Cannock-based housebuilder, Jessup Partnership is to build 26 new houses for YMCA Black Country at a development in Hamstead, Birmingham. The new development will be made up of two buildings housing one-bedroom studio apartments with communal facilities, which aim to provide young professionals and families with safe, secure, and affordable accommodation.
Wakefield-based granite and quartz worktop supplier, Roann Limited, has been appointed by Hertfordshire-based contractor Midgard, part of the JRL group, to supply kitchen worktops across three projects totalling almost half a million pounds. “We’re delighted to have been appointed by Midgard to work across these three projects! We’ve been working
Construction firm Kier has commenced work on delivering new, purpose-built teaching facilities accommodation to Katharine Lady Berkeley’s School in Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire. The school’s existing campus-style site will be enhanced by removing a number of older buildings and replacing these with a single three-storey teaching block and a separate activity studio.
Wates has completed work on the first Net Zero school as part of the Department for Education (DfE) School Rebuilding Programme, the £10 million Littleborough Community Primary School in Rochdale, Greater Manchester. The 2,243sq m two-storey project, has been constructed on land within the existing Littleborough campus. It will provide
Liverpool City Council has given the go-ahead to Peel L&P’s plans to develop a Central Park. The proposals include a new public park and essential infrastructure to enable the delivery of approximately 2350 homes. Located within the Central Docks neighbourhood at Liverpool Waters, just south of Collingwood Dock by the
Manchester City Council has announced next steps for the once in a generation transformation of Collyhurst Village. This comes as the joint venture between Manchester City Council and Far East Consortium has now appointed a masterplanning team for future phases of development. Collyhurst is one of the first areas to
Liverpool City Council has approved plans, submitted by build to rent provider Placefirst, for the final phase of its Welsh Streets neighbourhood. This comes shortly after The Welsh Streets was named as Housing Development of the Year at the Insider North West Residential Property Awards in January. The development will
Stepnell is preparing to start construction work to transform the Northampton historic market square. West Northamptonshire Council (WNC) is working with the construction firm to carry out a multi-million-pound redevelopment of the area,. Prior to construction works starting, investigations had to take place to identify any potential risks and define
The UK Government is to release the final £16.5 million of the £23.7m Town Deal funding awarded to Camborne, after it approved four projects to revamp and revitalise Camborne town centre as part of the Camborne Town Deal programme. The plans include community facilities and green spaces, new shared workspace,
Muse and Poplar HARCA have selected McAleer & Rushe to build over 270 homes at Stroudley Walk in London. A total of 115 of the 274 homes will be available through London Affordable Rent and shared ownership at Stroudley Walk. Works are to start on site imminently and completion of
Cannock-based housebuilder, Jessup Partnership is to build 26 new houses for YMCA Black Country at a development in Hamstead, Birmingham. The new development will be made up of two buildings housing one-bedroom studio apartments with communal facilities, which aim to provide young professionals and families with safe, secure, and affordable accommodation. Construction on site began at the start of this month and will be completed by the start of 2024. Once finished, the project will provide 26 affordable homes, comprising a mix of tenures including affordable rent and open market rent. Birmingham’s BPN Architects are designing the new homes, which will include a mix of part two-storey and part single-storey properties which are set in extensive landscaped grounds. “We are thrilled to be on-site at 235 Hamstead Road working with the Jessup Partnerships to create an additional 26 homes. At YMCA Black Country Group, we are committed to providing young adults with safe, aspirational, affordable accommodation with a landlord they can trust. The delivery of another 26 self-contained homes will enable us to further our offer, enabling our tenants to be connected to their communities, belong, contribute and thrive,” said Sally Cowan, Chief Officer at YMCA Black Country Group. Situated near the River Tame and just a short drive to Birmingham City Centre, the site has excellent access links to numerous bus routes and is just two minutes away from the nearest train station, which offers regular direct services to Wolverhampton and Walsall. The development also has a handy Tesco Express store next door. The site is located just over four miles away from Walsall Arboretum which is the perfect rural retreat for families and just six miles away from Star City which boasts 12 restaurants, nine leisure attractions, and a 25-screen VUE cinema. The development is also just a two-mile drive to Forge Mill Farm which is an ideal day out for young families. Its 92-strong team provides a full development management service from land acquisition and planning consent, through to the construction of high-quality homes across the wider Midlands. Jessup also benefits from preferred partner status with Homes England. Building, Design & Construction Magazine | The Choice of Industry Professionals
