"The quality tradesmen are just not out there, and neither is the education of apprentices. Developers are crunching down on prices so much that quality tradesmen won’t do the work for the money – so they have to get second-rate labour in.”

#Planning #Housing #UKPolitics #Builders

Britain’s new-build nightmare - New Statesman
https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/society/2025/06/britains-new-build-nightmare-housing-crisis

In this week's edition of 'you can find someone who knows anything on the fedi', I'm looking for information on Victoria's relatively new Domestic Building Insurance regulations.

My question is: can you get domestic building insurance for a partial restumping?

Restumping crew reckons it would be a massive waste of labour to remove all the old stumps (which are mostly in good condition and doing their job) and suggests putting in new stumps only as required.

He reckons he can do this all above board with a building permit and independent surveyor, but only if the whole job is under 16k worth of work.

For work over 16k, domestic building insurance is required, under 16k it's not (this part is true, I've read the legislation).

However the restumping crew reckons domestic building insurance won't cover partial foundation works, it will only cover a whole building new-for-old replacement of stumps.

So that's the actual question: are they right about this? Will domestic building insurance in Victoria cover partial restumping or not?
#constructionIndustry #builders

Power list: BCI names NZ’s busiest commercial builders for projects started in 2024 https://www.byteseu.com/969409/ #12 #2024 #asxlisted #based #bci #been #billion #builder #builders #busiest #commercial #Downer #Edi #for #hawkins #in #last #list #named #names #NewZealand #nzs #owned #power #Projects #started #Work #year #zealands

Would You Feel Safe Living In A City Built On A Foundation Made From The Lava Of A Volcano? That May Be The Future Of Icelandic Construction. » TwistedSifter https://www.byteseu.com/967873/ #Architecture #builders #BuildingMaterials #CityConstruction #CityFoundation #Iceland #Lava #lavaforming #magma #Science #SingleTopic #Top #volcano

#Building sites must have #toilets by law (if the ones in the houses are not suitable to use, maybe not yet plumbed in) - if the #builders are leaving #piss bottles around then it seems like its done as a deliberate "fuck you" to their employers and the end customers as they hate them and their jobs (likely linked to incel / manosphere behaviour) #construction #trades #ToxicMasculinity

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx20xj5n325o

Lost Nature – housing developers fail to deliver their ecological commitments.

A survey of new #HousingDevelopments reveals that developers are installing just half of the ecological features that they should be.

A Wild Justice report, written by researchers at the University of Sheffield, has revealed that #HousingDevelopers are not keeping legally-binding promises to help wildlife on housing developments.

A survey of nearly 6,000 #house across 42 developments found that only half of the promises to mitigate harm to #nature had been kept. Many ecological enhancements had simply not materialised, with 83% of Hedgehog highways, 100% of bug boxes, and 75% of both bat and bird boxes found to be missing from new developments.

The delivery of plant life across sites also painted a depressing picture: 39% of the #trees detailed on planting plans were missing or dead, and nearly half of the native #hedges that were supposed to be laid did not exist.

See below for full and summary reports:

https://wildjustice.org.uk/general/lost-nature-report/

How bad is this?

Any structural indication?

New Podcast! "31 August 1972: Shrewsbury builders strike meeting" on @Spreaker #builders #history #shrewsbury https://www.spreaker.com/episode/31-august-1972-shrewsbury-builders-strike-meeting--61217902?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

First post #new

Looking for…
#revolutionary #thinkers
#globalcitizens #globalcitizen
#digitalnomads #digitalnomad
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#artists #thinkers #builders #makers

Who believe..
We live in the most pivotal time in human history and we can build a better tomorrow for all.

Who are interested in..
#artificialintelligence
#globalwarming
#equalrights #equality
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DM to join the engagement collective

Shout-out to all those #interiordesigners, #architects, #developers and #builders of new flats to double-dare them to clean up after a baked dinner for six in that kitchen sink they’ve installed that’s barely big enough to rinse a dinner plate, let alone soak a baking pan.

The photos I used for The AJ Chronicles: 10 May 2024.

Bike problems, parking fine, neighbour's roofers, OCD and old photos, cringing at a comedy show, my aunt's neighbours, writer's block, and this week's Medium stories.

https://open.substack.com/pub/soultoscribe/p/the-aj-chronicles-10-may-2024?r=1wipey&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

Free to read on Substack; also on Medium.

Why doesn't the UK build enough houses (if you think this is behind the #housingcrisis)?

A new Competition & Markets Authority report broadly blames (as have previous reviews), the planning system, arguing that any land banking is more a symptom of problems, than a cause of lower build-outs in residential property.

For the #builders, this handily throws the problem back to the politicians... but in the end even if the planning system was 'fixed' the problems are more complex than just that!

Question: MDF or OSB board underlayment over existing underlayment to strengthen floor?

Our house is aged and the flooring underlayment is also the finished floor, like 2" tongue and groove, and it's not holding up too well with my medical equipment.

We had extra bracing added at delicate areas between joists that was causing problems, like where my motorized wheelchair puts weird pressure. ( see below.)

Want to have new underlayment put down. Any tips. Suggestions? #Builders #Remodel

How the housing industry is working to stop energy efficient homes

"Home #builders have used their political muscle to prevent states and cities from adopting the latest code, which would lower the #climate impact of new houses

#EnergyEfficiency advocates say affordability is a convenient talking point for the home builders. They say the industry is mainly concerned with its profit margins"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2024/02/21/homebuilders-energy-efficiency-climate/