Debates over the government’s policies for housing and development – the Green Deal, planning reform and the localism bill – have largely ignored a key question for the housing sector: how the design of our homes will have to change. As I never tire of pointing out, affordable and sustainable housing is not just related […]
The incoming president of the Institute of Civil Engineers has warned that the UK will fail to meet its infrastructure challenge without a radical increase in research and development investment by engineers and the government. Richard Coackley declined to criticise the government over its commitment to sustainable infrastructure growth, despite the slashing of feed-in tariffs […]
Leaders of the new Green Construction Board highlighted the domestic retrofit market as a major growth area during their first meeting. The board is co-chaired by Business Minister Mark Prisk and Lend Lease Chief Executive Dan Labbad. Both are now committed to persuading sceptics that sustainable construction can lead industry growth. Prisk said: “The potential […]
Plans for the biggest affordable housing development seen in St Andrews have taken a significant step forward. Kingdom Housing Association (KHA) has secured funding from the Scottish Government for nine flats in Greenside Place, part of the proposed Abbey Park development by Knightsbridge Homes. KHA has been working with the Knightsbridge team to provide affordable […]
A recent article by Inside Housing has highlighted the increasing costs involved with building zero carbon homes within the current economic climate. A study conducted by Sheffield Hallam University, due to be published in the next two months but seen exclusively by Inside Housing, found that both private and social housing developers identified a range […]
BRS are delighted to announce that they’ll be working with Stewart Milne Homes in Aberdeen City to provide a range of services for the city’s first new council housing in a generation. Stewart Milne Construction will build 85 homes at Hayton Road in Tillydrone, Byron Park in Northfield and Rory Hall in Cults in the […]
East End parishioners will have a new church building by the end of summer. Rebuilding of St George’s and St Peter’s Parish Church, on Aberdalgie Road, Easterhouse, Glasgow is due to be complete by August this year and BRS are providing a range of energy efficiency and building regulations services to the project. Rev. Malcolm […]
