LABM Weekly

LABM Weekly is an essential digital resource for local authority and housing association specifiers, contractors and construction and maintenance professionals.

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.@CardoGroup has completed the acquisition of Correct Contract Services (CCS), strengthening its #compliance and #energyservices capabilities while expanding its presence across South and Central England.

https://t.co/YjaCNZE1vS
#acquisition #contractor #retrofit #socialhousing

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Elmira Magomedova, Creative Designer at @AltroFlooring, offers advice to #healthcare #specifiers and designers on creating #accessiblebathrooms and #wetrooms that meet compliance requirements while delivering an attractive, welcoming environment.

https://t.co/aTvklOvI3y

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The National Housing Maintenance Forum 2027 #Awards and #Conference plans have been announced. The event, focusing on Raising Standards Together, will take place on 20th & 21st January 2027 at the Crowne Plaza in Stratford-upon-Avon.

https://t.co/lHHZcHHiDG
#housing #maintenance

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Trimble's Ben Wallbank looks at #AwaabsLaw Phase Two and explores why the compliance challenges remains just as much about data and evidence as it is about the maintenance delivery. And how #digitaltechnology can help #housing providers.

https://t.co/NURA5qinRX
@TrimbleCorpNews

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.@ROBUST_UK, a leading manufacturer of steel door solutions, has added a fire-rated and smoke-tested double doorset option to its RISER-DOR range.

https://t.co/WwhjFK0U3c
#doubledoorset #riserdoors #specification #buildingsafety #firesafety

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Be One Homes has gone live with @Totalmobile's Field First platform, using its Job Management capability as part of its wider initiative to modernise #housingrepairs and strengthen #frontlineservices across its 19,000 homes.

https://t.co/n8PK0R20VT
#digitaltransformation

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Southern Construction Framework's latest report reveals demand remains healthy across the #constructionsector, but lengthy approval processes, affordability pressures and commercial uncertainty are slowing the delivery of projects to site.

https://t.co/Y0XAqWNTNC
#newreport

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Public sector procurement specialist @Scape_Group publishes the Tender Notice for its next generation SCAPE Construction Works and Services Framework, covering England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

https://t.co/IRnWV7XpXG
#construction #frameworks #publicsector

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Dame Judith Hackitt DBE and Charlie Pugsley KFSM, Acting Chief Executive Officer of @BSR_buildsafe confirmed for SertusLive 3, a one-day forum which will explore the practical challenges of delivering #saferbuildings through the lens of #smokeventilation.

https://t.co/YGzZlECUUq

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Lovell Renew has started the second year of its three-year #retrofit #partnership programme with #housingassociation Amplius, which will deliver #energyefficiency improvements to homes across Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire and Peterborough. @Lovell_UK

https://t.co/Zq8PKdBS9C

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Manufacturer of #passivefireprotection and #acoustic solutions, @Siderise has published its third annual sustainability report, providing a transparent overview of progress against its ambitious targets.

https://t.co/MHpyrnU8Ep
#sustainability #newreport

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.@PickEverard has completed major #firesafety #remediation works at nine #residential #towerblocks in Salford managed by Pendleton Together Operating Ltd (PTOL), part of the Together Housing Group.

https://t.co/rhCQsPLB4e

[LABM Weekly @LABMmag]

Natural slate producer @CUPAPIZARRAS_en has launched a new online Fixing Specification Tool designed to help #architects, #specifiers and #roofing professionals generate accurate #slate fixing #specifications quickly and efficiently.

https://t.co/y8ESe2ZcmG

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A different approach is needed to maintain heat networks. Ian Allan, Head of Market Strategy at @Switch2Energy, tells LABM why heat networks need better maintenance, not major upgrade works.

https://t.co/Vduasx234h
@HoughBellis #heatnetworks #heating

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.@LBofHounslow appoints @HigginsPartner to deliver 182 new council homes as part of the regeneration of the Charlton House and Albany House estate in Brentford.

https://t.co/3yyW5vdsHW
#contract #regeneration #councilhousing #affordablehousing #newhomes

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In this article, Ian Rose, Managing Director at Passiv UK, discusses low carbon heating and why data holds the key to better-performing heat pump homes.

https://t.co/l684a7WQ5f
#lowcarbonheating #data #heatpumps #data #housing #newhomes

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Stonewater has secured its largest-ever #funding allocation from @HomesEngland. The £350m will enable the #housingassociation to deliver thousands of much-needed #affordablehomes around the country.

https://t.co/JrAIwm4Sk6

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Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government announce nearly £10bn of allocations through the first wave of the £39bn Social and Affordable Homes Programme. Comment from Hyde, @orbitgroup & @G15London.

https://t.co/ccypSKuXlq
#socialhousing

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Following the successful completion of phase one, @RiversideUK and Countryside Partnerships (part of Vistry), held a groundbreaking ceremony recently to mark the start of phase two of the 275-home #mixedtenure #development at Calverley Close in Bromley.

https://t.co/DcPvklXGPT

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Gareth Sellers, Strategic Account Manager – Specification at @Resideo, explores how reducing the conditions that allow #damp and #mould to develop can help #sociallandlords to move beyond reactive #repairs and take practical preventative action.

https://t.co/errrxsSXsH