￡1 Billion of Projects in Eastern England, Planning Consent Won for Major Project, CPO Expertise Grows and New Rural Facebook Page Launches
Bruton Knowles
Independently-owned Chartered Surveyors with 14 offices across the UK.
Welcome to Landmark, the LinkedIn Newsletter from Bruton Knowles.
In this edition, we celebrate a significant milestone in the East of England, a brand-new Rural social media page, a great win for a client, as well as hearing from major heads across the business and welcome our new starters who have joined the firm!
BK working on over ￡1 BILLION worth of projects in the East of England
Bruton Knowles is now advising on major projects in the East of England with a combined value of more than ￡1 billion.
A huge shout out to the specialists from our National Utilities & Infrastructure Team, now working on delivering National Grid's Bramford to Twinstead Pylon Reinforcement project (part of the Great Grid Upgrade and one of only 17 projects proposed across the UK), Network Rail 's new Cambridge South station (connecting the Biomedical campus with central London, airports and links to Europe), Greater Cambridge Partnership's Cambridge South East Transport (CSET) busway (easing congestion and improving links to new housing planned) and supporting UK Power Networks (UKPN) in its work in maintaining the electricity networks across London, the South East and East of England.
And a new Bruton Knowles hub opened in Bury St Edmunds, ready for a growing team and clients.
It caps an excellent period of growth for our teams and clients across the East of England - and long way it continue!
Congrats to Island Green Power
We'd like to extend our congratulations to our client, Island Green Power , which has secured planning consent for the Cottam Solar Project from the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, Ed Miliband.
The Cottam Solar Project, based between Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire, will become the UK’s largest solar farm generating 600 MWac of clean, renewable, and secure energy. It also includes a 600 MW battery for storing excess energy - a crucial element for helping the National Grid achieve Net Zero.
Our Bruton Knowles National Utilities and Infrastructure Team played a pivotal role in the negotiations with the cable route landowners, and are thrilled to have supported the securing of this significant milestone for renewable energy in the UK.
Nigel Billingsley reacts to UK Government's commitment to clean energy
We caught up with Partner and Head of National Utilities & Infrastructure for the North, Nigel Billingsley regarding the UK Government's historic commitment to clean, affordable energy!
Following the news of funding having been awarded to 131 new green infrastructure projects, this marks a major milestone on the path to the UK becoming a global clean energy superpower.
Key highlights include:
Nigel says this will ignite opportunities across Britain’s industrial heartlands and rural communities, boosting green growth nationwide:
“This announcement from the Government to committing to a record pipeline of clean energy projects is a landmark achievement.
“As chartered surveyors, we are at the forefront of supporting these infrastructure developments, ensuring that they not only meet regulatory standards but also deliver tangible benefits to local communities and the economy at large.
“The positive impact of these projects on the rural economy will be felt, with the expansion of renewable energy creating numerous opportunities across Britain’s industrial heartlands and rural communities. The beauty of this announcement is that the ripple effects will be felt nationwide, fostering green economic growth from the Scottish Highlands to the Suffolk coast.”
Rural Facebook page launches
We are delighted to announce the launch of a brand-new Rural-specific Facebook page!
The Rural team has been publishing various properties and land it is overseeing the sale and letting of - to check out the page and like to ensure you don't miss a future update, click here.
New Starters Across BK
We have had several key new starters join us over the last month, with Theresa Tschainer MRICS , Vicky Gray MRICS , Bradley Collins and Rob Abell beginning in their new positions with us.
Theresa takes up a position as Senior Associate with us within the National Utilities & Infrastructure Team, focusing on compensation and compulsory purchase work - alongside the delivery of contract work to transport and utility clients. Her nearest hub is Birmingham, where she is active in EDI initiatives, which include running the "Women in CPO - Midlands" group. She has a keen interest in new technologies, particularly AI applications within the industry,
Vicky joins us as an Associate, and brings invaluable expertise from her previous role with the Cayman Islands Government, where she specialised in property acquisitions, valuations, and compensation claims. Now, she’s set to focus on Compulsory Purchase Orders (CPO) and compensation claims as part of our National Utilities & Infrastructure Team.
But that's not all, Vicky is also an elite basketball player, having represented England and Great Britain at international levels. Most recently she won a silver medal with the Cayman Islands National Team at the 2023 NATWest Island Games!
A recent University of the West of England , Bradley joins us as an IT Technician and will be primarily based out of the Gloucester hub, with the Corporate team. Within his position, Bradley will be providing first line IT support to BK employees, as well as assisting with all IT project delivery work. Alongside his degree, Bradley has developed proficiency with industry-standard tools: Burp Suite, Nmap, Metasploit, Autopsy and FTK, and gained hands on experience with cloud platforms like Oracle Cloud and Microsoft Azure.
Our new GIS Analyst is Rob Abell - Rob has a background of working in the fibre broadband industry, planning large scale networks through advance GIS techniques and data analysis. His duties have included created PON architecture in line with CDM principles, creating automated workflows. Working within the National Utilities & Infrastructure Team, Rob will deliver GIS services to the team, and Utilities clients, as well as using his wider technical skills to assist with IT project delivery.
Congratulations to all four of our new starters this month, and welcome to Bruton Knowles!
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