Gazetteer specialists Aligned Assets has been chosen as the UK’s first reseller of National Land and Property Gazetteer (NLPG) data from Intelligent Addressing, the national custodian of NLPG data. User-friendly licensing terms for the NLPG have removed the restrictive costs associated with other datasets and opened up accurate addressing to smaller organisations that might only…
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WDH live with Cascade HR
Wakefield and District Housing has completed its six-month implementation of a new HR and payroll system from Cascade. Wakefield and District Housing became the largest single LSVT in 2005, taking over 31,000 properties from Wakefield District Council and now employs 1450 staff. Louise Muirhead, senior business analyst, Wakefield and District Housing, explained, “The service level…
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Tekla modelling for €1.2bn Adamstown
Adamstown, a new urban district west of Dublin City Centre which will house over 30,000 residents, is being developed using building information modelling software from Tekla. The €1.2 billion Adamstown project, due for completion in 2019 by Irish pre-cast concrete manufacturer O’Reilly, was modelled in Tekla Structures, making it easier for all parties to view…
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Great Places selects SDS software
Great Places Housing Group is using Shelton Development Services’ ProVal tool for development appraisals and its Sequel tool for financial and project management as an integrated SDS Solution package. With 15,000 properties in 30 council areas across the North of England and a £150 million development programme for a further 980 homes by 2011, Great…
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Defect management from BluTek
BluTek has just launched Defects Manager, a dedicated solution to simplify and automate the identification, notification and tracking of defects in newly-built housing stock. Defects management is typically handled using a combination of email, telephone and fax, making it difficult for housing providers and contractors to follow the progress of outstanding defects, measure contractor performance…
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Clearview reduces fees
Clearview Systems has announced that it will be reducing maintenance fees for its performance management customers from April 2010. While the 1.4 per cent annual decrease is relatively small, it is nevertheless a welcome saving for Clearview’s 85 housing customers and reflects the unexpected decline in the retail price index during 2009. Mark Hobart, managing…
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