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  • Self Build vs Developer Housing

    Posted on June 6, 2014 by Martin Stuart

    This is my first post for Benfield ATT, and as a relative newcomer to the company in my role as Design and Technical manager, I thought I’d start with something a little controversial…
    Two events caused me pause for thought this week.
    First was news of the Queen’s speech, setting out the Government’s legislative agenda for the [...]


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  • Planning, Projects, Prices & Profits

    Posted on March 11, 2014 by davidb

    Anyone watching the BBC 2 series "Permission Impossible" has probably groaned about the varying degrees of ineptitude, ignorance, impropriety and even incompetence of several of the participants. Continue Reading


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  • Blind Man’s ‘Bluff’ - An alternative vision for Britain’s Imperilled Future (Part 3)

    Posted on February 14, 2013 by Professor Benfield

    Along with the rest of the world, over the next 40 years the UK faces rapid population growth, pressure on land, water, energy and other resources, and an administrative legacy that even some Ministers of the Crown see as ‘not fit for purpose’.
    Against this background arguments surrounding the HS2 routes are diversionary and [...]


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  • Blind Man’s ‘Bluff’ - An alternative vision for Britain’s Imperilled Future (Part 2)

    Posted on February 11, 2013 by Professor Benfield

    Along with the rest of the world, over the next 40 years the UK faces rapid population growth, pressure on land, water, energy and other resources, and an administrative legacy that even some Ministers of the Crown see as ‘not fit for purpose’.
    Against this background arguments surrounding the HS2 routes are diversionary and [...]


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  • Blind Man’s ‘Bluff’ - An alternative vision for Britain’s Imperilled Future (Part 1)

    Posted on February 8, 2013 by Professor Benfield

    Along with the rest of the world, over the next 40 years the UK faces rapid population growth, pressure on land, water, energy and other resources, and an administrative legacy that even some Ministers of the Crown see as ‘not fit for purpose’. Continue Reading


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  • Avoid the pain of winter work travel

    Posted on January 24, 2013 by davidb

    Take advantage of our Home Offices to work from home during the winter season.

    This post was posted in Articles and was tagged with UK, Construction, Snow, Home Offices, Regal Home Offices, SolidLox, Economy, Home Working

  • Does Halifax’s ‘price drop’ herald house price rises?

    Posted on August 6, 2012 by Professor Benfield

    Although Halifax (6 Aug 12) report a 0.6% fall in house prices in July 2012, they also note that prices remained stable over the preceding 3 months.

    So what is going on? Continue Reading


    This post was posted in News, Articles and was tagged with House prices, Halifax, house price rise, Olympic Jubille inertia, housing exconomist, housing demand, part time working, localism agenda

  • Govt guns for self-build with £30M fund

    Posted on July 12, 2012 by davidb

    The NHBC reports that Housing Minister Grant Shapps has revealed details for the £30million Custom Build Investment Fund, designed to provide short-term loans to kickstart self-build projects. Seven new sites have also been dedicated to the self-build sector, providing over 100 plots for innovative homes.
    This double boost for self-builders is part of a government drive [...]


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  • Zero Carbon, 2016, - and All That Jazz

    Posted on January 22, 2012 by Professor Benfield

    What the timber frame sector can contribute.

    The Code for Sustainable Development

    Five years ago I gave a paper on Ecology to the HBF’s “Cracking the Code” conference in Birmingham.  It bombed - big time, and might well still do so today. While in essence ‘ecology’ concerns us all, it is outside daily interests and seen almost as part of a different sphere.

    However, at least one element of my message then is more widely understood today – Climate Change and Zero Carbon. Continue Reading


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  • How High Speed Rail Could Rescue Our Economy

    Posted on December 29, 2011 by Professor Benfield

    This article links the potential for Britain's new HS2 transport infrastructure to spawn new technologies along with architectural and building concepts. In turn these could require our ideas about spatial, environmental and social planning to be revisited.

    Continue Reading


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