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News Release from: Avebury International
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 12 October 2005
Avebury innovative procurement processes
Avebury's innovative, procurement processes and delivery techniques reducing build costs by up to 15%.
Avebury, the UK's leading housing and development consultancy specialising in social housing, played host to Jon Rouse, Housing Corporation Chief Executive and Marsha Gillings, Investment Manager, South East on a recent visit to Milton Keynes Peter Muir, Group Chief Executive of Avebury showed them a new development of over 200 homes for BPHA, which are designed to meet the Government's targets for more efficient procurement and higher quality homes
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 15 Nov 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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"Jon Rouse was interested in Avebury's innovative, procurement processes and delivery techniques which are reducing build costs by up to 15%" said Peter Muir.
"The social housing sector is leading the way in building sustainable homes".
"Our client BPHA used Wave (a structural insulated panel system) to build these key worker homes in Milton Keynes".
"One of the main benefits is that they are incredibly low cost to run - they can be heated for 1 pound or less per week".
Jon Rouse said: "It was good to see examples of well designed, spacious and versatile homes that are of high quality, highly efficient and very affordable to live in".
"Milton Keynes is at the heart of the growth region and I welcome the Council's and Avebury's demonstrable strategy to build affordable housing that will meet Government targets.".
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