UK Construction Excellence September

WELCOME to the latest edition of UK
Construction Excellence.
This month we saw August trends
heating up even if the weather wasn’t,
with strong figures reported from UK
manufacturing and regular gains in
house prices bolstering the industry.
The residential market continues to
lead the way with starts on new build
homes surging to a decade high.
While the Mayor of London, Sadiq
Khan, has unveiled new measures to
boost affordable housing in the capital,
using a scheme designed to assist
developers through the
planning process.
Inquiries into large-scale cladding
following the Grenfell disaster have
now been completed, with BRE testing
numerous material combinations.
Well over 200 properties have now
been deemed unsafe, and owners
are working with the Government
to bring appropriate measures into
the properties. In this issue we speak
with Wrightstyle, a company with
20 years history in probing fire safety
regulations. Here they discuss how
regulations differ across the British Isles
and how warnings should have been
heeded some 14 years ago.
And, as always, we catch up with the
latest contract news, industry movers
and guest contributors, inside.
Victoria Maggiani
14
Musical Chairs –
Cost Recovery in
Adjudication
7
£65M boost for
UK’s largest
Build to Rent site
The Risks of
Asbestos
in a Fire
45
Publications Editor
Victoria Maggiani
Designer
Seamus Norton
Managing Director
Grahame Steed
Production Manager
Gareth Trevor-Jones
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