University of Reading: The benefits and opportunities of Smart Cities Dec 6, 2018 On the 6th February the Smart Cities Development Conference will bring together hundreds of business leaders and decision makers from across both the public and private sector to look at how we can work together to ensure development and regeneration happening across our city regions are smart, sustainable and contribute to the economic growth of […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Creating a Smart and Sustainable Vision for Reading to 2050 Dec 6, 2018 Professor Tim Dixon, School of the Built Environment – University of Reading, speaks exclusively to Built Environment Networking about Smart Cities and Sustainable Development ahead of the Smart Cities Development Conference on the 6th February 2019… We live in an urban world. Today a majority of the world’s population lives in cities, and this […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Exclusive Q&A: Regeneration & Property Specialists – U+I Dec 5, 2018 Today’s Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Economic Growth Conference is bringing together those at the forefront of regeneration, development and growth within the region. Public and private sector leaders with gather to network and share insights around ongoing and future development plans and how those within the built environment can integrate into those proposed schemes. One of […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
£800m Construction framework launched for bidding… Dec 5, 2018 Procurement and framework firm Fusion21, who’ll be speaking and exhibiting at next weeks Construction Frameworks Conference, have announced details of a new construction framework – worth £800m over the course of the next four years. The framework, which will focus on Construction Works and Improvements, has now opened for bidding with Fusion21 seeking to speak […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Essex County Council in discussions with Whitehall over viability tests Dec 3, 2018 Essex County Council has fired a warning shot over developers who use viability studies to wriggle out of housing projects. Cllr Gagan Mohindra, Cabinet Member for Economic Development, told delegates at our Essex and South East Development Plans Event that he has had discussions with central government about developers who use such methods or other […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Norfolk County Council MD calls for quality developments Dec 3, 2018 Communities and councillors in East Anglia are looking for quality developments that will not “infringe” their quality of life, according to the Managing Director of Norfolk County Council. Dr Wendy Thomson, speaking at our Norwich and East Anglia event, said residents frequently tell council officials that ‘they recognise quality’ and therefore they need to ensure […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
100 investors already eyeing up South Tees Development Corporation site Dec 3, 2018 More than 100 investors have already expressed an interest in the South Tees Development Corporation’s 4,500 acre site, the interim head of the regions Combined Authority has said. Julie Gilhesphie, Interim Managing Director at Tees Valley Combined Authority told delegates at our Tees Valley event that the site, which incorporates the former Redcar SSI steelworks, […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Plans to revitalise York Station approved Dec 1, 2018 The City of York Council have approved plans which will revitalise and upgrade the front of York Train Station to create an improved gateway into the city for those visiting via rail. The plans will help transform the area surrounding the historic station – creating pedestrian friendly public spaces, an improved setting for the City […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
The ambitious Leeds project that could drive £1bn of development and investment Nov 30, 2018 There is a real excitement about the city of Leeds at present. The news of C4’s arrival has only boosted the already thriving Yorkshire city which has plans to ‘double the size of the city centre’ – plans being realised by Leeds City Council who’re backing ambitious transformation projects including Vastint’s Tetley’s project and CEG’s […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
UK’s biggest road upgrade passes key milestone Nov 29, 2018 The ambitious £1.5bn upgrade of the A14 linking Cambridge and Huntingdon – set for completion in late 2020 – has this week reached a key milestone as it reaches the half-way point. The infrastructure project, transforming journeys between the two East of England regions, is an important scheme which will boost the local and national […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
