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Tamworth Council awards 10-year housing maintenance and improvement contracts

|Date: 28 February, 2020

Tamworth Council awards 10-year housing maintenance and improvement contracts

Tamworth Borough Council has awarded new contracts worth more than £100m for the improvement, repair and ...

Tamworth Borough Council has awarded new contracts worth more than £100m for the improvement, repair and maintenance of the town’s 4,200+ council houses over the next 10 years. This significant invest ...

28 February, 2020
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City of York sign new contracts to repair and maintain council homes

|Date: 10 September, 2019

City of York sign new contracts to repair and maintain council homes

New contracts have been signed by City of York Council to help improve and maintain the 7,520 homes of th ...

New contracts have been signed by City of York Council to help improve and maintain the 7,520 homes of their tenants. Following a rigorous procurement process, seven contractors have been secured to d ...

10 September, 2019
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Smart Social Housing survey — have your say

|Date: 25 July, 2019

Smart Social Housing survey — have your say

Smart Social Housing is calling on Repairs and Maintenance Managers and Operatives to take a short online ...

Smart Social Housing is calling on Repairs and Maintenance Managers and Operatives to take a short online survey created to better understand if and/or how they are embracing the Internet of Things (I ...

25 July, 2019
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Pinnacle Power appointed to Fife Council’s innovative Metering and Billing framework

|Date: 3 October, 2018

Pinnacle Power appointed to Fife Council’s innovative Metering and Billing framework

Pinnacle Power has successfully been appointed as a contractor on an innovative Metering and Billing proc ...

Pinnacle Power has successfully been appointed as a contractor on an innovative Metering and Billing procurement framework commissioned by Fife Council — a new platform, aimed at supporting local Scot ...

3 October, 2018
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Solution for social housing providers looking to reduce long-term maintenance costs

|Date: 3 September, 2018

Solution for social housing providers looking to reduce long-term maintenance costs

With the dual pressures of regulation and tight budgets, finding ways of reducing the ongoing cost of rep ...

With the dual pressures of regulation and tight budgets, finding ways of reducing the ongoing cost of repair and maintenance is front of mind for most local authorities and housing associations. Grant ...

3 September, 2018
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Dealing with asbestos in schools

|Date: 27 June, 2018

Dealing with asbestos in schools

Any school built or modified before the year 2000 could contain asbestos. Noelyn Allen from Socotec expla ...

Any school built or modified before the year 2000 could contain asbestos. Noelyn Allen from Socotec explains what to consider when dealing with this potentially harmful material. According to the Heal ...

27 June, 2018
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Protecting the fabric of housing stock

|Date: 1 June, 2018

Protecting the fabric of housing stock

Rob McCormack, Director at BBA CIT, discusses the material considerations to protect the fabric of housin ...

Rob McCormack, Director at BBA CIT, discusses the material considerations to protect the fabric of housing stock. Getting it right first time is, undoubtedly, the aim of any social housing repair and ...

1 June, 2018
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Ventilation maintenance in social housing

|Date: 18 January, 2018

Ventilation maintenance in social housing

Air quality within social housing is an increasingly important issue; fire safety even more so. Adequatel ...

Air quality within social housing is an increasingly important issue; fire safety even more so. Adequately cleaning and maintaining the ventilation system in multiple occupancy buildings is essential ...

18 January, 2018
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Plentific launches Notting Hill Housing partnership

|Date: 8 November, 2017

Plentific launches Notting Hill Housing partnership

Plentific has launched a new property management platform for Notting Hill Housing, created in collaborat ...

Plentific has launched a new property management platform for Notting Hill Housing, created in collaboration with the housing association. The new self-serve platform is designed to cut down the amoun ...

8 November, 2017
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The value of planned repair and maintenance programmes

|Date: 19 April, 2017

The value of planned repair and maintenance programmes

Marion Diable, Director at HSFM, looks at why planned repair and maintenance programmes help housing asso ...

Marion Diable, Director at HSFM, looks at why planned repair and maintenance programmes help housing associations create properties where people want to live, and deliver better value for money. Housi ...

19 April, 2017
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