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Scheme to link two existing buildings with glazed atrium. The latest news from construction and the built environment covering international regions, sustainability, finance, health and safety, infrastructure, housing, education, and technical and legal issues.
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15 November 2024By Daniel Gayne. Regal and 4C Group bring forward second scheme working together. The latest news from construction and the built environment covering international regions, sustainability, finance, health and safety, infrastructure, housing, education, and technical and legal issues.
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CPD 17 2024: Flat roofs and fire testing standards. Sponsored by Soprema. Sponsored by Soprema, this CPD module delves into the rise of flat roofs, their evolving nature, and the crucial fire testing standards that must be met in order to achieve compliance with …
Barratt’s acquisition of Redrow: the numbers and key players
Feb 7, 2024 · The housing sector woke this morning to the news of an extraordinary £2.5bn deal that will massively increase the size of the largest housebuilder in the UK. The combined Barratt Redrow housebuilding group, if approved by regulators and shareholders, would dwarf other players in the UK market. The deal would mean Barratt, already the UK’s ...
Top 150 Contractors and Housebuilders 2022: full table
Dec 13, 2022 · 24 Bewley Homes: House sales are estimates. 25 Galliard: Average selling price refers to private sales. 26 Robertson: Sales refers to private sales only. 27 Jelson: Sales data are estimates. Construction Business: Strategy, Risk and Regulations. top 150 contractors 2022. Full sortable data from Building’s ranking of the top 150 contractors ...
Top 50 Housebuilders 2022: full table | Features | Building
14 December 2022. Full sortable data from Housing Today’s ranking of the top 50 UK housebuilders. See below for Building’s ranking of the Top 50 UK commercial housebuilders by turnover. The tables, compiled by Hewes Associates, are fully sortable, including figures for turnover, completions, operating profit, completions and average sales ...
Procurement: Two-stage tendering | Features - Building
May 11, 2006 · Two-stage tendering is a procedure typically used to achieve an early appointment of a contractor to a lump-sum contract. For the first stage, the objective is to competitively appoint, on the basis of limited information, a preferred contractor for further negotiation. The first-stage competition is typically based on deliverables including a ...
Bond patterns in brickwork | Features - Building
Stretcher bond, or stretching bond, is extensively used in modern building, primarily in cavity walling. The bricks are laid end to end in courses with the stretchers showing in the face of the work. Each brick laps over two in the course below. For simplicity, stretcher bond is normally built with bricks overlapping by half their length.
Hempcrete: a natural solution in the quest for better materials
Jan 26, 2022 · Hempcrete is a walling and insulation material rolled into one and is used in conjunction with a structural frame. This is generally timber for smaller projects and steel for larger ones such as distribution centres. In a timber-framed house it eliminates the need for external cladding, breather membranes, sheathing boards, insulation and ...