{"id":33643,"date":"2025-12-17T00:36:17","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T08:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/springfield-strikes-deal-to-build-homes-for-power-workers\/"},"modified":"2025-12-17T00:36:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T08:36:17","slug":"springfield-strikes-deal-to-build-homes-for-power-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/springfield-strikes-deal-to-build-homes-for-power-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"Springfield strikes deal to build homes for power workers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-504349\">\n\t<!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p data-start=\"383\" data-end=\"624\">The AIM-listed house builder will roll out 293 homes across six sites in Highland, Moray and Aberdeenshire, with SSEN Transmission set to lease the units for an initial four-year period to house crews delivering a vast grid-upgrade programme.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"626\" data-end=\"892\">Under the initial agreement, Springfield will carry out enabling works and open up the sites with SSEN footing the bill.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"626\" data-end=\"892\">A second agreement covering the full build-and-lease phase is expected shortly, with homes delivered on a phased basis over the next three years.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"894\" data-end=\"1099\">Once the four-year lease ends, Springfield will then look at its option for returning the homes to private sale, private rental or affordable housing.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1101\" data-end=\"1303\">The deal is part of SSEN Transmission\u2019s \u201chousing legacy\u201d programme, aimed at ensuring energy upgrade projects leave behind permanent community benefit rather than only temporary workforce accommodation.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1305\" data-end=\"1480\">Springfield said it is in live discussions with SSEN and other major infrastructure operators about rolling out similar worker-housing agreements across the North of Scotland.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<footer class=\"entry-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-info\">\n<div class=\"sleeve\">\n<div class=\"author-avatar\">\n<div class=\"sleeve\">\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/userphoto\/2.jpg\" alt=\"Aaron Morby\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"photo\">\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .author-info -->\t\t\t<\/footer>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/2025\/12\/17\/springfield-strikes-deal-to-build-homes-for-power-workers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] The AIM-listed house builder will roll out 293 homes across six sites in Highland, Moray and Aberdeenshire, with SSEN &#8230; <a title=\"Springfield strikes deal to build homes for power workers\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/springfield-strikes-deal-to-build-homes-for-power-workers\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Springfield strikes deal to build homes for power workers\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1089],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-construction-enquirer","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33643"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33643\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}