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Planning permission for the sustainable redevelopment of CAFRE - College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise Greenmount Campus was granted by Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council last month. Mayor of Antrim and Newtownabbey, Councillor Neill Kelly welcomed the announcement: “This redevelopment honours the campus’s legacy while equipping it for the future, ensuring that Greenmount remains a beacon of innovation and learning for generations to come”. esc are providing Project Management and Quantity Surveying services on this exciting project, as part of the Hamilton Architects led design team, which will deliver a new 15,000sqm sustainable campus, designed to Passivhaus Premium and BREEAM ‘Outstanding’ accreditations. Read more https://lnkd.in/gqpvJm-W #ProjectManagement #QuantitySurveying #BREEAM #PassivhausPremium #Education

Working in partnership with Lendlease, Gray Puksand has provided designs for the new Canberra Institute of Technology Woden campus to present a flagship education facility, public transport interchange and youth foyer in the heart of Canberra’s southern hub. This revitalised mixed-use precinct will strengthen the ACT’s position as a national leader in the vocational education and training sector and add significant value to the urban fabric of Woden. In our most recent blog, we sat down with the Project Delivery Lead and Sydney Associate, Solvën BISCEGLIA, to discuss the intricate urban, cultural, sustainable and social layers that have shaped the design and delivery of the campus. To read the full blog, visit the link below. https://lnkd.in/gK3KKbZA #GrayPuksand #CITWoden #Sustainability #Architecture #News #BlogPost

❤️ Social Value and 🌍 Sustainability in Peterborough Professor Ross Renton, Principal at ARU Peterborough, describes the importance of building in social value and sustainability into the delivery of his Phase 3 Living Lab. By working closely with all the key stakeholders and using our #CarboniCa tool, we managed to save 258.2 tonnes of carbon from RIBA stage 3 to 5, whilst also delivering £74 million of social value impact in the local community. You can read more about the project here: https://lnkd.in/e2rsVe4u The team ➡️ Anglia Ruskin University, ARU Peterborough, Peterborough City Council, Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority, Mace, Pagabo, MCW Architects, Smith and Wallwork, LUC, CPW #Peterborough #PagaboProcured #HigherEducation

"The really impressive thing is that they saved a year of time and an estimated 25% of the cost." Below, Bill McKay discusses the remarkable transformation of The University of Auckland's B201 Building into one of Aotearoa New Zealand’s most sustainable developments on RNZ. Adaptive reuse and low carbon design strategies have led to the project receiving 6 Green Stars for Design and the most points awarded to any building from the NZGBC to date, categorising it as ‘world-leading’. The project’s success serves as a testament to the benefit of re-evaluating the latent value and design potential in existing buildings that may once have been deemed no longer fit for purpose. Conserving these buildings and putting them to new uses can provide a head start when futureproofing investments, making property portfolios more resilient whilst continuing to generate great returns. https://lnkd.in/gP-i8sPE

New Junior School Offers a Lesson in Modern Building Practices The new Junior School for the Girls’ Day School Trust Notting Hill & Ealing High School, designed by Hawkins\Brown, exemplifies sustainability. Rated BREEAM Excellent, it sets a benchmark for integrating modern building practices with academic excellence. Troldtekt A/S https://lnkd.in/edRTK-XZ #SustainableDesign #BREEAMExcellent #ModernArchitecture #EducationalBuildings #BuildingSustainability

We’re thrilled to be hosting Unlocking Nottingham: From Potential to Permission—a dynamic panel event designed to explore the exciting opportunities shaping Nottingham’s future! Join us on Thursday 23 January from 17:30 - 20:00, as Jenny Keen MRTPI, Sarah MacPherson MRTPI, Hannah Hamilton-Rutter and guest speakers Victoria Green and Paul Seddon discuss what landowners, developers, and their advisors, can do to take advantage of existing properties and land from small-scale conversions, adding additional storeys, to a complete redevelopment from the ground up. We will challenge the narrative that brownfield sites, conversions, and particularly historic buildings are ‘too hard’ or ‘too expensive’ to add commercial value to your portfolio. Following the development timeline from inception to delivery, we will cover the following key areas: - Demystifying design and heritage issues and opportunities - Making the most out of pre-application engagement - How the changing national and local plan context and legislation changes impact development in Nottingham Whether you're in development, design, or simply passionate about Nottingham’s future, this is your chance to be part of the conversation. https://lnkd.in/e-kYd6BE Nicki Edwards #UnlockingNottingham #UrbanGrowth #MarronsArchitecture #CityPlanning #SustainableDevelopment

