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Social Housing Project of the Year
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SOCIAL HOUSING PROJECT OF THE YEAR
Category: This award will recognise an organisation or consortia that has successfully worked with the UK’s housing associations and social landlords to provide high quality buildings that cater for specific customer needs, enhance local communities, and provide the best in sustainable affordable housing. Emphasis will be placed on collaborative working, energy efficiency and running costs, speed and quality of construction, affordability of maintenance and overall long-term value-for-money for client and residents. Sponsor: MiTek specialises in the development of software solutions for structural timber applications and the provision of engineered steel connector products for roof truss and Posi-Joist manufacture. MiTek Services provides a range of design and drafting services to support our customer’s capability and growth, and our automation team provides manufacturing equipment to the engineered timber industry. Our software, services, engineered products and automation enable you to transform the way you design, make and build. Judge Testimonial SOCIAL HOUSING “This is what affordable housing is about, this satisfies the tenure PROJECT OF THE YEAR blindness that blights the industry. This is a fabulous looking scheme.”
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SOCIAL HOUSING PROJECT OF THE YEAR SHORTLIST
SOCIAL HOUSING PROJECT OF THE YEAR
BEATTIE PASSIVE + CANNA DEVELOPMENTS:
CWRT CANNA FOR NEWYDD HOUSING ASSOCIATION
Newydd Housing Association’s ambition was to deliver a social housing development that would not only achieve architectural excellence in terms of aesthetic appeal but would also deliver outstanding levels of energy efficiency, with a low carbon footprint. The project at Cwrt Canna ticks all the boxes for a contemporary social housing scheme and then goes further still to achieve Passivhaus standards of build quality, thermal comfort and energy efficiency, while also cutting carbon emissions.
SOCIAL HOUSING PROJECT OF THE YEAR
PARAMOUNT STRUCTURES: TRE IFANS
The construction of six homes at Tre Ifan for Isle of Anglesey County Council is the product of an experienced design team with a shared vision to deliver high quality, energy efficient, MMC social housing using Welsh timber. Constructed using timber sourced a maximum of 50 miles from site, the project is the first Welsh timber volumetric solution for affordable housing.
SOCIAL HOUSING PROJECT OF THE YEAR
RAMBOLL UK: BEECHWOOD WEST
Beechwood West is the first ever Modular Cross-Laminated Timber project from a UK factory. This 251-plot housing development, a mix of 2, 3, and 4-bedroom homes, represents a step towards a more efficient UK construction industry with a focus on quality, safety, and sustainability. Using intricate computational and manufacturing techniques, this project combines the benefits of prefabricated CLT panels with those of modular construction to push boundaries and challenge industry standards.
