Housing

How Project Partners are Helping to Create New Homes from Shipping Containers

As a regulated charitable housing association, London and Quadrant’s (L&Q) culture is deeply rooted in action ‘with a social conscience’.

An apprenticeship with Redrow Homes Limited puts painter and decorator Bailey’s career in the pink

Encouraging the next generation of female pupils to climb the career ladder of construction – Morganstone

Taking a considerate approach to constructing student accommodation in Winchester – Geoffrey Osborne Ltd

Praised by the Scheme for its innovative and exceptional practice – Redrow Homes London’s Lyon Square project

A new development of 82 apartments in historic Stratford-upon-Avon has been praised by the Scheme for its exceptionally considerate approach.

VINCI’s exciting development involves the conversion of three high-rise office blocks to form 240 units of student accommodation, a reception area and gymnasium in Southampton. Outlining the project and its unique challenges, Construction Manager Refiq Latif said: “This project here at Liberty Point consists of the refurbishment of a previous British Gas building into new halls of residence for students….

Fiona Richardson, Development Manager at Skillcrown Homes Ltd. “The Scheme ensures all local residents are considered and more care is taken to deal with problems. This benefits the workforce, local community and the image of construction.” One of Skillcrown’s completed projects was the development of 13 two and three-bedroomed apartments in Greenhithe, Kent, complete with underground parking for housing association…

Morgan Sindall Construction & Infrastructure Ltd was working on behalf of client, HB Villages Ltd, to construct independent living homes in Walsall, West Midlands for people with physical or learning disabilities. HB Villages is a privately owned property development and investment company delivering specialist housing in community settings across the UK, in partnership with social housing, charities and support providers….

Berkeley Homes’ Saffron Square project in Croydon – a five-block development of 792 apartments, and a separate 44-storey tower – was praised by the Scheme Monitor for its innovative and exceptional practice. Work on the development began in 2009 and finished in Spring 2017, with the five apartment blocks already being earmarked for occupation as work was being carried out on the main 44-storey…

The contractor’s Red Lodge project in Palace Court involved the demolition of the condemned eight-storey house in London’s Notting Hill and its considerate restoration to its former glory with the new build of a 20,000 square foot house. Describing the brief, Senior Project Manager Jason Marshall said: “The original building had caught fire and was structurally damaged beyond repair and so this project came…

The project in Crofton, near Wakefield, West Yorkshire, was to construct 32 timber-framed two and three-bedroom properties and a bungalow in a residential area. From the very outset the WDH team engaged with the local community, hosting a charity coffee morning to unveil the plans and invite feedback, and organising community events and supporting local schools. Outlining the ethos behind the…

Safety was a firm priority for Willmott Dixon at its Centenary Quay Phase 3 project in Woolston, Southampton – a mixed use retail and residential development situated in the historic ship building yards alongside the River Itchen. Willmott Dixon’s Centenary Quay project involved the construction of a supermarket and 180-residential unit on behalf of client Crest Nicholson Operations Limited. The contractor…

Network Homes’ new high quality residential development in Pimlico, London, involved the conversion of three former commercial buildings – one built in 1850 and the other two in 1979 – by contractor Kingsbury Construction Co Ltd. Network Homes is one of the largest housing associations in London and the South East. It specialises in development, regeneration, and housing management, owning and…