Blogs

David Hartley, Managing Director at MTX, discusses how modern methods of construction (MMC) are proving beneficial to the healthcare sector, when it comes to supporting their sustainability goals, particularly under the increased pressures brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic.

SWPA benefit from regional and national expertise, across several disciplines, from our local team, other teams throughout the UK, and our technical and procurement hub at our LHC head office.

Rollalong have put together a video using drone footage which captures the journey their modular homes took from our factory near Bournemouth to Sherborne 40 miles away.  

The factory-built, energy-efficient, low-carbon, affordable homes were built offsite and are now being installed in Barton Gardens in Sherborne, Dorset.  

SWPA benefits from expertise across the country, from LHC our central hub and from other regional business arms. Read more from our Head of Technical Procurement at LHC, Dean Fazackerley, on Constructing the Gold Standard and more!

At the end of last year, David Mosey, professor of law at King’s College London, published his independent report and recommendations on the future of public sector construction frameworks.

SWPA have been working with Bristol Housing Festival for several years, most recently we have partnered together with Constructing Modern Methods to create our latest procurement solution – the Low Carbon Offsite Housing Construction DPS.

Jez Sweetland, Project Director at Bristol Housing Festival has been exploring innovation cultures in Modern Methods of Construction (MMC), read all about it and see the Top 10 Tips!

World Religion Day was held on the 16^th  of January this year, and although Team SWPA were unable to meet in person to acknowledge and celebrate, the spirit of the day is embodied within our team.

The FDIS and BM Trada certifications are two of Ventro's most prominent certifications and demonstrate their competence in inspecting and installing fire doors and fire stopping. They also have a range of certifications for other fire safety works, most notably BAFE and participation in the Building a Safer Future charter, along with many others.

Last week, on the 3^rd of December, it was Fuel Poverty Awareness Day. The statistics behind the day are shocking to say the least.

There has been great progress in the delivery of homes using MMC, in the South West, over the past two years and many organisations now have clear plans to deliver a significant number of homes using MMC in their future programmes.

The theme for this year’s Black History Month is Proud to Be; at SWPA we can’t think of a better message to get behind. On a personal level we hope that our colleagues, partners, customers, and suppliers all feel proud of who they are and their heritage – and that they can express it in the inclusive environment we strive for as part of LHC.