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CONSTRUCTION DIRECTORY
UK Construction News Archive for January 2015
30/01/2015
A retail and leisure development in Lichfield is to be given a £2.66m government grant to revitalise the city's Birmingham Road area, if revised plans are approved by councillors. The vision for Friarsgate, supported by Staffordshire County Council, is to redevelop the Lichfield City Bus Station el
30/01/2015
Gentoo Construction has been named the preferred contractor to develop around 190 new homes in Durham and Darlington. £20m is to be invested in the new properties, homes and communities organisation livin confirmed. Areas across the county, such as Ferryhill and Newton Aycliffe, will benefit from
30/01/2015
Essential maintenance work is to be carried out on the A358 between Taunton and Ilminster in Somerset. Somerset County Council's highways team will be rebuilding and resurfacing the carriageway at West Hatch starting on Monday 2nd February. Cllr Harvey Siggs, Somerset County Council's Cabinet Memb
30/01/2015
Housing Minister, Brandon Lewis, has published the final allocations of New Homes Bonus Payments to over 350 councils in England. The total awarded to councils since the scheme's introduction is£3.4 billion, for delivering more than 700,000 new homes and conversions, and bringing over 100,000 empty
30/01/2015
An unregistered gas fitter has been fined £1,600 for illegally servicing a boiler at a home in Honiton which was later classed as "immediately dangerous". David Dawes serviced the boiler at a property in Chestnut Way on a number of occasions after it was fitted in 2005, However, the last service he
30/01/2015
A landlord is to convert an office building in Peterborough town centre into a number of luxurious apartments. Lindum Peterborough has started construction work on the disused office building for Cross Keys Homes. Each of the one-bedroom apartments will be let for rent and will be ready for people
30/01/2015
Construction firm Carillion has opened a new training centre in Southampton. The centre will offer apprenticeships in construction skills to 160 young people each year. The new centre in Brooklands Courtyard, Millbrook, Southampton, represents a £500,000 investment by Carillion and replaces a prev
30/01/2015
The number of detached homes developed increased by 24% last year, according to figures from the National Home Building Council (NHBC). The renewed vigour in the detached market comes as NHBC reported a 9% increase in the overall volumes of homes registered from 133,670 in 2013 to 145,174 in 2014.
29/01/2015
Bouygues UK has won a contract with citizenM to build a new hotel in east London. Enabling works are being carried out on the Holy Well Lane site in Hackney, which will be home to the new eight-storey, 216-room boutique citizenM hotel, based in Shoreditch. The hotel is scheduled for completion i
29/01/2015
Construction firm Galliford Try, through its Partnerships business, has been selected four new contracts in the extra care and affordable housing sectors, worth an overall £72 million. Partnerships has signed contracts with the ExtraCare Charitable Trust (ECCT) for its new £36 million retirement vi
29/01/2015
The Chief Executive of the Highways Agency is to step down in the summer. Mr Graham Dalton has worked in the post for 7 years and ed the agency through a time of financial constraint. Mr Dalton said: "It has been a privilege to lead the Highways Agency through such an exciting time. I am leaving t
29/01/2015
Laing O'Rourke has been chosen to design and develop a new cancer hospital in Liverpool. The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust plans to expand its services with a new hospital on the same site as the Royal Liverpool University Hospital and the University of Liverpool. The plans wer
29/01/2015
Crossrail's 1,000-tonne tunnel machine Elizabeth has successfully broke into Liverpool Street station this morning, Thursday. The breakthrough, 40m beneath the City of London, is part of Crossrail's longest tunnel drive, 8.3km from Limmo Peninsula, near Canning Town, to Farringdon. Elizabeth now
29/01/2015
EC Harris has scooped an eight year contract with Lloyds Banking Group (LBG) to run its Design and Construction function. The firm will be responsible for the delivery of all of LBG's Capital Delivery activities. EC Harris will also take on additional services including investment planning, desig
29/01/2015
