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Bellway supports local bowls club by donating clubhouse in Kent
Peninsula Bowls Club is celebrating the grand opening of its new home, which has been built and paid for by housebuilder Bellway in Hoo St Werburgh, Kent. The new clubhouse pavilion is located
off Bell’s Lane, opposite Bellway’s Nightingale Rise development, and was officially unveiled by club chairman Dave Moore and Bellway Kent managing director Chris Moore in front of many of the club’s members and guests.
Peninsula Bowls Club invited its members for the grand opening to see the official ribbon cutting ceremony outside the new clubhouse pavilion, and to enjoy refreshments provided by Bellway. Dave Moore, chairman of Peninsula Bowls Club, said: “What a wonderful occasion it was to officially open our new home alongside many of our members and guests last week. “The new clubhouse looks marvellous, I
think everybody had a great time exploring the new premises while enjoying some good company.
“I would like to thank Bellway on behalf of everyone at Peninsula Bowls Club for their hard work in completing this project and providing this fantastic new pavilion for us to look after for generations.” Bellway is building a collection of one to
four-bedroom homes at its Nightingale Rise development off Bell’s Lane and had vowed to deliver a brand-new clubhouse for the bowls club since it purchased the adjacent piece of land in Hoo in 2016. Managing Director of Bellway Kent, Chris Moore, said: “We were overwhelmed by the turnout last week for the grand opening of the club’s new home, which has been years in the making. I believe it was well worth the wait given the vast amount of positive feedback we have received about the new building.
Prototype homes launched to address ‘changing customer needs’ in Bishopton
Two new prototype homes have been revealed at Taylor Wimpey’s Dargavel Village development in Bishopton. Launching the prototypes was Local MSP and Scottish Government Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Economy and Fair Work, Derek Mackay, along with represen- tatives from Taylor Wimpey. As part of the developer’s research programme, titled Project 2020, the proto- types are aimed at addressing changing customer needs, including allowing individ- uals to adapt their homes to their requirements. The homes are also intended to demonstrate greater build efficiency and deliver advances in reducing energy consumption.
The developer launched the Project 2020 Design competition in 2016, in partnership with the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA). The two-stage competition invited architects from across the globe to design new house types that
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were innovative, cost-effective, capable of mass production, and would appeal to future customers and their changing needs. With over 100 entries from 14 countries, it was the ‘Infinite House,’ designed by Open Studio Architects, that impressed the judging panel most. It is designed to deliver a flexible approach which enables inhabitants to customise their home to specific living requirements, such as easy expansions in the roofs, larger windows strategically designed to increase daylight levels, and options to use different materials to fit the exterior of the building as required. The ‘Infinite C’ house type at Taylor
Wimpey’s Dargavel Village development will reportedly be ‘Gold Compliant,’ with the developer saying it is “significantly more advanced” than the current 2015 building standards. In addition, the ‘Infinite C’ has been constructed using closed panel timber frame, incorporating high perform-
“A special thank you goes to all our contractors, sub-contractors and the planning team who have put so many hours into this project and have worked tirelessly to ensure everything about the new facility is right, and delivered on time for the club to start their new season in their new home. “We hope that this will encourage even more members to visit the club and try their hand at bowls, and that the clubhouse will take pride of place in Hoo for many years to come.”
ance insulation and increased renewable energy technology.
In total there are nine prototype units which are being built across West Scotland, Manchester and Oxfordshire, where Taylor Wimpey’s regional teams will review differ- ent build methodologies and new technologies and suitable materials. Each region is trialling a different method of construction.
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