Up to 16,000 new jobs could be created in London as part of major redevelopment scheme

Thousands of new homes and jobs could be created as part of a major redevelopment scheme set out by the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, within the draft London Riverside Opportunity Area Planning Framework (OAPF).

The blueprint sets out planning, regeneration and design guidance that will to the creation of 26,500 new homes and up to 16,000 jobs across the boroughs of Barking and Dagenham and Havering, and a small part of Newham, a recent news report into this matter has been able to reveal.

The London Riverside Opportunity Area stretches from the Royal Docks to Rainham Marshes, a total distance of 12 kilometres.

Sir Edward Lister, Deputy Mayor for Planning said: “The capital is now home to a record number of people and we are working tirelessly to ensure we have the homes, jobs and transport infrastructure to support the city’s unprecedented growth. London Riverside can deliver genuinely affordable high quality housing for Londoners in a fantastic Thameside setting.”

Tensor Time and Attendance offers integrated CSCS support for construction firms

Considering the extent of these redevelopment plans, construction companies that will get involved in the project should seriously consider the implementation of a very solid and reliable time and attendance and access control system, designed specifically to help them keep tabs on their workers’ activity and also integrate the workers’ CSCS cards.

The Tensor WinTA.NET Time and Attendance solution will make staff management a much easier and more streamlined process. The platform supplies and extensive level of functionality, from simple clocking when arriving on site to complex operations, such as specific job costings and export to payroll features.

Additionally, Tensor plc supplies a very versatile access control solution for companies actively involved in the construction segment. Construction workers and other people who hold a CSCS card can use their existing card to clock onto a Tensor Time & Attendance system and/or gain access to a construction site or similar, or use the CSCS card to gain access through turnstiles or car park barriers.

If you’d like to find out more about the range of access control solutions supplied by Tensor, just contact us or Book a Demo, we’d be more than happy to answer any question or query you might have.