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of the existing workforce, as it’s difficult to deliver to the new building regulations, and the Future Home standard will also be hard to achieve without the requisite skills,” he said. Carr said that product availability isn’t so much of an issue now, though he warned that, as the industry picks up, there may be smaller contractors and developers, struggling to get access to materials. “The supply chain is of course only as good as its weakest link.”
He said that house purchasers are increasingly starting to ask about sustainability, whether that’s the sustainability of the site, or the products being used.
“We have just introduced bat boxes on all of our properties, but actually being able to find sustainable products is becoming something of a problem. which we need to address,” he said. New legislation on water and water use is likely to make an appearance in the future, Carr said. “We have spent 10 years looking at how we make houses more energy efficient, I know the next problem is going to be water. Whether that means we will we have to bring in more rainwater harvesting, or only use materials which are more efficient in the way they use water, I do believe water is going to be the biggest next issue.”
“House purchasers are increasingly starting to ask about sustainability, whether that’s the sustainability of the site, or the products being used.”
Finally, Carr said he would like to see the supply chain working together more, bringing innovative SME house developers and construction companies together with manufacturers and merchants to find the solutions the sector needs. “We have a
lot of expertise, we understand the problems, and know which things we need to find solutions for. We need the manufacturers to be working in more with the SME sector. A lot of the answers and solutions will be found from within the industry.” BMJ
HILL LAUNCHES BMF SECTOR AWARENESS PROGRAMME
The BMF launched its long-heralded Sector Awareness campaign at its members day Conference and Awards last month.
through some of the sessions today you will find that it is you and your colleagues who have contributed to this campaign who we quote and whose words we use, most if not all of the pictures on the website are of people who are working in the sector, they are your people from our sector.
Chairman Richard Hill introduced the launch, which was followed up in more detail in a workshop, detailing how members could get involved.
He said: “Making a Material Difference this is probably the boldest, the most far reaching, most adventurous most expensive campaign we have ever done. The task that the campaign has to do is massive. It has to define our sector, building materials, it has to champion that sector to the UK constructing industry and to the UK people. On top of that it saying to the rest of the construction industry and the people in the wider UK
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something that we know, we who work in this sector know and understand, We know that
this sector is incredible and vibrant.”
He continued: “As we run
“In the two years that it has taken us to get to this point we have garnered a huge amount of content that has bene created by you, by the people in the sector. The graphics the video and the website are, I believe, world class. I do think we can all be extremely proud of what this Sector Awareness programme is saying, those of you who have contributed you can start to think that you have made a material difference to our sector already. “So this is the huge sector awareness programme defining a sector, unifying our members and putting us all under one big umbrella. It’s very exciting and represents a huge opportunity for us.” BMJ
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