T
h
r
ough PSS3,
F
i
rm F
oundations
,
and In
v
esting in A
f
f
o
r
d
able Housing
,
the
Sc
ottish G
o
v
e
rnment has made it clear that it is seek
ing gr
eat
e
r pr
oduc
tivit
y
f
o
r ev
er
y pound of social housing funding
.
T
h
e ec
onomic imper
a
tiv
e
,
ho
w
e
v
e
r
,
is just one of man
y
G
o
v
e
rnment
objec
tiv
es:

‘
O
ur in
v
estment must suppor
t w
e
ll-designed and c
o
nstruc
t
e
d
r
esidential en
vir
o
nments which r
e
lat
e
t
o
the patt
erns of dev
e
lopment
ar
ound them,
which disc
our
age unnec
essar
y
c
o
nsumption of ener
gy and
r
esour
c
e
s
,
and which pr
omot
e health
y
lif
est
yle c
o
nc
erns
.
’
With o
v
er 35 y
e
ars of social housing experienc
e
,

W
e
llw
ood L
eslie is
c
o
mf
or
table w
o
rk
ing within this fr
amew
ork of c
o
mpeting priorities
.
On some pr
ojec
ts
,
Modern M
e
thods of C
o
nstruc
tion (MMC) such as
pr
e-fabrication and off-sit
e
assembly r
educ
e
time on sit
e
,
impr
o
v
e saf
e
t
y
,
and c
ount
e
r pot
e
ntial sk
ills shor
tages
.
On others
,
a k
e
y driv
er ma
y be
c
o
mmunit
y in
v
o
lv
ement in both design and c
o
nstruc
tion thus fa
v
ouring
mor
e
tr
aditional methods
.
T
h
e Dunholm Road case study on page 7 pr
o
v
ides a pr
ac
tical example of
ho
w
W
e
llw
ood L
eslie has r
esponded t
o
the challenges of sustainabilit
y
,
health
y
living and ener
gy efficienc
y
.
Practicality &
Productivity
‘Nothingastonishesmen somuch ascommonsense andplain dealing.’R
a
lph W
a
ldo
Emerson
SOCIAL HOUSING DESIGN5
WELL
WOOD
LESLIE
CHARTERED ARCHITECT
S
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