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Navigating the UK’s 2025 Building Regs: What Contractors Need to Know

UK Construction Blog

Key Points The 2025 UK Building Regulations, under the Future Homes Standard, aim to reduce carbon emissions from new homes by 75-80% compared to 2013 standards, focusing on energy efficiency and low-carbon heating. Heating Systems : Gas boilers will likely be banned, with a shift to low-carbon options like heat pumps. W/mK or lower.

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#1 Fall Protection: Examining Top OSHA Violations of 2013

Safety Services Company

It accounted for 8,241 of the 42,502 infractions in 2013. Adequately guard employees from falling through, off, or onto: holes, elevated open sided platforms, floors or runways, and dangerous machines or equipment. Keep floors clean and dry. Erect toeboards, screens or guardrail systems to prevent objects from falling.

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#1 Fall Protection: Examining Top OSHA Violations of 2013

Safety Services Company

It accounted for 8,241 of the 42,502 infractions in 2013. Adequately guard employees from falling through, off, or onto: holes, elevated open sided platforms, floors or runways, and dangerous machines or equipment. Keep floors clean and dry. Erect toeboards, screens or guardrail systems to prevent objects from falling.

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The Greened House Effect

Natural Building

Published in 2013 by Chelsea Green, The Greened House Effect: Renovating Your Home with a Deep Energy Retrofit , by Jeff Wilson, is a worthy read. This includes foundations, floors, walls and roofs. They mitigated the cost of the photovoltaic system through tax and renewable energy credits.

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Revit OpEd: Finish and Cancel Inequity

Revit OpEd

He mentioned the inconsistency between the way some elements that are sketch based are finished and the way shape editing for floors and roofs finish. Floor, roof, stair or ramp Sketch Creation = Finish and Cancel. Floor or roof Shape Editing = Accidentally hitting the escape key and getting kicked out of it.

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Revit OpEd: Layer Function Setting

Revit OpEd

System families have a Function setting. Thats true for Walls, Floor, Roofs and Ceilings. Beware the Double Click in Revit 2013. Revit 2013 Downloads - Please Hold. Revit Extensions for Revit 2013 Posted. Wall Floor Interaction and Linked Models. Revit 2013 - Content Folders. The Missing Door.

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The next steps for a sustainable, decarbonized future

BD+C

K-12 Schools Healthcare Facilities Office Buildings Public Health Labs Regulations Energy-Efficient Design Green Specifications Insulation Energy Efficient Roofing Sustainable Development Sustainable Design and Construction For building owners and developers, the push to net zero energy and carbon neutrality is no longer an academic discussion.