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06.02.2024 by Clive Feeney, Group Managing Director at LHC Procurement Group

A healthy retrofit market remains ready to deliver a net zero future

The push for net zero remains essential as we look to improve building stock, reduce operating costs, and deliver positive outcomes for occupants. Supply chain collaboration remains essential – in this time of innovation and change, sharing data, best practice and ideas will be important as we look to transform the sector.  

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02.02.2024 by Justin Costello, Head of Marketing

LHC Frameworks deliver results for the recent Awaab’s Law Consultation

Justin Costello, Head of Marketing at LHC Procurement Group speaks with the group’s Chief Operating Officer Jennifer Castle, on the recently launched Awaab’s Law consultation and the role LHC Frameworks can play in implementing the law within stricter timelines being set.

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31.01.2024 by Payal Singhal

Can effective Information Management ensure safety of our buildings?

Following the tragic Grenfell Tower fire in 2017, which led to the demise of 72 innocent people, the housing sector has worked diligently to elevate the standard of building safety, compliance data, and fire safety procedures for evacuation. However, with persistent challenges in the implementation of the Building Safety Act of 2022 which seeks to ensure a more vigorous and accountable regulatory structure, will a better information management system help? Let’s find out… 

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17.01.2024 by Dean Fazackerley, Head of Technical Procurement

How to work with a fabric-first philosophy

In its Perspective and Pathways paper published in 2021, the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) estimated that there were 29 million buildings in the UK requiring retrofit. Despite this, the industry still lacks a long-term, funded retrofit strategy.

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09.01.2024 by Jennifer Castle

Safety and Compliance focus for LHC Conference

When it comes to building safety, “people are starting to get it,” says Dame Judith Hackitt.

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03.01.2024 by Dean Fazackerley

LHC Frameworks leading the way with Mission Zero

LHC Procurement Group’s Head of Marketing and Communications, Justin Costello in conversation with Dean Fazackerley, Head of Technical Procurement.

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21.09.2023 by Justin Costello, Head of Marketing

National frameworks provide solutions to address the RAAC crisis!

National frameworks provide solutions to address the RAAC crisis!

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24.11.2022 by Ben Whitemore - Technical Product Manager at Garland UK

What Is The Best Roofing System For Your Building?

Your roof is one of the most important parts of your building, and a properly installed and maintained roof will provide reliable service, protecting your estate and all its occupants for many years.

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15.08.2022 by MTX

Rising to the challenge at John Radcliffe Hospital

MTX delivered Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust’s new Oxford Critical Care unit (OCC) at the city’s John Radcliffe Hospital using MMC.

The building was originally envisaged as three storeys, but the Trust quickly realised that it needed to be taller, and we worked closely with them to ensure the building met their new requirements.

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20.05.2022 by Lucy Healy, Senior Architect, Pick Everard

Sensory Spaces: An Architect’s Guide to Designing for Children With Autism

It is often said that if you’ve met one person with autism, you’ve met one person with autism. Whilst this quip might be true, it suggests that the task of designing suitable environments for people with autism is extremely challenging. Improving the accessibility of our entire built environment for people with PDD is ultimately the end goal, but we need to focus primarily on the first environment an individual experiences outside of the home, school.

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