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Growing schools for a growing community

|Date: 22 June, 2022

Growing schools for a growing community

Expansion works are well underway at Oakwood School in Horley, as Morgan Sindall Construction and Surrey ...

Expansion works are well underway at Oakwood School in Horley, as Morgan Sindall Construction and Surrey County Council continue to provide school places in an environmentally sustainable way followin ...

22 June, 2022
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Air source heat pumps support award-winning modular development for the homeless

|Date: 23 May, 2022

Air source heat pumps support award-winning modular development for the homeless

A specially designed modular housing development supporting homeless people across London is seeing its f ...

A specially designed modular housing development supporting homeless people across London is seeing its first residents’ energy costs reduced to just £5 per week, thanks, in part, to the installation ...

23 May, 2022
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Pagabo partners with The Open University to release Construction Playbook podcast

|Date: 10 March, 2022

Pagabo partners with The Open University to release Construction Playbook podcast

National framework provider Pagabo has released a special eight-part podcast series all about The Constru ...

National framework provider Pagabo has released a special eight-part podcast series all about The Construction Playbook, created in partnership with The Open University. The partnership formed between ...

10 March, 2022
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Housing Pattern Books set to transform affordable homes delivery

|Date: 28 February, 2022

Housing Pattern Books set to transform affordable homes delivery

Advanced Industrialised Methods for the Construction of Homes (AIMCH), the three-year project to support ...

Advanced Industrialised Methods for the Construction of Homes (AIMCH), the three-year project to support the sector to tackle the UK housing crisis, has arrived at an answer to the UK’s chronic housin ...

28 February, 2022
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Planning permission granted for 16 new homes for borough rough sleepers

|Date: 10 February, 2022

Planning permission granted for 16 new homes for borough rough sleepers

A former adult learning facility will be converted into 10 homes for rough sleepers, with a further six s ...

A former adult learning facility will be converted into 10 homes for rough sleepers, with a further six self-contained SoloHaus MMC homes installed onsite. The Hill Group has gifted the modular homes, ...

10 February, 2022
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A winning recipe for making government buildings ‘green’

|Date: 28 January, 2022

A winning recipe for making government buildings ‘green’

In just 13 years’ time, the Government wants to see a 78% reduction in emissions from public sector build ...

In just 13 years’ time, the Government wants to see a 78% reduction in emissions from public sector buildings. But with the clock already ticking to the 2035 deadline, what is the most effective way t ...

28 January, 2022
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Wates Residential searches for sustainable innovations to build net zero homes

|Date: 19 January, 2022

Wates Residential searches for sustainable innovations to build net zero homes

Wates Residential, part of leading privately-owned construction, property services and development compan ...

Wates Residential, part of leading privately-owned construction, property services and development company Wates Group, is launching a new campaign to find innovative, sustainable technologies and mat ...

19 January, 2022
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Driving scalability through demand for MMC

|Date: 1 December, 2021

Driving scalability through demand for MMC

Industry experts have called for greater standardisation, collaboration and incentivisation to make Moder ...

Industry experts have called for greater standardisation, collaboration and incentivisation to make Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) work at scale. Specialists from law and finance have said that ...

1 December, 2021
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Cardiff installs first of their kind green, affordable homes

|Date: 17 November, 2021

Cardiff installs first of their kind green, affordable homes

Wates Residential and Cardiff Council are installing Cardiff’s first sustainable, modular homes, at a bro ...

Wates Residential and Cardiff Council are installing Cardiff’s first sustainable, modular homes, at a brownfield site on Crofts Street, Plasnewydd, as the Council increases its provision of affordable ...

17 November, 2021
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How to meet the 300,000 new homes per year target, new report makes recommendations including target growth areas

|Date: 29 October, 2021

How to meet the 300,000 new homes per year target, new report makes recommendations including target growth areas

A new report has been released which analyses the UK housing crisis and makes 11 recommendations on how t ...

A new report has been released which analyses the UK housing crisis and makes 11 recommendations on how the sector can achieve the target of 300,000 new homes per year. Entitled 'Better Understanding ...

29 October, 2021
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