Gravity is proud to announce that the installation of the 5G infrastructure that connects Bristol Port and the Gravity Smart Campus is now complete. The test bed project is aligned with the Gravity digital ambition to host and progress technological development to enable plans to deliver a clean growth campus to accommodate large-scale advanced manufacturing for the UK to accelerate transition to a net-zero carbon economy. The work has been developed and delivered by a 12-partner consortium led by the West of England Combined Authority and is one of 30+ such projects funded by central government, under the 5G Testbed and Trials (5GTT) Programme.
Work on-site at Gravity started in April when nearly a kilometre of new digital cable was installed in underground ducts to connect three new 5G transmitter units mounted on 9m masts at strategic locations on the site. In line with the Gravity vision of a “Smarter, cleaner future” an accompanying temporary and portable solar array with battery storage has also been installed to establish if the networks can ultimately be off-grid.
5G Mast at Gravity5G Mast Installation
The 5G Logistics project explores how 5G’s high levels of reliability, speed and capacity could deliver new opportunities and improvements to the port and logistics sector. It is designed to deliver solutions in 3 areas of the emerging digital agenda.
Security and traceability through real-time tracking of goods and their condition
Autonomous drone port surveillance and emergency response
Improvements to road traffic management through 5G smart junctions
This project has developed and tested 5G products and services supporting operations between Bristol Port and Gravity Smart Campus.
5G digital coverage now makes it possible to run multiple services securely on one shared network and we anticipate the infrastructure will enable the transition into future construction at the Gravity site and implementation.
The Gravity team is proud to have collaborated with an array of innovative companies and educational institutions from across the South West on this pioneering digital project.
5G Logistics Consortium Partners
Gravity’s commitment to fostering clean and inclusive growth is designed to attract inward investment and large-scale occupiers. The new 5G infrastructure network on-site will undoubtedly add substantial value, opportunity and support to prospective tenants.
For more information on the 5G Logistics project click this link.
UK businesses are being encouraged to think about what 5G could do for their competitiveness and the skills they will need to take full advantage of the opportunities. You can see what is being trialled or applied in different sectors here.
If you would like to learn more about the 5G Logistics project or how the technology is being used in your sector, please contact weca5glogs@westofengland-ca.gov.uk indicating:
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An important road that connects a major development in the South West to the A39, M5 and wider UK motorway network has been shortlisted for an Institution of Civil Engineering (ICE) South West Civil Engineering Award. The Gravity Link Road joins the Gravity Smart Campus to the UK motorway network, enhancing the connectivity of the site as an enterprise zone, providing a safe and expedient route for traffic destined for the 616-acre site.
The link road project team includes This Is Gravity, Stantec as lead designer, project manager and site supervisor, The Richards Partnership as landscape architect, and Griffiths as contractor. The project consisted of a 1.6km single carriageway, two roundabouts, a Green Bridge, on-site cut-fill balance, four attenuation/infiltration basins, visual screening/acoustic bund, the provision of enhanced right of way, and circa 5,000 proposed trees. The road was officially opened in October 2021 and has been named as ‘Enterprise Way’.
Various link road alignment options had been considered and appraised, focusing on carbon footprint, visual, social, ecological, archaeological, traffic impacts, safety, flooding, and cost. The completed project is an example of one that shows a commitment to sustainability, climate resilience and carbon reduction.
Features include material re-use from both the nearby M5 J25 works and the Gravity main site, with no material being exported. Recycled plastic crates were used to construct an attenuation tank. Solar-powered lighting was installed for permanent road signage and solar-powered bollards – removing the need for cables, and trenching.
The scheme fully incorporated blue/green infrastructure through the four attenuation/infiltration basins on site, promoting sustainable management of water, and all basins incorporated soft landscaping to provide significant biodiversity gain. The Green Bridge is the first to be installed in Somerset and provides a bridleway over the new link road and linking communities to the wider public rights of way. The acoustic/visual screening bund consists of a 900m long green retaining wall, which shields nearby residents to visual and noise impacts as well as complimenting the rural aesthetic. Regular air quality and noise monitoring at the local primary school has helped to ensure construction did not adversely affect the local environment. The landscaping will result in over 5000 trees being planted, 2,600m of hedgerows and 5.68Ha of meadow grassland providing both biodiversity gain and carbon sequestration.
