Pictured: Brookside Meadows
East Midlands-based civil and structural engineering company BSP
Consulting is celebrating the news that a project the firm worked
on has won an accolade in the Sustainable Housing Awards 2011.
Brookside Meadows in Northampton was named Sustainable Smaller
Housing Project of the Year at the Inside Housing award
ceremony.
BSP Consulting, which is based at Oxford Street, Nottingham, and
with offices in Derby, Leicester and Sheffield, was civil and
structural engineer for the development of eight rented family
homes - the first council housing scheme built by Northampton
Borough Council for decades.
Built to level five of the Code for Sustainable Homes, the three
and four-bedroom houses include a range of 'green' features, such
as photovoltaic panels on the roofs to provide renewable energy,
heat recovery systems, triple glazing and rainwater harvesting.
"BSP Consulting is very proud to be associated with a project
such as this which has been recognised for its approach to
sustainable development," said BSP Consulting managing director
David Sumner.
"We are delighted for the whole team to hear that it has won
such a high-profile award."
The awards, which are organised by Inside Housing and the
Chartered Institute of Housing, recognise achievement in
sustainable projects across the social housing sector.
Northampton Borough Council worked in partnership with the Homes
and Communities Agency (HCA), Frank Haslam Milan (FHM), and Orbit
Homes on the scheme, which was part of the HCA's Local Authority
New Build programme, which funded local authorities to build their
own council homes for the first time in decades, benefiting from
£450,000 investment. Architects were Baily Garner.
BSP provides a comprehensive range of consultancy services to
all sectors of the construction community, from architects, project
managers and contractors to developers and estate agents.
The company was launched in Nottingham in 1999 and its offices
are in Oxford Street, Nottingham, Pride Park, Derby, De Montfort
Street, Leicester and Vincent House, Solly Street, Sheffield.