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[Lancs Lad]

" Merseyside Police names 12 people charged following investigation into awarding of council contracts
Former Liverpool mayor Joe Anderson is among 12 people charged with bribery and misconduct relating to council contracts following an investigation involving a number of property developers.
Derek Hatton, former deputy leader of Liverpool council in the 1980s, and the council’s former director and regeneration chief Nick Kavanagh are also among those charged. "

Former Liverpool mayor and former council regeneration chief charged with bribery

Merseyside Police names 12 people charged following investigation into awarding of council contracts

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'praps this should be in the C**** thread - but can't get it to come up in a search

Very interesting, I await the verdicts with interest

 

[V8Druid]

well modular is obviously the way forward
'nother one gone
https://www.building.co.uk/news/ber...ng machinery put up for auction valued at 30m

be lucky to see 20% IMHDO

 

[V8Druid]

not seen the 'guts' of this yet --

LGA hits back at plans to curtail role of planning committees in approving development

Legislation introduced yesterday would put more decisions in hands of planning officers

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[Grahams]

well modular is obviously the way forward
'nother one gone
https://www.building.co.uk/news/berkeleys-modular-building-machinery-put-up-for-auction-valued-at-30m/5134933.article?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily Building Daily news&utm_content=Daily Building Daily news+CID_8e9dcc1eeefdaaf4f8a68c9f2b58d8b0&utm_source=Campaign Monitor emails&utm_term=Berkeleys modular building machinery put up for auction valued at 30m

be lucky to see 20% IMHDO

I think it is the way forward. Not sure how they are having so many going bust. Dial it in perfectly in the factory, no delays for weather, no problems with useless subbies making a crap job on site. The Germans and Scandinavians can do it efficiently so why are we having so many problems? It is not like we are inventing something new.

 

[V8Druid]

I think it is the way forward. Not sure how they are having so many going bust. Dial it in perfectly in the factory, no delays for weather, no problems with useless subbies making a crap job on site. The Germans and Scandinavians can do it efficiently so why are we having so many problems? It is not like we are inventing something new.

got it in one Gra - lack of efficiency in production'd be my best guess (and waste, plus DGAF attitudes, re. getting it done/tardiness )

classic example - Llanwern steel works halved it's employees a few decades ago and more than doubled its output - no more dormitories in the canteen on night shifts, etc., etc., etc. and massive reductions in waste/pilfering/overheads/etc..

 

[bobthebuilder]

got it in one Gra - lack of efficiency in production'd be my best guess (and waste, plus DGAF attitudes, re. getting it done/tardiness )

classic example - Llanwern steel works halved it's employees a few decades ago and more than doubled its output - no more dormitories in the canteen on night shifts, etc., etc., etc. and massive reductions in waste/pilfering/overheads/etc..

you buy a timber frame in this country and they are all fecking shapes and sizes ,normally wrong ,fecking rubbish

 

[Vinpetrol]

you buy a timber frame in this country and they are all fecking shapes and sizes ,normally wrong ,fecking rubbish

There not all bad , we have a few good ones up here but I have erected some bad ones over the years

 

[bobthebuilder]

There not all bad , we have a few good ones up here but I have erected some bad ones over the years

had 3 in 3 years ,3 different firms ,2 were the worse thing i have ever had supplied ,(sent half of it back to put right ),the other one was not so bad ,had to cut a few panels to the correct size,but the gripe was they were soaked so twisted all to feck

 

[6feetdown]

I think it is the way forward. Not sure how they are having so many going bust. Dial it in perfectly in the factory, no delays for weather, no problems with useless subbies making a crap job on site. The Germans and Scandinavians can do it efficiently so why are we having so many problems? It is not like we are inventing something new.

Yeah I agree quality control should be way better

 

[V8Druid]

Yeah I agree quality control should be way better

on absolutely everything - does it even exist anymore ????

 

[V8Druid]

Land banking by housebuilders: the baseless conspiracy theory that refuses to go away

Despite numerous reviews finding no evidence of housebuilders deliberately withholding land from the market, we are again having to talk about 'unbuilt' homes, writes Paul Smith

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" ....The Institute For Public Policy Research (IPPR) and the Local Government Association, claims that 1.4 million homes have been granted planning permission but not built since 2007. Planning... "

 

[6feetdown]

Land banking by housebuilders: the baseless conspiracy theory that refuses to go away

Despite numerous reviews finding no evidence of housebuilders deliberately withholding land from the market, we are again having to talk about 'unbuilt' homes, writes Paul Smith

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" ....The Institute For Public Policy Research (IPPR) and the Local Government Association, claims that 1.4 million homes have been granted planning permission but not built since 2007. Planning... "

BS

 

[Vinpetrol]

had 3 in 3 years ,3 different firms ,2 were the worse thing i have ever had supplied ,(sent half of it back to put right ),the other one was not so bad ,had to cut a few panels to the correct size,but the gripe was they were soaked so twisted all to feck

Definitley makes a difference how they are handled and also packaged before delivery whilst in storage. My kit I have recently erected was well wrapped and absolutely bone dry when I opened it up . It was then the best kit I’d ever erected . Had a few howlers in the past though . A kit from Northern Ireland had been built in mirror image of itself . Unbelievable ! Another had panels so far out we were hacking at it with a chainsaw .