The opening of the road has removed through traffic from the village of Puriton, creating a safer village, a more pleasant public environment, and improving air quality. The engagement carried out prior to, and through construction, ensured the local community was continually updated on progress.
For Gravity Smart Campus, the benefits of the link road will be significant in attracting large-scale innovative companies and creating an environment to host an international occupier to help the UK decarbonise the transport sector. New occupiers have the flexibility to operate within the consented development of to 1.1million sq. m, creating up to 7,500 jobs.
Richard Smith, Senior Associate, at Stantec, said: “We’re thrilled that Gravity Link Road has been shortlisted for this award. The link road is a brilliant example of collaboration between the partners, and the local community, to keep their welfare and the environment in mind at every stage of design and construction.”
Claire Pearce, Director, Planning & Economic Development, at This Is Gravity Ltd, said: “Gravity set out our ambition to deliver the link road and ensure strategic connectivity between the enterprise zone site and the A39/ M5 to accelerate a new era of clean and inclusive growth in the UK, at the heart of the South West. We are grateful to partners and stakeholders in the Gravity delivery group for their support to completing the road as an integral part of our transport strategy”.
Paul Lowndes, Programme Director at This is Gravity added: “The Link Road construction epitomizes Gravity’s commitment to ‘the 4Rs – Recover, Recycle, Repurpose, Reuse’ with use of 6c material crushed from concrete in the free-draining sub-base and re-use of naturally occurring subsoil material in the acoustic/visual screening bund, all won from the site remediation and delivered free of charge to Griffiths. I would like to extend our thanks to the Stantec, Griffiths and Richards Partnership as the Gravity link road team for an exceptional job in the engineering design, and delivery phases.”
Simon Dunn, Pre-Construction Director at Griffiths, said: “Griffiths is proud to be part of the Gravity project, a project that showcases what can be achieved through true collaboration. From Day 1 the vision was clear, that sustainability and communities were at the heart of the project and the team worked hard to exceed all expectations. This is a blueprint for what collaboration can achieve in terms of enhancing our environment for future generations.” The winners of the ICE South West Civil Engineering Awards 2022 will be announced at a ceremony on 15 September. Members and non-members of the ICE can choose their favourite project in the People’s Choice Awards – vote here
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An established UK destination, the South West is attracting talent and business: home to a population of 5.7m and growing by 14% since 2002. The region’s annual economic output of £35bn is a testament to its increasing importance as both a cultural and economic hub. the South West is a diverse area, with discrete confidence, going about its business of hosting and delivering national infrastructure projects and enabling a new era of clean and inclusive growth.
Here we explore what makes the South West, the place to be.
South West: The place to live
The South West dominates the recent Garrington’s Best Places to Live in 2022 research report with all of the top three and half of the top ten destinations included in the report located in the South West. Bath, Lyme Regis, Salisbury coming first, second & third respectively, also Fowley and Wilton coming sixth and seven. View the full list here.
Brimming with young talent
The South West is home to a growing list of world-leading companies across R&D, aerospace and advanced manufacturing, including Leonardo, Airbus & Pure Electric.
The region has a genuine commitment to sustainability, working hard to advance clean growth, regenerate places and generate social value and business opportunity. Over 86,000 under/postgraduates are studying in the region at industry-focussed colleges and universities that are providing modern curricula from advanced engineering through to cyber security at both early-career level, degree and higher apprenticeship as well as a graduate-level from education institutions, including the University of Bristol, UWE, Bath University and the University of Exeter and Bridgwater & Taunton College to name a few.
Region for Clean and Inclusive Growth
New and established businesses are making the strategic decision to make the region their home. This is reflected in the South West having a far lower rate of unemployment (3.7%) than the UK average (4.8%), making it attractive to retain and grow new talent
According to EY’s Regional Economic Forecast Bristol is predicted to be the fastest-growing city outside of London between 2020-23. Bristol continues to attract and retain London talent, with record numbers making the switch in 2020. Those moving to the South West from the capital are tempted by the prospect of larger and more affordable housing, diverse job opportunities, and the growing cultural significance.
Even since the days of Cornish tin mining, there have always been significant commercial activities based in the south west which have now developed into rapidly developing advanced manufacturing, engineering skills and innovation. Somerset is hosting national infrastructure projects like Hinkley Point C and Hinkley C Connection Group, it is enabling transformational change at Gravity, creating strategically important coastal re-alignment projects at Steart and investing in the environment and transition to a lower-carbon economy, creating skills for a greener economy. The future of Somerset and the wider South West is an exciting reality.
