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CONSTRUCTION DIRECTORY
UK Construction News Archive for July 2013
31/07/2013
Skanska has won a construction contract in the City of Westminster. Located in the Mayfair area of London, close to Berkeley Square, 34-36 Bruton Street has been won under a single stage lump sum competitive tender. It is an £8 million design and build contract for a mixed-use development, consis
31/07/2013
Construction services firm ISG has be chosen to deliver the development of the Belle Vue Sports Village in East Manchester, transforming the area into a centre of sport and leisure excellence. ISG, who will work with AFL Architects on the new facility, has been appointed as preferred contractor for
31/07/2013
New building standards announced today will hinder the supply of new housing, according to the Federation of Master Builders (FMB). Reforms to Part L of the Building Regulations, to be implemented in 2014, will involve a new target for fabric energy efficiency and a 6% improvement on 2010 standards
31/07/2013
Balfour Beatty Engineering Services (BBES) has been awarded the M&E services contracts by Morgan Sindall for two Building Schools for the Future (BSF) projects in the City of Hull, Northcott Special Education Needs (SEN) School and Bridgeview and Whitehouse School in the City of Hull. Northcott SEN
31/07/2013
Affordable housing provision in West Salford received a major boost with news that the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) has awarded City West Housing Trust £4.6m of grants to support new developments across local communities. The money is part of a £220m country-wide package, announced by the Gov
31/07/2013
Crossrail 2 would bring a boost to London's economy, reduce overcrowding and make rail services more reliable, said the London Assembly. Investing in increasing London's rail capacity could bring benefits of up to £49bn to the capital. The Assembly's Transport Committee backs investment in Crossra
31/07/2013
EDF Energy has won the 2013 private sector Diversity and Inclusion Award. Run by the Employers Network for Equality & Inclusion (ENEI), the energy company scooped the award at a ceremony held at The Law Society, Chancery Lane, London. Denise Keating, Chief Executive of ENEI, said: "These awards re
31/07/2013
Balfour Beatty, through its Mansell brand, has given more than 30 local students practical advice on how to get into the construction industry. The opportunity was provided in partnership with the National Skills Academy, CITB Construction Skills and Stourbridge College Advanced Technology Centre,
31/07/2013
Sir Edward Lister has visited National Grid's new deep underground tunnels in Wandsworth to find out more about the project which will provide a new 32km electricity superhighway to help keep the capital plugged into energy supplies. The visit marked the recent launch in Wandsworth of tunnel boring
31/07/2013
A group of nine friends from Sandhurst, Crowthorne and Eversley, including the managing director of The Sandhurst Group, Tim Sanders, have completed an immense charity cycle challenge that has seen them ride 277 miles from Sandhurst to Lands' End in less than 24 hours. The team was led by Murray Hu
30/07/2013
Balfour Beatty, through its Mansell brand, has been awarded a £5.4 million contract for a two storey extension to the Hethel Engineering Centre in Norfolk. The work follows on from the company's completion of the original Hethel Engineering Centre. The new 3,716 square metres extension will house 3
30/07/2013
New energy standards have been introduced to cut £200 on typical new homes' fuel bills and large businesses over £60k, compared to build standards before 2010. The changes will also further cut carbon emissions, help tackle climate change and ensure the government is on track to deliver the Budget
30/07/2013
Kier North Tyneside has introduced a new member to its repairs team in a bid to carry out works quicker and safer while also saving money. The Mobile Elevated Working Platform (MEWP) has already saved the company more than £6,000 and 100 man-hours while receiving some great feedback from customers
30/07/2013
Work to transform the heart of Park Wood took a step closer this week when Golding Homes invited local partners and residents to see first hand the demolition of some outdated flats in Longshaw Road. This marks the start of the first phase of this major £38m regeneration project and follows two yea
30/07/2013
Partners have appointed regeneration expert Dr Chris Oldershaw to support a major regeneration project which is set to bring new investment, homes and hundreds of job to the Forest of Dean. Chris, who has led the regeneration of Gloucester city centre as the Chief Executive of its former Urban Rege
30/07/2013
Thames Water has announced that an Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) Contract Notice for work on the Thames Tideway Tunnel has been published. The Thames Tideway Tunnel is a major new sewer that will help tackle the problem of overflows from the capital's Victorian sewers and will prote
30/07/2013
Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council (SMBC) has selected Carillion and its partner CBRE as the preferred bidder to form a Joint Venture company with the Council that will be responsible for the strategic management of all the Council's property services. The contract is initially expected to be w
30/07/2013
Barts and the Royal London Hospital, Crossrail Paddington Station and South Essex college are all inviting members of the public to experience what it is like to work on a construction site. The Open Doors Weekend is being held on 27th and 28th September and will offer members of the public the cha
30/07/2013
A league table of planning authorities' performance will help councils improve services and provide more certainty for local residents and local firms using the planning system, Planning Minister Nick Boles has announced. A table now available shows the speed and quality of decisions on major appli
30/07/2013
National Grid is seeking views on how it should approach spending £500m to improve the visual impact of its existing electricity transmission lines in National Parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONBs). The £500m was ring-fenced for the project when funding was agreed with Ofgem in Ma
30/07/2013
External Wall Insulation Training Courses (EWI) at Goldtrowel are full on hands on Courses. The 5 day External Wall Insulation Course is a must for those students wishing to learn Or gain an NVQ Level 2. By holding this Qualification it will enable you not only to work on large projects, contracts
29/07/2013
Hammerson's outline planning application for its £70m Watermark WestQuay scheme has been approved by Southampton City Council today. Councillors voted unanimously to support the 88,500m² (950,000ft²) mixed-use scheme, which is immediately adjacent to Hammerson's jointly owned 76,200m² shopping dest
29/07/2013
Costain has announced it has been awarded one of three places on the 132 kilovolt (kV) and 33 kV Steel Tower Overhead Line framework contract with UK Power Networks. The framework is initially valued at approximately £26 million over the next two years with the potential thereafter to extend the
29/07/2013
Gleeson has won its appeal to the Secretary of State to build 387 new homes on the site of the former Sheffield College Campus in Parson Cross following Sheffield City Council initially refusing the planning application. By completion the new homes will form two developments known as Monteney Park
29/07/2013
Construction union UCATT is to ballot its members at Kier Services after the company imposed a change in the date its workforce are paid. Ballot papers will be sent to UCATT members on Friday 2nd August and the ballot will close on Monday 19th August. UCATT members will be asked to support strike a
29/07/2013
E.ON has announced that it has been awarded the 'Inclusive Recruitment' award from the Employers Network for Equality and Inclusion (ENEI). The award is given to companies who promote best practice in equality and inclusion in the workplace, and recognises innovative inclusive programmes or approa
29/07/2013
BAM Properties and the specialist developer Connislow have formed a joint venture to pursue opportunities in the student accommodation market. The first BAM Connislow development is on site in Ainsley Street, Durham and the joint venture has other potential projects under consideration in key loca
