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…
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…
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 –…
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…
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…
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…
Teesport Commerce Park PD Ports has signed an agreement with a consultancy firm called Wentworth Clean Power (WCP) to work up plans and try and raise money for a £430m waste-to-energy incinerator. This would have an annual capacity of 250,000 tonnes of specialist feedstocks and an electrical output of up to 18MWe. This announcement comes…
Chancellor of the exchequer Rishi Sunak addresses a socially-distanced House of Commons Amid falling output and rising unemployment, the chancellor of the exchequer set out his Spending Review for 2021/22. “Our economic emergency has only just begun,” he said. “So our immediate priority is to protect people’s lives and livelihoods.” Among the new measure is…
Chancellor of the exchequer Rishi Sunak on a visit to a building site earlier this month This 100-page document, subtitled Fairer, faster, greener, sets out government policy on infrastructure and construction, including broadband, energy and transport, and on the carbon reduction aspirations summarised in the prime minister’s 10-point plan that he announced last week. The…
As announced at Budget 2020, the government has undertaken a review of the Green Book, to ensure that investment spreads opportunity across the UK. The Green Book is the government’s guidance on best-practice appraisal and is therefore a vital tool for ensuring value for money for taxpayers. A central finding of the review is that…
