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A. Proctor Group | Escaping the ghosts of the past: the rise of the UK’s offsite sector

|Date: 26 April, 2024

A. Proctor Group | Escaping the ghosts of the past: the rise of the UK’s offsite sector

Offsite construction in the UK is so much more than post-war prefab and struggling MMC housebuilders. But ...

Offsite construction in the UK is so much more than post-war prefab and struggling MMC housebuilders. But the sector’s many successes struggle to get their story told. Adam Salt, Business Development ...

26 April, 2024
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LHC | Delivering better community, business and economic outcomes

|Date: 4 October, 2023

LHC | Delivering better community, business and economic outcomes

At a recent roundtable event, Dean Fazackerley, Head of Technical Procurement at LHC, spoke to representa ...

At a recent roundtable event, Dean Fazackerley, Head of Technical Procurement at LHC, spoke to representatives from some of the companies that have benefitted from its frameworks to get their views on ...

4 October, 2023
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Procurement power to the people: Framework providers must give back

|Date: 6 June, 2023

Procurement power to the people: Framework providers must give back

Businesses have a significant impact on the economy, society and the environment. Here, Jason Stapley, Ch ...

Businesses have a significant impact on the economy, society and the environment. Here, Jason Stapley, Chief Procurement Officer at national framework provider Pagabo, discusses the unique position fr ...

6 June, 2023
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SCAPE launches new BIM offering across its national construction frameworks

|Date: 28 March, 2023

SCAPE launches new BIM offering across its national construction frameworks

SCAPE, one of the UK’s leading public sector procurement authorities, has launched an enhanced Building I ...

SCAPE, one of the UK’s leading public sector procurement authorities, has launched an enhanced Building Information Management (BIM) offering across its national construction frameworks. Public sector ...

28 March, 2023
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Getting your act together on social value — 10 years of the Social Value Act

|Date: 11 January, 2023

Getting your act together on social value — 10 years of the Social Value Act

January 2023 marks a decade since the Public Services (Social Value) Act came into force, pushing those t ...

January 2023 marks a decade since the Public Services (Social Value) Act came into force, pushing those that are commissioning public services to consider the wider social, economic, and environmental ...

11 January, 2023
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Social Value Standard update builds on Construction Gold Standard

|Date: 27 October, 2022

Social Value Standard update builds on Construction Gold Standard

The National Social Value Standard (SVS) has launched a new social value measurement framework set to tra ...

The National Social Value Standard (SVS) has launched a new social value measurement framework set to transform the construction industry with the help of economists at social value software and consu ...

27 October, 2022
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How Crown Commercial Service (CCS) is supporting local authorities

|Date: 11 October, 2022

How Crown Commercial Service (CCS) is supporting local authorities

From programmes of repair and maintenance to major refurbishment and new-build projects, CCS is helping l ...

From programmes of repair and maintenance to major refurbishment and new-build projects, CCS is helping local authorities bring power to their construction procurement. Crown Commercial Service (CCS) ...

11 October, 2022
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Pagabo puts suppliers on notice for £1bn refit and refurbishment framework

|Date: 7 October, 2022

Pagabo puts suppliers on notice for £1bn refit and refurbishment framework

National framework provider Pagabo has issued a prior information notice (PIN) for its latest constructio ...

National framework provider Pagabo has issued a prior information notice (PIN) for its latest construction framework — the second generation of its Refit and Refurbishment framework. The new generatio ...

7 October, 2022
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Invitation to tender for Pagabo’s new £1bn Medium Works framework

|Date: 8 August, 2022

Invitation to tender for Pagabo’s new £1bn Medium Works framework

Suppliers have been invited to tender for Pagabo’s latest framework — the second generation of its popula ...

Suppliers have been invited to tender for Pagabo’s latest framework — the second generation of its popular Medium Works framework — for which the tender documents have now been published. The new gene ...

8 August, 2022
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Pagabo | True digitisation is the only way to the Gold Standard

|Date: 28 June, 2022

Pagabo | True digitisation is the only way to the Gold Standard

Eighteen months on from the publication of the Construction Playbook, just how well is the industry doing ...

Eighteen months on from the publication of the Construction Playbook, just how well is the industry doing in meeting the needs for increased digitisation of procurement? Julian Penna (left), Product O ...

28 June, 2022
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