Bristol City Council New Build Homes Programme – Passivhaus Construction Opportunities

Bristol City Council New Build Homes Programme – Passivhaus Construction Opportunities Bristol City Council Housing Delivery have commenced a programme of building new council houses on small former garage or back-land sites. The second phase of this programme will see us develop on eight sites across two wards.

The homes in this phase have obtained Planning Permission and have been fully designed to Passivhaus standards. We are building two different Passivhaus systems; one using rendered Porotherm clay blocks, the other highly insulated timber frames.

Construction is programmed to commence at the start of 2016. There will be separate tendering opportunities for each method of construction.

We are holding a contractors Suppliers Event, to provide an insight into the construction detailing and construction methods relating to Passivhaus design. The presentations for the Suppliers Event will be: • Housing Delivery - An introduction to Bristol City Councils New Build Homes project and construction programme • Lead Designers, Gale & Snowden Architects Ltd - Five sites, all using Porotherm clay block construction.

The sites comprise of nine bungalows, two flats and twelve houses. • Lead Designers Emmett Russell Architects Limited - Three sites all using timber frame construction. One site with three bungalows and the other two sites comprising of eight and nine flats in two storey blocks. • Bristol City Council Procurement – Tendering procedures for the project.

Date : Monday 19th October 2015 Time : Arrival at 09:30 for a 10:00 start. Presentations and questions to conclude by 12:00. Venue : The City & Port of Bristol Social & Sports Club, Nibley Road, Bristol, BS11 9XW.