29/07/2013
Thames Water has announced that an Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) Contract Notice for work on the Thames Tideway Tunnel has been published. The Thames Tideway Tunnel is a major new sewer that will help tackle the problem of overflows from the capital's Victorian sewers and will prote
29/07/2013
Working on behalf of Northamptonshire County Council, Northamptonshire Highways, a joint venture between May Gurney, now Kier, and WSP, continues to make good progress on the £34m A43 Corby Link Road which, when complete, will considerably enhance Northamptonshire's strategic infrastructure. The Co
29/07/2013
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has confirmed that Kevin Myers will become Acting Chief Executive following the departure of Geoffrey Podger on 31 August. Gordon MacDonald, currently Director of Hazardous Installations, will become Acting Deputy Chief Executive as part of the changes. The ap
29/07/2013
Housing Minister Mark Prisk has announced a £40.9m investment towards affordable housing in the North East, Yorkshire and The Humber. This funding will provide 2,222 new affordable homes in the area for a combination of affordable rent and affordable home ownership. A significant number of the new
26/07/2013
Balfour Beatty has been awarded a contract in excess of £40 million to carry out the roof reconfiguration works to the London 2012 Olympic Stadium for the E20 Stadium Partnership, the stadium operator. During the first four months of the contract Balfour Beatty will dismantle and remove the existin
26/07/2013
Work on a regeneration scheme in Darlington has begun that will see the development of new homes, office and retail space, green and formal open spaces as well as the creation of hundreds of new jobs. The scheme, which has taken five years to come to fruition, is being developed by Darlington Borou
26/07/2013
The Cabinet has approved plans for significant improvement works to begin in the area north of Southampton Central Station - the key gateway to the largest employment area in the region and the busiest rail station in the Solent area. The scheme will help to bring much needed investment to the area
26/07/2013
Knightstone Housing and Lovell are working in partnership to develop two new housing schemes in Bristol. The developments will provide 39 new affordable homes for rent, and are to be built on sites of former elderly people's homes. The plans include 19 houses and six flats at Goffenton Drive in Ol
26/07/2013
Bouygues Development, part of the Bouygues Construction group, and Londonewcastle, the central London residential developer have announced that they have been selected as preferred development partner by the London Borough of Brent for a c.£65m residential-led project currently known as Site 11B, in
26/07/2013
JCB Power Products has announced the launch of a new LED lighting tower which offers customers 50% fuel savings. The brand new LT9 LED model uses the same three cylinder Yanmar engine as the standard LT9, along with the latest LED technology. This enables the LT9 LED tower to run for 50% longer th
26/07/2013
Cheshire East Council has approved to undertake a feasibility study into the potential of geothermal energy deep beneath the ground. Independent studies show parts of the borough are sitting on more than enough natural energy supplies to heat every home in Cheshire East for centuries to come, and n
26/07/2013
Ultracrete's rapid set flowable concrete QC10 F and rapid strength bedding mortar M60 have been used to reinstate 35 pieces of ironwork along a section of the A6055 Boroughbridge Road in North Yorkshire. Civil Engineers, M.B. Roche & Sons Ltd, were appointed by Lane Rental Services Ltd to raise an
26/07/2013
Kier Property has transacted more than £300m of deals in a fourth quarter performance (April – June) that will deliver more than one million square feet of new warehouse, commercial, residential, hospital and retail space around the country. The deals are a mix of regeneration schemes and joint ven
26/07/2013
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25/07/2013
Transport for London (TfL) and the Department for Transport (DfT), sponsors of Crossrail, have confirmed that Crossrail services will call at Woolwich following the conclusion of a funding agreement for the completion of the station. The Sponsors have given Crossrail Limited the go ahead to begin t
25/07/2013
Network Rail has announced a £15m refurbishment and expansion of the 83,000 sq ft Victoria Place shopping centre at Victoria station. The shopping centre lies directly above Victoria station – London's second busiest station used by more than 80m people a year – and is spread across three levels. T
25/07/2013
Loughborough MP Nicky Morgan was able to meet some of the local people benefiting from construction of a new home for Ashmount School when she dropped in to meet the team behind the project. Ashmount School is moving from Beacon Road to a new state-of-the-art facility in the Charnwood College Campu
25/07/2013
A new £20 million Green Deal Communities scheme to help local authorities drive street-by-street delivery of the Green Deal has been announced today. Under new proposals from the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), local authorities in England will be able to bid for funding from a £20 m
25/07/2013
A 70 year-old self-employed maintenance worker has been fined for carrying out illegal gas work at a café and restaurant in St Austell, exposing customers and workers to the risk of injury. Alistair "Nick" Clyne, trading as Clyne Catering, who carried out servicing and repair work on commercial cat
25/07/2013
ISG, the international construction services group, has announced that it has completed the acquisition of 90% of the share capital of Tecton Engineering GmbH (Tecton) for a maximum consideration of €2.6m (£2.2m). Tecton provides office fit out and facilities management services to the owners of co
25/07/2013
A Southampton quayside development will be the first to benefit from a Government scheme to build homes specifically for private rent. Housing Minister Mark Prisk welcomed the first deal under the Government's £1 billion Build to Rent scheme, to deliver homes private rent as part of a 1,600-home de
25/07/2013
Building projects up and down the country have been given the green light to start producing homes that will support older and disabled people to live independently for as long as possible, Care and Support Minister Norman Lamb has announced. Last year the government asked local authorities to bid
25/07/2013
A city centre roundabout which has become a hot-spot for incidents involving cyclists will be upgraded thanks to funding awarded to Peterborough City Council. Between 2007 and 2012, 27 collisions have been recorded at the Burghley Square mini roundabout at the junction of Burghley Road and Park Roa
25/07/2013
mackwell the global leader in high technology lighting solutions has appointed Camlar, the lighting control specialists, as a dealer for the N-light system. N-light is a DALI based automated emergency lighting test and monitoring system. Function and duration tests are performed and recorded in acc
24/07/2013
Councillors have approved plans to redevelop the Ram Brewery in Wandsworth Town which would create 661 new homes and more than 500 permanent jobs. Around 266 construction jobs would also be generated while the derelict site is being brought back into use. The brewery, which was a major local employ
24/07/2013
BAM Construction is to create facilities for Elutec, a new university technical college for East London and Essex. The contractor will refurbish and extend an existing building in Rainham, Essex, for the UTC under a £4.5m deal. Specialising in engineering, manufacturing and design, the UTC will of
24/07/2013
North Blyth Energy Ltd has been granted permission by Government to construct a 99.9MW biomass power station at Blyth Harbour, Northumberland. The developer estimates that the biomass project will provide enough electricity to meet the annual electricity needs of as many as 170,000 homes a year, th
24/07/2013