Showcasing the most exciting new tiling trends, Grestec Tiles will be exhibiting at the Surface Design Show 2015. Grestec Tiles will be presenting a handpicked selection of their most aspirational new tile ranges for 2015. From beautiful natural stone tones and textures to ancient Japanese inspired
29/01/2015
The Federation of Master Builders (FMB) is calling on the Government and industry to work together to develop at least 200,000 homes a year by 2020. The call forms part of the FMB's 'Programme for Government' which was launched in Parliament on Wednesday. Brian Berry, Chief Executive of the FMB, s
28/01/2015
EDF Energy is to cut its gas prices by 1.3%, effective from 11 February. The reduction will decrease EDF Energy's average standard variable gas prices from £646 to £637 a year and its dual fuel prices from £1,164 to £1,155. The cut will benefit around one million customers. Beatrice Bigois, Man
28/01/2015
Capita is to acquire Constructiononline for £35 million, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has confirmed. Constructionline is one of the UK's procurement and supply chain management services and was set up by BIS (formerly the Department of the Environment, Transport and the
28/01/2015
A firm in Gateshead has been fined £10,000 after the roof of a temporary extension at Lynemouth Power Station was blown off in high winds, putting workers and others at risk. A 25-metre span of the roof, that was around six metres long and weighed two tonnes, was blown off its eight-metre high scaf
28/01/2015
The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government has welcomed plans for up to 24,000 new homes to be developed in London. Mr Eric Pickles said he supports the proposals by the Mayor of London, Bori Johnson, to establish Mayoral Development Corporation to lead the transformation of Old Oa
28/01/2015
Developer Berkeley has launched a new £2 million Innovation Fund which challenges individuals and inventors, as well as companies and universities, to come up with ideas that change the way people think and work in construction. 42 people lost their lives on building sites in England in 2013 and ov
28/01/2015
Anchor has selected social housing contractor Forrest to deliver planned investment works across 15,000 properties in Yorkshire, North East, North West and Cumbria. The planned works could be worth up to £350 million nationally. Projects under the framework agreement include roofing, electrical an
28/01/2015
A school clothing company based in St Albans called in Cemplas Waterproofing and Concrete Repairs Ltd to carry out a survey and inspection of the external concrete ring beams at their head office property. The first stage when undertaking any Concrete Repair is for Cemplas trained operatives to ass
28/01/2015
It's been two and a half decades since Jon Hague joined the company on 20th January 1990. The Company was very different then, having enjoyed a successful growth through the 70's & 80's the Company found a global influx of cheap manufactured far eastern imports threatening the high integrity fasten
27/01/2015
The keys of a £30 million Aerospace Research Centre in Coventry have been handed over to the Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC). International property and construction consultancy, Gleeds and main contractor, Wates Construction, were selected for the development project. The centre, designed b
27/01/2015
Energy specialist, Willmott Dixon, has been chosen to deliver efficiency improvements to over 12,000 homes in Leeds. The 'Better Homes Yorkshire' programme involves the collaboration of several partners such as Leeds City Region Enterprise Partnership (LEP), the West Yorkshire Combined Authority an
27/01/2015
The final plans for the construction of Europe's longest substantially-segregated urban cycleways, have been announced by the Mayor of London. The revised plans go to the Transport for London (TfL) board next week. Construction of the routes will begin in March if they are approved. Two continuous
27/01/2015
Construction work has started on a new road to open Doncaster's Waterfront development site. A new road link connecting to the junction at Holmes Market roundabout will pass through National Grid's site to provide direct access into the wider 15 hectare development site. Doncaster Council complete
27/01/2015
Plans for a £10.4m housing development in Bournemouth are to be considered by the Council's Cabinet tomorrow, 28 January. The proposals are for up to 56 new homes to be built in the town centre, on the 9-11 St Stephen's Road car park site, near Bournemouth Square. The properties will consist of th
27/01/2015