Wakefield-based granite and quartz worktop supplier, Roann Limited, has been appointed by Hertfordshire-based contractor Midgard, part of the JRL group, to supply kitchen worktops across three projects totalling almost half a million pounds. “We’re delighted to have been appointed by Midgard to work across these three projects! We’ve been working with Midgard for many years now, so we’re thrilled this relationship continues to grow – as do our wider business partnerships. We’re looking forward to getting started,” commented Richard Silverwood, Director of Special Projects, at Roann Limited. The three projects, located in Brent Cross Town, London and Preston Road, Brighton, are utilising 20mm Silestone Blanco Norte and 20mm Caesarstone Frozen Terra products throughout all kitchen areas, provided by Roann Limited as the exclusive worktop supplier. The Preston Road project will begin in April/May 2023, on the RIBA stage 4/5 full design on the redevelopment of ‘Brighton’s ugliest building’ on Preston Road. This consists of 229 apartments spread across three tower blocks, with one to three-bedroom apartments. The two Brent Cross projects will begin in September 2023, as part of the Brent Cross Town mega-development, which will see 800 new homes for sale and rent, alongside new retail and dining spaces, which is set to complete in 2025. These appointments from Midgard come shortly after the news that Roann Limited had invested in a sustainability initiative and is replacing all single use plastic, with recyclable cardboard, and reported on a record-breaking year in 2022. Building, Design & Construction Magazine | The Choice of Industry Professionals
Construction firm Kier has commenced work on delivering new, purpose-built teaching facilities accommodation to Katharine Lady Berkeley’s School in Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire. The school’s existing campus-style site will be enhanced by removing a number of older buildings and replacing these with a single three-storey teaching block and a separate activity studio. The new three-storey block will include various teaching facilities and is designed to support the school’s goal of being net zero carbon in operation. PV panels on the roof, enhanced insulation levels, ground-source and air-source heat pumps will help the school achieve its sustainability goals and reduce operating costs. In addition to the three-storey block and activity studio, an existing single storey block on the site will be refurbished, with extensions added to enhance the school’s sixth form facilities and to provide a bespoke area for the special educational needs department. Externally, a new central courtyard will be built, providing additional seating and a performance stage. The parking facilities are being remodelled and an existing Multi-Use Games Area (MUGA) is being moved and replaced. To deliver the works, Kier will use its new design platform kSchool, which creates unique designs for a school, with considerations for how the curriculum will be delivered and how best to make use of the site. kSchool is the evolution of Kier’s design guidelines, which are based both on our experience in delivering over 200 projects for the Department for Education since 2007, and through listening to our clients. “This school was founded over 639 years ago and the buildings we’re upgrading were built post-war, so for us providing 21st Century accommodation is a real honour and something that we, as a Gloucestershire-based business, are incredibly proud of. Not only does this project further evidence our expertise in delivering state-of-the-art sustainable schools but also demonstrates our innovative kSchool design platform,” said Andy Bolas, regional director at Kier Construction Western & Wales. The project was procured through the Department for Education (DfE) CF17 Framework, and work is expected to finish in Spring 2025. Building, Design & Construction Magazine | The Choice of Industry Professionals
