Back in May Construction Index carried an article confirming that Sekisui House has set up in the UK with £22m of its own money and £30m from the government’s Home Building Fund, administered through Homes England.

Traditional Danish seaweed thatching could be updated into a sustainable contemporary building material, according to research by Kathryn Larsen. Copenhagen School of Business and Design student Larsen became interested in the potential for seaweed architecture after studying the Viking practice of thatching roofs using eelgrass on the island of Læsø

Countryside Properties plans to ramp up its offsite housing activity by opening two new factories to build modular homes, taking its potential offsite output to 7,500 units a year by 2023. The housebuilder’s expansion of its offsite operations will add two new £6m plants in the Midlands and the South-east

Writing for Build-It’s Self-Build Zone. Andy Butcher reminds us that one of the most important parts of a project is to ensure you’re dealing with well-designed, properly-realised foundations. Considering 30% of build costs will be underground, there is a lot to think about. “What’s more” he adds, “the work will need to be thoroughly mapped […]

Writing in BIM+. Denise Chevin uncovers the strategies of some of the new players flooding into the market hoping to capitalise from Government backing and growing investor interest in the offsite sector.

In hospitality, there is a golden rule: the customer is always right. This philosophy has underpinned the industry – and the services it provides – for nearly a century. And, in the process, has helped evolve, inform and shape the spaces and services that hospitality offers.

Nicky Burridge reports(Sept 11th) that property sales, buyer enquiries and new instructions all failed to improve in August following a brief early summer bounce in the property market.

The acquisitions allow the Silicon Valley company to expand its coverage of the US market. UEB Builders is a general contractor in Arizona that constructs commercial and residential projects. Georgia-based Fortune-Johnson specialises in multi-family residential projects. Both companies will adopt the Katerra brand.

According to a report in Housing Today, Government targets are missing the real issues, which include household numbers and low interest rates. The UK’s housing crisis will not be solved simply by building more homes, according to a new report published by the UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence, a consortium of 14 institutions which […]

A new report by Arup outlines the key reforms needed to the UK’s planning system to facilitate the widescale use of Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) to help deliver the large number of new homes the country needs.

To tackle VAT fraud in the construction industry a domestic reverse charge will be introduced with effect from October 2019. Writing in Construction Manager, Alison Birch, VAT partner at Mitchell Charlesworth, explains what this means for businesses in the construction industry.Please enter a description….