£400,000 of government funding has been secured to develop the Monkton Heathfield urban extension in Taunton Deane. The council successfully bid for funding from the £5m Local Capacity Fund designed to help bring extra resources to large housing schemes across the country. Schemes had to involve a
27/01/2015
The construction industry will need more than 200,000 new workers over the next five years, new figures have revealed. The Construction Industry Training Board's (CITB), Construction Skills Network Forecast predicts that 44,690 workers will need to be recruited annually. The figures revealed that
27/01/2015
Siemens is the UK market leader in traffic solutions including intersection and pedestrian traffic controllers, intelligent urban traffic control systems, public transport priority and car park guidance systems. Siemens UK has a regular requirement for wide temperature UPS solutions to integrate wi
26/01/2015
Carillion has signed two contracts, worth approximately £200 million, to provide a range of hard and soft facilities management services to the National Offender Management Service for public sector prisons. Selected by the UK Ministry of Justice, one contract will provide services in prisons in Lo
26/01/2015
A council is to challenge the Government on its guidance which limits the number of homes built on small development sites. Richmondshire Distract Council said while the new government guidance will be treated as a material planning consideration it will continue to apply its policy of requiring af
26/01/2015
Government research has been approved to carry out the feasibility work on a low carbon heating project led by energy firm E.ON, working with the University of Exeter and technology providers SK Solar and Star Renewable Energy. The work is to create a UK-first community-wide energy scheme based on
26/01/2015
Orbit Homes has been chosen to develop 30 homes in Epsom. Selected by Epsom and Ewell Borough Council initial plans for the Hollymoor Lane site includes a mix of houses and flats to be made available for shared ownership and rent. The site is also set to include a two-bedroom wheelchair accessible
26/01/2015
Keepmoat has appointed former MD of Balfour Beatty's regional business to its team. Mr Mark Cutler will join the executive team as Managing Director of Keepmoat's Regeneration division. Mr Cutler has an impressive track record of growing businesses while improving financial and operational perform
26/01/2015
BAM Construction in Cardiff has placed orders of over £130m to Welsh businesses over the last five years. BAM has recently started work on a £16m contract to build a medical research facility at Cardiff University, and is behind other current projects such as a £12m redevelopment of Cyfarthfa Retai
26/01/2015
Housing association Cross Key Homes has acquired its first properties for rent in Peterborough. Cross Keys Homes has now registered a new company called Cambridgeshire Homes to embark on new more commercial housing. Having purchased an existing block of apartments at Saffron Court on Park Road, Ca
26/01/2015
Many homeowners and business owners choose tarmacadam surfacing for their driveways. There is no doubting its durability as a driveway surface however; temperature fluctuations caused by the change in weather can actually cause the surface to deteriorate. Sometimes hairline cracks can appear in the
23/01/2015
Wandsworth Council has approved planning permission for 20 new homes to be developed in Nine Elms. The new development on the Patmore Estate will replace a disused garage area off Deeley Road. The proposal is for a part four, part five storey brick building to provide a mix of one, two and three
23/01/2015
Construction firm Osborne has been selected to build 18 new homes for Hackney Council. The firm will also be recruiting six apprentices as well as a minimum of a quarter of its workforce from the borough. The development includes 14 shared ownership and four market sale homes, to help pay for the
23/01/2015
Energy firm Npower has confirmed it is to reduce its gas prices for customers by 5.1%. The price cut will come into effect from 16 February and could save consumers an average of £35. In a statement the firm said: "We're really pleased that we're able to pass on the benefits of lower wholesale cos
23/01/2015
Residents interested in building their own homes are being urged to sign up to Oldham Council's new online register. The register is part of the councils plans to make it easier for people who would like to build their own houses to get their projects off the ground. The register has been set up s
23/01/2015
