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What does the Future Homes Hub mean for the construction sector?
by Matt Milton|03 March 23|Build, Design, Supply, Sustainability
The new plan from Future Homes Hub sets out the construction sector's path to whole-life carbon assessments The Future Homes Hub has published an Embodied and Whole Life Carbon Implementation Plan for 2023-25. This plan follows the publication of the Government’s Net-Zero Strategy in 2021, which set out ambitions for...
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Consultation alert: Transition away from BS 476 in Approved Document B
by Jack Clappen|08 February 23|Policy
The Government is proposing in their next update to Approved Document B to remove remaining references to all aspects of the BS 476 series – the national classification standard for reaction to fire and fire resistance in Approved Document B. Timber Development UK (TDUK) is concerned that a 12-month transition...
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The Building Safety Act
The Building Safety Act: what do you need to know?
by TDUK|15 September 22|Design
After months of debate and amendments, the Building Safety Bill finally received Royal Assent on 28 April 2022. It is intended to “create lasting generational change” to the way residential buildings are constructed and maintained in the UK following the 2017 Grenfell Tower disaster, while protecting the rights of leaseholders....
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National Structural Timber Specification for Building Construction
by TDUK|10 September 22|Build
Timber design and specification need no longer demand such a ‘special’ approach. Yet timber is a uniquely renewable product and its properties and characteristics require understanding and respect in order to meet clients’ aspirations.
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structural timber law
Use of structural timber permitted in buildings up to 18 metres
by TDUK|15 June 22|Build
Update to Approved Document B: Structural timber has been officially permitted for use in the external walls of all buildings up to 18 metres.
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