Gas Storage Project Gets Green Light Amidst Energy Crisis

A gas storage project, located off the coast of Northern Ireland, has been awarded a Marine Construction Licence, giving it the green light to proceed towards construction.

Islandmagee Energy’s gas storage project will initially unlock seven much needed gas storage caverns. Once constructed and fully operational, these gas caverns will hold around 500 million cubic metres of natural gas and provide security of supply during peak demand for up to 14 days for Northern Ireland.

The UK has one of Europe’s lowest gas storage capacities at just 1% of its annual demand in storage, leaving the UK much less resilient to supply issues than other European countries which hold as much as 20-30% of annual demand in storage. Once fully developed, the Islandmagee gas storage project will hold over 25% of the UK’s storage capacity.

John Wood, Group CEO of Islandmagee Energy’s parent company, Harland & Wolff, comments:

“This is good news for consumers and businesses in the UK who are currently experiencing distressing hikes in energy prices and fears of potential blackouts as gas and power grids face peak demand stresses during the winter months.

“With the current energy supply crisis, everyone now understands just how important gas storage is to secure supply and protect against extreme volatility in gas and power prices in the UK.

“We are delighted with this major step forward in the project’s journey, paving the way for the construction of our facilities. We look forward to playing a greater role within the energy sector and in securing a safer future for all.”

Islandmagee Energy also has longer term ambitions to store hydrogen.

John Wood further explains:

“Large-scale hydrogen storage will enable the UK to make the most of excess renewable energy as it transitions to net zero.

“The existing power grid cannot always accept all of the electricity generated from wind farms during periods of surplus wind power generation. It is during these frequently occurring periods that wind farms are temporarily scaled back as there is no way to store the excess electricity produced. Production of large-scale hydrogen and its storage is the long-term solution to this.

“Excess wind generated power can be used to produce green hydrogen which can then be stored in salt caverns for future use during peak demand periods.”

In addition to enhancing the security and flexibility of the UK’s energy supplies and supporting the transition to a net zero, the Islandmagee gas storage project will create long-term and high value employment and support investment into Northern Ireland.

During construction, 400 direct jobs will be created, as well as between 800 and 1,200 indirect jobs, expected to bring around £7 million into the local economy annually. It has also been estimated that during this stage that for every £1 million of capital expenditure, a further £2 million will be created in the economy per year; this means with 75% local content, the wider economy could benefit by around £400 million.

During operations, a further 60 direct jobs may be created, expected to bring in around £1 million into the local economy per year and between 120 and 180 indirect which would bring in a further £2-3 million every year.

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British Gas prepares for heat pump growth

British Gas has become the latest organisation to sign up to the UK’s main F-Gas register REFCOM as it seeks to keep pace with growing demand for heat pump installations.

The energy giant’s social housing subsidiary PH Jones maintains more than 195,000 homes across the UK. It supports 23 social housing providers, has carried out almost half a million service calls and installs more than 11,000 heating systems and 850 renewable projects annually.

A growing number of these installations now involve renewable systems with noticeable growth in heat pumps. It is actively recruiting to increase its team of skilled engineers and grow installation work backed up by ongoing expert service and maintenance.

With the social housing sector moving more quickly towards low and zero carbon targets than other parts of the residential market, British Gas said upskilling the PH Jones workforce was a priority.

“The industry is clearly suffering from an acute skills shortage, and it is crucial that large employers like us step up to address it,” said PH Jones director Matt Isherwood. “As well as bringing new engineers into the sector, we also need to upskill our existing workforce, particularly those already involved in boiler installations and other ‘traditional’ heating projects.

“They will be crucial to delivering high performing heat pump systems in line with the government’s ambitions, but the technology does require specialist skills. We recognise the importance of making sure everyone working for us is properly trained, accredited, and able to comply with legislation.

Credentials
“That is why we were very keen to become REFCOM members as it is the best way to demonstrate our credentials and support higher standards across the sector,” he added.

The government has set the industry the challenge of installing 600,000 heat pumps a year by 2028 – an almost ten-fold increase on current rates – and the Climate Change Committee believes 19 million will have to be installed to meet the country’s net zero carbon emissions target by 2050.

PH Jones already has 11 F-gas qualified engineers and a larger team specialising in its renewables work. The agreement it has signed with REFCOM will allow it to eventually register many more certified operatives in line with its plans to expand its workforce.

