‘Housing Associations’
A Buildingtalk guide
Start with the news release
Infoterra online geographical asset management from
Infoterra , which we summarised at the time by saying "Infoterra has partnered with Stanfords Business Mapping to develop a cost-effective new geographical asset management system - Stanfords GIS - for organisations managing property portfolios.".
Several months prior to that,
we featured the news release Mayor launches the London Housing Strategy from
Building Centre: "He pledged to help Londoners onto the property ladder, with an ambitions aim of 50,000 affordable homes over the next three years.".
In November 2008, we covered the news from Windowbase
- take a look at Win business in growing social housing sector
which says: "Latest social housing specifiers database update is now available from Windowbase.".
Take a look also at the news release from Mumford & Wood, Mumford and Wood are Secured by Design,
as well as ISG sustainable workshop redevelopment from ISG plc,
and General Demolition begin restoration baths in Soho from General Demolition .
Latest stories...
AMA report provides major market review (November 2008)
UK ventilation, air conditioning and non-domestic heating market, estimated to be worth some GBP1.4 billion, having increased by an estimated 4% in 2006-2007.
Dulux Trade Ecosure for luxury and social housing (November 2008)
Dulux Trade Ecosure has been used to decorate 144 private luxury and social housing apartments included in the new Shires Shopping Centre in Leicester.
Painting programme chooses Dulux Trade Paints (November 2008)
South Kesteven District Council trialled various paint manufactures during its cyclical maintenance programmes, and now have specified Dulux Trade products as the sole brand to be used.
Blinds and Shutters Buyers' Guide 2009 (November 2008)
As the only UK directory covering sun shading products, the latest edition of The Blinds and Shutters Buyers' Guide will be published in December 2008.
Invest in training to get ahead of the game (November 2008)
Andy Walder, new Director of the National Construction College (NCC), looks at importance of investing in training in current economic climate and benefits it can bring to businesses.
ISG Jackson win social housing development project (November 2008)
ISG Jackson has secured a GBP3.6 million project with Orwell Housing Association to build a 36-unit affordable housing development in Ipswich.
Residential projects down 30% in 2008 (November 2008)
The value of construction projects in the UK has fallen by 21 per cent over the last year according to the November Glenigan Index, with residential projects down more than 30 per cent.
Profix expands composite door range (November 2008)
Profix have expanded its composite door range with new enhancements designed for the social housing market, including the cylinder locks designed to be bump and snap resistant and a fire door.
Further reading
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Housing Associations Market UK 2008-2012
New AMA report addresses the current issues in this significant market.
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Housing Associations - Specifiers Database
AMA Research updated UK Housing Associations - Specifiers Database for 2006, is available to purchase immediately on CD Rom or by E-mail.
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