 

[V8Druid]

" The Building Safety Levy is a charge on the development of new residential properties in England that raises funds to remediate unsafe buildings. It is collected as part of the building control process and payable by the person or organisation for whom a housing development is carried out. "

More than 100 housebuilders sign letter calling for Reeves to rethink £3.4bn building safety levy

HBF says levy is "nakedly anti-development" and will result in fewer homes being built

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Berkeley warns building safety regulation putting ‘significant pressure’ on housebuilding

Housebuilder still expects to deliver nearly £1bn profit over next two years

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The Building Safety Levy: consultation

www.gov.uk

Building Safety Act: Key points for 2025

Three years on from the Building Safety Act being receiving Royal Assent, the built environment industry is still contending with the changes.

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"A new Building Safety Levy will be introduced in Autumn 2025, aiming to force developers to pay the cost of remediating defects in pre-existing residential developments by paying a levy prior to being issued a building control certificate. This includes replacement of cladding. Leaseholders are not expected to bear the burden of remediation. It is expected that all residential developments with 10 or more plots/bed units will be caught by the levy (subject to as-yet unconfirmed exclusions such as hospitals and barracks). The levy will raise approximately £3.4bn over 10 years for remediation, with the rate yet to be announced.......... From 2 March 2025, changes are being introduced to bolster fire safety with increased duties for principal contractors, including keeping records and performance requirements. The Government agrees that there should be a licensing scheme for contractors wishing to work on higher-risk buildings. Principal designers will be required to sign a declaration that they have complied with their duties, including in relating to the Building Regulations 2010. This forms part of the building control approval stage of the project, and can hold up approval and final certificates being issued.".

it'll either just get passed on in increased prices on new builds and / or slow new builds down dramatically with payment of the levy being a major 'new' cost to developers ... the "ten or more bed units" is likely to capture a huge number of even small developments

 

[V8Druid]

Suspended jail sentence for breach of fire regs

A property developer has been handed a suspended jail sentenced after pleading guilty to breaching fire safety regulations on a high-rise residential building in Worthing.

www.theconstructionindex.co.uk

this bloke really belongs in the C***** thread too and should have gone down

 

[V8Druid]

they can't run the network efficiently, so now they want to diversify and take on yet more ?? ....FFS

"How Network Rail plans to become one of the UK’s biggest housebuilders"​

‘This is a growth story’… How Network Rail plans to become one of the UK’s biggest housebuilders

The transport operator's group property director talks about the 'new mindset' at Network Rail - and why the country's biggest owner of brownfield land is taking an assertive role in redevelopment projects on its sites

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and just to help 'em along the way ....... " Reeves and Rayner pledge default approval for schemes with ‘high housing potential’ such as sites near train stations "

Government targets new homes around commuter hubs

Reeves and Rayner pledge default approval for schemes with 'high housing potential' such as sites near train stations

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" when developers submit an application for “acceptable” types of schemes in key areas, such as areas of high housing potential near transport hubs, the default answer to development is “yes.” "

" Network Rail will form a new property company in partnership with government-owned developer London & Continental Railways (LCR) with plans to build 40,000 homes, the Treasury has confirmed. "

Network Rail to build 40,000 homes in partnership with government-owned developer

Treasury also announces taskforce to unlock unused public land

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they want to concentrate on their core biz of actually making trains run on time - not ****ing about with projects they know p*ss all about

 

[V8Druid]

" Retrofit work would cost up to £11,000 for each homes, according to new research "

Upgrading UK housing to EPC C rating could cost nearly £120bn, study finds

Retrofit work would cost up to £11,000 for each homes, according to new research

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UK housing retrofit bill could hit £118bn

New research indicates that it will cost up to £118bn for UK homes to reach 2030 target energy efficiency standards.

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[V8Druid]

and WTF should Genghis have the say on this one ....... 's been rejected twice

Khan calls in Make’s rejected student resi scheme in Paddington

London mayor says 600-bed scheme would make "significant contribution" to capital's student accommodation targets

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[V8Druid]

in her dreams " Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s spring statement revealed that there are now expected to be fewer than 1.3 million cumulative net additions to the UK housing stock over the five-year period to March 2030. "

Government admits house-building target will be missed

Labour’s manifesto commitment to build 1.5 million new houses by 2030 is likely to be missed, the chancellor has admitted .

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[V8Druid]

PMI reveals fastest downturn in construction since pandemic

While the government hopes to ‘build, baby, build’, UK construction has just gone through its worst month for nearly five years.

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" February’s Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) sank to a score of 44.6 – its lowest reading since May 2020 in the time of covid lockdowns. "

Merchant takings still in decline

Britain’s builders’ merchants saw their takings fall by more than 2%, year on year, in the first month of 2025.

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" Britain’s builders’ merchants saw their takings fall by more than 2%, year on year, in the first month of 2025. "