Work on a new high speed railway from London to Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds will continue after the Court of Appeal today rejected further attempts to derail the scheme. The court has given the government the green light to press ahead without delay in delivering the engine for growth. Of the
24/07/2013
Plans to create a world class exhibition centre and hotel in Liverpool have been given the green light, according to the Liverpool Express. It's all systems go for the new £40m Exhibition Centre Liverpool and £27m integrated hotel at Kings Dock, after the ambitious plans were approved by the city's
24/07/2013
The Welsh Government's pilot Energy and Environment SME Growth Fund has been extended to include support for capital investments. Economy Minister Edwina Hart said: "The Fund originally supported revenue costs but I have agreed to enhance it to include capital projects following demand from SMEs wo
24/07/2013
The London Assembly has heard that 9,500 home must be started by September if Mayor Boris Johnson is to meet his target of building 55,000 affordable homes for London by 2015. The first quarter of this year saw just 43 starts, too short of the number needed by this autumn. Jamie Ratcliff, Assist
24/07/2013
The T-pylon, winner of an international design competition, will be offered on the proposed Hinkley Point C Connection. It may be the first time it is used in the UK. The new pylon could help to address some of the concerns raised by the public about the connection’s impact on the landscape. Resi
24/07/2013
Homes and businesses are already benefiting from one million smart meters installed by British Gas, as part of a programme which will see all current gas and electricity meters replaced by 2020. British Gas has taken the lead on the roll-out, required by the Government , meaning it is bringing the
24/07/2013
Niko Ltd, the UK subsidiary of Helm Hellas SA, leading European manufactures of lifting equipment, overhead conveyors and sliding door track, has been refreshing their online appearance, with both new and improved editions of their already established site. The first is a mobile friendly version o
23/07/2013
Skanska has added 52 Lime Street, commonly known as The Scalpel, to its portfolio of high-rise buildings in London. Won through competitive tender, the contract is due to commence in July 2013. The building, at the junction of Lime Street and Leadenhall Street in the City of London, is scheduled fo
23/07/2013
Balfour Beatty has announced it has been awarded an £80 million contract to design and construct a 19-storey building in central London for Urbanest, a leading supplier of student accommodation in the capital. The scheme which is situated on Westminster Bridge Road, in close proximity to the South
23/07/2013
Simons Construction have been named as the main contractor on the Waterside Shopping Centre's major refurbishment, with work commencing this month, July, and the first phase of retail opening in time for Christmas 2013. Simons, a family-owned business based on Doddington Road, have been involved in
23/07/2013
Wrap Up Leeds ECO has launched to help residents cut their fuel bills by offering free insulation and free boiler replacements. With Wrap Up Leeds ECO, residents who own their own home or rent it privately and who are in receipt of certain benefits, can benefit from free cavity wall and loft insula
23/07/2013
The Chancellor has issued details to lenders of the government’s Help to Buy mortgage guarantee scheme, to enable them to start boosting high loan-to-value (LTV) lending by next January. At a meeting at Number 11 the Chancellor discussed with lenders and builders details of how the scheme will work
23/07/2013
JCB has announced that it had won one of the biggest single orders in its history after securing a deal for 900 machines worth more than £53 million from leading UK plant hirer Fork Rent. The deal for Loadall telescopic handlers cements Ipswich-based Fork Rent’s position as the UK’s biggest hirer
23/07/2013
Housing and Regeneration Minister, Carl Sargeant has announced that householders will soon be able to carry out additional changes to their property without the need for planning permission. The changes, which will come into force on 30 September 2013, will allow property owners to build a larger r
23/07/2013
Sir Robert McAlpine Ltd has signed up to the Prompt Payment Code. The Code is designed to encourage and promote best practice between organisations and their suppliers. Signatories commit to paying their suppliers within clearly defined terms and to ensuring there is a proper process for dealing wi
23/07/2013
Caddick Construction and the North Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service has conducted safety talks with two local primary schools in York to raise awareness about the dangers of building sites and fire safety as construction continues at the new fire station. Pupils from Fishergate and St Georges Primar
23/07/2013
A Surrey breaker company has been fined after a teenage worker was badly burned when a skip fire exploded. The injured worker, who was just 15 at the time, was engulfed by a fireball as he used petrol as an accelerant to burn scrap car parts, suffering serious burns to his face, neck, chest and arm
22/07/2013
A new right will give social tenants the power to boost house building in their area, says Housing Minister Mark Prisk. The minister confirmed that the Right to Transfer, coming into force in the autumn, will mean tenants can take control over future investment into their communities by requesting
22/07/2013
Two turbines at EDF Energy's Hunterston B in Scotland and two at its sister station, Hinkley Point B in Somerset, have clocked up one million hours of operation. The two nuclear power stations started generating electricity thirty seven years ago, with both stations starting up in February 1976. To
22/07/2013
Unite, the union, has welcomed the announcement of a £1.2m contract for new 140mph trains with 270 carriages to be manufactured in Britain by Hitachi Rail, Europe. The trains will be assembled at a new purpose-built factory in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham - where Unite has members - creating aro
22/07/2013
RAF Cosford in Shropshire was the impressive setting for the launch of a new force in liquid roofing - Centaur Technologies Limited. The Lancashire-based company has been founded by Jeremy Gorick, the former managing director of Liquid Plastics, Phil Richardson, the former marketing and technical di
22/07/2013
A Shropshire steel engineering company has been fined after a worker got the sleeve of his overalls caught in an unguarded drill bit, causing serious neck and arm injuries. Shrewsbury Magistrates' Court was told that CRF (UK) Ltd failed to take effective measures to prevent access to dangerous movi
22/07/2013
The Mayor, Boris Johnson, today announced a £2m fund for projects across the capital that will link and improve access to London's green spaces and waterways. Six projects across the capital will receive up to £420,000 each from the Big Green Fund. This builds on the work already underway to make L
22/07/2013
Willmott Dixon has been appointed for a £15m contract to build a free school that will be the first to allow pupils to board. Holyport College in Berkshire will be an all-ability co-educational day and boarding school for students aged 11 to 19 years when it opens in September 2014. When full, 225
22/07/2013
Balfour Beatty and its partners held a ground-breaking ceremony marking the start of works to regenerate 7.6 acres of the Greenwich Peninsula in London with a prestigious hotel and residential scheme today. The centerpiece of the development being carried out for Grove Developments Limited will be
22/07/2013
Working with Sanctuary Group, Kier has brought about a remarkable transformation at the sites in Southview Road, Smallcombe Road and Langridge Road, replacing post-war concrete properties with high-specification houses and bungalows, including four that have been specially adapted for people with di
22/07/2013
The landmark new Brent Civic Centre, built by main contractor Skanska in the north London borough of Brent, has received a commendation at the Structural Steel Design Awards 2013. Designed by Hopkins Architects, the complex project involved the construction of two separate nine-storey steel structu
19/07/2013