📰 Announcing the December Issue of the Transforming Homes Newsletter Join us on our journey to develop scalable design solutions to transform existing housing by working with, and for, communities. This month's featured articles: 🔹 Alliance for Sustainable Building Products partners Simon Corbey and Richard Broad reflect on their attendance to the #GTE Research Forum hosted by the #FutureObservatory, which brough together the four #GreenTransitionEcosystems Design HOPES Public Map Platform/ Llwyfan Map Cyhoeddus Future Island-Island and Transforming Homes. 🔹 Drawing from her recent participation at a series of events, Co-Director Prof Jo Patterson highlights the power of #collaboration and #communication in addressing the challenges of transforming the UK's ageing #housing stock. Spotlight on: 🔹 Richard Hawkins, Technical Innovations Manager at Sevenoaks Modular Ltd and co-investigator of Transforming Homes, who brings his expertise on #sustainable construction and industrial manufacturing to help deliver design solutions for home transformation. 🔹 Dr Lucy McFadzean, Research Associate at University of Exeter, who brings her expertise in qualitative research and #codesign to ensure that residents and communities are central to our design process. Full newsletter 👇 Sign up to stay updated on the #TransformingHomes project: https://lnkd.in/gxYwsWPA UK Research and Innovation Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) the Design Museum University of Bath Cardiff University / Prifysgol Caerdydd University of Bristol GW4 Alliance Mikhail Riches Knowle West Media Centre WeCanMake Woodknowledge Wales Sevenoaks Modular Ltd City & County of Swansea #UKRI #AHRC #GTE #GreenTransition #netzero #climatechange #innovation #designresearch #design #research #housing

This morning, Rachel Legood had the pleasure of attending the opening of the impressive new Construction Centre at Oaklands College, St Albans Campus in conjunction with the college and R G Carter. The event showcased not only the cutting-edge facilities but also the exciting future for vocational education in our region. From the ribbon cutting by Daisy Cooper MP to inspiring talks by industry leaders including Richard Tavener (Herts & Beds Constructing Excellence Club & RDT Architects) and Neil Lock (Morgan Sindall Construction), it was clear this centre will play a vital role in serving regional employers. The highlights? ✔️ Aiming for 'Excellent' BREEAM standards, the centre is a sustainability trailblazer, featuring solar panels, air source heat pumps, and fully recycled bricks - the first project in England to do so! ✔️ A transformative workspace designed with sustainability at its heart, including sustainable furniture by JPA Workspaces. ✔️ Innovative tech like real-time energy usage displays to engage and educate students. As Hertfordshire Building Control, we’re thrilled to see such forward-thinking projects coming to fruition. The centre demonstrates how strategic collaboration across Hertfordshire can deliver facilities that empower students and meet local employers' needs. A huge congratulations to Oaklands College and R G Carter for creating a space that sets the benchmark for sustainable construction education! 👏 #ConstructionEducation #Sustainability #BREEAM #VocationalTraining #BuildingForTheFuture #TLevels

https://zurl.co/HQvcu Shawmut Design and Construction announced the topping off of 100 South Campus Drive, a mixed-use project in Allston that will create sustainable housing for the Harvard University community alongside vibrant public spaces.

Leah Lang, the Queensland State Government Architect, is leading the government's MMC program for housing. Her team is making some good headway with modular as a method of MMC, particularly to support social housing, key worker accomodation and emergency response. It was fantastic to have Leah join our community practice on Housing Diversity today, hosted at Urbis. The practice includes all the peak and industry bodies across the entire housing system. We discussed where the modular program is heading in the short term, including the Queensland Government’s recent announcement to procure up to 600 modular homes by the end of this year, and where the program and industry might be heading in the longer term as well. While there are some differing views on what more we could be doing in the wider MMC space, and how much of it, we all agree that the program needs to be ambitious and play a key role in our future housing supply pipeline. Leah's energy and enthusiasm for this agenda is inspiring. Thank you for taking the time to join us and for making yourself available to industry. We greatly appreciate it. It’s my understanding that the government will look to go back out to industry for a further EOI opportunity to be involved in the program later this year, and that’s critical to get more industry involvement. Looking forward to joining the prefabAUS conference in Sydney later this month to look at the industry roadmap and what else is happening nationally and overseas that should be considered 🏡 🙌 #ModernMethods #Modular #PreFabricated #Industrialised #SmartBuilding #Innovation #Investment #IndustryDevelopment #Queensland #AdvancedManufacturing #Australia 📣Shout out to our Housing Diversity CoP members: Q Shelter Property Council of Australia Queensland Australian Institute of Architects Strata Community Association (Qld) CHIA Queensland Council of Mayors (SEQ) Local Government Association of Queensland Articulous Communications YIMBY Qld Planning Institute of Australia Urbis Master Builders Queensland Studio THI