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Construction completes on circa £31m extra care housing scheme

|Date: 7 August, 2024

Construction completes on circa £31m extra care housing scheme

A new high-quality residential care scheme designed to promote and maximise independent living has comple ...

A new high-quality residential care scheme designed to promote and maximise independent living has completed in London, providing 70 new homes and tackling the wider housing crisis in the area. Reardo ...

7 August, 2024
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New Barwell Medical Centre

|Date: 9 July, 2024

New Barwell Medical Centre

Midlands contractor G F Tomlinson, is progressing works on the new Barwell Medical Centre in Leicestershi ...

Midlands contractor G F Tomlinson, is progressing works on the new Barwell Medical Centre in Leicestershire. The new two-storey doctor’s surgery, located off High Street, Barwell, will replace the exi ...

9 July, 2024
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Setting the scene — the Challenge of Plastic

|Date: 24 June, 2024

Setting the scene — the Challenge of Plastic

Changing Streams was established nearly five years ago to address the growing issue of plastic in the con ...

Changing Streams was established nearly five years ago to address the growing issue of plastic in the construction environment, to work with industry players at all levels to reduce dependence on plas ...

24 June, 2024
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Supporting councils to invest in new homes

|Date: 27 May, 2024

Supporting councils to invest in new homes

How can cash-strapped councils facing Section 114 still invest in place? With some councils across the UK ...

How can cash-strapped councils facing Section 114 still invest in place? With some councils across the UK facing tough times with their finances, David Atkinson, National Head of Land and Development ...

27 May, 2024
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Elevate construction on the national agenda to give public sector a fighting chance, SCAPE tells incoming government

|Date: 7 May, 2024

Elevate construction on the national agenda to give public sector a fighting chance, SCAPE tells incoming government

SCAPE — the leading public sector procurement specialist owned by six local authorities — recently publis ...

SCAPE — the leading public sector procurement specialist owned by six local authorities — recently published its policy paper, ‘Building for Public Good: A Charter for Change’, which calls on the inco ...

7 May, 2024
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117 affordable homes to be delivered in Theale, West Berkshire

|Date: 7 May, 2024

117 affordable homes to be delivered in Theale, West Berkshire

Housing association Abri is working with Ridgepoint Homes to build 117 affordable homes at the Lakeside d ...

Housing association Abri is working with Ridgepoint Homes to build 117 affordable homes at the Lakeside development in Theale. To help the people on the waiting list for affordable housing in West Ber ...

7 May, 2024
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Timber industry hosts its first Net Zero event in Scottish Parliament

|Date: 2 May, 2024

Timber industry hosts its first Net Zero event in Scottish Parliament

The Scottish Timber Trade Association (STTA) brought the timber and wood products industry together at Ho ...

The Scottish Timber Trade Association (STTA) brought the timber and wood products industry together at Holyrood for the first time on the 30th April to host a reception about driving Net Zero awarenes ...

2 May, 2024
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100% affordable development in Reading reaches highest phase

|Date: 2 May, 2024

100% affordable development in Reading reaches highest phase

The construction of 40 new affordable homes on Caversham Road in Reading has reached a major milestone wi ...

The construction of 40 new affordable homes on Caversham Road in Reading has reached a major milestone with ‘topping out’ being achieved. Mayor of Reading, Cllr Tony Page, and local Abbey ward council ...

2 May, 2024
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Work starts on Laystall Street apartment scheme

|Date: 26 April, 2024

Work starts on Laystall Street apartment scheme

Great Places Housing Group has started work on its £20m apartment scheme at Laystall Street just off Grea ...

Great Places Housing Group has started work on its £20m apartment scheme at Laystall Street just off Great Ancoats Street, in Manchester city centre. The new nine-storey residential development, being ...

26 April, 2024
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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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