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Leeds’ Brewster Bye architects win contract to deliver 935 homes

Leeds-based architects Brewster Bye have won contracts to deliver 935 affrdable homes over the next 12 months as well as winning and being shortlisted for a hat-trick of other accolades.

Brewster Bye’s work in the affordable housing sector has been a major growth area recently. In the last two years, the firm has worked on more than 1,000 affordable homes on behalf of housing associations throughout the UK.

This has been followed by new contract wins including 54 new affordable homes at Hob Moor in York on behalf of Yorkshire Housing and a new development in Northwich that consists of 42 units for Strategic Team Group.

In April, planning permission was also granted for a £5.8 million development that will consist of 47 new homes on Maltings Road in Halifax that will be developed by Home Group.

Earlier this month Brewster Bye won the prestigious residential category at the RICS East Midlands Awards, for its work on Greenwich Gardens in Derby.

The company has also been shortlisted for three Local Authority Building Control Awards, in West and South Yorkshire, and the winners will be announced during May and June.

Mark Henderson, a director at Brewster Bye, says: “To win this RICS award and be shortlisted for three other major awards in recognition of the quality of our work is great news for us and demonstrates the standard or design and attention to detail that goes into all our projects.

“Importantly, it also shows that affordable housing when designed properly, can be high quality, innovative and of an excellent standard in order to compete for prestigious awards, which is extremely positive for both the sector as a whole as well as our clients.

“We have a strong track record of successfully finding and agreeing land deals and then managing the projects, from the planning stage right through to delivery, on behalf of social housing clients throughout the UK.

“As a result we are winning some substantial contracts in the sector which we’re delighted with, because it’s a key part of our business and looks set to be a big growth area for us over the next couple of years.”

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Clare Burnett .