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There has been a lot of talk about planning our places in a locally focussed, walkable way (20-minute neighbourhoods, 15 minute cities) and how beneficial they will be particularly after COVID. But is this all talk? How are local authorities actually implementing these principles? We spoke to Rebecca Dillon-Robinson, an urban planner in Ramboll’s Regeneration and Cities team to find out more about just this.

The SiteSolve Team have been creating a case study for 514 sites in North London to help identify how many residential units can be unlocked and how many have access to the amenities of a walking neighbourhood. Read more to find out more about the study and sign up to receive it as soon as it is released.

There are a lot of pockets of new technology and innovation appearing in the AEC industry. However the widespread adoption of many of these is either slow or not happening at all. Read more to explore some of our thoughts on how the industry can adapt to encourage the creation and adoption of these new technologies.

We outline our some of our thoughts on The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government's Planning for the Future White paper which was released for consultation in August 2020.

It is hugely important to have the full picture when understanding the potential of a site. Our work with Turner & Townsend, on our recent Mass Land Viability Study, showed us the impact that cost data can have and the new ways this information can be accessed through technology and collaboration.

We caught up with Finlay Grant Briggs, an architect in Ramboll Norway and early adopter of SiteSolve to get his thoughts on our generative design software and how he uses it as part of his workflow.

According to the housing white paper published in 2017, nearly 300,000 new homes are required per year to meet the demand for housing but on average only 160,000 are being delivered....

A Density Matrix is an approach used by developers to understand the number of possible housing units per an area of land based off the site context