Housing, Property and Construction

This sector covers both public and private sector housing, property and construction and estate management. It also covers environmental issues in this sector.

Our work in this sector ranges widely. It includes work on individual Department’s estate management as well as cross-government reviews. It covers the work of the Department of Communities and Local Government to make housing more affordable and to deliver more homes. It also covers the work we have undertaken together with private sector home builders and the construction industry to improve the efficiency of the industry and help to encourage more modern methods of construction.    

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Modern methods of construction

Modern methods of construction can provide good quality homes with less on‑site labour, in a shorter time, with at least the same building performance and at similar cost when compared to more established techniques - but poor project planning can reduce these benefits.

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