Posts Tagged ‘social housing’
External Regeneration of the Flamsteed Estate
Client: United Living Measures: External Wall Insulation, Loft Insulation Location: Greenwich Date: 2020 – 2022 Value: Approx. £1m The Challenge Cornerstone was appointed by main contractor United Living to complete insulation works to nine medium rise residential blocks for end client the Royal Borough of Greenwich in 2019. Our external wall insulation package was part…
Read MoreInsulating Swedish Timber Framed Properties
Client: Guildford Borough Council Measures: External Wall Insulation Location: Guildford Date: March 2020 – October 2021 Value: Approx. £250k The Challenge Cornerstone was appointed by Guildford Borough Council to deliver a programme of external wall insulation to properties within their housing stock, as their budget allowed. Successful via an open tender process, Cornerstone was appointed in…
Read MoreEnergy Efficiency Upgrades at Cumberland House
Client: Cross Keys Homes Measures: External Wall Insulation, Cavity Wall Insulation, Window Replacements and Ventilation Upgrades Location: Peterborough Date:January – December 2021 Value: £1.7m The Challenge Cross Keys Homes is a Peterborough-based housing association that manages over 11,000 homes across the East of England. In 2020, Cross Keys Homes engaged us to deliver a package…
Read MoreSocial Housing Whole House Retrofit
Client: Cambridge City Council Measures: External Wall Insulation, Solar PV, Loft Insulation Location: Cambridge Date:March 2021 – October 2021 Value: Approx. £1.2m The Challenge Cornerstone had worked with Cambridge City Council for a number of years, installing EWI via main contractors and also on private sector schemes. In 2020, we were directly awarded a new…
Read MoreEWI Reinstatement on High Rise Social Housing
Client: Osborne Property Services Measures: External Wall Insulation Location: Slough Date: 2019 – 2020 Value: Approx. £670,000 The Challenge Cornerstone was appointed to a high profile external wall insulation reinstatement project in 2019, working in partnership with main contractor Osborne Property Services. The project involved the removal of the existing external wall insulation on…
Read MoreExternal Upgrade to 1920s Solid Wall Houses
Client: Vinci Facilitiesl Measures: External Wall Insulation Location: Rochford, Essex Date: July – September 2018 Value: Approx. £275,000 The Challenge Cornerstone worked with Vinci Facilities for the first time in 2018, having been engaged as a specialist subcontractor to install external wall insulation on a number of domestic properties for the social landlord Sanctuary Housing. …
Read MoreUrgent High Rise Cladding Removal
Client: United Living Measures: Rainscreen Cladding Removal Location: Lewisham Date: October – December 2017 Value: Approx. £250,000 The Challenge Following the Grenfell Tower disaster, social landlords carried out a programme of tests on their high rise properties to determine their fire safety. When three blocks of flats in Lewisham failed these tests in summer 2017,…
Read MoreSocial Housing Cladding Replacement
Client: Kier Services Measures: Cladding Location: High Wycombe Date: April – September 2018 Value: £240,000 The Challenge Cornerstone was engaged by main contractor Kier to undertake the stripping and replacement of cladding on six blocks of flats owned by Red Kite Community Housing in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. Red Kite is a tenant-led, not-for profit charitable…
Read MoreExternal Refurbishment of Social Housing Blocks
Client: Lovell Partnerships Measures: External Wall Insulation, Concrete Repairs, Waterproofing Location: Norwich Value: £400,000 The Challenge Cornerstone was engaged by Lovell Partnerships – part of the Morgan Sindall Group – to complete specialist facades and concrete repair works one some iconic social housing blocks in Norwich. Lovell Partnerships were the long term main contractor partner…
Read MoreStevenage Borough Council Insulation Programme
Client: United Living Measures: External Wall Insulation, Cavity Wall Insulation and Loft Insulation Location: Stevenage Date: January 2017 to June 2018 Value: £2.1m The Challenge Cornerstone was selected by United Living to support them in delivering their Energy Efficiency contract with Stevenage Borough Council. The contract involved the retrofit of hundreds of properties, with external…
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