{"id":10379,"date":"2026-03-12T12:38:59","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T12:38:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/?p=10379"},"modified":"2026-03-12T12:38:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T12:38:59","slug":"thursday-12-03-2026-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/awards\/thursday-12-03-2026-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday: 12\/03\/2026 \/ Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6>Contract Awards: 12\/03\/2026<\/h6>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Explore the latest UK social housing contract awards featuring decarbonisation retrofit works, insulation upgrades, asbestos surveys and external refurbishment programmes. Key projects in energy efficiency, building safety, housing compliance and new affordable housing delivery across the UK social housing sector.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Driving retrofit investment, <\/span><b>West Lancashire Borough Council <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">has awarded SHDF Wave 3 \u2013 Decarbonisation Works (Call-off) to Sustainable Building Services UK in a \u00a38m contract over 36 months. The programme will retrofit 302 homes with measures including insulation upgrades, replacement windows and doors, solar PV systems and air source heat pumps to reduce energy consumption and fuel poverty.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Energy efficiency upgrades are also progressing in London where <\/span><b>Barnet Homes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has appointed Lura Constructions for SHDF 2.1 Works, a \u00a3520k programme delivering insulation, ventilation improvements, solar PV installations and associated structural and repair works across targeted housing properties.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Compliance services continue in Hertfordshire with <\/span><b>Stevenage Borough Council<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> awarding Life Safety Equipment \u2013 Servicing, Maintenance and Out of Hours to 3Phase Electrical Contractors for \u00a339.8k over 12 months. The contract covers servicing and emergency response for smoke alarms, fire panels and other life safety equipment within housing stock.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New housing delivery continues in Scotland through the New Affordable Housing Project at Meldrum Grange, awarded by <\/span><b>Aberdeenshire Council<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to Claymore Homes for \u00a32.62m. The project will deliver 12 new social housing units to address local housing demand.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Building safety and compliance programmes remain a priority with <\/span><b>Leeds City Council<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> establishing Provision of Asbestos Surveys to Council Housing Stock, appointing Environtec and McHale Contracts &amp; Plant Environmental under a \u00a31.8m contract over 36 months.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Insulation upgrade works are also progressing in the Midlands where <\/span><b>Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has awarded Installation and Repair of Loft and Cavity Wall Insulation and Surveying \u2013 H793 to Sureserve Energy Services UK in a \u00a31.14m contract covering insulation installation and associated surveying across void and tenanted homes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">External refurbishment programmes continue in Wales with <\/span><b>Adra <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">appointing G H James Cyf for External Refurbishment Works \u2013 Trehwfa &amp; Gernant \u2013 AM 311, a \u00a3970k contract delivering re-roofing, external wall insulation and associated improvements to 21 occupied homes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Digital and security infrastructure is also being strengthened as <\/span><b>Lincolnshire Housing Partnership <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">has appointed Phoenix Software under Security Operations Centre (Call-off) for \u00a3111k to deliver cyber security monitoring and protection services.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finally, structural safety assessment work is underway through LPS Feasibility Study awarded by Portsmouth City Council to Bailey Partnership (Group) for \u00a348.8k, delivering structural and fire mitigation analysis for four high-rise residential buildings.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Contract Awards: 12\/03\/2026 Explore the latest UK social housing contract awards featuring decarbonisation retrofit works, insulation upgrades, asbestos surveys and external refurbishment programmes. Key projects in energy efficiency, building safety, housing compliance and new affordable housing delivery across the UK social housing sector. 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