Commissioner Warns Minister Over Police Cuts Dec 11, 2018 Avon & Somerset’s Police Commissioner has warned the Home Office that her force cannot rationalise its estates further. Sallie Banks, Co-ordinator of the Avon & Somerset Force, told the Blue Light Estates Conference that her service’s Police & Crime Commissioner (PCC), has written to Police Minister Nick Hurd expressing warning about the limits of what […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Cornwall Rolls Out Tri-Light Officers Dec 11, 2018 The county of Cornwall is increasing the number of officers who will be trained to deliver all three emergency services – our Blue Light Estates Development Conference has heard. Ellen Vernon, Programme Manager at One Public Estate (OPE), said that seven of ‘tri-light officers’ are currently being trained across the county, following in the footsteps […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
London boroughs pilot NHS staff housing initiative Dec 11, 2018 Five London boroughs have been chosen to roll out a pilot programme for helping to remedy the capital’s health staffing crisis by building new homes on surplus NHS land. Angela Harrowing, Deputy Director of Housing & Public Estate Disposals at the Office of Government Property, revealed at our Blue Light Estates Conference that the ‘NHS […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
The rise and rise of frameworks in construction Dec 11, 2018 Andy Parker, Morgan Sindall Construction & Infrastructure: With the number of providers only increasing, it’s important to take stock and ask, what are the hallmarks of a best-in-class framework? What’s driven their proliferation? And what value do they provide both customers, and the wider community? If frameworks are to continue to thrive and provide the […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
University of Buckingham to transform 40-acre MMU Campus Dec 10, 2018 The University of Buckingham have completed a landmark deal which will see them repurpose Manchester Metropolitan University’s campus in Crewe – redeveloping the site into a new health science campus. The development is set to create hundreds of jobs within the region, whilst attracting up to 5,000 students. The University of Buckingham, who’ll be speaking […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Working Futures for Future Cities: for sustainable and inclusive smart cities. Dec 7, 2018 Working Futures for Future Cities: for sustainable and inclusive smart cities: Ahead of the Smart Cities Development Conference on the 6th February 2019 we hear exclusively from one of the speakers – Dave Carter of University of Manchester – on working futures for future cities… Manchester was a founder member of the European Network of […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
University of Reading: The benefits and opportunities of Smart Cities Dec 6, 2018 On the 6th February the Smart Cities Development Conference will bring together hundreds of business leaders and decision makers from across both the public and private sector to look at how we can work together to ensure development and regeneration happening across our city regions are smart, sustainable and contribute to the economic growth of […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Creating a Smart and Sustainable Vision for Reading to 2050 Dec 6, 2018 Professor Tim Dixon, School of the Built Environment – University of Reading, speaks exclusively to Built Environment Networking about Smart Cities and Sustainable Development ahead of the Smart Cities Development Conference on the 6th February 2019… We live in an urban world. Today a majority of the world’s population lives in cities, and this […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Exclusive Q&A: Regeneration & Property Specialists – U+I Dec 5, 2018 Today’s Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Economic Growth Conference is bringing together those at the forefront of regeneration, development and growth within the region. Public and private sector leaders with gather to network and share insights around ongoing and future development plans and how those within the built environment can integrate into those proposed schemes. One of […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
£800m Construction framework launched for bidding… Dec 5, 2018 Procurement and framework firm Fusion21, who’ll be speaking and exhibiting at next weeks Construction Frameworks Conference, have announced details of a new construction framework – worth £800m over the course of the next four years. The framework, which will focus on Construction Works and Improvements, has now opened for bidding with Fusion21 seeking to speak […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
