64 Hale Construction - Sandfields
HALE CONSTRUCTION - SANDFIELDS
JG Hale Construction Ltd . offers building contracting services . The company undertakes building , refurbishment , restoration , and civil engineering projects and serves the commercial and residential industries .
SO Modular are delighted to be collaborating with JG Hale Construction and Tai Tarian on a state-of-the-art project to build 55 new homes , and refurbish 72 existing flats , in Sandfields , Aberavon .
The scheme will eventually provide 127 carbon-neutral homes for social housing provider , Tai Tarian , delivered across three phases , over three years .
The project is a continuation of the existing relationship with JG Hale Construction and Tai Tarian , and is funded by the Innovative Housing Programme ( IHP ) – a Welsh Government funded programme to encourage and test innovative approaches to constructing social and affordable housing in Wales .
Construction of the 55 new homes and refurbishment of the 72 flats will be completed utilising modern methods of construction ( MMC ), including construction of all new homes off-site at our timber frame factory .
The scheme will achieve carbon neutrality via a range of inhouse green and sustainable initiatives .
Most notable of these is the use of natural , eco-friendly forms of insulation made from three unusual and innovative materials : welsh sheep ’ s wool , locally sourced from Neathbased Crynant Farm ; mycelium , the vegetative filament root structure of mushrooms ; and a wood-fibre insulation developed in-house at SO Modular .
The pioneering insulation methods are providing a pilot study for the viability of their use in the wider construction industry .
As well as reducing the project ’ s overall carbon footprint , the use of these materials and technology aims to reduce fuel poverty for the development ’ s tenants by ensuring all homes are built with the top EPA rating of A .
A household is deemed to be in fuel poverty if , in order to maintain a satisfactory heating regime , it requires a spend of more than 10 % of its net income on fuel , and in ‘ severe ’ fuel poverty if fuel costs are more than 20 % of household income . Recent Welsh Government figures state that an estimated 155,000 households were living in fuel poverty during 2019 – equivalent to 12 % of all households in Wales .
In collaboration with Neath Port Talbot College , the partnership will also be providing specialist , innovative traineeships , via their in-house training academy . The trainees will be supported by in-house mentors , who are specialists in their respective fields .