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• Morgan Sindall takes social housing upkeep into ‘tech age’

  18-10-2021 23:03 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Morgan Sindall has developed a remote internal building performance home monitoring system that could revolutionise social housing repairs and upkeep.
  The goldeni (pronounced golden eye) system developed by data scientists working for Morgan Sindall Property Services hooks up with commercially available ‘Internet of things’ sensors to provide real-time data about the health of a building and internal environment of individual tenants’ homes.
  It can identify water leaks in
  
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• Morgan Sindall lifts social housing upkeep into ‘tech age’

  18-10-2021 23:03 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Morgan Sindall has developed a remote internal building performance home monitoring system that could revolutionise social housing repairs and upkeep.
  The goldeni (pronounced golden eye) system developed by data scientists working for Morgan Sindall Property Services hooks up with commercially available ‘Internet of things’ sensors to provide real-time data about the health of a building and internal environment of individual tenants’ homes.
  It can identify water leaks in
  
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• Segro plans first urban six-storey industrial building

  18-10-2021 21:46 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Warehouse developer SEGRO has teamed up with Berkeley Group house builder St George to bring forward it’s first urban multi-storey industrial development in this country.
  The six-storey building is being plugged into St George’s Grand Union major mixed-use neighbourhood in Brent, North West London.
  The pioneering 135,000 sq ft building is the first in a new concept for delivering multi-storey light industrial property in an urban backdrop.This dovetails with the Greater London Author
  
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• Ballymore puts in plans for major Royal Docks scheme

  18-10-2021 14:27 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Ballymore has submitted a planning application for its latest major mixed-use quarter on the riverfront in London’s Royal Docks.
  Redevlopment of the 6.1-ha UNEX-Thames Road Industrial Estate site will see construction of 1,610 new homes, including three-storey townhouses, lower blocks of six-to-nine storeys and taller blocks of between 15-to-18 storeys.
  Alongside the new homes will be light industrial and commercial space and a two-form entry primary school. The proposal also features a ma
  
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• Next phase of £650m Nottingham Island Quarter revised

  18-10-2021 08:45 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Developer Conygar has submitted redrawn plans for phase 1B of Nottingham’s biggest regeneration scheme for decades, The Island Quarter scheme.
  The proposals – which were initially submitted in January – include a 223-room hotel, 247 flats and an extensive food and beverage area in a 100m long forum.
  As well as improving ventilation and access routes to the building, the changes build in extra flexibility during the construction process to face industry challenges, such as mater
  
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• Former nmcn telecoms director joins HE Simm

  18-10-2021 08:32 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Engineering and services specialist HE Simm Group has appointed Peter Lambert as Group Commercial Director.
  Lambert’s previous role was a short-term post at nmcn as Commercial Director of its Telecoms Division.
  He brings 33 years’ of industry experience in the built environment sector having worked for companies including Spie Matthew Hall, Lendlease and Laing O’Rourke.Lambert spent eight years working within the commercial team at NG Bailey, leaving as Regional Commercial Dire
  
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• Vast earthworks job out to bid for £150m rail testing facility

  18-10-2021 08:03 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The race has started to find an earthworks contractor to prepare the way to build a £150m major rail testing facility at a former opencast mine site in South Wales.
  The Global Centre for Rail Excellence will be the world’s first integrated testing facility for both rail infrastructure and rolling stock.
  The ambitious project will see the redevelopment of the 500-hectare Nant Helen opencast site on the southern edge of the Brecon Beacons.
  Advanced preparation work will require&nb
  
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• London councils set out £98bn plan to retrofit 3.8m homes

  18-10-2021 07:44 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  All 33 of the London’s local authorities have signed up to a net zero carbon route map to retrofit 3.8m homes across all tenures in the capital to achieve an average EPC B rating by 2030.
  The plan, which will be revealed in detail at the end of this month ahead of the Government spending review, could bring about a £98bn investment in the green economy in London, say councils.
  The Retrofit London Housing Action Plan has been developed by the London Housing Directors’ Group
  
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