Building Technology
A guide to modern methods of construction A guide to modern methods of construction December 2006
NHBC Foundation
Buildmark House
Chiltern Avenue
Amersham
Bucks HP6 5AP
Tel: 01494 735394
Fax: 01494 735365
Email: info@nhbcfoundation.org
Web: www.nhbcfoundation.org
This guide has been written by Keith Ross, Paul Cartwright and Oliver Novakovic of the BRE Housing Innovation Centre
© NHBC Foundation
NF 1
Published by IHS BRE Press on behalf of NHBC Foundation
December 2006
ISBN-13: 987-1-86081-937-7
ISBN-10: 1-86081-937-0
P R E F A C E
The NHBC Foundation has been established to help the house building industry to develop innovative and sustainable ways of meeting the demands for new housing. Its mission is to help set and improve the standard of new homes across the UK.
This guide is one element of a series that is expected to grow into a valuable resource for everyone in the housing industry – from regulators, lenders and insurers, through to designers, planners and builders, and on to clients and owners.
The aim of the series, in association with our other initiatives, is to add to the knowledge base of the industry and to provide clear, easy to access, information to assist the industry in meeting the challenges that it faces in these times of rapid change. To this end we will be developing further projects with our partners to further our aims and objectives.
Rod MacEachrane
Director, NHBC Foundation
December 2006
A C K N O W L E D G E M E N T S
Thanks to the following individuals and organisations for their technical guidance during the preparation of the guide:
Phil Brown PACE Timber Systems Limited
Paul Cooke Higgins
John D Cooper NHBC
David Flight Como Homes Ltd
Rob Grantham Guinness Trust
Stephen Proctor Proctor and Matthews
Brendan Ritchie Willmott Dixon
Neil Smith NHBC
Kate Symons Jephson Housing
Graham Webb Framing Solutions
Photographs
We would like to express our sincere
NHBC Foundation
Buildmark House
Chiltern Avenue
Amersham
Bucks HP6 5AP
Tel: 01494 735394
Fax: 01494 735365
Email: info@nhbcfoundation.org
Web: www.nhbcfoundation.org
This guide has been written by Keith Ross, Paul Cartwright and Oliver Novakovic of the BRE Housing Innovation Centre
© NHBC Foundation
NF 1
Published by IHS BRE Press on behalf of NHBC Foundation
December 2006
ISBN-13: 987-1-86081-937-7
ISBN-10: 1-86081-937-0
P R E F A C E
The NHBC Foundation has been established to help the house building industry to develop innovative and sustainable ways of meeting the demands for new housing. Its mission is to help set and improve the standard of new homes across the UK.
This guide is one element of a series that is expected to grow into a valuable resource for everyone in the housing industry – from regulators, lenders and insurers, through to designers, planners and builders, and on to clients and owners.
The aim of the series, in association with our other initiatives, is to add to the knowledge base of the industry and to provide clear, easy to access, information to assist the industry in meeting the challenges that it faces in these times of rapid change. To this end we will be developing further projects with our partners to further our aims and objectives.
Rod MacEachrane
Director, NHBC Foundation
December 2006
A C K N O W L E D G E M E N T S
Thanks to the following individuals and organisations for their technical guidance during the preparation of the guide:
Phil Brown PACE Timber Systems Limited
Paul Cooke Higgins
John D Cooper NHBC
David Flight Como Homes Ltd
Rob Grantham Guinness Trust
Stephen Proctor Proctor and Matthews
Brendan Ritchie Willmott Dixon
Neil Smith NHBC
Kate Symons Jephson Housing
Graham Webb Framing Solutions
Photographs
We would like to express our sincere