In today’s news, we will look at Accrington’s first 3D-printed homes that will be built by Building for Humanity. The go-ahead signal has been given for the new £140 million office at MediaCity. On the first award-winning Passivhaus property ever approved by the council, construction has begun. Gaining ground in the modular construction industry. Reds10, a company that makes modular and prefabricated buildings, has also started working on government contracts worth £60 million. A concept known as “Build to Rent” has received financial support from investors in the city. In just a few years, carbon assessments of buildings and goals to encourage low-carbon building could be put into place.

Building for Humanity will build Accrington’s first 3D-printed homes

Original Source: Building For Humanity To Construct Uk’s First 3D-Printed Homes In Accrington

Building for Humanity will create the UK’s first 3D-printed homes.

The company wants to 3D print 46 energy-efficient dwellings as part of the £6 million Charter Street regeneration project in Accrington. Once finished, the housing will be sold to veterans and low-income families who can’t rent or buy there.

Building for Humanity founder Scott Moon remarked, “We want to make excellent housing available to everyone.” “The idea is simple: make a non-profit housing institute that puts people’s well-being ahead of making money. All surplus revenues go to Homes for Humanity, which provides housing, support, and training.

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Building for Humanity is a Community Interest Company (CIC) with offices in Accrington, Cornwall, and Newark. Along with helping low-income families and individuals, the company houses and employs ex-military members.

Building for Humanity stresses building responsibly for the poor. The company focuses on retrofitting homes with insulation, new boilers, and solar panels to help fuel-poor residents.

Building for Humanity will employ 3D printing to build high-quality, low-cost homes in Accrington to help the homeless. The company argues 3D printing can “reinvent home ownership” by creating low-energy, high-performance housing that is “affordable for every Briton.”

First UK 3D printing project

The Charter Street project will transform unused property into a ‘Community Hub’ HTL is a COBOD partner that offers equipment leasing, servicing, training, R&D, and site development.

Working with Building for Humanity, the business hopes to build Europe’s “biggest printed building” When complete, the development will include one- and two-bedroom apartments, three- and four-bedroom houses, a community garden, and a training hub.

HTL collaborated with Lindsay Baxter Design and Harcourt Architects at Accrington & Rossendale College R&D centre. The firms say they’ve developed a way to implement the technology in line with UK construction standards, which could ease its wider adoption.

COBOD 3D printing will lower Accrington’s building costs by 30% and halve lead times. HTL seeks to reduce construction waste by 60% through smart material placement, without sacrificing quality.

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Multiple affordable homes have been built using 3D printing because of its cost-effectiveness. Alquist3D, the PERI Group, and Printed Farms Florida announced intentions to 3D print rural US homes utilizing COBOD’s technology in November 2017.

Azure Printed Homes was also hired by ReInhabit to 3D print ten eco-friendly residences. By 3D printing the buildings from recycled plastic, ReInhabit intends to increase its return on investment (ROI) when they’re rented out next year.

At Tehran University, 3D printing dwellings improves energy efficiency. The team claims it can 3D print homes with 400-times less CO2 emissions.

MediaCity approves £140m office

Original Source: New £140m office at MediaCity gets green light

Sheppard Robson work won’t begin until next summer.

Salford City Council has approved plans for a £140m, 350,000-square-foot office skyscraper at MediaCity in Greater Manchester.

The Sheppard Robson-designed building will be opposite ITV and the University of Salford media campus, near BBC North.

Peel L&P and Landsec will create the building as per UK Green Building Council guidelines.

According to the architect, the building will be net zero and its embodied whole-life carbon will be offset.

The shading strategy, façade design, and balcony placement help achieve the building’s sustainability goals by reducing heat loss and providing passive solar shading for the floorplates.

Construction won’t begin until next summer and will take two years.

First award-winning Passivhaus site begins construction

Original Source: Work begins on council’s first award-winning Passivhaus site

The council’s first Passivhaus dwellings are being built at Duncombe Barracks.