International management and construction consultancy, Gleeds, has recently been appointed as project manager, cost manager and CDM co-ordinator to the £70 million transformation of 300 of the Post Office’s 'Crown' branches across the UK. The firm will also be responsible for managing branch by b
19/07/2013
Galliford Try, the housebuilding and construction group, announces that its infrastructure business has, in joint venture with AECOM Design Build, been appointed by Yorkshire Water to continue as a contractor for its AMP6 framework. The framework will commence in 2015 and run until 2020. The appoin
19/07/2013
Housing and Regeneration Minister, Carl Sargeant saw the start of improvement work within the West Rhyl Housing Improvement Project. The £23.3m project includes the removal of some properties in Gronant Street, many of which barely meet minimum housing standards, to be replaced by an urban park. A
19/07/2013
The government will take additional action to help independent renewable generators gain entry to the electricity market, in order to promote competition and innovation, Greg Barker has announced. An amendment has been tabled to the Energy Bill that will make it easier for independent generators of
19/07/2013
Working on behalf of West Norfolk Council, Kier will start work later this month on a scheme to create a café culture and boost trade in the town of King's Lynn. Councillors have given the final approval for the £900,000 makeover for King's Lynn's Tuesday Market Place. The scheme involves transform
19/07/2013
The University of Manchester has selected BAM Construction Ltd as the preferred bidder to design and build the £61m National Graphene Institute (NGI). The contract value for BAM is approximately half of this amount. Funding has been received by the University of Manchester for the NGI project fro
19/07/2013
Costain has been awarded an Early Contractor Involvement (ECI) contract by the Highways Agency for the A160/A180 Port of Immingham Improvement scheme, North Lincolnshire. Costain is responsible for design development and construction, which is estimated to be valued at £34m. The project aims to red
19/07/2013
A new long-term energy contract will lower the amount government pays for energy and generate local jobs. Cabinet Office and Air Products Plc today formally concluded their deal for a long term contract to deliver electricity to government for 20 years at a fixed price. This will significantly lowe
19/07/2013
Pupils from 15 Coventry schools have been learning about sustainability from energy provider E.ON as part of the '2013 & Beyond' event aimed at highlighting the importance of energy-saving. Funded by E.ON, the event offers pupils a unique hands-on learning experience that really helps them to under
19/07/2013
Partners involved in the Nethermayne proposals in Basildon, Essex, have highlighted the positive benefits of the project following the decision to approve outline plans for 725 homes on public land. The project is a joint partnership with Basildon Borough Council, South Essex College and the HCA.
18/07/2013
Southwark Council Leader Councillor Peter John has announced that the central London council will build 10,000 new council homes over the next 30 years. The project is set to be one of the biggest programmes of its kind in the country. The council's housing plans are set out in a report responding
18/07/2013
Residents are being invited to give their views on proposals for a major new residential development of around 630 new homes on land at Whalleys, Skelmersdale. A public exhibition will be held on Friday 19 July from 4pm to 8pm at the Ashurst meeting rooms. West Lancs Borough Council is holding the
18/07/2013
Kier Partnership Homes has received the award for National Best Site in the Medium Builder category at the National House Building Council (NHBC) Health & Safety Awards for the second consecutive year. The NHBC Health and Safety Awards are the UK's only health & safety awards scheme exclusively for
18/07/2013
The Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) visited Bury to see the first four empty properties that have been brought back into use by Bury Council and Six Town Housing as affordable housing for rent. They had a look at the works that have been carried out on empty properties on Six Town estates in Rad
18/07/2013
Housing Minister, Carl Sargeant, has announced the first phase of a package of measures that will support the housing industry and also deliver on his pledge to improve the quality and safety of houses in Wales. Measures include the phased introduction of sprinklers in domestic properties and a rev
18/07/2013
Seddon has announced three new senior business appointments. Seddon has appointed Michael Crawford as technical manager. He has joined the company from Lend Lease Project Management where he was senior design manager. In his new role with Seddon, he heads up the company's technical approach nationa
18/07/2013
A Yuill Homes' site manager has been recognised for his exceptional site management skills, after winning the National House Building Council's Pride in the Job Quality Award (NHBC) for the fourth successive year. Steve Cook, 41, from Wolviston Village, has once again proven that he is amongst the
18/07/2013
Manchester City Council is to establish a holding company to help support the growth and development of strategic digital sites, creating new employment and business opportunities in the city. The holding company will act as a 'mother brand' for the family of 'Projects' bringing together a portfoli
18/07/2013
London 2012's ambition to be the "greenest Games of modern times" was aided by a commitment to sustainable procurement. The cyclists at the Velodrome may have broken records, but great gains were also taking place off the track. A resource-efficient approach to construction of the Velodrome led to
18/07/2013
One of the UK's leading suppliers of specialist Preinsulated Pipe which is WRAS Approved for potable water applications has embarked on an expansion for its preinsulated pipe products. Go Geothermal are the true embodiment of the one stop shop for all things Ground Source and to complement our re
17/07/2013
Balfour Beatty joined dignitaries, students and teachers to mark the topping out of the £5.9m Clarendon Primary School in Bolton earlier this week. The completion of the main structure in Recreation Street was celebrated by asking guests, including pupils, to sign a steel beam that would form part
17/07/2013
Heathrow is submitting to the Airports Commission three options for solving the lack of hub airport capacity in the UK. These see a third runway placed to the north, north west or south west of the existing airport. All three options are quicker and cheaper than any rival hub option, delivering e
17/07/2013
Construction union UCATT have described the Government's latest Right to Buy policy proposal as ideological insanity. The Government is planning on cutting the qualifying period before a council or social housing tenant has the right to buy their property from five to just three years. The measure
17/07/2013
Business customers will no longer be sold products that automatically commit them to further fixed-term contracts by British Gas, the energy supplier announced today. British Gas is the first energy supplier to commit to ending auto-rollover contracts, and the company is calling on other suppliers
17/07/2013
Investors will receive further certainty of how the government will support investment in new energy infrastructure through the Energy Bill, in order to keep the lights on and bills and emissions down. The draft Electricity Market Reform Delivery Plan, published today for consultation, provides det
17/07/2013
Infrastructure support services company Carillion has announced a joint venture agreement (JV) with energy solutions provider Breathe Energy. Carillion Breathe Limited (CBL) provides energy efficiency solutions for public and private commercial buildings delivering benefits to building owners and m
17/07/2013
Peterborough City Council has today issued a notice that prevents the immediate demolition of a property on Eastfield Road, Peterborough. The city council's planning department has issued the notice for the building known as High Trees at 270 Eastfield Road. Even though the notice has been served,
17/07/2013
