The Globe Group

01/10/2026

S106 and Civils

🏗️ Section 106 obligations directly shape the civils scope on housing schemes.

Read the consent early, plan the programme around it.

https://gce-ltd.co.uk/civil-engineering/section-106-obligations-affecting-civils-delivery-on-housing-schemes/

29/09/2026

Section 106 Obligations

🏗️ Section 106 obligations affect civils programmes directly.

Understanding them at pre-start prevents the variations that appear otherwise.

https://gce-ltd.co.uk/?p=1095

17/09/2026

Roof Maintenance Access

🟥 Permanent fall protection installed at build stage costs a fraction of retrofitting later.

For stock managers, the arithmetic is clear.

https://redsafetynetting.co.uk/?p=1187

15/09/2026

Tree Root Protection

🏗️ Tree protection during groundworks is planning-condition territory.

Get it wrong and the enforcement follows fast.

https://gce-ltd.co.uk/?p=1091

10/09/2026

Loading Beyond Design

🏗️ Loading scaffold beyond its design is not rare, it is routine on sites without active loading supervision.

The safety case erodes with each event.

https://globecambridge.co.uk/?p=1440

09/09/2026

Plot-Batched Roofing

🏠 Batched roofing runs about 10 percent cheaper per plot than plot-by-plot mobilisation.

On a scheme of any scale, that adds up.

https://globeroofing.co.uk/?p=1240

03/09/2026

Procurement-Ready Tender

🟥 Fall protection tenders that arrive procurement-ready are the exception, not the norm.

Specify the requirements at pre-qualification.

https://redsafetynetting.co.uk/?p=1177

01/09/2026

S38 vs S278

🏗️ Section 38 and Section 278 agreements both carry cost, programme risk and bonded sureties.

Most housing schemes need both.

https://gce-ltd.co.uk/?p=1082

20/08/2026

🟥 Inset vs bay netting is a structural choice, not a design preference.

The engineering decides which configuration fits the scheme.

Catch netting installations on UK construction sites are typically configured in one of two ways: inset netting, where the net is set within the scaffold

12/08/2026

Dry verge and dry ridge are now developer standard on new build.

Specify them at design stage to control the warranty-period defect rate.

Dry verge and dry ridge systems have become standard practice on UK new build housing over the last decade. The market has moved away from wet-mortared verges