In a picturesque, low-traffic area, 34 new Passivhaus homes enable low-carbon living. It’s the first Passivhaus site created under the council’s Housing Delivery Programme, including 40% affordable houses.

This programme received the 2022 Housing category at the Local Government Chronicle annual awards, a national Housing Design Award 2022 last month, and a Royal Town Planning Institute Yorkshire Award for Planning Excellence as the Best Plan.

Caddick Construction is building the council’s first Passivhaus. Buildings house foundations, drainage, internal roads, and temporary site offices. The site road’s foundations are made from demolished, underutilised structures, saving materials, travel, and labour. New paths and roads will include a car-free route via Duncombe Barracks and Bootham Crescent to connect Burton Stone Lane and Grosvenor Road.

2023 will see the first above-ground building, including a show complex and community centre. The complex will contain a sales office and innovation centre with a Passivhaus exhibition.

The exhibit shows:

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how they’re created and how they work; why occupants are warm in winter and cool in summer with fresh air moving; why they’re cheap to run and use zero carbon to assist climate change.

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79 trees will be planted in the development’s manicured areas. 69 more trees than before. Apple, field maple, and juneberry trees will provide spring blossom, summer shade, fruit, and fall colour.

The show homes will debut in autumn 2023, and the project will end in 2024.

Cllr Denise Craghill, Executive Member for Housing and Safer Communities, said:

Our first Passivhaus site has enormous goals. Our first zero-carbon homes aim to encourage greater climate-sensitive design and construction. We’re achieving twice the planning criteria for affordable houses by designating at least 40% of this site to shared ownership and social housing.

These new residences draw on the city’s historic heritage as a housing pioneer.

Caddick Construction’s Housing Director said:

We’re excited to work on this project, which won a Housing Design Award earlier this year.

“It’s great to be working on something that not only produces high-quality Passivhaus standard homes for York, but also inspires and encourages future developments to follow suit and adopt green technology alongside other net carbon building methods.”

Growing modular builder

Original Source: Modular builder maintains growth momentum

Reds10, a modular and prefabricated construction supplier, has started production on £60m of government orders.

Reds10 works for the DfE, MOD, and MoJ on a number of projects (MoJ).

Reds10 is providing two new offsite schools to the DfE.

Havering special school (yet to be named) in the London Borough of Havering is a 2,100 sqm two-story structure that will house 60 kids with social, emotional, mental health, and communication & interaction difficulties. Completed in August 2023.

Pathways School in Barking and Dagenham is a 2,400 sqm, two-story school for 90 students. Completed in October 2023.

Both structures will be 85% prefabricated at Reds10’s plant in Yorkshire.

Reds10 works for the DfE, MOD, and MoJ on a number of projects (MoJ).

Reds10 is providing two new offsite schools to the DfE.

Havering special school (yet to be named) in the London Borough of Havering is a 2,100 sqm two-story structure that will house 60 kids with social, emotional, mental health, and communication & interaction difficulties. Completed in August 2023.

Pathways School in Barking and Dagenham is a 2,400 sqm, two-story school for 90 students. Completed in October 2023.

Both structures will be 85% prefabricated at Red 10’s plant in Yorkshire.

City investors fund regional Build To Rent Scheme

Original Source: City investors pump millions into regional Build To Rent scheme

City investors have backed a Build to Rent project.

Investec Real Estate has awarded Edmond de Rothschild Real Estate Investment Management a £19.3m development credit for a 357-unit scheme in Rugby. It is planned to open in January 2023.

Charolais Gardens is touted as having “high-quality one- and two-bedroom apartments in a town centre position” It will contain a concierge, gym, residents’ lounge, and wellness garden.

The loan is Investec’s first with Edmond de Rothschild, which made the investment through its Residential Investment Fund UK, which focuses on developing affordable BTR assets in UK regional locations.