Founded in 1963, it now employs around 600 staff. Its social housing and facilities management business was acquired by British Gas in 2011. It received a ROSPA gold medal in 2019 following five successive years of receiving the prestigious health & safety initiative’s gold award.

REFCOM is celebrating 25 years of helping refrigeration and air conditioning companies demonstrate their business and technical credentials and promoting higher professional standards of refrigerant management. Originally set up as a voluntary scheme in 1996 by a group of contractors who wanted to demonstrate their commitment to high professional standards and responsible refrigerant handling, it became the mandatory register for compliance with the European F-Gas regulation in 2009.

It recently recorded its 7,000th company membership, which represents an estimated 90% of the total number of firms operating in the refrigeration and air conditioning sectors.

The UK continues to ‘mirror’ the F-Gas Regulation despite its departure from the EU, which means that all personnel carrying out installation, commissioning, decommissioning, repairing, maintenance, or servicing of stationary refrigeration, air-conditioning or heat pump equipment that contains or is designed to contain F-Gas refrigerants must hold the relevant designated qualifications.

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REFORMS NEEDED TO DELIVER ON ‘BUILD BACK BETTER’ AMBITIONS

GOVERNMENT AND INDUSTRY MUST ACCELERATE CONSTRUCTION REFORMS FOR THE SECTOR TO DELIVER ON ‘BUILD BACK BETTER’ AMBITIONS

Government and industry must work together to spur an improvement in construction buying habits if the industry is to successfully underpin the country’s long-term net-zero and levelling-up ambitions.

That is the view of CBI paper New Foundations, published today, which calls for reforms outlined in the 2020 Construction Playbook to be accelerated to enable the construction sector to fulfil its unique role in bringing ‘build back better’ aspirations to life.

It recognises the construction industry – which had already endured mixed financial fortunes pre-Covid – has been ‘drastically and permanently altered’ by the pandemic, and now sees spiralling costs and labour shortages adding further pressures.

But the CBI says an accelerated rollout of Playbook rules and enforcement can help ensure the sector remains robust to drive forward the success of UK plc and develop vibrant, prosperous places across the country.

New Foundations contains 17 recommendations for action, including:

  • Enhancing the Cabinet Office’s ability to identify and act on businesses’ reports of poor procurement practices.
  • Using the upcoming Comprehensive Spending Review to ensure rapid rollout of public sector construction training materials and delivery.
  • Driving forward exemplar works under Project Speed to demonstrate how Playbook guidance can shape successful end-to-end construction projects.
  • Requiring public sector contracting authorities to commit to working alongside suppliers to manage risks more equitably.
  • Establishing a client leadership group to support the adoption of Playbook behaviours throughout the private sector.
  • Setting out a Playbook delivery plan at local authority level, including guidance on how rules should dovetail with devolved procurement policies.

The report also includes recommendations on the crucial issue of sustainability and calls for Government to ensure clear and consistent targets and reporting standards to build confidence for the sector and its investors.

Gregor Craig, chair of the CBI Construction Council and President & CEO of Skanska UK, said:

“The construction industry’s make-or-break role in building the foundations of a net-zero economy by 2050 means we must accelerate our response to the climate imperative. The impacts of the pandemic, new political priorities, and policy developments have created a period of disruption, and this change is the catalyst for permanent transformation in the industry’s business model – but we cannot do it alone.

“New Foundations sets clear priorities for action, from rollout of comprehensive public sector training to implementation of procurement reform and collaboration with industry to manage risk. But success relies on Government embedding the reforms detailed in the 2020 Construction Playbook at all levels – from the major departments and arms-length bodies, right through to local authorities.”

Matthew Fell, CBI Chief Policy Director, said:

“A thriving construction industry will be essential to the success of the UK in the coming decades. Not just in hitting net-zero and levelling-up, but in developing a world-class built environment: which is the foundation and the fabric of a modern, globally competitive and sustainable UK economy.

“All of this is achievable and should be the common goal for Government and private enterprise. But it is only through financial stability and a secure operating environment that business investment will create the technologies, innovations and skills to drive the transformation needed, at the pace needed.

“The industry’s response to the coronavirus pandemic shows what is possible when a sector pulls together in the same direction. A similar accord between the private sector and Government is needed now. If UK construction is to develop strong, new foundations on which to build back better and construct the future the country needs, it must seize this moment to change behaviours once and for all.”

