York Council Submit Apartments & Infrastructure Project Dec 6, 2019 The City of York Council have submitted plans which will deliver more than 100 new flats in the city – as well as much needed infrastructure and landscape. The plans – set to be built on the Castle Mills site – will be a feature of our York Development Plans Event in 2020 as the […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Police Estates Incorporate Community Engagement Projects Dec 6, 2019 The Metropolitan Police Service is developing new public engagement into their estates, our Blue Light Estates Development Conference has heard. These community engagements have been accompanied by a “just over a billion-pound programme” of estates regeneration that was conducted by the service between 2013-2017 according to Vince Fihosy, Property Services Director at the Metropolitan Police. […] Posted by: John Clark Read more
Police and Crime Commissioners Leading on Estates Strategy Dec 6, 2019 Police and Crime Commissioner’s across the country are increasingly focused on estate strategy, our Blue Light Estates Development Conference has heard. When the role was first created in 2012 the commissioners were given particularly broad portfolios, being tasked with ensuring the overall performance of the service. Many of the commissioners have devolved more powers to […] Posted by: John Clark Read more
Design Innovation Redefining the Possible Within Blue Light Estates Dec 6, 2019 “This is a very exciting time for construction and suddenly everything is possible” – declared Jami Cresser-Brown, Director of Creative Technology at Bryden Wood, at our recent Blue Light Estates Development Conference. During the hour-long Q&A session Cresser-Brown challenged conventional notions of best practice as an achievable benchmark: “Best practice in its very nature […] Posted by: John Clark Read more
Ageing Estates Issue Provides Green Renewal Opportunities Dec 6, 2019 Ageing estates across the blue light sector have promoted calls for a serious renewal of the sector, with Alex Brown Head of Property, Capital Projects and Estates at Royal Berkshire Fire & Rescue warning of the “very real potential for real asset failure.” Speaking at our Blue Light Estates Development Conference Brown explained the depth […] Posted by: John Clark Read more
Cross-Service “Tri-Light” Cooperation Leading the Blue Light Sector Dec 6, 2019 Emergency services and their estates are becoming increasingly interlinked,our recent Blue Light Estates Development Conference has heard. A number of different pressures have pushed emergency services closer together, making such cooperation an increasing norm across estates and providing services. The impact of austerity and the push of the government from 2010 onwards towards consolidation of […] Posted by: John Clark Read more
The ‘Finite Mindset’ is Holding Back the Construction Sector Dec 6, 2019 “We have to get better” The case that the construction industry needs to look beyond the short-term was made passionately at our Blue Light Estates Development Conference by Jason Hallas – Corporate Partner and Regional Framework Manager at Willmott Dixon. Hallas expressed the notion that this attitude had bred a culture which is slow to […] Posted by: John Clark Read more
CAPITAL&CENTRIC Reveal Secret Garden at KAMPUS project Dec 6, 2019 The recently completed secret garden at HBD and CAPITAL&CENTRIC’S newest project has been revealed in new images. The jungle like garden sits at the heart of the new £250m neighbourhood being developed by CAPITAL&CENTRIC and HBD. [emaillocker id=”71749″] Located in the centre of Manchester near Canal Street, the garden neighbourhood will provide a new oasis […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
51-Storey Birmingham Tower Given Green Light Dec 6, 2019 Developer Court Collaboration have received the go-ahead for their One Eastside project featuring an impressive 51-storey residential tower alongside another residential building. The building is set to become the tallest building in the Midlands, and will be a stones throw from the new HS2 Curzon Street Station – helping to continue the transformation of Birmingham […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Exclusive Q&A With Newcastle University’s Director of Estates & Facilities Dec 4, 2019 In January we’re hosting – with the support of the North East Combined Authority – the first ever North East Development Conference which is focused on driving regeneration, development and investment into the region. Ahead of the event we hear exclusively from Newcastle University ‘s Director of Estates and Facilities – Iain Garfield – about […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