Wates has completed work on the first Net Zero school as part of the Department for Education (DfE) School Rebuilding Programme, the £10 million Littleborough Community Primary School in Rochdale, Greater Manchester. The 2,243sq m two-storey project, has been constructed on land within the existing Littleborough campus. It will provide 14 new classrooms, a library, a new sports/assembly hall, Multi Use Games Area (MUGA) and a 420-place primary school providing 60 places for each year group along with a 26-place nursery. Procured through the DfE’s Modern Methods of Construction framework, the scheme used our Adapt 3.0 component-based design to maximise sustainability and ensure the building is Net Zero Carbon in Operation (NZCiO). This included an optimised thermal envelope with increased insulation and large, triple glazed windows to maximise daylight together with rooflights and lightwells, enhanced ventilation and Photovoltaic solar panels. “Littleborough represents a step change in how schools are built, designed to not only provide brilliant, state-of-the-art learning facilities for pupils, but for the long-term benefit of the wider environment. We’ve been a partner to the DfE for years and it was an honour to be chosen to deliver this pioneering project. It’s benefited from the latest evolution of our Adapt system, while our experience using MMC to find sustainability solutions – for both public and private builds – has helped us deliver the DfE’s NZCiO goal. I congratulate all our teams on making this happen and look forward to our next completion,” said Sarah Cooke, regional director for the Northwest at Wates. As part of Our Social Value commitments, £3.6m worth of initiatives were delivered to the local community, including nearly £80,000 invested in local charities and causes. All targets were exceeded, with 1,500 training weeks provided as well as a T-Level placement, 39 apprentices employed, and site visits and career advice given to 92 local students. The project is the first to be completed as part of the DfE’s School Rebuilding Programme a 10-year scheme of works which is seeing the rebuilding or refurbishment of 500 schools and sixth form colleges across the country, transforming learning environments for pupils and teachers. Construction started in September 2021 with all works carried out while the existing school was still in operation. The project has been delivered on time, and completion was celebrated with an event attended by delegates from across the delivery partnership, Rochdale Borough Council and the DfE. Building, Design & Construction Magazine | The Choice of Industry Professionals
Liverpool City Council has given the go-ahead to Peel L&P’s plans to develop a Central Park. The proposals include a new public park and essential infrastructure to enable the delivery of approximately 2350 homes. Located within the Central Docks neighbourhood at Liverpool Waters, just south of Collingwood Dock by the historic Tobacco Warehouse, Central Park will become one of the city’s largest green spaces, spanning 1.9 hectares, and will form an important part of the next stage of the Liverpool Waters development. The approved plans also include the creation of a network of public spaces in the Central Docks neighbourhood, with green streets and rain gardens; the delivery of high-quality public realm; and new street infrastructure, such as high-quality footpaths and a variety of street types to support vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists. Hundreds of trees will also be planted across the Central Docks neighbourhood. The development of this 11ha site will enable and accelerate the delivery of around 2,350 homes over the next 10 years, in line with the Liverpool Waters Central Docks Neighbourhood Masterplan. This planning application and the development it will enable demonstrates the scale of ambition for Liverpool Waters and the transformative impact it will have on this historic brownfield site. Coastal and woodland planting, wetland planting, community gardens and open parkland will all help to create a unique, world class environment at Central Park, celebrating the site’s post-industrial heritage and its coastal locality. The park will also include shelters and canopies, areas for sport, recreation and fitness, and spaces designed to support local wildlife. Connectivity for pedestrians and cyclists between the city centre, Princes Dock, Everton’s new stadium at Bramley Moore Dock, and the city’s northern docks will also be significantly improved as part of this development. Central Docks will become the largest of the five planned neighbourhoods in Liverpool Waters and will directly enable the delivery of thousands of new homes, alongside commercial, retail, leisure and community developments over the next ten years. Building, Design & Construction Magazine | The Choice of Industry Professionals