The South West: Rural heartbeat
For those that want to experience a high-quality, home-work-life balance, the South West offers a plethora of towns and villages bursting with culture and heritage. Destinations of note include.
Frome, which lies in the eastern part of Somerset in a rural community, with the Sunday Times judging it as one of the best places to live in the South-West of England in 2019.
Somerset and the wider South West offers a true escape for those seeking new opportunities and a fantastic quality of life.
For the young adults in the region we must ensure new jobs take account of their ambitions and needs to enable them to stay and thrive.
Providing An Exceptional Environment for Tomorrow’s workforce
The South West is blessed with a rich heritage that stretches back centuries, you can explore myths and legends of Arthur and King Alfred, study iconic places of worship – Wells Cathedral, Glastonbury Abbey or experience well-known TV/Film locations.
To this day the South West continues its legacy as a cultural hub, the region is home to the Glastonbury Music Festival, for those who are more active they can surf on the beaches in North Devon, Mountain bike in the Quantock, Mendip and Blackdown Hills in Somerset – all Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty, explore the Exmoor National Park, or walk the 760 miles of the picturesque South West Coast path.
Since early 2020 pre-existing work trends have only accelerated; these include the increased demand for flexible work solutions, access to outside space, and healthier work environments promoting better mental health. Tomorrow’s workforce is also placing greater value on autonomy – in how they work, how they get to and from work and what they do outside of work.
Gravity Smart Campus located near Bridgwater, the heart of the South West was created to provide forward-thinking companies with flexible space, and smart infrastructure within a natural environment so that they can attract the best of tomorrow’s talent and grow, sustainably.
Gravity Programme Director, Paul Lowndes, was in attendance at the Somerset Business Awards 2022 finale organised by the Somerset Chamber of Commerce. The awards sought to recognise and celebrate the best of business within Somerset.
Paul Lowdnes was tasked with judging for the ‘Environmental Achievement Award’ for the second consecutive year, this year he decided to award it to ‘Talick Group’ for their holistic impact towards net-zero efforts. Paul was impressed by all the finalists.
Images from the Somerset Business Awards 2022 Grand Finale
It was a tough task to judge – three very competent and hugely impressive finalists. Talick Group was a first amongst equals! Huge respect for New Leaf Design and Somerlap, both worthy finalists and most unfortunate to come up against Talick who “won by a short nose” on the strength of their all round impact in driving progress in the green economy as a whole.
I’m already looking forward to see what the region can do next year. .
Paul Lowndes, Gravity Programme Director
I am extremely proud of our county’s businesses; we were all blown away by the quality of the entries and what Somerset’s businesses are achieving and producing.
“It was fantastic to be able to honour winners and finalists from all corners of the county and from a wide range of sectors and industries. Thank you to everyone who entered the awards and thank you to our judges and sponsors who continue to make these the biggest and best business awards in Somerset.”
Emma Rawlings, Executive Director of Somerset Chamber of Commerce
Sedgemoor District Council adopts a Local Development Order (LDO) for Gravity and opens a gateway to transformational change for locality and wider region
Claire Pearce speaks on ‘Developing Gigafactories’ – supporting Britain’s Net Zero Ambitions
Gravity at forefront of sustainable lithium supply chain
Gravity Link Road opens creating new access to J23 of the M5
Gravity Business Charter – supporting clean growth in the SW
Gravity judges’ regional environmental awards
TV’s George Clarke announces Design Competition winners
Gravity Local Development Order Adopted by Sedgemoor District Council
On February 23, we were delighted to receive the news that Sedgemoor District Council adopted a Local Development Order (LDO) for Gravity.
Our goal is to create up to 7,500 high-quality, skilled jobs, driving the UK’s shift towards a zero-carbon economy.
This landmark decision opens the gateway to transformational change over the coming years, as Gravity takes shape as one of the most sustainable smart campuses in Europe, attracting high-value occupiers, committed to clean growth.
Our next step will be to work closely with potential occupiers to ensure that parties are aware of the site being in a ‘ready state’ for immediate mobilisation, enabling an accelerated response within a fast-moving and global marketplace.
In Q4 2021, Gravity’s connection to the UK’s motorway network, the Gravity Link Road opened to the public. We expect the footpath across our unique ‘green bridge’ to open later in the spring.
