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Precast Concrete Lintels: The Ultimate Guide to Strength, Durability & Installation

UK Construction Blog

Available in various types (standard prestressed, high strength and fair-faced options) and sizes (widths from 100mm to 215mm and lengths from 600mm to 3000mm), these lintels can accommodate diverse building requirements. What Are Precast Concrete Lintels?

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Article 4 Direction: What Property Owners Need to Know Before Converting

UK Construction Blog

Key Takeaways An Article 4 Direction is a legal measure that restricts permitted development rights, requiring property owners to obtain planning permission for changes that would normally be allowed without application.

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Five tier ones sign up to best practice drive

The Construction Index

Robbie Blackhurst introduces his Centre for Construction Best Practice The Centre for Construction Best Practice has been set up by the man behind purchasing agency Procure Partnerships to promote collaboration, innovation and improved delivery standards in the industry. That’s why becoming a corporate partner of CCBP made sense.

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Deep energy retrofits: The future of sustainable buildings

Construction Specifier

As the global focus on sustainability and climate change intensifies, the United States is seeing a new trend in building restoration-deep energy retrofits. buildings account for nearly 50 percent of energy consumption and 35 percent of total energy-related emissions. 1 The agreement was enacted in 2016.

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Opinion: How to fix the Building Safety Regulator

The Construction Index

However, amid this widespread financial and operational strain, the industry has also been coming to terms with the implications of the government’s recent Building Safety Act 2022 (BSA). A necessary regulation following the Grenfell Tower fire, the BSA is a response to the long-standing issues around building safety.

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Where HS2 went wrong

The Construction Index

It sets out how the politicians in a hurry to build the world’s best and fastest railway meant that cost control went out of the window and gold plating ran riot. Unfortunately, the HS2 Programme has failed to deliver on this original vision with the current scope now restricted to building the line from Euston to the West Midlands.

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Manchester United New Stadium: £2bn 100,000-Capacity Vision to Replace Old Trafford

UK Construction Blog

Key Takeaways Manchester United is building the UK’s largest football stadium with a 100,000-seat capacity on land adjacent to Old Trafford, designed by Foster + Partners as part of a £2 billion regeneration project set to complete by 2030-31. The club explores various financing strategies to make this transformative vision a reality.