McAvoy names head of strategic development
Offsite construction specialist McAvoy Group has appointed Neil Stanley as head of strategic development to expand the business.
He brings 35 years’ experience in construction, having worked with a variety of clients, consultants and contractors.
Most recently his roles included director positions with London and south east fit-out firms, Camino Interiors and Square Metre.
Stanley will focus on supporting McAvoy’s growth strategy in its targetted healthcare, education and commercial markets.
Stanley said: “I join McAvoy at an exciting time for the business – I look forward to working with the management team to deliver an ambitious growth strategy with a focus on leading innovation in MMC and supporting Carbon Net Zero targets.”
Last month McAvoy Group reported a return to profit in the first six months to April 2021 after a 30% revenue uplift in the first half to £24m.
The McAvoy Group has secured all its budget revenues for 2022 and significant progress has been made in securing forecast revenues for 2023.
The business recently secured new education projects totaling £39m to be delivered for the Department for Education, including one of the UK’s first low carbon school buildings.
The £23.7m Merstham Park secondary school in Redhill, Surrey forms one of the DfE’s Pathfinder Low Carbon projects.
£3.46bn London affordable housing grant awards – list
The London Mayor has secured £3.46bn to deliver 29,456 homes with councils and housing associations in first round of bidding for a new five-year affordable homes programme.
This latest grant bidding round cements the council housing comeback in London, with more than four in 10 of the homes being built by councils, totalling 12,024 homes.
More than half of the social rented homes will be built by councils, and 57% of all homes will be for social rent.
A further £5.2bn was announced by the Government today for affordable homes to be delivered outside London by Homes England, but details have yet to be released.
The Mayor’s new 2021-26 programme – running alongside the extended 2016-23 programme – will see 79,000 new homes started over the next five years.
Affordable homes programme 2021-26 allocationsOrganisationTotal
HomesSocial Rent
HomesAHP
FundingHavering395161£35.2 mEstuary Housing Association3016£1.3 mRichmond Housing Partnership13180£13.9 mCity of Westminster Council230106£24.1 mParagon Asra Housing1,455930£181.7 mHammersmith and Fulham394186£32.3 mPoplar HARCA227145£21.2 mA2Dominion Homes500300£56.0 mBarnet217105£23.5 mPlaces for People Homes4444£4.0 mEaling1,032561£109.6 mHarrow – Housing411219£44.4 mThe Guinness Partnership300150£32.7 mTBG Open Door Homes4810£3.8 mNewlon Housing Trust12080£15.8 mBromley535535£38.0 mOptivo1,500825£180.8 mWandsworth289138£23.4 mHyde Housing Association1,476590£163.8 mLewisham456285£70.0 mCroydon Churches Housing Association12050£12.5 mKingston upon Thames105105£13.1 mCity of London200150£16.5 mSouthern Housing Group300100£33.5 mLondon Legacy Development Corporation825149£67.7 mBrent701701£111.7 mCamden569569£86.6 mOne Housing Group386252£41.7 mHexagon Housing Association18090£24.9 mRiverside Housing Association15190£18.8 mPhoenix Community HA7348£10.0 mLambeth311212£28.2 mHounslow540540£93.2 mGreenwich230230£38.1 mLondon & Quadrant539154£55.1 mCromwood Housing7575£11.3 mNewham550500£91.7 mSutton6554£10.1 mWaltham Forest7777£15.4 mHackney100100£17.5 mHaringey647647£127.5 mBarking and Dagenham1,757573£171.0 mEnfield1,119824£166.6 mTower Hamlets194194£32.0 mMetropolitan Housing Trust1,035538£128.8 mCatalyst Housing1,000535£118.9 mNetwork Homes1,000500£122.5 mNotting Hill Genesis1,265577£126.8 mOctavia Housing450225£55.1 mReSI Homes1,250£56.3 mClarion Housing Group2,0001,250£240.0 mSouthwark852664£126.5 mPeabody Trust1,000500£120.0 mTotal29,45616,739£3.46bn
In total, almost six in ten of the homes (16,739 homes) funded by the first round of this affordable homes programme will be made available at the cheapest social rent.
The remainder will be for shared ownership and London Living Rent which can help Londoners on average incomes move into homeownership.
The Mayor has set ambitious targets for London to be a zero-carbon city by 2030 and expects homes built with funding announced today to be environmentally sustainable.
New standards introduced in the Mayor’s New London Plan include requirements for all developments of ten or more homes to be net zero-carbon and to incorporate sustainable urban green spaces.
Housing providers building homes funded by the new AHP will also have to meet new conditions on building safety and design.
HP funding project conditions
1. The installation of sprinklers or other fire suppression systems in new blocks of flats
2. A ban on combustible materials being used in external walls for all residential development, regardless of height
3. Minimum floor-to-ceiling heights and a requirement for private outdoor space
4. A ‘sunlight clause’ requiring all homes with three or more bedrooms to be dual aspect, any single aspect one- or two-bedroom homes to not be north-facing and at least one room to have direct sunlight for at least part of the day
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan said: “I am delighted that we have been able to come to a deal with the Government to get started on nearly 30,000 genuinely affordable homes.
“Today’s funding is good news but I know we can still go further, faster, working with ministers, housing associations and councils to deliver more of the homes Londoners so desperately need.”
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