5 Best Practice Examples of Digital Community Engagement

The below is a guest article written by Commonplace – a sponsor of the upcoming West of England Development Conference. Since the coronavirus pandemic struck, many companies have been utilising digital engagement methods to ensure their planning proposals are still able to go ahead. In testing times and through this period of uncertainty, we have […]

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Strawberry Star Secures £75m For Lu2on Project

Developer Strawberry Star has secured £75m of funding from Cheyne Capital that will help deliver Phase One of their Lu2on mixed-use scheme in Luton – set to complete next year. The firm – who’re speaking at our upcoming Luton Development Plans Event – are transforming a 6.8-acre site and once complete the whole scheme will […]

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Clyde Gateway: The Collaborative Development Transforming Glasgow

Ahead of our Virtual Scotland Development Conference on the 24th September we’ve been speaking exclusively with Martin McKay – Executive Director of Regeneration of Clyde Gateway, who’s one of our speakers on the day. We’ve been discussing the impressive project, their approach to procurement and sustainability, and more… Q. Clyde Gateway is one of Scotland’s […]

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Be Prepared For The (Not So) Unexpected In Student Communities

Social distancing, hygiene, deep cleaning, contact tracing, contactless / touchless, quarantine, isolation, self-isolation, de-densification, resident engagement and virtual programming. Does this sound familiar? It’s all possible in your purpose-build student accommodation buildings, and StarRez share some insights on how. Firstly, let me clarify. [emaillocker id=”71749″] I really dislike the term ‘social distancing’. I’ve mentioned this before; […]

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Proposed World-Leading Hydrogen Plant For UK Set For Showcase

International energy firm Equinor recently revealed plans to develop one of the world’s first at-scale facilities to produce hyrdogen from natural gas in combination with carbon capture and storage (CCS) in the UK. And now Equinor has revealed they’ll be speaking at the Humber Estuary Development Conference to share details on their scheme. [emaillocker id=”71749″] […]

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Argent Launches Design Competition For Paradise Project

The developer behind the £700m Paradise project transforming Birmingham has launched a design competition to bring forward the next commercial building in the project. [emaillocker id=”71749″] Three Chamberlain Square is the 5th building to be built as part of the ambitious scheme – and an architect is now being sought before a planning application is […]

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Leading Property Consultancy Launches New Project Identification App “DCW Insights”

On Tuesday 15th September, Dean Ward, Managing Director of the DCW Group, will launch DCW Insights, an innovative and automated project identification app. With a built-in due diligence checker and a comprehensive suite of wider management and information services, this platform promises to transform project timescales and productivity. Investment viability checks can typically take up […]

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Woods Hardwick Announces Birmingham Move

The Woods Hardwick Birmingham team has moved! Still located in the iconic Fort Dunlop building, the team has taken high profile office space on the ground floor of the former tyre factory. After celebrating four years in Birmingham, the new office at 3,536sq ft is almost three times the size of the former space and […]

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New Bristol Port Steel Terminal – Building For The Future To Meet Shippers’ Needs

Amid a decline in infrastructure investment during the COVID-19 crisis, Bristol Port was proud to buck the trend by pressing ahead with the building of a multi-million-pound steel handling facility at Royal Portbury Dock. [emaillocker id=”71749″] The construction of the new 74,600 square ft facility, began in March, is specifically designed for the handling of […]

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Built Environment Recruitment Fair Launches To Tackle Unemployment

A new virtual event has been launched that will look to tackle unemployment – as the number of people becoming redundant and seeking new opportunities begins the spike. The Built Environment Recruitment Fair will be taking place on the 6th of November- and it’s free to attend for anyone seeking or providing employment, education or […]

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