4 INDUSTRY NEWS
Publisher Anthony Parker
Managing Editor James Parker
Jack Wooler
FROM THE EDITOR
With bleaker news of the war in Ukraine arriving each day, even the pressures of the pandemic are being overshadowed for many of us.
Meanwhile, builders are currently contending with a range of other – and not entirely unrelated growing threats, from in ation, to supply chain failures, and a lack of skilled workers.
Considering this combination, it is perhaps forgivable to forget that we are still living in a time of climate crisis. Regardless of whether we focus on them or not, however, the changes are coming, and in the UK, the most severe consequences we can expect to see short-term will be increased ‘ ood events.’
While ooding is nothing new in the , and currently one in six homes already sit at risk of ooding in ngland, a warmed climate is predicted to severely exacerbate this. Warm air brings both more rainfall from extra evaporation, and by drying the earth, a reduction in its capacity to soak that rainfall up.
tudies have shown that over two-thirds of ooding is currently caused by sur- face water runoff (or surcharge from overloaded drainage systems). So, this would seem a sensible place to begin bolstering already compromised natural processes. This is especially true for housebuilders and developers, who more than most can make a direct contribution, for better or worse.
ON THE COVER
The Industry Advocate: Brian Berry on the perfect storm facing the sector Page 12
White paper: Where are
housebuilders on fl ood mitigation? Page 39
Case study: A modular solution to housing London’s homeless Page 24
HOUSEBUILDER & DEVELOPER
APRIL/MAY 2022
Thankfully, proven solutions already exist. Sustainable Drainage Systems known as uD are a ‘palette’ of approaches designed to assist and manage the drainage of surface water – and therefore are designed to tackle the problem of runoff in ooding events. o the wonder of many however, especially considering the upcoming dangers discussed above, such systems are not yet ubiquitous in this country.
In order to fi nd out why this is, as well as the barriers and the benefi ts of SuDS in general, Housebuilder & Developer has conducted a piece of reader research to fi nd out how developers are embracing the solutions. he results are shown in our white paper on page 39.
he research conducted with dge Insight revealed that, while of housebuilders and developers have become more aware of ood risk management in recent years, install ustainable Drainage ystems uD in their projects only occasionally, and 1 have still never done so.
As well as regulatory issues, with most of those surveyed believing these should be expanded, our respondents also argued that the Government has not done enough on SuDS in general, both in engaging the industry, and in not spending enough money.
RAISING THE STANDARD
Stonewood Group explain to Jack Wooler how they have brought in luxury features ‘as standard’ in a new 38-home scheme in Wiltshire
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Somerbrook, Stonewood Group – go to page 30
11/04/2022 09:53
To give the Government some credit, the above issues are of course weighing heavily on them too, but despite this, it is clear there is real work to be done to help housebuilders and developers fully adopt these crucial approaches, in a diffi cult business context. If the overnment truly wants to ‘level up,’ as it claims, the industry is likely to need a helping hand.
Jack Wooler
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