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Sustainable Construction Challenge

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construction-challenge

Freemont and Procure Plus set Sustainable Construction Challenge for Manchester Academy students Manchester Academy’s Director of Enterprise and Internationalism, Jane Delfino invited us to work with her students ranging from 11 to 16 years to talk about different career options in the construction industry. So we decided a little inspiration was needed and working alongside Procure Plus we dreamt up a Sustainable Cities workshop. Pupils had to design and construct their own ‘Future Homes’ taking …[+]

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Success at Freemont for Future Jobs Fund Recruit

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New Recruit

In November last year Freemont took on 5 staff with the Future Jobs Fund, a programme aimed at providing support to create new jobs for long-term unemployed 18-24 year olds. We’re delighted to report that one of our recruits Elise Marsden, 22 years, has just gained full time employment as an Administrator in major construction company Carillion, after spending six months in our business. Elise said, “I was on probation and was really struggling to …[+]

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Home grown Freemont retrofit The Greenhouse

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The Greenhouse

We won a £400k contract to retrofit The Greenhouse, MediaCityUK, a result of our innovative and sustainable solution to convert existing offices previously occupied by Bovis Lendlease into new digital media offices. The initial design plans by Stephenson Bell Architects proposed oak cladding to dress the outside of the building. We came up with a more sustainable timber – an FSC grade Siberian Larch, which also provided cost savings for the client. Wherever possible we’ve …[+]

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