A £2 million project has been praised for transforming an unpopular block of flats into 'wonderful' homes in one of Manchester's most sought-after areas. Steven Court, in Chorlton, had become difficult to let and known for problems with anti-social behaviour, before Contour Homes started a major re
17/07/2013
When specialist building material supplier Builders Express, part of the SIG group, refurbished their branch in Brentford, the specialist flooring division of Cemplas Waterproofing and Concrete Repairs Ltd were appointed by SIG Plc to install a new floor consisting of 140m2 of Vulkems MMA Flake Syst
17/07/2013
Mount Cricket Club in West Yorkshire have a great tradition for community cricket and a longstanding association around the area. With a lack of resources affecting the club and to help them create a higher standard of play and better utilisation of their facilities, they applied to Kirklees council
16/07/2013
Interserve has announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Topaz Oil and Gas Ltd (Topaz) and its subsidiaries which provide oil field maintenance, fabrication and construction services in the Middle East. The acquisition expands Interserve's service offering in the UAE, a key growth marke
16/07/2013
Three Cabinet ministers have visited the new £32m Walton Bridge to celebrate the spectacular structure's completion. Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin was joined by Defence Secretary Philip Hammond and Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander at the first new road bridge to be built ove
16/07/2013
A host of national and international sporting stars headlined a week-long celebration to mark the first academic year together for one of Plymouth's largest and most impressive school campuses, which combines four schools on one site and was built by Kier Construction. The official opening ceremony
16/07/2013
England's major roads today received a guarantee of a large increase in funding, locked into a long term settlement, backed by law. The national network of motorways and trunk roads will get extra lanes, smoother, quieter surfaces, improved junctions and new sections in key areas under the plan pub
16/07/2013
London benefits greatly from being the greenest major city in Europe - and third greenest city of its size in the world - according to a report commissioned by the City of London Corporation. The capital's provision of 35,000 acres of public parks, woodlands and gardens mean that nearly 40% of it
16/07/2013
The University of Reading has announced its commitment to develop a new Science and Innovation Park at the heart of the Thames Valley with an investment of up to £50 million to establish the site infrastructure and phase one construction. The University's Science and Innovation Park will play a key
16/07/2013
Barnsley man John Rowe has been appointed as Head of Operations for the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) in Yorkshire and the Humber. Dr Rowe will be leading a team of 29 inspectors, whose daily jobs focus on the safety of hundreds of thousands of workers in their daily jobs throughout the region’
16/07/2013
The launch of a new procurement strategy for the construction industry in Wales will be welcomed by Finance Minister Jane Hutt. Following publication of the Constructing Excellence in Wales' No Turning Back report in late 2010, the Finance Minister established the Construction Procurement Steering
16/07/2013
Compendium Living, a joint venture between Lovell and the Riverside Group, has been appointed as the Lead Developer Partner to develop new modern housing within the Ings area. Hull City Council and Compendium Living have been working together since last year to develop plans and designs for 770 new
16/07/2013
The first 10 homes in the North West supported by the £570 million Get Britain Building programme are now complete, marking a significant milestone for the Homes and Communities Agency's (HCA) plans to unlock locally-backed sites and deliver new homes in England. The HCA provided Get Britain Buildi
15/07/2013
Balfour Beatty has commenced work on the £11m new George Salter Collegiate Academy. The new Academy is one of nine schools Balfour Beatty is working on as part of the Ormiston Academy Trust’s £90 million capital build project. The George Salter Academy will deliver around 4,000m2 of new-build and
15/07/2013
Leader of Manchester City Council Sir Richard Leese has joined guests at a Carillion-sponsored event for the Manchester International Festival (MIF) to give a keynote speech on public private partnerships and delivering economic growth. Speaking at the Glass House in Festival Square, Sir Richard al
15/07/2013
The National Federation of Builders (NFB) has launched its building information modelling online diagnostic service. 12 Jul 2013 It is free to companies looking to implement BIM strategies within their organisations. The service, which only takes a few minutes to use, will help organisations to u
15/07/2013
North Tyneside Council has named Kier Property as its development partner to bring forward the regeneration of the former Swan Hunter shipyard. The appointment follows a competitive tendering process and, under the contract, Kier Property will now deliver a master plan to transform the 34-acre site
15/07/2013
Salford's new University Technical College (UTC) at MediaCityUK has taken a major step forward with the selection of BAM Construction for the £10.4 million design and build contract. The proposed UTC@MediaCityUK, as it would be known, will specialise in the creative and digital industries with a di
15/07/2013
Costain, as part of the 4Delivery team working with Southern Water on the Peacehaven Wastewater Treatment Works (WWTW), has achieved a major milestone in delivering cleaner seas for Sussex. The team has achieved compliance in the EU’s Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive for the secondary treatment
15/07/2013
E.ON is urging all UK energy providers to support its call for an industry-wide end to the process of automatically renewing fixed term contracts for small businesses. A consultation with customers found that 86 per cent of our small business customers would prefer to negotiate a new contract or mo
15/07/2013
Hull City Council has published the documentation to launch the procurement process to appoint a Green Deal, ECO and Efficiency Works Partner. Businesses are invited to become a partner that will deliver structural improvements (where appropriate) and external solid wall insulation to approximately
11/07/2013
ISG is preferred contractor for a £6.1 million project to restore and conserve the historic Grade II listed Town Hall in Wigan, Greater Manchester, and remodel the interior space to create a more practical, efficient and modern working environment for council staff. The project was procured via th
11/07/2013
The power of the UK's offshore and onshore wind resource is set to be harnessed further today, with the go-ahead given for two large wind farms. Planning consent has been granted for what will be the world's largest offshore wind farm off the Lincolnshire and Norfolk coast - £3.6bn investment, arou
11/07/2013
VolkerFitzpatrick has signed a contract with Siemens to build two new train maintenance depots, as part of the Thameslink Rolling Stock Project. As Siemens' construction partner, VolkerFitzpatrick is designing, constructing and commissioning the two depots over the next three years at Hornsey in no
11/07/2013
The Royal Borough of Greenwich has appointed developer Lovell to undertake a £269 million redevelopment programme which will transform three Woolwich council estates. The project, in partnership with asra Housing Group, will see the demolition and redevelopment of the 1,064-home Connaught, Morris W
11/07/2013
Hilson Moran, has been appointed as the MEP and energy consultant on the Royal Albert Docks masterplan, situated in the heart of the Royal Docks Enterprise Zone, east of the City of London. Owned by the Greater London Authority and developed by Advanced Business Parks (ABP), a successful Chinese co
11/07/2013
Mansell has been allocated 12 major construction projects for Birmingham City Council as part of the Constructing West Midlands framework. The projects, worth £20m, are to be carried out in the city centre, Edgbaston, Selly Oak, Stirchley, Kings Heath, Bournville, Yardley and across Birmingham and
11/07/2013
