PP17065 - Survey Of Non-Traditional Housing Stock

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Wolverhampton Homes (the Employer) is an Arm’s Length Management Organisation (ALMO), which was set-up in 2005 to manage and maintain more than 25,000 homes on behalf of Wolverhampton City Council. Within the housing portfolio managed by the Employer on behalf of the City Council, there are a range of non-traditional properties. These properties will have a significant impact upon the Business Plan due to the extent of structural repairs / improvements required to ensure they have a meaningful future life. In addition, some of these properties have not benefited from previous improvement programmes. The non-traditional portfolio comprises the following property types, some of which are designated “defective” by The Housing Act 1985. All properties are located within a three to four-mile radius of Wolverhampton City Centre: - Pre-cast Reinforced Concrete (PRC) frame / concrete panel construction; Boot, Cornish, Orlit, Smith & Tarran systems - 490 - Cast in-situ concrete fabric; No-fines and Boswells - 1,207 - Steel frame construction (Arcon Mk.5, B.I.S.F & Denis Wild) - 226 - Cross-wall construction; Bryant System 2 - 46 - Timber frame construction (Frameform, MHC & Mac Trad systems) - 1,758 - Miscellaneous: two local forms of construction containing non-traditional elements (T-block and Castle) - 179 - Tower-blocks (36 blocks across 11 estates, ranging from 8 - 23 storeys in height) - 2,162 - TOTAL = 6.068 Surveys of these non-traditional property archetypes will be required to determine: - Their current condition and their remaining life - The estimated cost of any required work - The relative priority of this work - Whether it is more cost-effective to refurbish or to demolish & rebuild Keywords: Survey, External, Non-Traditional, House, PRC, Internal