An annual apprenticeship programme has been launched in Salford. Salix Homes are looking for applicants to join its apprenticeship recruitment programme, which aims to help people out of work learn new skills. The scheme, in its third year, has taken on nine local people, all of which have gone on
23/01/2015
Sovereign Housing Association is to provide 32 homes at a housing development in Swindon. The first of the homes at Commonhead housing development will be completed in summer 2015. The new homes include 18 one-bedroom and one two-bedroom apartments, eight two-bedroom houses, four three-bedroom hou
23/01/2015
Growth in the construction sector is showing signs of a slowdown according to a report released today. While 2014 saw an increase, with the sector expanding by 2.8 per cent on the previous year, when compared to the 25.2 per cent rise in 2013, it is clear that the pace of growth has slowed. The re
23/01/2015
4,000 homes are to be developed in Oxfordshire by 2021 after a £108.6m investment was given the go-ahead. Minister Greg Clarke MP signed a local growth deal which will also create 6,000 jobs. £15.7m of investment has been confirmed for the first year commencing 2015/2016 with a further £92.9 milli
23/01/2015
Construction union UCATT has appointed Neil Andrews as its new Chair. He was elected by the union's Executive Council. Mr Andrews succeeds Neil Vernon whose terms of office had been completed. Mr Vernon remains a member of the Executive Council representing the Midlands Region. Mr Andrews is a jo
23/01/2015
Klimate High Speed Doors have been installing their UK made range of high speed, rapid roll doors now for over 20 years. In that time they have installed them in a wide variety of places from car production plants and food process lines to highways salt stores and even underground. The latest batch
22/01/2015
A £1 million housing development in Hattersley is now complete. The eight bungalows, for Peak Valley Housing Association, are located on Helston Close. The bungalows at Helston Close are the latest in a series of developments which have seen Peak Valley Housing Association, Tameside Council, Barra
22/01/2015
Housebuilder Lovell has appointed a new operations manager for its Eastern region business. Mr Andrew Jones, who joins Lovell from construction firm Lindum York, will be responsible for the operational delivery of all Lovell schemes in Yorkshire, the East Midlands and the North East. He will be bas
22/01/2015
Sandwell Council has given the go-ahead for 41 sustainable modular homes to be built on the former Atlas Metals site in Smethwick. The houses by Mar City Homes Ltd are to be developed in Cranford Street. The council is buying 19 two-bedroom, 18 three-bedroom and four four-bedroom properties with t
22/01/2015
Building firm, Morgan Sindall, has been selected, initially in preconstruction services, to a package of works to develop and upgrade six schools for the London Borough of Southwark. The contracts, with a total value of £40 million, will be to remodel four existing schools and deliver two new build
22/01/2015
Construction work on a new housing project in Liverpool is now underway. The £1.5 million development, for Liverpool Mutual Homes (LMH), which will face on to Duncan Street, is also part of the Tribeca project. LMH will manage the homes that have been designed by DK Architects and are being develo
22/01/2015
Carmarthenshire County Council has become the first Welsh authroituy to suspend its Right to Buy scheme. The Housing (Wales) Measure 2011 allows local authorities to apply for permission to suspend the Right to Buy and Right to Acquire locally to help tackle housing pressures. Carmarthenshire Counc
22/01/2015
A social club in Stockton has been fined over £2,000 for unlicensed removal of asbestos from its premises. Elm Tree Social Club pleaded guilty to four offences under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 when they appeared at Teesside Magistrates' Court. The court heard how committee members
22/01/2015
SSE and Dorset City Council are to start essential maintenance work on Bridge Street in Christchurch. British Telecom (BT) will replace and re-route ducts with two one-day closures at the beginning and the end of the work. SSE will be working on changing and redirecting cables. It will use the seco
22/01/2015
Work to develop a £13.8 million extra care scheme on the former British Sugar site, Silverwoods, in Kidderminster is starting. Silverwoods is a 70 acre mixed use site in the Stour Valley and will contain 250 homes, offices, light commercial premises, a hotel, a public house, food and general retail
