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As construction projects reopen across the UK, and workers and subcontractors go back on site, robust health and safety protocol will be at the forefront of every housebuilders’ and subcontractors’ minds. 

Aluminium decking specialists AliDeck continued their recent run of innovation and product development with the announcement of the expansion of their standard colour range for aluminium deck boards and joists.

Bradfords has announced it has been awarded a place on the Sanctuary Housing Group framework, as part of a four-year contract to supply plumbing and building materials in the South West, one of only two merchants given a spot.

Leading safety and building compliance authority, Bureau Veritas, has pledged its full support to the government’s recent introduction of a new 11m threshold for sprinklers – asserting it marks a vital step forward in the journey towards enhanced fire safety regulation.

Demanding regulation standards and the sheer scale of a residential housing project like East London’s New Garden Quarter, have seen aluminium building systems supplier Technal and installer Ravenworth work together to deliver this £4.2m scope of work for Telford Homes. This includes windows, patio and entrance doors as well as curtain walling.

The AliDeck Lite Board is the perfect non-combustible solution for leaseholders needing to replace timber or composite decking

Building owners received some good news this week, with the Government announcing the launch of a £1 billion Building Safety Fund to address the urgent removal of dangerous cladding and combustible materials from buildings 18 metres and taller.

A rare disaster in the form of pandemic has temporarily brought the world to its knees. As countries scrabble to fight an invisible enemy, the world has been put in lockdown. The subsequent collapse in activity that has resulted from this is unlike anything experienced in living memory; the word ‘unprecedented’ is bandied about in daily parlance. Housing Association Magazine’s Joe Bradbury discusses COVID-19