VASO by Eco – an industrialised construction company that manufactures structural composite panels made from recycled glass – has been appointed to the Social Housing Emerging
Disruptors (SHED) 5 Framework, a national procurement route designed to accelerate the adoption of breakthrough technologies.
Eddie Black, Managing Director of VASO by Eco, said: “SHED 5 gives procurement teams and architects the confidence they need to adopt new construction systems. It gets VASO by Eco in front of the right decision-makers; the people who influence specifications and shape housing strategy. This inclusion is a significant milestone and opens the door to new conversations with councils, social landlords and sector leaders across Scotland.”
Its purpose is to remove the entrenched barriers that have historically restricted new technologies from entering mainstream procurement, such as rigid, specification-led tendering, insufficient technical reference points, and risk-averse procurement structures.
The framework enables housing providers, councils and Registered Social Landlords to explore emerging solutions with far greater speed and confidence than traditional procurement may allow. www.vaso.global
SHED 5 has become a respected platform for construction and housing innovation, particularly within the built-environment sector.