating, build in high U values and complete the building in quick time.
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It's good to talk...
St Quintin Park, North Kensington, London Forging new working relationships between client and suppliers is the aim of the partnering agreement between William Sutton Trust and Durkan for the refurbishment of seven apartment blocks. We visited the site to find out how the relationship is working out for both sides.
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Foundations
Foundations is a monthly distillation of up-to-date, previously unpublished data. The information is presented regionally to help with detailed business planning. House starts, compiled by the NHBC, show trends in your area well in advance of government data. Plus, fresh figures from the Halifax.
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David Curry MP
The Conservative pre-conference manifesto pledges to put two-thirds of new homes on cheaper and easier to develop brownfield land. But how will this satisfy South East demand, muses former Conservative housing minister David Curry.
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Open and shutter case
Millennium Plus, Nightingale Estate, Hackney, east London Cheap, quick, thermally efficient and bringing factory build on site. Sounds like timber frame? Not this time. This is the brave new world of in situ concrete - tunnelform-style. We check out how this Dutch innovation is shaping up. Photos by Ronen Numa.
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Green piece campaign
Watton Green, Castle Vale, Birmingham Sustainable, non toxic and environmentaly friendly. So right-on you'd be happy to take it to meet Jonathan Porritt. And it's visually exciting too. We saw this distinctive scheme taking shape and reports on the learning curve involved in using Fillcrete's Tradis insulated timber panel system.
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Two green roofs - and not a blade of grass
Grass roofs aren't the only way of topping a home in an environmentally-friendly way. Solar systems are now being integrated into the roof to provide sophisticated home heating and cooling. And tyres from old cars could also be going up in the world.
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Best laid plans
Romford and Chelmsford, Essex Modular housing is the ultimate homebuilding innovation. The manufacturer can produce it, the prototypes have been successfully built, but will the planners let it be developed on a large scale?
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Chris Bazlinton
Egan is now generally accepted but local authorities are dragging their heels and there is still fear about innovation. Meanwhile, Tory proposals take on more significance..
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Homebuilders await survey results
Top UK homebuilders are awaiting public reaction to the first ever national survey of customer satisfaction.
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Pioneers assemble case for prefab
Conference examines planning and valuation issues in taking homebuilding off site.