The weather’s getting colder. The heating is on. Energy use and comfort are becoming more interesting! Energy use and carbon emissions:...

Planning ahead is vital in any construction project. This is especially crucial with internal wall insulation. We needed to plan for...

The floor’s finished, the ceiling’s done and the excellent Viking triple glazed windows are in. Now for the last remaining step in...

The project has now been on site for three months. Whilst great progress has been made, it’s so far looked pretty much like a standard...

Following on from planning permission, Hesketh Hayden developed the detailed design and specification of the EcoBungalow ready for costing by the builder, Alex Burn of 4Site Engineering & Construction. With spiralling inflation, the costs came back significantly over budget. We got together for a strategy meeting: how could we get this project back on track? I said at the meeting: ‘This is not Grand Designs. I’m not going over budget. And I’m NOT having a baby’ (For the unini