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HOMES REGENERATE RUN-DOWN AREA
» » WILBURN BASIN IS A NEW HIGH-
quality housing development of nearly 500
homes in four blocks ranging from eight to 21
storeys sited around the historic River Irwell
Basin, Manchester.
The main contractor Renaker specified
PVCu for the windows and doors because
of its ability to deliver the aesthetics,
performance and U values needed within
the budget required. With a total of
1,200 windows, including stacked/ribbon
windows, plus 440 sets of French doors
needed, the contract was a demanding one.
The specifications were exacting too, with
high levels of acoustic glazing required on
elevations that were located next to busy
roads into the city centre, the railway line and
a retail park.
Main contractor Renaker awarded the
contract to manufacture and install the
windows and doors to longstanding Spectus
customer Worsley Glass. The two companies
had worked together on previous projects and
Renaker knew Worsley Glass had the quality
and experience to deliver what was needed on
time and on budget.
The project took two years and the finished
result has transformed the Wilburn Basin area
and regenerated a formerly run-down area
close to Manchester city centre.
www.spectus.co.uk
ON THE ROAD WITH FOUR NEW VANS
» » VEKA GROUP – THE UK’S
industry-leading PVCu systems
supplier – has added four vans
to its Technical department as
part of an ongoing investment
initiative. These will assist
Technical Service Engineers
in visiting customers across
the length and breadth of the
UK.
Technical Service Engineers
are employed and trained in
house by VEKA, to ensure that
their knowledge of VEKA and
Halo products and tooling is
faultless. While some suppliers
might only have one engineer
to cover the whole country,
VEKA Group employs four
specialists.
The four new vans provide
extra storage space for
equipment and tools to ensure
engineers can assist customers
no matter the issue, responding
to support requests faster than
ever.
VEKA has been established
in the UK for more than 30
years, and some VEKA and
Halo customers have been
with the group since day one.
The ‘partnering’ approach that
VEKA Group takes with its
customers relies on regular
feedback for the system to
continually evolve and meet the
ever-changing demands of the
market. The newly-improved
fleet of vans marks the latest
gear shift to make sure VEKA
is always first past the finishing
line.
www.vekauk.com
£45M to kickstart UK housebuilding
» » HOUSING AND PLANNING
Minister Dominic Raab has announced
a £45 million cash injection into key
community projects across the country -
helping to push the building of thousands of
new homes.
The funding - allocated by central
government to help boost Britain’s
housebuilding industry - will be distributed
to 79 projects from Newcastle to Plymouth.
The aim is to support local councils in
completing the necessary infrastructure work
to unlock viable council-owned land and the
building of 7,280 new homes.
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The investment into the Land Release
Fund is designed to help local councils open
up enough council-owned land to build
160,000 homes by the end of the decade and
support the government’s pledge of building
on average 300,000 homes every year by the
mid-2020s. Projects already set to benefit
from the funding include a site in Paignton,
Devon, where 200 homes are set to be built,
in addition to a strategic council-owned site
in Lancashire which will unlock over 300
homes.
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