Greater Manchester Authority contemplates initiative based around London鈥檚 Re:Fit scheme
The Greater Manchester city region is planning a massive retrofit initiative aimed at thousands of council buildings across its 10 local authorities.
The scheme could be worth hundreds of millions of pounds to the construction industry.The initiative, developed by the Association of Greater Manchester Authorities, has been modelled on the Greater London Authority鈥檚 Re:Fit programme, which aims to retrofit 11 million m2 of public buildings by 2025.
Speaking at a Westminster Energy Policy Forum event this month, Michael O鈥橠oherty, head of climate change at Manchester council, said the scheme would tackle 2,364 public buildings in the area. 鈥淲e are looking at the Re:Fit model but a local bespoke version,鈥� he said.
O鈥橠oherty added he was currently preparing a 鈥渄etailed business case鈥� for the scheme. He said he expected the first wave to tackle 350 public buildings at a cost of around 拢18m.
He said it would be likely to use the contractors on the Re:Fit framework, which includes Balfour Beatty, Skanska, Willmott Dixon and Mitie among its 13 suppliers.
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