Manchester City Council has announced next steps for the once in a generation transformation of Collyhurst Village. This comes as the joint venture between Manchester City Council and Far East Consortium has now appointed a masterplanning team for future phases of development. Collyhurst is one of the first areas to be developed as part of the major Victoria North regeneration programme being delivered by the joint venture, which will see 15,000 new homes built across seven new and emerging neighbourhoods in north Manchester over the next two decades. With site works having begun to deliver 274 new low carbon homes – including 130 homes for social rent – alongside a new community park and commercial space, the JV is turning its attention to delivering the longer-term vision for both neighbourhoods. Outlined in an update to the Collyhurst regeneration plan, the JV intends to work with a masterplanning team to develop a street-by-street plan that builds on the vision set out in the 2019 Strategic Regeneration Framework (SRF) for Victoria North. The masterplanning team includes Mæ (lead architect), Turner.Works (meanwhile use), Schulze+Grassov (landscape and public realm) and IF_DO (community engagement). The team is expected to work with existing local residents to shape the design of potential new homes, streets and parks, with a programme of public engagement due to begin in the coming months. This will include a range of interactive events and activities, which will be inclusive and accessible to all members of the community. The community engagement programme is likely to involve workshops and consultation events to gather the views of local residents and get their feedback, a series of community design sessions involving residents, exhibitions and online engagement. Initial modelling undertaken as part of the Strategic Regeneration Framework (SRF) for Victoria North indicates the potential for up to 3,000 new homes The 2019 SRF for Victoria North sets out the potential for up to 3,000 new homes – with a key focus on affordability – to be built in Collyhurst through a process of long-term and phased estate remodelling. Future housing investment would be delivered alongside new local services and amenities, public realm and transport infrastructure, including investment in active travel. Any future development would build on meaningful community engagement and consultation to ensure local people remain at the heart of the investment proposals. The joint venture will also retain its commitment to support current residents to remain in Collyhurst – as a single move to a newly built property – so they can benefit from the investment in the area. Building, Design & Construction Magazine | The Choice of Industry Professionals
Liverpool City Council has approved plans, submitted by build to rent provider Placefirst, for the final phase of its Welsh Streets neighbourhood. This comes shortly after The Welsh Streets was named as Housing Development of the Year at the Insider North West Residential Property Awards in January. The development will deliver a terrace of 13 new homes, including a mix of three-bedroom family homes and apartments. Three of the properties will be designed to be fully wheelchair accessible and the scheme will also include a new community hub where Placefirst’s dedicated resident services manager will be based. Designed by MBED Architects, Phase 6 will create a traditional terrace that has been carefully considered to be in-keeping with the existing street scene and character of the surrounding area, adding to the high-quality, energy efficient homes Placefirst has created to date. Other members of the team include Curtins (engineers) and WSP (on planning). Placefirst worked closely with Liverpool City Council on the plans to bring the Welsh Streets land situated between High Park Street, Wynnstay Street and Kelvin Grove forward. The new accessible community hub will allow Placefirst to continue its focus on community engagement initiatives, with a strong on site presence. With Phase 6, the Welsh Streets neighbourhood will total just under 300 single-family BTR homes, a mix of refurbished and new build. Placefirst has invested over £40m into the project to date, with residents contributing an annual £1.7m spend to the local economy. Construction on the final phase will commence later this year. Building, Design & Construction Magazine | The Choice of Industry Professionals
Stepnell is preparing to start construction work to transform the Northampton historic market square. West Northamptonshire Council (WNC) is working with the construction firm to carry out a multi-million-pound redevelopment of the area,. Prior to construction works starting, investigations had to take place to identify any potential risks and define clear strategies to address them. WNC and Stepnell have completed ground investigations in Northampton using Danaher Walsh and a leading geotechnical firm. This involved digging 15 trial holes and 12 boreholes in locations identified by the project team over a four-week period. The area must be carefully excavated, taking, and investigating samples that will inform how the market square is transformed. This is in addition to the ground investigations completed during the design development stage. While this work has been ongoing an archaeologist has been ensuring the redevelopment does not cause harm to potential archaeology in the ground. “This is an important project in