{"id":6954,"date":"2025-07-31T07:46:57","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T07:46:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/?p=6954"},"modified":"2025-07-31T07:46:57","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T07:46:57","slug":"maidstone-seeks-builder-for-50m-flats-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/maidstone-seeks-builder-for-50m-flats-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Maidstone seeks builder for \u00a350m flats project"},"content":{"rendered":"

Maidstone Borough Council has kicked off the hunt for a contractor to deliver a \u00a350m flats project on the former Springfield Library site in the Kent town.<\/p>\n

The two-block scheme will see 103 new flats built under a two-stage design and build procurement process.<\/p>\n

The development includes a 10-storey tower and is classed as a Higher Risk Building under the Building Safety Act 2022. That means the winning bidder will need to demonstrate competency in working under the new safety regime.<\/p>\n

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Approved plans feature 43% one-beds, 47% two-beds and 11% three-beds. A total of 68 basement parking spaces and extensive public realm works are included.<\/p>\n

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Consultancy Airey Miller is acting as employer\u2019s agent, overseeing both design and construction phases, with the scheme due to start in December 2025 and complete by the end of 2027.<\/p>\n

Interested firms must express interest by 25 August via the Kent Business Portal. The contract award is expected to be made in December.<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n

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from Construction Enquirer https:\/\/ift.tt\/tNuBZp3<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Maidstone Borough Council has kicked off the hunt for a contractor to deliver a \u00a350m flats project on the former Springfield Library site in the Kent town. The two-block scheme will see 103 new flats built under a two-stage design and build procurement process. The development includes a 10-storey tower and is classed as a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":145,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[9],"class_list":["post-6954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-construction-enquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6954"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6954\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6955,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6954\/revisions\/6955"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}