In October, GE in association with Abbey Pynford hosted a round table debate to explore the importance of using brownfield sites and marginal ground to efforts to meet government targets to build 300,000 new homes each year for at least the next 12 years. In particular, the debate centred on the role engineered foundations will play in dealing with the implications and complications of building on brownfield sites."We mustn't lose sight that we can achieve these house building targets," explained Abbey Pynford sales and marketing director John Patch. "Back in the 1960s, we were able to build 400,000 new homes a year. There was the capability, the willingness and the desire within the UK.
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