Tag: schemes
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What can Levelling Up schemes learn from mega projects’ delays?
Weak feasibility studies, vague scope and inadequate financial planning lead to delays. Those delays, in turn, ripple through procurement and execution. This echoes the Levelling Up Fund, which showed that many UK bids were submitted without detailed designs. High-level costings are simply not a reliable foundation for timely delivery. View the original article and our…
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MPs criticise ‘stop-start’ government retrofit schemes
“Our sector has well-documented skills and worker shortages, so instead of short-term, ever-changing schemes, long-term policies that provide a steady pipeline of demand for retrofitting must be the way forward. This would provide the industry with the assurance to invest in training and upskilling the workforce, which in turn gives households confidence that retrofit works…
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Barratt commits to Passivhaus for all London schemes
Attzaz Rashid, head of design at Barratt London and the lead for the Lo-E Homes initiative, said: “Our ambition with Lo-E Homes is to deliver homes that don’t just meet standards, but meaningfully surpass them. This initiative reflects our deep commitment to innovation in housing and climate resilience. Lo-E Homes represent a new benchmark in…