Stewart Milne Construction has been awarded three contracts with a combined value of £10 million to build the first new council housing in a generation for Aberdeen City Council.
Housing associations have demonstrated a strong performance in this year’s Sunday Times’ list of Top 100 companies to work for, with 14 making the grade as good employers.
The Homes & Communities Agency (HCA) has announced the winning bids that will gain a share of the second round of Kickstart funding, with 87 successful schemes set to share almost £83 million.
St Georges Community Housing in Basildon has introduced an improved benefit check service to support housing tenants at the beginning of their tenancy.
Scotland’s Enterprise, Energy & Tourism Minister, Jim Mather MSP he toured the Ecodan air source heat pump production line at the Mitsubishi Electric factory in Livingston.
Metropolitan Housing Partnership (MHP) is calling on the Department for Communities and Local Government (CLG) to challenge the common interpretation of building regulations which result in three or four pin energy saving light fixtures being installed into new and refurbished homes.
Just as the organisation has spent the last four years transforming the homes of its customers, so Halton Housing Trust has worked hard on changing its own culture. The result is an organisation that is working with its customers to take its services to the next level
It is often said that there is strength in numbers and this is certainly the case at East Midlands Property Alliance (empa), which was formed by local authorities in the East Midlands to improve the delivery of property services to their communities
Boris Johnson swept to power in 2008 on a platform of change, and having decided his predecessor’s
London Plan didn’t quite fit with the programme, he has delivered a replacement. So what does that actually mean, asks Chris Newbould?
We might have the technology – and the will – to help address climate change by ‘greening’ homes, businesses and infrastructure, but do we have the skilled people needed to make it happen where it counts? Not according to a report by the Environmental Audit Committee; the transition to a low carbon economy is hampered by a significant skills gap. Mark Cantrell reports
The annual Women in Construction awards celebrate the achievements of women and companies actively working to include women in a traditionally male dominated industry.
