Go-ahead for first hydrogen-to-homes network

Go-ahead for first hydrogen-to-homes network

The hydrogen will be produced through electrolysis powered by an offshore wind turbine Gas network company SGN says that customers in Fife will be the first in the world to heat their homes and cook their food using 100% zero-carbon hydrogen. The hydrogen, which will be produced through electrolysis powered by an offshore wind turbine,…

Construction minister stretched thin

Construction minister stretched thin

Nadhim Zahawi, minister for construction and vaccines Nadhim Zahawi will double up as a parliamentary undersecretary of state at the Department of Health & Social Care as well as remaining a parliamentary undersecretary at the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS). His existing responsibilities at BEIS include industrial strategy, business and construction. He…

Roofing Contactor CEOs Talk Record Storm Season | 2020-11-27

Roofing Contactor CEOs Talk Record Storm Season | 2020-11-27

Roofing Contactor CEOs Talk Record Storm Season | 2020-11-27 | Roofing Contractor This website requires certain cookies to work and uses other cookies to help you have the best experience. By visiting this website, certain cookies have already been set, which you may delete and block. By closing this message or continuing to use our…

Lendlease ops director moves to Munnelly

Lendlease ops director moves to Munnelly

Darren Butson Darren Butson joins Munnelly Support Services from the £1.5b Elephant & Castle redevelopment in south London, where he spent the past six years with Lendlease. He joined Lendlease in 2008 and began his time there as head of logistics, then project manager, for the London 2012 Olympics’ Athletes’ Village. Previously he had worked…

Three manufacturers wanted for £600m offsite homes framework

Three manufacturers wanted for £600m offsite homes framework

Procurement for Housing is working with Building Better to develop the £600m volumetric framework which will go live in spring 2021. The 25 housing associations that make up the alliance have committed to manufacturing 800 homes via the new framework and they have a broader pipeline of 4,500 properties that will be factory-made over the…

Tudor sea defences unearthed in Southsea

Tudor sea defences unearthed in Southsea

What the contractors found under Clarence Pier Playing Field VSBW, a joint venture between VolkerStevin and Boskalis Westminster, began work in September on Portsmouth City Council’s £100m Southsea coastal scheme. Within days the crew had unearthed the remains of old sea defences under Southsea’s Clarence Pier Playing Field, during topsoil stripping for a compound area…

CCG starts on transformation of former school site

CCG starts on transformation of former school site

The £10.2m development, designed by Grant Murray Architects, will be constructed by CCG on behalf of Linthouse Housing Association (LHA) and will contain 49 units for social rent, including the refurbishment of the former janitor’s house into a new family home. The first stage is the partial demolition of the old 1930 school building –…

Argyll & Bute targets 900 new homes

Argyll & Bute targets 900 new homes

The Strategic Housing Investment Plan 2021/22 – 2025 covers investment priorities for affordable housing, how priorities will be delivered, the resources required and the role of key partners. Councillor Robin Currie, leader of Argyll & Bute Council, said: “We are committed to delivering local affordable housing across Argyll and Bute. Not only will housing help…

Aberdeen consults on two new transport links

Aberdeen consults on two new transport links

New links are needed to serve Aberdeen South Harbour Aberdeen City Council is consulting on the two studies at the same time due to the close relationship and overlap in terms of location and options. Over the last 18 months, Aberdeen City Council worked with partners to appraise options through for both studies. The next…

Green Building Council publishes net zero guide

Green Building Council publishes net zero guide

Image on the cover of the guide Publication of  Unlocking the Delivery of Net Zero Carbon Buildings1 follows the launch in September of Building the Case for Net Zero2 – a feasibility study into the design, delivery and cost of new net zero carbon buildings. UKGBC identified a need for further research to put wind…