Last year, a record £3.1 billion was invested in regional Build To Rent, with 20,000 houses under construction and 30,000 with planning approval.

The sector has done well despite the tough macroeconomic background, with operators reporting high lettings activity and affordability challenges in the housing market sustaining sustained demand.

Jonathan Long, head of corporate real estate at Investec, said, “This deal illustrates our faith in high-quality, economically priced Build to Rent schemes with outstanding transport connectivity.” The government’s Levelling Up strategy, the Covid-19 pandemic, and the sector’s defensive features have spurred investment in and demand for rental dwellings outside of London.

Establishing new contacts with high-quality counterparties like Edmond de Rothschild is a fundamental aspect of our growth strategy. We look forward to building a long-term cooperation.

James Whidborne, head of fund management residential UK at Edmond de Rothschild, adds, “This transaction is an additional indication of the interest for regional Build to Rent from a number of equity and finance lenders.” As a house, inexpensive UK residential is one of our major convictions. We hope this is the start of a great relationship with Investec as we continue to build our platform and offer a series of products investing in this space.â€�

Building carbon assessments and low-carbon construction targets could arrive within years

Original Source: Carbon assessments of buildings and targets to boost low carbon construction could come within years

The Government looks willing to examine whole-life carbon assessments and ratcheting objectives to cut emissions from the UK’s built environment. In 2023, ministers will consult on implementing an EAC plan that may reduce 25% of the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions.

The promise was made in response to an EAC assessment on the built environment’s sustainability.

EAC believes the next administration must continue on this momentum, recognising the need of cutting down on built environment emissions. EAC believes the Government’s timetables should be more aggressive to satisfy carbon limits and the net zero aim. The Committee will advocate for the consultation to mandate whole-life carbon assessments through regulation and the planning system and to propose progressively more aggressive carbon objectives for the built environment compatible with climate pledges and carbon budgets. The consultation must offer a clear, feasible schedule for whole-life carbon assessments.

EAC appreciates the government’s plan to reform the National Planning Policy Framework to improve climate change mitigation and adaptation. This evaluation will also explore the role of circular economy concepts in the built environment to increase recycling and reuse of resources.

Members are worried that the Government’s rejection of a recommendation to fast-track the Future Homes Standard is a squandered opportunity. The Future Dwellings Standard would speed up the construction of low-carbon, energy-efficient homes, leading to decreased energy expenditures.

Chairman’s remarks

Rt Hon Philip Dunne, MP, said:

“The Government’s favourable response to our Committee’s report shows its resolve to reduce emissions from the built environment. Emissions from buildings, both in building materials and operating emissions, have been disregarded for too long, but Ministers now appear serious on taking action.

Multiple government departments oversee construction emissions. After years of pressure from this Committee, departments are finally demonstrating the joined-up effort needed to get net zero.

The new administration must maintain this momentum. The Prime Minister’s commitment to net zero is good. To do this, we must reduce building emissions.

“I hope the new administration reconsiders fast-tracking Future Homes.” Mandating energy-efficient new-build homes will support the UK’s net-zero aspirations and lower energy prices. The government must act boldly on energy efficiency.

EAC wrote to the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing, and Communities to reiterate its report’s findings and urge action to reduce emissions from the built environment.

Summary of today’s construction news

Overall, we have discussed that the first 3D-printed houses in the UK will be made by Building for Humanity. As part of the £6 million Charter Street regeneration project in Accrington, the business hopes to 3D print 46 energy-efficient homes. The construction of a £140 million, 350,000-square-foot office skyscraper at MediaCity in Greater Manchester has been given the green light by the Salford City Council. The Duncombe Barracks site is the location of the construction of the first Passivhaus homes that have been commissioned by the council. Salford City Council has greenlighted a £140 million, 350,000-square-foot office tower in MediaCity in Greater Manchester. The EAC approves of the proposal that the government has to revamp the National Planning Policy Framework in order to make climate change adaptation and mitigation more effective.