4 INDUSTRY NEWS
Publisher Anthony Parker
Managing Editor James Parker
James Parker
FROM THE EDITOR
As this issue went to press, it became your legal duty to achieve carbon emissions in new build homes which are 31% lower than the 2010 Building Regulations. This is being done via a squeeze on Part L and Part F of the Regs, alongside the introduction of the new Part O covering overheating.
The implementation of this interim target – towards the full provisions of the Future Homes Standard coming into force in 2025 – has either been substantially smoothed or slightly fudged, however, depending on your viewpoint. The ‘transitional arrangements’ which have been agreed for housebuilders means that if you have submitted plans (building notice, initial notice or full plans) by 15 June, you can start work to the previous Part L/F between now and 15 June 2023.
Designs will not only need greater insulation and air-tightness, while avoiding overheating, but will also negate gas heating. As the UK’s electricity grid becomes increasingly ‘decarbonised,’ come 2025 the Regs will be tightened again so that new homes will be completely ‘future-proofed.’ This means that they won’t require any more retrofi t work to make them ‘zero carbon’ to align with the UK’s legally-binding net zero target in 2050. That’s the plan anyway.
ON THE COVER
Case Study: Creating a plaza for residents to socialise in new scheme in Mill Hill, London
Climate Challenge: WMS on how a holistic approach is needed to maximise underfl oor heating benefi ts
The Social Network: Patrick Mooney asks is quality at risk in the rush to deliver the housing numbers?
HOUSEBUILDER & DEVELOPER
JUNE/JULY 2022
Suppliers will help, but margins will only take so much before core fi nances start to get hit. Major housebuilders will likely take priority over SMEs – 16% of all SMEs are in the construction sector. The FMB says a third of SME housebuilders have already had to pass on price rises to their customers. For a time, contractors will attempt to absorb these rises. But eventually they will be asking their suppliers for more favourable terms, and hiking prices for buyers facing an energy crisis.
ESTATE OF INDEPENDENCE
Salford Housing Association Salix used its new-found independent status to deliver a major estate regeneration project with serious amounts of community buy-in
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Poets Estate in Swinton – go to page 32
01/06/2022 10:48
House prices recently showed a slight dip, as The Bank of England tries to curb infl ation. Michael Gove’s recently spreading doubt around the fi rmness of the 300,000 homes target might be welcome news.
James Parker
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The transitional arrangements almost seem to have predicted house- builders’ current predicament, as costs go through the roof. Infl ation is currently at a 40-year high, and construction materials are one of the most badly-hit areas; estimates earlier this year put the price rises facing housebuilders at around an extra £3.2bn.
The Department of Business reported that in February, the cost of steel rebar had increased year on year by 44%. Fabricated structural steel was up by 36%, particle board 45%, and plywood 29%. Early, open collaboration across the supply chain, and creative thinking, will only go so far in mitigating such rapid rises. Fuel is rising at a record rate too, which will add further costs getting supplies to sites.
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