the transformation and regeneration of the town centre, the market square is a site of historical significance, so it is vital that the essential investigations are carried out to ensure that works are delivered to the highest standard. With the necessary preparation works underway we look forward the next stage of the construction process that will be intensifying in the coming weeks,” said Cllr Dan Lister, Cabinet Member for Economic Development, Town Centre Regeneration and Growth. Following extensive research, the only viable location for the market to be temporarily relocated to while the extensive construction takes place was Commercial St Car Park, as other areas in the town, including Abington St which is due to begin works on the new public realm later this year, are due to be transformed in the coming months as part of the wider town regeneration. Building, Design & Construction Magazine | The Choice of Industry Professionals
The UK Government is to release the final £16.5 million of the £23.7m Town Deal funding awarded to Camborne, after it approved four projects to revamp and revitalise Camborne town centre as part of the Camborne Town Deal programme. The plans include community facilities and green spaces, new shared workspace, a theatre and a youth café. The funds will be awarded to Cornwall Council at the end of March. The announcement follows the review by Government of the plans for the Town Centre Regeneration programme, which include: Basset Centre and White House The adjoining Basset Centre and White House on Basset Road will be redeveloped by Camborne Town Council, into a state-of-the-art facility that includes high quality communal spaces, a youth café, exciting heritage interpretation and an updated library and resource centre. There will also be a flexible performance space for a range of entertainment and community purposes. Co-working space The project will bring a long-term disused building back into use as a modern co-working space; which will encourage further footfall to the town centre; as well as support our local entrepreneurs to thrive. Camborne Renew Cornwall Council will deliver improvements to the town centre’s streets and public spaces to create a more accessible, sustainable and appealing place to live, work, shop and visit. Kerrier Way The Town Council will lead on the enhancement and landscaping of a brownfield site near Tesco to create a community green space for all to benefit from and enjoy. This will create a green gateway to the town centre and provide community space for local residents. These projects complement the seven other Town Deal funded projects announced last September, which will enable the full delivery of the vision set out in the Town Investment Plan, of increasing the vitality of Camborne while celebrating its rich heritage. Following agreement of the funding allocation by Government, these transformational projects are now focussed on putting the necessary agreements in place to enable funding drawdown and project delivery. Across the town, projects follow different delivery timelines, with some expected to finish next year while others will complete at the end of the programme in March 2026. Building, Design & Construction Magazine | The Choice of Industry Professionals
Muse and Poplar HARCA have selected McAleer & Rushe to build over 270 homes at Stroudley Walk in London. A total of 115 of the 274 homes will be available through London Affordable Rent and shared ownership at Stroudley Walk. Works are to start on site imminently and completion of the regeneration scheme is expected in Winter 2025. “We are excited to deliver a thriving new neighbourhood of all-electric homes and a fantastic public realm space for all of the community to enjoy for years to come. This regeneration scheme represents our fourth project working with Muse and we are delighted to work in partnership with Poplar HARCA for the first time. It is important to us as a company to integrate ourselves in the communities we operate in, and we look forward to establishing a relationship with local residents and businesses to leave a lasting and positive legacy,” said Jonathan O’Neill, Senior Director at McAleer & Rushe. Designed by RM_A Architects, the vibrant new neighbourhood in Bromley by Bow, is focused on creating a safe and thriving place, complete with a new pocket park and part-pedestrianised street, with a new community café alongside other retail spaces for the whole community to enjoy. “With our partners at Poplar HARCA and now with our contractor, McAleer & Rushe, we’re committed to building a brighter future, together, to benefit everyone in the local area. Our regeneration at Stroudley Walk provides a real opportunity to do this, with much-needed affordable homes, coupled with exciting, new public spaces, to create a safe and welcoming place for all,” added Isabelle Asante, Senior Development Manager at Muse. Building, Design & Construction Magazine | The Choice of Industry Professionals
