Tag: building
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What to Know Before Building Your First Home
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in #budget, #building, #custom, #Home, #planning, #preparation, design, Featured, permitting, Vendor NewsBuilding your first home? It’s easily one of the biggest, and most thrilling, milestones you’ll ever reach. Unlike buying an existing house, constructing from the ground up gives you complete control over every detail, letting you create a space that genuinely reflects your vision and lifestyle. But here’s the thing: the process involves way more…
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Renovating a listed building? 5 expert led practical rules
If, like me, you’ve survived renovating a listed building, you’ll perhaps understand the use of the word survival. As dramatic as it might sound, taking on any house renovation can be challenging. Deciding to renovate a listed building adds in a whole other level of skill and determination, not just from you, but from your…
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How to Protect Your Home or Building From Water Damage
Imagine walking into your home one morning and finding water pooling on the floor or dripping from the ceiling. It’s one of those moments that instantly fills you with panic. Water damage can happen unexpectedly and spread faster than most people realize. From leaking roofs and burst pipes to flooded basements, moisture can seep into…
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How McLaughlin & Harvey demonstrates competency under the Building Safety Act
Trade bodies Guidance from industry bodies is starting to emerge, such as the Joint Competency Initiative (envelope) and the Association of Specialist Fire Protection, which have developed standards for assessing individual competencies. However, we need a set of standards for every trade and there is some way to go before this is achieved. Professional bodies…
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Building Into Luxury Concrete | For Construction Pros
Let’s be honest, concrete isn’t going to be the number one response in a short list of decorative building material options for luxury construction projects. But, if you think about it, that mentality has been slowly changing. The context of luxury construction changes, reflecting the culture and time of the moment. For instance, in the…
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Building your own home near a train station just got easier
Self‑builders could soon find it significantly easier to secure planning permission for homes near train stations, thanks to the UK Government’s newly announced reforms. The government’s new policy introduces a default “yes” for housing submitted close to well-connected transport links, subject to certain criteria. This reform, combined with the release of brownfield railway land, is…
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Living Room Essentials: Building a Space Around the Perfect Sofa
In the heart of every home lies the living room — a space where comfort meets style, and daily life mingles with meaningful moments. Designing this space is not just about picking pretty furniture; it’s an artful act of crafting an environment that feels warm, inviting, and utterly you. Imagine walking into your living room…
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Building More Than Structures: Strengthening Communities
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When a construction‑oriented company steps beyond windows, walls and beams and becomes a catalyst for community healing, something remarkable happens. In one such case, Renewal by Andersen donated a major renovation to the Dempsey Center — a move that illustrates how firms in the built‑environment sector can become genuine community builders, not just contractors. Why…
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Building the Backbone of Tomorrow: F.H. Paschen’s Role in High-Tech Infrastructure
In today’s rapidly evolving digital economy, the physical infrastructure behind our data-driven lives often goes unnoticed. Yet behind every viral TikTok, every plug-in electrical vehicle on our highways, and every advancement in manufacturing and computing, there are highly specialized, mission-critical facilities. These “mission-critical facilities” include data centers, quantum computing hubs, semiconductor plants, battery storage facilities,…
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Building Safety Regulator to exit HSE in January
Building safety minister, Samantha Dixon, said that the new arrangement would “strengthen lines of accountability and give a dedicated focus to BSR operations, and is an important first step towards establishing a single construction regulator, the lead recommendation of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 2 report. View the original article and our Inspiration here