Public Sector

Social housing retrofit project commended in House of Lords


The project in Illingworth has imprved energy ratings of the houses.

Levelling up town planning


The Department for Levelling Up is helping to level up across the country, not just places, but people too, by funding a new scheme to support aspiring graduates into the planning sector. The DLUHC is granting £1.59M to the Local Government Association to fund a new scheme to support aspiring graduates into

£700M new build framework announced


A new framework has been launched worth £700M which will see the construction of new social housing.

Pick Everard seals public sector framework


Pick Everard has secured two leading national frameworks worth £120M.

New dawn for solar


The new Solar Taskforce has met recently to discuss plans to use the ‘untapped potential’ of commercial buildings to revolutionise UK solar power. The new taskforce has been convened to drive forward actions needed to meet government ambition for 70GW solar power by 2035. Recent discussions have highlighted the untapped

New construction partners for hub SW


New construction partners have been announced by public sector development partner hub South West Scotland (hub SW), with new agreements recently refreshed with their Tier 1 construction partners. The refresh is part of a commitment to reviewing the organisation’s construction partnerships every three years to ensure the highest quality projects

LionLink power line roaring into action


LionLink, the world’s largest of its kind power line, has been given the go ahead.

Platform Design – Why a Single Modular Solution Cannot Create a Platform


David Johnson, shares his thoughts on the future of offsite construction, MMC and modular construction in the UK.

Capture and store renewable energy boost


Some £30M of Government funding has been awarded to innovative projects that will capture and store renewable energy for later use.

£4.5Bn Southern Construction Framework confirms contractors


The winning contractors for the fifth generation SCF Construct framework, have been announced