WHY IT’S BETTER TO USE A DESIGN & BUILD CONTRACTOR If you have recently been involved in construction or renovation project, then you know that the final product comes after many different stages. This includes design, planning, pre-construction permissions, procurement, construction,

How to Build a Sustainable Home Building a sustainable house means doing your part to protect the environment. By conserving energy, water, and money on repairs for systems and appliances, eco-friendly home design can lower the cost of maintaining your home.   In

Challenges for Doing a House Extension Many family homes have ample room when you first move in but don’t have enough extra room to grow as your lives change. Moving is the first thing that springs to mind but that is

HOW TO MINIMISE THE CONSTRUCTION COST   Are you planning to build your new house? But not sure how much will it cost and how can you reduce building costs while still maintaining good quality. Since COVID 19, the cost of land, materials

Do you know your responsibility under CDM Regulations?   Construction Design & Management Regulations (CDM)    The goal of the Construction Design and Management Regulations (CDM Regulations) is to guarantee that health and safety concerns are adequately taken into account during any construction project.   For

Planning Permission, in simple terms, is like asking if you can do a certain piece of building work. It will be granted (possibly subject to certain conditions) or refused. Parliament has given the main responsibility for planning to local planning authorities

Permitted development rights are a national grant of planning permission which allow certain building works and changes of use to be carried out without having to make a planning application. Permitted development rights are subject to conditions and limitations to

Value of your property largely depend on its Location: Are you living in a popular neighborhood, which is high in demand, how far it is from Major schools, is it located near universities and what kind of neighborhood you are

A general contractor is a construction manager employed by a client, usually upon the advice of the project's architect or engineer.[3] Responsible for the overall coordination of a project, general contractors may also act as building designer and foreman (a

Architect-led design–build projects are those in which interdisciplinary teams of architects and building trades professionals collaborate in an agile management process, where design strategy and construction expertise are seamlessly integrated, and the architect, as owner-advocate, project-steward and team-leader, ensures high