Gravity team visits Cornish & British Lithium facilities
In February, Gravity’s leadership team traveled to Cornwall, to better understand the facilities and processes of Cornish & British Lithium. The trip was facilitated by the Heart of the South West LEP who promote and influence economic growth, job creation and prosperity across the region.
Work to develop an ethical, sustainable lithium supply is rapidly accelerating and such efforts have already received backing from the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) via the UK Government’s Getting Building Fund, and from Innovate UK
Claire Pearce speaks at ‘Developing Gigafactories- Supporting Britain’s Net Zero Ambitions’ webinar
The event brought together several leading UK organisations that are driving forward the approach on transport decarbonisation, and specifically the transition to electric vehicle manufacturing and the development of large-scale battery manufacturing. According to the Faraday Institution, for the UK to meet its projected domestic battery demand seven battery production sites will be needed by 2040.
Gravity Programme Director judging regional Environmental Awards
Gravity Programme Director, Paul Lowndes, has recently been judging entries to both the ‘SBA 2022 ‘Environmental Achievement Award’ and the ‘Federation of Small Business (FSB) South West’s ‘Environmental/Sustainability Award’.
Both awards are here to recognise and celebrate the businesses in the South West that are making significant progress towards improving their environmental awareness through ESG decision making and reducing their operational carbon emissions, contributing to the UK’s decarbonisation efforts.
Winners of Gravity Young Person Design Challenge announced by TV presenter George Clarke
Gravity is pleased to say that work to finish the link road is expected to complete later this
In early December, TV Presenter George Clarke announced the winners of the Gravity Young Person’s Design Challenge. The overall winner was revealed as Alyssa Ghio of Chilton Trinity School, Bridgwater with her amazing Pythagoras House design.
The challenge, created by the Ministry of Building Innovation and Education < (MOBIE), Gravity and Bounce Forward, asked young people from the Bridgwater area to design an innovative and inspirational sustainable place with jobs and homes that meet the changing needs of future generations, including promoting wellbeing, quality of life and healthy ageing.
The judges were drawn from Gravity, MOBIE and Bounce Forward, which provided participating schools with mental resilience training.
Gravity is delighted to share that the Gravity Local Development Order (LDO) was adopted by Sedgemoor District Council on 23 February 2022.
The LDO is a streamlined form of planning consent, ideally suited to the Gravity enterprise zone and will create a marketing tool to attract investors to Sedgemoor, Somerset. Aligned with the priority to address climate change and contribute to transport decarbonisation, Gravity can offer up to 1.1 million square metres of advanced manufacturing space and associated facilities and enabling infrastructure, with the potential to create up to 7,500 jobs, and develop up to 750 homes as an integrated part of the smart campus.
Martin Bellamy, Chairman and Chief Executive of This is Gravity Ltd commented“This is an outstanding achievement to really put UK Plc on the map and ensure we are open for business and demonstrate that we can create the conditions for investment and growth. I am particularly pleased that our vision to put clean growth at the heart of the strategy has been achieved and our ambition now is to turn a consent into occupiers and job creation which can be truly transformational for the economy and locality’.
Claire Pearce, Director of Planning and Economic Developed added“This has been a cutting edge journey, re-imagining the previous planning consent to create a more progressive response to climate change and economic restructuring, ensuing better outcomes for all. Can I extend my personal thanks to all of our consultant team for all of their hard work to achieve this major milestone, and also to our wider partners in the Gravity delivery group, businesses and the community who have been very supportive to ensure we can turn our vision into reality”.
Councillor Gill Slocombe, Deputy Leader and Portfolio Holder for Sedgemoor District commented“The Council adoption of the Gravity Local Development Order is an important step to accelerate the delivery of the enterprise zone to create jobs and opportunities for local communities and businesses in the supply chain. Sedgemoor has an exceptional track record in economic development and delivery and this decision will create long-term permanent opportunities for people beyond temporary construction jobs on other large-scale projects. We look forward to working with occupiers to enable facilities that will need to operate in a competitive, global marketplace, putting Bridgwater and wider Sedgemoor on the map and within a set of wider assets at the heart of the South West”.
Gravity will be the UK’s first commercial smart campus and a blueprint for a ‘cleaner’, smarter future. It aims to attract the world’s most innovative companies working in the ‘clean growth’ sectors.