Minister for Education and Skills, Huw Lewis, has welcomed an additional £25m of capital funding for school construction projects under the Welsh Government's 21st Century Schools programme. The funding secured from central reserves will allow work on a number of 21st Century School projects to beg
11/07/2013
Construction union UCATT has warned that the proposed changes to the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013 (RIDDOR) will lead to a further downgrading in safety reporting. Under the changes which are due to be introduced in October 2013, the number of major inju
11/07/2013
A scaffolding firm has been ordered to pay more than £100,000 in fines and costs following the death of an employee who plunged 13 metres through the roof of a Skelmersdale warehouse. Married father-of-one Tony Causby, 42, from Leigh, was helping to dismantle scaffolding when he stepped onto a frag
11/07/2013
Omega Warrington Ltd and Hermes, the UK's largest home delivery courier network, gathered on Omega North to celebrate construction progress of the new logistics warehouse for the soon to be new occupier. Jonathan Wallis, of Omega Warrington Ltd said: "With the completion of the Hermes premises sche
10/07/2013
Plans to enhance Cowes' reputation as an international sailing destination have been backed by an agreement by the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) to invest more than £3m in major infrastructure improvements. The HCA is to invest £3.16m in the Cowes Harbour Commission's proposals to install a n
10/07/2013
Visitors will soon be able to enjoy a new £1.2m café and cycle hire facilities at the National Trust Lanhydrock property, near Bodmin. The buildings for the Cycle Hub, which are being built by leading construction and infrastructure company Morgan Sindall, which has an office in Plymouth, are locat
10/07/2013
Kier is nearing completion of construction work on the new £6.5m Russell Seal Fitness Centre at the University of Exeter's Streatham Campus. Opening on 23 September, the Centre marks the final stage of the University's £8m redevelopment of Streatham Sports Park, and promises to bring a world-class t
10/07/2013
The Lord Mayor of Canterbury, Councillor Heather Taylor, has joined forces with eight-year-old Bethany Beard to officially open a £3m housing scheme in Herne Bay. Supported by funding from the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA), they were joined by Bob Heapy, Chief Executive of Town & Country Housi
10/07/2013
More than £1m is being invested in road repairs and improvements in Derbyshire this month. The money is part of a wider £35m package the council is spending on improving the roads in 2013/14. Councillor Dean Collins, deputy cabinet member for jobs, economy and transport, said: "We are committed t
10/07/2013
British Gas has announced plans to simplify tariffs by streamlining its standing charges. British Gas will be aligning its standing charge across payment types and products in order to help consumers better understand and more easily compare tariffs. Following a review, British Gas will move to off
10/07/2013
A major independent study is now underway into whether the Government's energy and carbon policies are having the desired effect on the property sector. The Government-led Green Construction Board has joined forces with the Green Property Alliance, a group of the UK's leading property industry orga
10/07/2013
The housing market in Wales continued to show signs of recovery during June with an increase in demand and activity, says the latest RICS Residential Market Survey. The Welsh housing market showed positive signs last month with an increase in potential buyers returning to the market. A net balance
10/07/2013
Mansell has worked with its customer, British Land, to provide 10 young people with an opportunity to get into the construction industry in London. The initiative is part of the 'Budding Brunels' scheme and aims to increase aspirations and academic performance by introducing young people to careers
10/07/2013
Repairs and maintenance specialist Lovell has appointed Kevin MacDermott as operations manager for London and the South East. He joins Lovell from repairs and maintenance provider Mears where he was regional director, responsible for social housing repairs and maintenance contracts across London.
09/07/2013
Crossrail has submitted proposals for a new station at Abbey Wood in southeast London to the London Borough of Bexley and the Royal Borough of Greenwich for approval. Crossrail represents a major step-change in public transport for the local area, and is the single biggest addition to the local rai
09/07/2013
Glebe Primary School in Fenton is set to gain improved facilities thanks to Kier Stoke, which is undertaking the construction of an extension along with additional refurbishments to a value of £750,000. The extension will replace existing mobile classrooms and comprises four new permanent classroom
09/07/2013
A major new development in north Preston will 'unlock economic growth' for the whole city. The Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) has unveiled plans to create up to 300 homes, 'neighbourhood facilities' and a major link road on land off Eastway, Preston. A planning application has been submitted
09/07/2013
E.ON has accepted a £500,000 penalty imposed by Ofgem and agreed to pay an additional £2.5m to customers who are eligible to receive the 2013/14 Warm Home Discount Broader Group payment. Customers can apply for the 2013/14 Warm Home Discount Broader Group payment at www.eonenergy.com/warmhomedisco
09/07/2013
Economy Minister, Edwina Hart, has approved £1.5m Welsh Government funding to kick start the multi-million pound redevelopment of Newport city centre. The funding is part of wider package of support from the Welsh Government to the economic development and regeneration of Newport. The money will b
09/07/2013
BAM FM has launched an unprecedented live deployment project at UCL Academy, London, to bring building information modelling (BIM) to every stage of a building's lifecycle. In February, BAM announced that it had completed the software and data systems to prove that BIM data can be automatically tra
09/07/2013
A joint team of Costain, MWH and Severn Trent Water staff has successfully completed work to ensure the resilience of a pumping station that ultimately supplies water to Severn Trent customers. Wyelands Pumping Station in Gloucester extracts raw water from the River Wye, which is then pumped to Mit
09/07/2013
Manchester City Council has become cleaner and greener over the last four years, but more work is needed if it is to meet targets to reduce the amount of energy it uses. New figures show the City Council reduced its carbon emissions by 7% last year by improving how energy is used in its buildings,
09/07/2013
A drinks producer and a building services firm have been fined for safety failings at a Ledbury factory. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) identified concerns following a serious incident involving a scaffold at Universal Beverages Ltd’s premises on Little Marcle Road on 1 October 2009. Centra
09/07/2013
Paving slabs replaced in Bridge Street as part of the city centre regeneration works have been donated to Middleton Primary School in order to create a new sensory garden for pupils. The new garden will be unveiled tomorrow, Wednesday 10 July 2013. Middleton Primary in Bretton is the first of fiv
08/07/2013
Following the successful delivery of the £4m Church View Health Centre in South Kirkby, Miller Construction has been awarded a five year contract to provide Total Facilities Management services to the occupying clients. Miller Construction completed the new primary care facility in April 2013 after
08/07/2013
Developers are being offered a fresh chance to vie for a prominent development opportunity in the Northampton Enterprise Zone. Led by West Northamptonshire Development Corporation (WNDC), St Peter's Waterside will comprise up to 20,000sqm of high quality office space next to the River Nene. Last
08/07/2013
Rydon started a new contract delivering repairs and maintenance services to around 8,000 council properties across the borough of Sutton. Rydon won the contract for Sutton Housing Partnership in February and we have been busy ever since meeting tenants and leaseholders to ensure they fully understa
08/07/2013
