All Housebuilders articles
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InsightThe Irish plan
Quintain Ireland’s Eddie Byrne tells Property Week how Covid-19 is affecting business and what it all means for its plans to become one of the republic’s biggest housebuilders.
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Homes England launches years-long study to support MMC uptake
Homes England has commissioned its own research into modern methods of construction (MMC) as it looks to tap into the “enormous potential” they hold for housing delivery in the UK.
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Build homes for heroes
Every Thursday, people across the UK stand on their doorsteps to applaud and cheer NHS workers, to show how much we value them and acknowledge their huge dedication and sacrifice during the coronavirus outbreak.
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BoKlok appoints modular housing partner
BoKlok, the housing joint venture between Skanska and IKEA, has appointed modular housing manufacturer TopHat to help deliver its first UK homes.
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Vistry boasts strong demand but does not rule out taking government Covid-19 loan
Vistry, the housebuilding giant formerly known as Bovis Homes, has said the group performed “better than initially expected” during the Covid-19 lockdown and was now operating across all of its 73 contracting sites.
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MMC Podcast Series ep 7: Urban Splash and Sekisui House share a bold vision for quality and design
One year on from Urban Splash’s deal with Sekisui House and Homes England to create House by Urban Splash, its managing director Simon Gawthorpe says the business is making great progress with major developments underway right across the country.
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MMC Podcast series ep 6: TopHat’s tech platform and 3D-printed bricks will level-up design standards for modular housing
New York-native Jordan Rosenhaus, founder of TopHat, believes technology can not only design better homes, but help developers and local authorities get along better. Manufactured housing could become mainstream, he believes, by using cloud-based platforms to shape the design and manufacture of homes to fit flexibly with existing local architecture. ...
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MMC Podcast series ep 5: Laing O’Rourke says procurement must prioritise innovation
Procurement for public and private construction projects must do more to encourage R D investment and help steer the uptake of offsite manufacturing if Britain is to recover quickly from the Covid-19 crisis.
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MMC Podcast series ep4: Project Etopia bids to create “Tesla of housing” with focus on proprietary energy technology
Forget proptech, Project Etopia wants to lead an “eci-tech” revolution to manufacture carbon-positive homes built around smart-home technology that places as much weight on energy storage and generation as they do on being functional and looking great.
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MMC Podcast series ep3: Home England says MMC “critical” for recovery
Homes England has won plaudits for supporting developers through the COVID-19 crisis and for quickly moving to agile working. But the government’s housing agency has always been forward-looking. It has helped drive forward modern methods of construction.
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MMC Podcast series ep2: Yorkshire-based manufacturer ilke Homes calls for government to reserve land “exclusively” for factory-built homes
Offsite manufacturers are ready to deliver the homes the country needs as soon as they get the green light, but the land must be made available to them.
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MMC Podcast series ep1: Modular construction has an important role to play in UK’s housebuilding rebound
Manufacturers of factory-built homes, such as Legal General Modular Homes, possess the ability to address the UK’s historic shortfall in housing delivery while creating vital, high-quality employment opportunities for the UK economy.
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Countryside to begin opening sites from Monday
Housebuilder Countryside will open 80% of its construction sites from Monday, as it confirms extra liquidity.
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Hill donates homes to the homeless
Housebuilder Hill will build 200 homes to donate to the homeless.
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L&G gains planning for Selby modular homes scheme
Legal General Modular Homes has gained planning consent for 154 homes at an eight-acre site in Selby in North Yorkshire.
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Barratt Developments to re-open sites from 11 May
Barratt Developments will recommence work on its construction sites from 11 May.
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Bellway to re-open sites from 4 May
Bellway has become the latest housebuilder to announce the re-opening of its sites.
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Housing experts hope for V-shaped recovery
The housing market is in better shape than after 2008, but the length of the lockdown will be a key factor in its recovery.
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Persimmon appoints non-executive director
Housebuilder Persimmon has appointed Annemarie Durbin as its independent non-executive director from 1 July.
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Persimmon postpones dividend as sites begin to reopen
Persimmon’s sales figures remain strong as the housebuilder’s construction workers begin to return to work.
