Highlights of the CIOB Calendar for the summer.
Site visit: Gorse Ride redevelopment project
4 July, 3.30-5.30pm, Finchampstead, Wokingham
Members can visit the regeneration of Gorse Ride – one of Wokingham council’s flagship housing projects. The build will see 249 new modern homes built on the site, 74% of which will be affordable homes. The phased regeneration will take place over a number of years.
Designed to be energy efficient, the new homes have high levels of insulation and low-carbon innovations such as air source heat pumps, and tackle fuel poverty by bringing down the costs of power.
Contact: [email protected]
Site visit: Ivy Lane redevelopment, Oxford
4 July, 5.30-7pm, Oxford
Housing provider A2Dominion and housebuilder Hill Group are delivering a scheme of 125 units to house a minimum of 340 key workers at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford.
Due to complete in October 2025, the scheme includes seven new apartment buildings, from three to five storeys high, made up of 68 apartments and 57 cluster units. Shared units comprise four or five bedrooms and a kitchen.
The scheme also includes facilities such as management offices, a meeting area, bike and car parking, and landscaped communal green open space.
Contact: [email protected]
CPD seminar: Understanding and Maximising Social Value
4 July, 7-9.30pm, Maidstone
The recent Policy Note to the Public Services (Social Value) Act (2012) ensures that social value will become a mainstream priority.
This CPD seminar, presented by Natalie Webster, senior social sustainability manager at Kier Construction, covers the following:
- legislation change: in 2020 it became a requirement to explicitly evaluate social value on government construction works rather than just consider it;
- measuring social value;
- useful tools/resources, such as social value calculators; and
- best practice: looking at recent changes and how change is pushing forward.
Contact: [email protected]
Site visit: MMC in action at Northminster residential project, Peterborough
5 July, 4.30-6pm, Peterborough
Join us for this presentation and tour to demonstrate the MMC and offsite techniques being used to deliver this significant mid-rise residential development in the heart of the city of Peterborough.
Contact: [email protected]
Building Brum & CIOB: A golden decade of Birmingham
6 July, 5.30-9pm, Birmingham
This discussion will be focused on the role of the environmental, social and governance (ESG) framework, in delivering high-quality buildings.
Guests will hear how ESG has shaped masterplanning and regeneration, from Perry Barr to Paradise Birmingham. They will look ahead at the golden decade of Birmingham, focusing on what needs to happen to enhance and create healthy, strong communities
Chaired by CIOB president Sandi Rhys Jones, the panel is: Philip Nell, Birmingham City Council director of property and investment; Shauna Bradley, partner, Howells; Simon Raiye, development director, HBD; Lucille Watkins-Brazier, head of social value, Lendlease; and Tom Wraight, regional director, Careys.
Contact: [email protected]
Site visit: Envision AESC’s second UK gigafactory
7 July, 12-1pm, Sunderland
Join the North East Hub and Wates Group on the site of a new gigafactory in Sunderland. The project, the largest by single value in Wates’ 125-year history, is AESC’s second Sunderland battery plant.
The gigafactory, which will be powered by 100% net zero carbon energy, will have capacity of 12GWh and will employ more than 1,000 people when operational in 2025.
The visit will include a tour of the site facilities, a presentation from the team and overview with Q&A.
Contact: [email protected]
Site visit: Transport Hub, Belfast Grand Central Station
31 August, 12-2pm, Belfast
The new Belfast Transport Hub is a key NI Executive flagship project. It will deliver a modern, world-class hub which, when complete in 2025, will be the largest integrated transport facility on the island of Ireland.
Main works are in progress and members will be shown the site by Duane A McCreadie, project director for Farrans-Sacyr JV.
Contact: [email protected]
