by Justin Murray | Aug 22, 2025 | Bio-SIP™ Home
A Turning Point in Temporary Accommodation The UK faces an unsettling dilemma: a rising number of asylum seekers amid a structural shortage of suitable housing. Recent government pledges to phase out the use of hotels for asylum accommodation by the end of this...
by Justin Murray | Aug 11, 2025 | Innovation
The UN’s Staggering Challenge: Turning yesterday’s waste into tomorrows homes. In a recent assessment, the United Nations laid out a number that sounds almost impossible:We need to build 96,000 homes every single day for the next five years just to meet global housing...
by Justin Murray | Jul 24, 2025 | DIY garden Studio
Why Bio-SIP™ Is Perfect for Garden Buildings and Garden Offices Whether it’s a home office, wellness pod, or overnight guest cabin, garden buildings need to tick several boxes: comfort, aesthetics, thermal performance, cost, speed, and sustainability. Bio-SIP™ meets...
by Justin Murray | Jul 9, 2025 | Sustainability
The construction industry is shackled by outdated standards that are fundamentally unfit for today’s challenges. Most of the regulations that govern how we build were written more than three decades ago—designed around fossil-fuel-based materials, linear...
by Justin Murray | Jun 12, 2025 | Innovation
Yesturday, I had the pleasure of joining the BOPAS team and industry peers for a behind-the-scenes tour of Laing O’Rourke’s world-class MMC facility at Worksop. Hosted as part of the BOPAS Forum, the visit was an eye-opening dive into the future of construction—one...
by Justin Murray | Jun 4, 2025 | Innovation
The UK’s social housing sector is at a crossroads. In a recent interview with The Guardian, Ian McDermott, CEO of Peabody, one of the nation’s largest housing associations, urged the government to classify social housing as “critical national...
by Justin Murray | May 6, 2025 | Bio-SIP™ Home
The UK housing crisis isn’t just about numbers—it’s about how we build. For decades, the industry has wrestled with the same core challenges: housing shortages, rising costs, sluggish delivery times, poor energy performance, and environmental impact. Despite the...
by Justin Murray | Apr 9, 2025 | Bio-SIP™ Home
The recent analysis by the National Housing Federation (NHF), Crisis, and Shelter reveals a dire situation in England’s social housing sector, with families in some areas facing waits exceeding 100 years for homes with at least three bedrooms. This crisis...
by Justin Murray | Mar 5, 2025 | Sustainability
Hey Construction Pros! Let’s talk about something that’s been on our mind: the gap between sustainability ambitions and reality in UK construction. At Bio-SIP we recently conducted primary research with hundreds of industry professionals, and the results were...
by Justin Murray | Feb 28, 2025 | Innovation, Sustainability
At Bio-SIP, we recently conducted primary research with hundreds of industry experts (a big thank you to all that participated), and the findings are clear: the UK construction market is facing some serious challenges. Let’s dive into the data, analyse what it means,...