{"id":94301,"date":"2021-06-03T10:44:43","date_gmt":"2021-06-03T09:44:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=94301"},"modified":"2021-06-03T10:44:43","modified_gmt":"2021-06-03T09:44:43","slug":"balfour-retirement-village","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/balfour-retirement-village\/94301\/","title":{"rendered":"Balfour bags \u00a368m London retirement village contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_94310\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-94310\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-94310 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Artist-impression-of-the-Mayfield-Watford-retirement-village.jpg\" alt=\"retirement village,\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Artist-impression-of-the-Mayfield-Watford-retirement-village.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Artist-impression-of-the-Mayfield-Watford-retirement-village-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-94310\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Artist impression of the Mayfield Watford retirement village.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.balfourbeatty.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Balfour Beatty<\/a> has been awarded a \u00a368m contract by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.audleygroup.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Audley Group<\/a> to deliver the new Mayfield Watford retirement village in Watford, London<\/h2>\n<p>Responsible for the design and construction of the new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/ageing-housing-crisis\/77052\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">retirement village<\/a>, Balfour Beatty will lead the completion of 255 one and two bed apartments.<\/p>\n<p>The contractor will also deliver communal facilities including a health club, swimming pool, restaurant and a multi-purpose village hall with surrounding green spaces and parking.<\/p>\n<p>To support the delivery of its sustainability strategy \u201cBuilding New Futures\u201d, Balfour will deploy safe and sustainable outcomes throughout the project lifecycle including the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/mmc-news\/skills-challenge-in-offsite-manufacture\/49217\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">offsite manufacture<\/a> of the 180 apartment balconies, reducing the working at height risk.<\/p>\n<h3>&#8216;Accelerating quality retirement housing&#8217;<\/h3>\n<p>Lindsay McGibbon, regional managing director of Balfour Beatty\u2019s UK Construction Services business in London, said: \u201cWe have stayed the course throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, showing our commitment to providing high quality construction for Audley, whilst also utilising innovative techniques including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/mmc-news\/offsite-manufacturing\/70821\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">offsite manufacturing<\/a> to ensure the delivery of a safe and efficient build.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kevin Hudson, construction director at Audley Group, added: \u201cThe demand for our retirement villages remains at an all-time high, so we are pleased to be able to continue our work with Balfour Beatty.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We know, through our long-term partnership, how the team works to deliver to our high standards. Across the UK there continues to be a chronic lack of quality retirement housing provision and we are accelerating our growth plans to help meet this demand.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Working with quality construction partners like Balfour Beatty helps us redress this balance.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Balfour Beatty has been awarded a \u00a368m contract by Audley Group to deliver the new Mayfield Watford retirement village in Watford, London.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[304],"tags":[619,676,997,572,947,916,696,639],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[172945],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-94301","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-planning-construction-news","7":"tag-balfour-beatty","8":"tag-construction","9":"tag-development","10":"tag-housebuilding","11":"tag-london","12":"tag-modern-methods-of-construction","13":"tag-offsite-construction","14":"tag-procurement","15":"stakeholder_rel_tag-balfour-beatty"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Balfour bags \u00a368m London retirement village contract<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Balfour Beatty has been awarded a \u00a368m contract by Audley Group to deliver the new Mayfield Watford retirement village in Watford, London\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/balfour-retirement-village\/94301\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Balfour bags \u00a368m London retirement village contract\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Balfour Beatty has been awarded a \u00a368m contract by Audley Group to deliver the new Mayfield Watford retirement village in Watford, London\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/balfour-retirement-village\/94301\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; 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