Overall builders' workloads across Britain have begun to increase for the first time since the economic downturn began, according to the latest research from the Federation of Master Builders (FMB). The FMB's State of Trade Survey of member firms shows the net balance for workloads, expected worklo
08/07/2013
Carillion has announced it has become a partner of the Supply Chain Sustainability School (SCSS). Established last year, the School aims to help construction suppliers and subcontractors develop their sustainability knowledge and competence. Addressing environmental and social sustainability issu
08/07/2013
Construction firms are at serious risk of losing business by leaving customers hanging on the telephone for more than 30 seconds at a time, new research has revealed. A survey of 3,630 UK companies by audio branding specialist PH Media Group discovered the construction industry leaves customers on
08/07/2013
Lovell is supporting the campaign to refurbish the original home of the former Caerphilly District Miners' Hospital and turn it into a community facility. Falklands War veteran Simon Weston OBE, who was born at the historic former hospital building, called The Beeches, in Caerphilly, officially lau
08/07/2013
Interserve has been awarded a contract extension with HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) across its Newcastle estate. The facilities services contract, which has been in place since 2004, has been extended until 2014. The Newcastle Estate boasts HMRC's fl
08/07/2013
Three South East firms have been ordered to pay a total of £685,787.31 in fines and costs for serious safety breaches after a plumber died and six other workers were seriously injured by a barrage of flying gas cylinders. Adam Johnston, 38, from Sutton, Surrey, was struck by one of 66 heavy cylinde
08/07/2013
Following Kier's successful acquisition of support services provider May Gurney, today marks the first day of the integration process as 6,000 May Gurney employees join the 10,000-strong Kier Group team. The newly expanded construction, services and property business is now set to provide one of th
05/07/2013
The future of London's iconic Centre Point complex has taken a huge leap forward with the confirmation that planning permission has been granted to give it an imaginative new lease of life. Camden Council has granted the Centre Point partnership between Almacantar and Frogmore permission for a comp
05/07/2013
Grainger has announced that planning consent has been approved subject to completion of the S106 by Rushmoor Borough Council for the development of the Aldershot Urban Extension (AUE), known as Wellesley, on the 255 hectare former Aldershot Garrison site. Delivery of the development will be spread
05/07/2013
Work is underway to build 24 much-needed affordable homes in County Durham, thanks to a partnership between Yuill Homes and the Vela Group, with investment from the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA). Leading North East housebuilder Yuill Homes will deliver eight new two bedroom bungalows for rent
05/07/2013
BAM's Bristol-based construction business has been appointed to refurbish and refit an office block to house around 200 Imperial Tobacco employees in south Bristol at the company's new UK headquarters. The £7m refurbishment includes a range of modern facilities including a staff canteen and high sp
05/07/2013
Miller Construction has been appointed as the preferred contractor for 13 schools across the South East, with a construction value of more than £48m. Hampshire County Council, Reading Borough Council, Surrey County Council and West Sussex County Council have a shared services arrangement, working a
05/07/2013
Balfour Beatty has announced that it has been awarded a £121 million contract for an 18-storey hotel, leisure and apartment complex in North Greenwich Peninsula, London for Grove Developments Limited. Following early contractor involvement, Balfour Beatty will design and build the 452-room hotel wi
05/07/2013
Construction union UCATT are calling on the Government to stop ignoring the dangers caused by asbestos. The union made the call to coincide with today's Action for Mesothelioma Day, July 5th. Roughly 2,500 people a year die from mesothelioma the incurable cancer of the lining of the lung. Death rat
05/07/2013
British Land has announced that it has acquired assets comprising the majority of Paddington Central, a 1.2 million sq ft office-led, mixed use estate close to Paddington station in London's West End. The investment offers an attractive blend of income and capital return, with major development po
05/07/2013
Richard Clegg, a specialist in dry stone creations, has commended
05/07/2013
Willmott Dixon Partnerships has given the kitchen at a local children's hospice in Birmingham a total makeover. The company also called on three former work experience students, currently studying at South and City College, to use their skills in providing a new kitchen to Acorns Children's Hospice
04/07/2013
Northampton Town Football Club have agreed a deal with Northampton Borough Council to redevelop Sixfields Stadium. The redevelopment will see the capacity of Sixfields increase to around 10,000 and will see the addition of a hotel, corporate boxes, a conference centre and more. "We made a long ter
04/07/2013
Skanska CEO and President Mike Putnam joined the new Construction Leadership Council, a long-term partnership between government and the construction industry tasked with leading the UK's industrial strategy for construction to 2025. Speaking at the Government Construction Summit, Business Minister
04/07/2013
Birse Civils has completed a key transport interchange that will pave the way for 1,500 homes to be built at the Newbury racecourse site in Berkshire. The £5m design and build contract for David Wilson Homes includes the upgrade of Hambridge Road roundabout and the construction of a railway overbri
04/07/2013
Construction union UCATT have welcomed provisional figures published by the Health and Safety Executive which show a 20% reduction in construction deaths. The figures published by the HSE show that in 2012/13 there were 39 fatal accidents involving construction workers, compared to 48 construction
04/07/2013
Today, Secretary of State Edward Davey joined the Prime Minister and DECC Minister Greg Barker at the opening of the world's largest offshore wind farm, the London Array, in Margate, Kent. With 175 wind turbines, the Array will be able to generate 630 MegaWatts of electricity, which is enough power
04/07/2013
Wolverhampton City Council has awarded its first affordable homes project in the city since the 1980s to Kier Partnership Homes. Procured through the Homes and Communities Agency's Developer Partner Panel framework, the development, off Thompson Avenue, forms part of the wider plans to regenerate W
04/07/2013
The owner of a cladding installation business has been fined after he exposed workers to a potentially fatal risk from airborne asbestos fibres at a house in Bedfordshire. Michael Southern, owner of PMF Cladding, instructed an employee and a casual labourer to remove and replace soffit boards durin
04/07/2013
The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has approved plans for major redevelopment in Earls Court and West Kensington in what is a huge boost for jobs, housing and infrastructure in this part of the capital. The plans for the 32 hectare site will see the development of more than 6,700 homes and a raft
04/07/2013
An eyesore former bus depot in Richmond is to be transformed into a £2.9m affordable housing scheme for local people. Broadacres, with investment from the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) will start work in the next few weeks on the redevelopment of the old Arriva depot in Station Yard, next to
04/07/2013
The team behind the successful first phase refurbishment of Britain's oldest working theatre at Bristol Old Vic, is celebrating after being recognised as Heritage Project of the Year in the South West Built Environment Awards, organised by the Chartered Institute of Building and Constructing Excelle
03/07/2013
Work is underway on a new £17 million energy efficient school which will benefit thousands of Liverpool children, according to the Liverpool Express. The new Archbishop Beck Sports College is being built by Willmott Dixon Construction on the former Long Lane council depot in Fazakerley. The scheme
