Oak Engage has been chosen by Havebury Housing to connect its workforce and increase employee engagement. Oak Engage enables businesses to connect with their staff through its mobile app and SaaS-based platform. Oak’s software provides a variety of internal communications tools that integrate seamlessly with housing providers’ existing business applications, with the aim of improving…
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WCH’s Aico fire safety upgrades
Watford Community Housing has upgraded two of its 16-storey tower blocks to a Grade D, LD1 fire detection system from Aico. WCH’s high-rise blocks were recently chosen for mandated safety audits under Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue’s supervision. After an initial review of its housing stock, the housing provider decided to upgrade the buildings’ safety systems…
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PayPoint invests in Optus Homes
Optus Homes has announced that PayPoint has taken a stake in the company via a £750,000 investment. Unlike traditional tenant web portals, Optus Homes’ native app takes advantage of all smartphone features including fingerprint and facial login, push notifications and geolocation for reporting ASB, among many other smartphone-ready features. Gerry Kelly, CEO, Optus Homes, said,…
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Bluesky maps Scottish cities in 3D from the air
Bluesky has added Edinburgh and Glasgow to its growing coverage of MetroVista 3D city models. Acquired using a state-of-the-art aerial sensor that simultaneously captures vertical and oblique imagery together with LiDAR, the 3D data is becoming increasingly popular for smart city applications. Providing a geographically accurate and detailed 3D representation of the urban environment, MetroVista…
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Aico saves lives in Devon
Mid Devon Council has completed a project to install Aico’s SmartLink Gateway, HomeLink Dashboard and IoT technologies into all of its tower blocks to improve resident safety, particularly around fire and carbon monoxide (CO) protection. The council almost immediately recognised the benefits of Aico’s system when it received an alert of high levels of CO…
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The human value of technology in social housing
By Ian Cowley, Principal Data Engineer at Amido. With vulnerable people accounting for a significant proportion of housing association tenants, the social housing sector has a duty of care that reaches far beyond simply providing shelter. As the burden falls on facilities managers and staff to services thousands of properties and tenants’ needs, there’s a…
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