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Japan goes back to the forest: but for fuel not construction

Despite a homebuilding industry that went into a virtual standstill during the pandemic, Japan last year used its highest rate of domestically produced lumber since 1972. The reason — they burned more of it for energy as part of a broader decarbonization drive.

But even with the 48-year high in lumber self-sufficiency, some in the industry are saying more needs to be done to boost Japan’s production to achieve an even higher level.

“We need to increase the use of lumber in order to promote the cycle between planting trees and utilizing them,” said an official at the Japan Federation of Wood Industry Associations. “We are hoping for new demand in fields like mid- and high-rise buildings.”

Domestic lumber made up 41.8% of the entire amount used in Japan in 2020 — a record year-on-year increase of 4 points. Total Japanese lumber production increased 0.5% in 2020 to 31.15 million cu. meters.

But production of lumber products used in construction materials plunged 10.3% to 15.8 million cu. meters. This largely stemmed from a 9.9% decrease in new homes that went into construction that year, to 815,340.

“The rise in Japan’s self-sufficiency rate is an irregular phenomenon,” said a sales representative at a lumber wholesaler. “It doesn’t feel like demand has grown as much as that figure suggests.”

The supply of imported lumber also fell 15% to 43.3 million. Trading houses and homebuilders greatly scaled back on overseas purchases, while demand in the paper industry sank as well.

Rather than increased domestic production in lumber construction products — which has been a goal for the Japanese government — the rise in self-sufficiency was propelled mainly by growing demand for biomass fuel.

Biomass is considered a less carbon intensive energy source than fossil fuels, since it is made up of plants that absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere as they grow. Production of wood fuel, including for biomass power plants, increased 28.8% in 2020 to 8.93 million cu. meters amid a growing global push for decarbonization.

But the Japanese lumber market has changed drastically since the beginning of this year. A homebuilding boom in the U.S. has squeezed shipments to Japan, causing a so-called wood shock here. Japanese companies are now looking to domestic lumber to fill the gap.

A new law also entered into effect on Oct. 1, promoting the use of lumber not only in public buildings but in private-sector construction as well.

Japan currently has little excess supply of lumber. There is a shortage of loggers to cut trees and forest roads are not being built quickly enough. Processing plants will need time to expand capacity as well.

Log shipments to construction material factories in January-June came to about 62.5 million cu. meters, according to Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. Although the figure increased 1% from a year earlier, it remains 7% below where it was for the same period in 2019, before the coronavirus.

Japanese cypress is now at its highest price in over 23 years, out of reach for many buyers, as the domestic lumber supply struggles to keep up. Expanding Japan’s production capabilities will be key for the construction sector to drive an increase in the country’s self-sufficiency rate.

 

Source: Nikkei Asia

 

 

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From Coalmine to Low Carbon Energy Provider

Local homes and businesses may soon be heated with geothermal energy in Seaham

Green energy springs from abandoned UK coalmine, by Olivier Devos

 

Dawdon coalmine in northeast England was abandoned three decades ago, but is being brought back to life as the unlikely setting for a green energy revolution.

The carbon-intensive colliery, near the town of Seaham on the windswept northeast English coast, hauled coal from deep underground until its closure in 1991.

Dawdon has long since flooded with water because part of the mine is below sea level, and is heated by geothermal energy.

Authorities now want to capture and harness this valuable and unlimited green energy source to power a new garden village development.

“The heat is basically coming from the ground,” said Durham County Council official Mark Wilkes, whose portfolio includes climate change.

Water deep inside the mine heats up underground to about 20 degrees Celsius (68 degrees Fahrenheit).

At the colliery’s entrance, where thousands of miners once rushed to work, the vast pipes of a treatment plant now suck up the equivalent of a bathtub of warm water every two seconds, which is used to heat up a separate water supply.

In turn, this water circuit is heated via a pump until it reaches 55-60 degrees Celsius.

The plant treats the highly acidic and ferrous water in order to prevent contamination of local beaches and water supplies.

Its heat will eventually power local homes, while the treated water is released back into the sea.

 

Industrial revolution turns green

“We are taking what was from the industrial revolution—and we’re using it for the green revolution,” Wilkes told AFP.

Heat from the water has so far only been used for the heating of the facility.

But in two years’ time the local authority will create a new village of 1,500 homes nearby—entirely heated by the plant.

