STOP PRESS : Prescott Backs
Down on Part E
Lobbying by HBF's Dave Baker has led the Deputy Prime Minister to
relax proposals for noise regulations. The proposed changes would
have meant a regular mandatory testing of sound insulation in new
homes. But after demonstrating that this would have added £75m
to the industry's annual costs and delay some schemes, HBF has been
given 10 months to come up with alternative Robust Standard Details
that will demonstrate the new standards are being met without routine
testing. |