Expected to create up to 7,500 jobs, the 616-acre Enterprise Zone will be designed to shape connections between people and the places they work, supporting a culture of innovation and wellbeing. It will include diverse, flexible workspaces and resilient technologies along with enhanced transport links to, and within, the surrounding area.
As reported by South West Insider Media, Cornwall’s emerging technology metals industry is gearing up to provide critical supplies of lithium to a planned battery gigafactory in Somerset, in a move designed to put the South West at the forefront of sustainable battery production in the UK.
“We have international interest in Gravity for electric vehicle and battery manufacture, and very close by in Cornwall are significant lithium deposits, which are being developed using sustainable low carbon methods.
“This enables us to offer a sustainable, ethically sourced local supply of lithium delivered by a direct rail connection, or a short journey by motorway to site. This will add yet another critical element to Gravity, helping to attract a globally significant operator.”
Gravity Co-founder and Chief Executive Tom Curtis
Work to develop an ethical, sustainable lithium supply is rapidly accelerating and such efforts have already received backing from the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) via the UK Government’s Getting Building Fund, and from Innovate UK.
On Friday 4 February, Gravity’s leadership team were delighted to visit Cornwall, to better understand the facilities and processes of both Cornish & British Lithium. The trip was facilitated by the Heart of the South West LEP who promote and influence economic growth, job creation and prosperity across the region.
The exploration of a more sustainable supply chain for the UK’s domestic manufacture of lithium-ion batteries will be critical towards lowering the embedded carbon of batteries, especially as the demand for electrification increases in line with the UK’s transport decarbonisation targets.
Partners across the region are working collaboratively to deliver the many opportunities for tackling climate change for local businesses including Gravity’s commitment to becoming a catalyst for Clean Growth in the region working with partnerships and like-minded companies towards a future powered by clean energy.
Visits such as these are important to connect businesses and projects to realise benefits from a new era of clean growth and stimulate further economic restructuring and supply chain development in the transition to a net zero carbon economy in the UK.
Claire Pearce, Director – Planning & Economic Development for Gravity
Across Cornwall, Somerset, Devon and Dorset we have set out a shared ambition to be the UK’s greenest region, a net-exporter of green energy that our businesses are at the forefront of in the response to climate change. This visit is an example of how businesses might collaborate together to be a world-leading region in delivering clean growth.
David Ralph, Chief Executive, Heart of the South West LEP
On January 19th, Gravity’s Director of Planning & Economic Development, Claire Pearce, joined the Built Environment Networks’ ‘Developing Gigafactories’ – supporting Britain’s Net Zero Ambitions webinar.
The event brought together several leading UK organisations that are driving forward the approach on transport decarbonisation, and specifically the transition to electric vehicle manufacturing and the development of large-scale battery manufacturing. According to the Faraday Institution, for the UK to meet its projected domestic battery demand seven battery production sites will be needed by 2040.
Claire highlighted the transformational opportunity of the Gravity 616-acre Enterprise Zone for the South West, as a key location for a highly connected gigasite linked to a high-quality education and training offer, including the retraining and retention of the Hinkley Point C workforce. Gravity has a bespoke local consent in place that enables an agile and fast response to meet occupier need
“Events such as these are important to connect businesses and projects to realise benefits from a new era of clean growth and stimulate further economic restructuring and transition to a net zero carbon economy in the UK. They also help the sector gain a wider understanding of the challenges and opportunities for the UK in a competitive and global market place.”
Claire Pearce
About Gravity
Gravity will be the UK’s first commercial smart campus and a blueprint for a ‘cleaner’, smarter future. It aims to attract the world’s most innovative companies working in the ‘clean growth’ sectors.
Expected to create up to 7,500 jobs, the 616-acre Enterprise Zone will be designed to shape connections between people and the places they work, supporting a culture of innovation and wellbeing. It will include diverse, flexible workspaces and resilient technologies along with enhanced transport links to, and within, the surrounding area.
Talented schoolchildren produce inspiring designs for gravity place making challenge
Renowned architect and TV presenter George Clarke has announced the winners of the Gravity young persons’ design challenge for schools in and around Bridgwater, Somerset.
The challenge, created by his education charity MOBIE – Ministry of Building Innovation and Education – asked young people to let their imaginations run free by designing an innovative and inspirational green place with jobs and homes that meets the changing needs of future generations, including promoting wellbeing, quality of life and healthy ageing.
