VINCI Facilities has scooped a £9 million contract to retrofit homes across London, Kent and Sussex.

The contract was awarded by Souther Housing.

Taking a fabric first, whole house approach, the works will improve Southern Housing's homes to a minimum EPC C rating. The work is jointly funded by Southern Housing, and the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund and it is one of the first awards released through the Fusion 21 De-carbonisation Framework.

Southern Housing secured £10.3m under the Government Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund Wave 2.1. The grant will be used to improve the energy efficiency of 1,491 homes over the next two years – having a positive impact on the quality, affordability and comfort of its homes. As well as keeping future energy bills low for our residents, the investment will also reduce the likelihood of damp and mould and improve satisfaction.

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VINCI Facilities Building Solutions is an advocate of the whole house concept – ensuring an optimised retrofit approach that complies with PAS 2030/35. The Southern Housing contract is also an opportunity to obtain the benefit of a two-stage procurement process. VINCI Facilities Building Solutions is collaborating in the development of the designs in partnership with ECD Architects and pursuing early supply chain involvement in accordance with the principles within the ‘Construction Playbook’ and ‘Constructing the Gold Standard’ reports.

Tony Raikes, Managing Director of VINCI Facilities said: "Working with Southern Housing is a great chance to demonstrate why we came first in the Fusion 21 framework and put into practice our policies around retrofit. It is all about improving the quality of life for residents and one of our first steps will be to create a bespoke resident engagement process using TPAS standards."

VINCI Facilities Building Solutions will be embedding social value throughout its work with Southern Housing and working closely with TrAC to create opportunities for young people on the projects.