“It is an unlimited source of energy: the water is coming through all the time,” added Wilkes.

“There are costs with the technology, but hopefully this will help to keep the cap on those costs going forward.”

This is the first geothermal project on such a large scale in Britain, and Wilkes hopes it could also heat nearby businesses.

Britain is heavily dependent on natural gas for electricity generation, although Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who hosts the COP26 climate summit next month in Glasgow, wants to shift all UK energy production to renewable sources by 2035 to help reach carbon neutrality by 2050.

The urgency of the move was underlined by a surge in gas prices last week to record heights, stoked by economies reopening after coronavirus shutdowns and fears of spiking demand in the upcoming northern hemisphere winter.

Durham County Council has yet to name the company that will operate and partly finance the Dawdon plant.

The geothermal heating will not be cost-free but authorities hope it will be cheaper than using gas.

 

Pretty low carbon

“The heat pump uses an electrical input,” said Charlotte Adams, manager for mine energy at the UK Coal Authority industry body, which oversees old mines.

“So it’s not carbon-neutral, but it is energy efficient.

“But as you can imagine, over time the carbon content of electricity is decreasing, as we decarbonise our electricity supply.

“So over time, you’re getting close to something which is pretty low carbon.”

The process is four times more energy efficient than a purely electric heating system, Adams said.

The Dawdon green energy project will cost between £12 million and £15 million, funded via government, the plant’s future operating company and property fees.

 

Source: TechExplore

 

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Digital Regulation for Construction Products

Manufacturers must embrace digitisation to ensure safer construction industry

Manufacturers of construction products will need to start sharing their data digitally to support a safer and sustainable construction industry, a new guide released by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) explains.

Regulation is coming post-Grenfell and digital transparency will be key for manufacturers within the industry.  The IET’s Digitisation for construction product manufacturers guide sets out a simple process to implement internal digitisation.  It has been produced to help decision makers in manufacturing identify why supplying structured data is important; how to avoid poor investment decisions; how to set priorities and implement information management; and safe ways to share this information about products across the supply chain.

In an endorsement to the guide and in support of the digitisation of the sector, Dame Judith Hackitt, government adviser on the new Building Safety Regulator, said: “It will be a really positive contribution in helping people to understand what digitalisation means for construction products.”

Rick Hartwig, IET Built Environment Lead, said: “As we embrace a digital future, it’s putting pressure on the manufacturing industry to act. Manufacturers produce a significant part of the information required for a safer construction industry, but currently, this information isn’t structured or shared in a consistent way.

“If the UK construction industry is to meet the challenges of a digital future and respond to the requirements of a new building safety regulatory system, it needs manufacturers to structure and share their data safely and sustainably.

“This new plain language guide will help the industry embrace digitisation.  It is only through this digital transparency that industry and society can differentiate between compliant and non-compliant manufacturers. Making structured information available to the supply chain is an essential step in this process.”

The benefits given in the report go beyond compliance to include commercial advantages such as increased revenue and margins, brand improvement and a smoother sales pipeline that comes from structured product data.

There are also recommendations given to the UK Government, with Rick adding: “With a strong record of digitisation and the commitment to a digital economy, the UK Government is in an ideal position to take the lead in encouraging manufacturers to digitise.”

The guide has already been welcomed by industry. James Talman, CEO of the National Federation of Roofing Contractors commented: “We welcome this guide as it will help companies to navigate through the minefield of information and systems out there on product data. Ultimately this will help get data to work efficiently and effectively for both suppliers and specifiers. We also support the central role the guide places on Trade Associations in leading an open digital culture.”

As well as the guide, the IET has set up a blog and LinkedIn group which invites members of the manufacturing and construction industry to join and share views about the guide and topics related to it.

Digitisation for construction product manufacturers: a plain language guide as well as an eight page summary and a two-page digest can be downloaded from the IET’s website.

Editors Note:

Is this a true route to preventing the horror of another Grenfell or just a digital and time consuming version of red tape, what do our readers think?

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IS RETROFITTING HOMES A PIPE DREAM?

Retrofitting homes in London is a pipe dream without proper support

 

The Mayor of London has an ambitious target to make London a zero carbon city by 2030. One of the ways to meet this goal is to decarbonise all of London’s 3.5 million homes by upgrading and retrofitting – improving existing homes for high energy efficiency.

