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Building Better searches for traditional contractors to join £800m MMC framework for local authorities and housing associations

|Date: 13 February, 2024

Building Better searches for traditional contractors to join £800m MMC framework for local authorities and housing associations

Building Better, the National Housing Federation-backed alliance of councils and housing associations set ...

Building Better, the National Housing Federation-backed alliance of councils and housing associations set up to increase the use of modern methods of construction (MMC) in social housing, is hunting f ...

13 February, 2024
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LABC to train eight more building inspectors with £350,000 boost from Welsh Government

|Date: 19 December, 2023

LABC to train eight more building inspectors with £350,000 boost from Welsh Government

Wales has taken a major step forward in ensuring the future safety of its homes and buildings by funding ...

Wales has taken a major step forward in ensuring the future safety of its homes and buildings by funding four trainee inspectors. The £350,630 grant matches funds provided by Local Authority Building ...

19 December, 2023
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Isles of Scilly has the hardest homes to heat of all local authorities in England and Wales

|Date: 5 April, 2023

Isles of Scilly has the hardest homes to heat of all local authorities in England and Wales

The Isles of Scilly is the local authority with the least energy-efficient homes in England and Wales, wi ...

The Isles of Scilly is the local authority with the least energy-efficient homes in England and Wales, with a median score of 49[1], reveals analysis of 23 million EPCs by Uswitch.com, the comparison ...

5 April, 2023
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Fire safety experts urged to register interest for new framework

|Date: 24 February, 2023

Fire safety experts urged to register interest for new framework

Experts are being sought for a new framework to supply fire safety measures for the public sector. The Fi ...

Experts are being sought for a new framework to supply fire safety measures for the public sector. The Fire Safety (FS2) framework from not-for-profit public sector construction framework provider LHC ...

24 February, 2023
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Local authorities must decarbonise UK public buildings ‘five times faster’ to meet Net Zero targets, report warns

|Date: 24 February, 2023

Local authorities must decarbonise UK public buildings ‘five times faster’ to meet Net Zero targets, report warns

Analysis of public building energy usage finds UK government risks missing its 75% CO2 emission reduction ...

Analysis of public building energy usage finds UK government risks missing its 75% CO2 emission reduction target by 101 years, according to the Public Building Energy Efficiency Report. CO2 emissions ...

24 February, 2023
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Work underway on innovative Wakehurst Place development in Cardiff

|Date: 1 July, 2022

Work underway on innovative Wakehurst Place development in Cardiff

Welsh building contractor, J.G. Hale Construction, is well underway on construction of an innovative hous ...

Welsh building contractor, J.G. Hale Construction, is well underway on construction of an innovative housing development for Cardiff Council in the St. Mellons area, to deliver high-quality housing ut ...

1 July, 2022
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Bruton Knowles expands public sector client base across UK

|Date: 5 April, 2022

Bruton Knowles expands public sector client base across UK

Leading Chartered Surveyor firm, Bruton Knowles, has secured six bid wins in just the last three months f ...

Leading Chartered Surveyor firm, Bruton Knowles, has secured six bid wins in just the last three months for six new public sector clients — ranging from Wales to Hertfordshire to the West Midlands, th ...

5 April, 2022
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Sero Net partnership secures record UK Community Renewal Funding for Gwynedd

|Date: 22 February, 2022

Sero Net partnership secures record UK Community Renewal Funding for Gwynedd

Leading social landlords Adra, Grŵp Cynefin and partners have secured the largest amount committed to one ...

Leading social landlords Adra, Grŵp Cynefin and partners have secured the largest amount committed to one project in Gwynedd from the UK Government’s Community Renewal Fund, supporting the transition ...

22 February, 2022
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Historic workhouse to be transformed into community health & wellbeing hub

|Date: 9 September, 2021

Historic workhouse to be transformed into community health & wellbeing hub

Property, construction and infrastructure consultancy Perfect Circle has been appointed by Powys Teaching ...

Property, construction and infrastructure consultancy Perfect Circle has been appointed by Powys Teaching Health Board (PTHB) to provide project management, cost management and CDM advice services on ...

9 September, 2021
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J.G. Hale Construction supports South West Wales Onsite Hub

|Date: 29 June, 2021

J.G. Hale Construction supports South West Wales Onsite Hub

Welsh building contractor, J.G. Hale Construction, has welcomed its third cohort of South-West Wales Onsi ...

Welsh building contractor, J.G. Hale Construction, has welcomed its third cohort of South-West Wales Onsite Construction Hub work experience placements to its Neath town centre site, being developed f ...

29 June, 2021
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