Posted 20.08.21
Beyond Housing: Further reading
Beyond Housing is investing £19.5 million into a new housing development of 117 family-ready and eco-friendly homes in Stockton-on-Tees.
In partnership with Canvas Homes, it is constructing 51 homes for affordable rent, 34 for shared ownership and 32 for rent to buy. These will include two, three and four-bedroom homes.
Situated on a large brownfield, the development will offer fantastic waterside views of the River Tees and Stockton's iconic Infinity Bridge.
The development will be the largest modular home scheme in the North of England, with each floor constructed off-site under controlled factory conditions - and then transported and craned into position.
Modular homes use high quality materials with high thermal performance that exceed regulatory requirements. The construction of the homes off site also reduces waste, noise pollution and disruption, making it an environmentally friendly and efficient way to build homes.
Reduction of waste is further achieved by using recycled steel piles from de-commissioned North Sea oil platforms and by pioneering pre-cast foundations which are also made off-site.
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Posted 17.08.21
United Welsh: Further reading
The United Welsh Group is developing a factory in the heart of Caerphilly to build timber frame, low carbon homes.
The factory, which is due to open this autumn, will manufacture high quality, sustainable timber frame structures complete with factory fitted insulation and windows to build up to 250 low carbon homes a year.
With over £2 million of investment from Welsh Government's Innovative Housing Programme, the factory will be delivered by Celtic Offsite - a new social enterprise within the Caerphilly-based United Welsh Group.
Using over 28,000 sq. ft of manufacturing facilities, Celtic Offsite will provide affordable housing for contractors and developers using a Welsh supply chain, including Welsh timber and local partners.
There will also be a training suite on site to provide skills development and apprenticeships for green construction jobs.
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