03/07/2013
Balfour Beatty has commenced the installation of the glass cladding on the London 2012 Aquatics Centre to reveal Zaha Hadid's original design. The installation of the 628 panes of glass will take 70 days with a team of six installing one pane at a time. The average size for each is pane is 1500mm x
03/07/2013
Kingswood Academy in Hull has won three major architectural awards. The school, designed by architects Allford Hall Monaghan Morris and built by Morgan Sindall, won a RIBA Yorkshire award and a RIBA National award. It also won Hull City Council RIBA Yorkshire Client of the Year. Built as one of Hu
03/07/2013
The Repairs and Maintenance division of national housing specialist Lovell, has secured a Gold safety award from national charity, the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA). The accolade for the Repairs and Maintenance business – which is based locally in Woodgate Valley, recognises
03/07/2013
The Government is right to identify the need to improve the image of the building industry, to help drive up standards and improve consumer protection, says the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) in response to the new industrial strategy Construction 2025. Brian Berry, the Chief Executive of the
03/07/2013
A Kettering developer has been fined after a tipper lorry hit overhead power lines, cutting the electricity supply to local homes. The lorry, belonging to Hazelton Homes (Midlands) Ltd, was delivering stone at Old Hall Close, Cottesmore, on 28 March 2012 when the raised tipper body struck the power
03/07/2013
Over the past two months, ISG's regional construction business has signed up projects with a combined value circa £100m. The company is the sole appointee to a £22m capital build framework with Cleveland Fire Authority encompassing the construction of four new local fire stations and a new headquar
03/07/2013
Carillion has been awarded two contracts by Network Rail - Crossrail West Inner Track Improvements and Crossrail Old Oak Common and Paddington Approaches and Intercity Express Programme, which together are worth some £122 million. These contracts will enable the new Crossrail service to be integrat
03/07/2013
Communities across the nation will be able to receive Feed-in Tariff (FITs) payments for the clean green energy generated by larger community energy projects, under new plans set out by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC). Projects such as solar PV on school roofs or panels on libra
03/07/2013
Ultra Floor, part of the market leading Instarmac Group, is the perfect choice for the modern contractor looking to achieve a high performance flooring installation. The brand offers a range of quality products that deliver outstanding results, backed by an award winning delivery service. Did yo
02/07/2013
Reforms to strip out inefficiencies in public sector construction have already generated £447 million in savings for the taxpayer last year and will deliver up to 20% savings in project costs by 2015, Cabinet Office Minister Chloe Smith has announced. Making links across departments has meant gover
02/07/2013
More jobs are set to come to the former Olympic sailing village at Osprey Quay in Portland following the start of construction of the new Navigator Business Centre. Tidebank UK has begun the construction of a new 4,500 sq ft industrial unit at Osprey Quay, which will have the capacity to create up
02/07/2013
Construction union UCATT have begun balloting members for industrial action at Morrison Facilities Services in Leeds, due to the company's failure to enter into meaningful negotiations over proposed cuts in pay, conditions and redundancies. UCATT alongside GMB and Unite have been attempting to ent
02/07/2013
Leeds City Council has entered into a new partnership with three companies to help make even more Leeds homes energy efficient. The council will be working with Keepmoat, Willmott Dixon and SSE to offer Leeds residents free or heavily discounted energy efficient upgrades from July. Having already
02/07/2013
Terraco, the producer of environmentally-friendly finishing products, has appointed Christopher Tanner as senior business development manager, a role which sees him heading up Terraco in UK. Christopher says that his focus at the company includes "building the Terraco brand in the UK, setting str
02/07/2013
The Lord Mayor of Kingston upon Hull and Admiral of the Humber, Councillor Nadine Fudge, officially opened the footbridge with the unveiling of a plaque and ribbon cutting with Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) Area Manager Jacquie Boulton. The formal launch saw the sound and light experience on t
02/07/2013
Balfour Beatty has joined an effort to boost recognition of the construction industry in the Welsh capital. The international infrastructure business joined other leading contractors addressing regional politicians and strategic planners in Cardiff to make the case for investing more in infrastruct
02/07/2013
Whitbread has announced the launch of its new hotel concept, 'hub by Premier Inn'. The new concept will target major UK city centres such as London and Edinburgh, with the first 'hub by Premier Inn' to open on St. Martin's Lane in London in summer 2014. 'hub by Premier Inn' is a new generation o
02/07/2013
To meet strict Building Regulations governing its change of use, from a former carpet warehouse to a modern city academy, the Grade II listed 'Piano Building' in Kidderminster required 1,500 linear metres of stainless steel HeliBar from Helifix to reinforce and secure brick panels on all elevations.
02/07/2013
The Peacehaven Wastewater Treatment Works (WTW), which provides wastewater services for the Brighton and Hove catchment, has picked up a further award. The huge, grass-roofed treatment works and 11km of sewer tunnel through which wastewater travels to Peacehaven as part of the Cleaner Seas for Suss
01/07/2013
Warrington Borough Council has granted planning permission to Omega Warrington Limited (OWL) to construct a 700,000 sq ft regional logistics centre for the Travis Perkins Group on Omega North. The Travis Perkins Group is the UK's largest supplier to the building and construction market. The new £35
01/07/2013
Defra is calling on businesses, local councils and communities to get ready for climate change and extreme weather in a report published today, as part of the Government's National Adaptation Programme report. Recent research shows that 64% of UK businesses have suffered supply chain disruption due
01/07/2013
There is scant encouragement for beleaguered construction SMEs in the Comprehensive Spending Review, according to the Federation of Master Builders (FMB), which argues more needs to be done to support investment in low-carbon refurbishment. Aside from commitments to spend on infrastructure and aff
01/07/2013
HSS Hire Services Group (HSS), the national supplier of tools, equipment and related services, has acquired UK Platforms, the powered access specialist, from the Haulotte Group. The transaction will make HSS the second-largest provider in the powered access market in Britain and Ireland. UK Plat
01/07/2013
A new era of energy efficiency across council buildings will be launched with the signing of a landmark contract today. The new Energy Performance Contract, set to be signed with Honeywell Building Solutions, will involve all council premises undergoing an energy review and then having a range of e
01/07/2013
ISG has been awarded a £3.6m scheme to convert a former office building at 6-7 Buckingham Street in Westminster into seven luxury apartments. The project further strengthens ISG's relationship with specialist luxury residential developer Amazon Property, for whom the contractor is currently delive
01/07/2013
A Hertfordshire construction company has been sentenced for safety failings after a worker was seriously injured when a temporary platform collapsed at a landmark development in south London. Noel Doyle, 32, from Hammersmith, suffered a shattered right elbow, broken vertebrae, fractured pelvis and
01/07/2013
Willmott Dixon has created a new company called be:here to provide an exciting new alternative to young professionals looking for accommodation in the Private Rented Sector (PRS). Underlining the growing recognition among institutional funds of the PRS market's investment potential, be:here has rea