 

The London Assembly Housing Committee has been investigating the operational, financial and physical challenges of retrofitting in London. The Committee has also investigated the energy efficiency initiatives already established by the Mayor.

 

Today, the Committee has written letters to the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, and the Secretary of State, The Rt Hon Michael Gove MP, with its recommendations on retrofitting homes in London.

 

Some of the recommendations are:

 

The Government should ensure London should get a fair share of all retrofit funding or sufficient powers to raise finance itself, and that the Mayor should lobby for this.

The Government should raise the landlord cost cap to £10,000 to increase the extent of works private sector landlords are undertaking to meet mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards.

The Government should ensure that cladding remediation does not negatively impact on retrofitting work and could potentially enable both areas of work to be carried out at the same time.

The Mayor should bring together private sector landlords and tenants to look at barriers to retrofit and the ways in which government or local government action could overcome them.

Chair of the London Assembly Housing Committee, Sian Berry AM, said:

“We have a responsibility to do everything we can to make Londoners’ homes zero carbon and we can’t ignore our 3.5 million existing homes; these account for a third of the city’s greenhouse gas emissions alone. A full upgrade to zero carbon standards is an enormous task that will require political and financial support if the Mayor is to meet his 2030 carbon target.

“The Government must commit either to fully funding London’s ambition for zero carbon homes or giving us the powers to raise our own finance. In turn, the Mayor must work with private sector landlords and tenants to find and overcome any barriers to retrofitting.

“The world is in a race against time to fight climate change, and action on existing homes can no longer be put off or tackled without proper commitment from our leaders. London’s future generations need action from us right now to save them from the perils of the climate crisis.”

 

 

LONDON ASSEMBLY: Holding the Mayor to account and investigating issues that matter to Londoners

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Highland Project Stalls due to increasings costs and staff shortages

Labour shortages, price hikes and supply issues threaten to derail the Highland Council’s ambitious new home building programme.

Members will be briefed on the delays at the council’s housing and property committee tomorrow.

A joint report on the capital programme and housebuilding programme details a multi-million pound slippage caused by the ongoing challenges facing the construction industry.

Fighting through the backlog

The council had a budget of £60.2m in the last financial year for housing revenue account capital. According to the latest figures, only £48.8m has been spent.

Meanwhile, the mainstream account for 2021-22 continues to suffer following the backlog of work created in the first lockdown period.

This saw all capital work suspended until the lifting of restrictions on April 26 2021.

Council officers say that labour and material shortages across the construction industry in the Highlands and nationally is holding up the programme.

No tender returns

Their claims are backed up by new data from the Office of National Statistics.

Their research shows that product and material costs have increased by 10% across the board, while the price of timber and sterling boards have shot up by 25% and 100% respectively.

The industry is also experiencing longer lead-in times for roofing materials, cement, insulation and sealant, with experts saying there will be no improvement until early next year at best.

As a result, some council tenders have received no bids, and others have come in higher than budget.

As the capital programme stalled, the council prioritised new heating systems and housing adaptations across its estate.

Is a bounce-back on the cards?

Despite the challenging backdrop, the council is sticking to its ambitious new build targets.

It has completed 120 new units this financial year and expects to meet the full spend against budget.

Committee chairman Ben Thompson is feeling optimistic. Speaking ahead of Thursday’s meeting, Mr Thompson said he expects a strong bounce back.

“In the current financial year, we are expecting around 830 new house completions, between the council and its housing partners,” he said.

“The year after that, we would hope to build another 500. So over this year and next a total of 1,330 new homes should become available.”

Approved last November, the council’s strategic housing investment plan aims for 500

units per year, of which 70% will be rented and 30% for affordable purchase.

Mr Thompson says the council will continue to aim for that rate, despite Covid and Brexit continuing to have an impact on labour and materials.

“Those two factors have led to some important material costs increasing rapidly, particularly cement and timber,” said Mr Thompson. “That is feeding through to the willingness of contractors to quote for projects, which in turn impacts on delivery of projects going forward.

“That said, the council remains committed to delivering its housing targets, to meet the need for new housing in Highland communities.”

 

Source: The Press & Journal

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GREEN LIGHT FOR CONTROVERSIAL GRETNA DEVELOPMENT

A HUGE housing development on the former Gretna golf course has been approved despite strong opposition from the community.