The Gravity project will create a unique place: a sustainable, connected smart campus that delivers economic transformation, a sustainable environment, between 4000 and 7,500 jobs in cleaner, green businesses, with up to 750 new homes for the workforce.
Located near Bridgwater, in Sedgemoor, Somerset, just south of Bristol, it is an amazing development that is seeking to accelerate a response to addressing climate change whilst creating new jobs and homes. Gravity will create a new location for clean, large-scale advanced manufacturing industries. It will be a place where people can choose to work and live – ‘a blueprint for a smarter, greener future’.
The presenter of Channel 4 programmes Restoration Man, George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces and Old House New Home said: “Home is the most important piece of architecture in our lives. It crafts the way we live, and how we grow as families and communities. Well-designed places and communities like Gravity can enhance the way we live and promote good health and wellbeing”.
Clarke added: “The communities and homes of the future will be lived in by today’s young people. That is why I am so excited to announce the winners of this young persons’ design challenge. We asked young people, aged between 11 and 18, to design a place and home of the future – a sustainable, adaptable, green place that promotes wellbeing, quality of life and healthy ageing.
“From past experience I expected to see amazing design talent and imagination come forward, and I was not disappointed. It was hard for the judges to choose the overall winner, age group winners and the runners up. They were genuinely wowed by the standard of the work that these young people produced. The winners created some incredible and inspirational, future thinking designs. The future of the built environment and homes is in great hands with young talent like this around –I can’t wait to see what they do next.”
The overall winner of the challenge is Alyssa Ghio of Chilton Trinity School, Bridgwater with her amazing Pythagoras House design.
Pythagoras House
Claire Pearce, Director of Planning and Economic Development for Gravity commented“re-imagining the Gravity site ensures we can fully consider how we respond to climate change and in doing so to attract international businesses to the South West. Occupiers require an accessible workforce so our approach of enabling a new era of clean growth together with dedicated homes for the workforce, within a campus and community is really exciting. We hope the design challenge has inspired young people about Gravity, and motivated them to aspire to learn, live and work in Somerset in the future”.
Gill Slocombe, Deputy Leader for Sedgemoor District Council added: “The competition has encouraged young people to think deeply about place making; what do they want from Gravity and places of the future? What kind of workspaces and homes create a happy, healthy and well-connected place to live and work? The high quality of the competition entries demonstrates that young people are full of ideas about how we can create better, greener and smarter places. I would like to congratulate the winners and to thank everyone who has taken part.”
The Young persons’ design challenge was open to schools and colleges located near to the Gravity site in Sedgemoor District in Somerset with three age groups – 7-11, 12-15 and 16-18. It asked them to create houses and a space that they care about and want to live and spend time in. The place and home should be environmentally ‘super-green’, use sustainable building methods and materials, green energy and smart technology with an emphasis on health and wellbeing of people, the community and our planet.
The age group winners are as follows:
Age 7 – 11
Theodore Spreadbury (age 8), Erin Waghorn (age 9) and Darcey Pike (age 10), Spaxton Primary School
Age 12 – 15
Wolfetone Kelly, James Steinhardt and Max Brophy (15), Sidcot School, Winscombe, North Somerset
Sarah Ingram, Liv Jeffrey and Stephanie Hills, Haygrove School, Bridgwater
For more information please contact MOBIE CEO: Mark Southgate – (t) 07917 427474, (e) mark.southgate@mobie.org.uk
NOTES TO EDITOR
About MOBIE
MOBIE – The Ministry of Building Innovation and Education – was established in 2017 by architect and TV presenter, George Clarke. It promises to inspire new generations to join the building and construction professions and fundamentally transform the way we think about, design and construct homes both in the UK and abroad. An educational, research and development charity, MOBIE’s purpose is to focus on developing innovative ways to build homes, providing access to education and skills development and vitally, challenge the housing market to do better. Spearheading advanced home design and construction thinking, MOBIE will work with both industry and government to create homes that will genuinely transform the way we live in Britain. www.mobie.org.uk
Gravity will be one of the most sustainable smart campuses in Europe, addressing climate change whilst creating new jobs and homes, and reducing the impact that businesses have on the environment by providing a clean, low-carbon environment for them to operate in. It will create a unique place: a sustainable, connected smart campus that delivers economic transformation, a sustainable environment, between 4000 and 7,500 jobs in cleaner, green businesses, and with up to 750 new homes for the workforce. It is located near to Bridgwater, in Sedgemoor, Somerset, just south of Bristol.