Alba Developments have been given the green light to build 200 homes on the 11-hectare site, with the first brick set to be laid in early 2022.

As part of the legal agreement with Dumfries and Galloway Council, the developers will also contribute £570,000 towards an upgrade of the over-stretched Gretna Primary, along with £250,000 towards upgrading water connections.

The application came before the planning committee on Tuesday where it was heard that Gretna and Rigg Community Council opposed the plans.

A 78-signature petition and 23 letters of objection were also submitted to the council in opposition to the proposals on the site, which hasn’t been used for golf for more than 15 years.

Most of the concerns relate to water and sewage, access roads potentially being unsuitable for the amount of traffic that will be using them, positioning of the access roads and worries about the overcrowding of Gretna Primary School.

Objector Charles Dodd highlighted worries around flooding, sewage, and the scale of the development.

He said: “I ask the committee to take these serious concerns into account as the additional water run-off during prolonged periods of rain from roofs, drives, roads, and sewage from 200 homes could devastate existing properties to the east unless correctly assessed.

“Who is responsible if flooding occurs in the future when information is readily available now?”

Objector Janet Dodd added: “I fail to see why we need a development of this size when it has been well-publicised that all local facilities and services are already overwhelmed, and the community council is against it.”

Beverley Ann Robinson urged planning councillors to throw out the housing plans, saying: “This is a plan for major construction in Gretna. I believe it is the largest it has seen since the First World War.

“It must be presented to the whole of the community and all of the community must be allowed to have their say.”

Paul Scott, a planning consultant representing Alba Developments, said: “The application is seeking detailed approval to allow 200 houses to be built on a site that has been allocated for this purpose for at least seven years.

“It will allow the council to meet its housing land requirement. It will facilitate the delivery of 40 affordable houses on the site to be operated by Cunningham Housing Association.

“It will deliver a mix of housing that will meet the needs of families in the whole community.”

In up to eight construction phases, the development will include 40 homes for social rent and a mix of two-storey and bungalow semi-detached and terraced properties.

Councillors unanimously agreed to approve the application.

Shane Tickelpenny, managing director of Alba Developments, said: “We’ve already had inquiries from members of the public asking when these houses might be available, which shows how many people want to move to the thriving and growing community in Gretna.

“It is a wonderful place and I am looking forward to our development adding to that by allowing new families to move to the area.”

“The upgrades we will be making to local infrastructure and the contribution we are making to supporting Gretna Primary School are all part of our plans to help the area continue to thrive in the future and we can’t wait to get started.”

Source: DnG24

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MORE CLICK & COLLECT POINTS FOR IRONMONGERYDIRECT AND ELECTRICALDIRECT CUSTOMERS

Leading specialist trade suppliers, IronmongeryDirect and ElectricalDirect have expanded their Click & Collect service, offering tradespeople more flexibility and convenience. 270 new pick-up points have been added to an expanding network of over 6,000 UK shops, with more planned for the coming months.

 

This added benefit for customers forms part of IronmongeryDirect and ElectricalDirect’s ‘trusted to deliver’ promise to provide tradespeople with the products they want, when they want them. The new Click & Collect pick-up points join a growing suite of flexible delivery options for tradespeople looking to schedule orders around project lead times and demand.

The two companies recently launched a same day delivery service for those ordering deliveries to selected Essex postcodes including Southend-on-Sea, Chelmsford, Romford Ilford and East London.

In addition, IronmongeryDirect and ElectricalDirect customers are now able to secure next day deliveries on orders placed online up until 9pm.

 

Marco Verdonkschot, Managing Director at IronmongeryDirect and ElectricalDirect said: “As part of our ‘trusted to deliver’ brand promise, we have expanded our delivery offering, so we can get products to our customers quickly and reliably to a timeframe that works for them. We now offer same day, free next day and click and collect deliveries, as well as extended late night ordering for next day delivery by 9pm.

“By offering a variety of different delivery options, we aim to provide greater flexibility for our customers, allowing them to work as smoothly as possible, especially when meeting tight project schedules.”

 

IronmongeryDirect has been supplying architectural ironmongery to tradespeople for over 50 years and has the UK’s widest range with over 18,000 products in stock. ElectricalDirect has over 12,000 electrical products available, including everything from sockets and wiring to smart home products and smoke alarms.

 

For more information or to view the products available, visit www.ironmongerydirect.co.uk and www.electricaldirect.co.uk.

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