22/01/2015
As one of the leading installers of safety surfacing and outdoor surfacing throughout the UK, we regularly install our safety surfacing in a number of nurseries, schools and sports centres. In these places there are children and sometimes vulnerable adults and the nature of the industry means that o
21/01/2015
EDF Energy has confirmed its Dungeness B nuclear power station will continue to generate low carbon electricity until 2028. The decision, to extend the life of the station by ten years, came following a £150 million investment programme. The station will also be subject to continuing independent s
21/01/2015
The preferred construction partner has been selected as part of the consortium bid led by GLL for the £41 million York Community Stadium and Leisure Complex scheme. ISG has been chosen to develop a new home stadium for York's professional football and rugby teams, as well as including leisure, ret
21/01/2015
Some £12m is to be invested to speed up the redevelopment of the Millennium Mills site at the Royal Docks in London. The site has been out of use since the early 1980s but work has now begun on renovating the factory building ahead of its conversion into a brand new centre for business and enterpri
21/01/2015
A planning application for the refurbishment of 100 Liverpool Street in London has been submitted by British Land and GIC. Under the proposed plans, a further three floors, covering 135,000 sq ft will be added to 100 Liverpool Street, and the 9th floor of the building will include a restaurant with
21/01/2015
Severn Trent Water can now generate more energy from waste following Costain's upgrade of a Rugby sewage treatment works. The £3.2 million project involved the installation of sludge thickening and mixing equipment to improve digester performance at the plant’s sludge treatment facility. This inc
21/01/2015
A construction union has slammed anti-union attitudes at the £250 million waste to energy construction site being built at Wilton by SITA SEMBCORP UK. UCATT Union officials said when they tried to get into the site to speak to the workers the management on the site were "extremely hostile" to them,
21/01/2015
A businessman who allowed the spread of asbestos in an industrial building by not employing licensed contractors to remove the potentially deadly material, has been fined £8,000 and ordered to pay £7,400 in costs. Peter Rees, the owner of a business unit in Eagle Farm Road on the Mochdre Business P
21/01/2015
AnyScale Ltd is awarded Product Innovation Award by Building and Construction Review for their QuickScale software QuickScale is the simple way for taking measurements and areas off pdf drawings. Our customers call it simple because that’s what it is. QuickScale takes measurements from 2D drawings
21/01/2015
Simem manufacture high quality batching plants and mixers. They have over 50 years' experience with various projects and clients worldwide. We have formed a successful partnership throughout 2014 on projects for Crossrail, in the USA and supporting existing UK clients. The project portfolio for Sim
20/01/2015
Construction work has started on a £160m renewable energy plant in Snetterton. The 44.2MW straw-powered biomass plant will create jobs and help to drive the regeneration of the Snetterton area. The plant will have capacity to generate enough electricity to meet the needs of 82,000 homes and the po
20/01/2015
Construction firm Willmott Dixon is to develop 88 homes which will make way for a Hertfordshire school to build much needed new facilities. The company was selected by Cornerstone for a deal with Cheshunt School to cross-fund a range of enhancements by developing 88 homes within the school site in
20/01/2015
The Housing and Planning Minister has announced the preferred bidder to take over the Planning Portal. Minister Brandon Lewis confirmed business support company TerraQuest is the preferred bidder and he said the move would increase investment in the Portal service and ensure it continues to deliver
20/01/2015
Six West Chesire College construction students have begun work placements at a £19.5m redevelopment in Blacon. The students, aged between 16 and 19, have started a two-week placement on the project by Santiary Housing which will see the creation of 62 new homes, as well as a community centre, libra
20/01/2015
Capita Asset Services has partnered with Lloyds Banking Group to launch a new scheme which will help more people to build or customise their own homes. The Custom and Self Build (CSB) scheme, supported by Countrywide, will also help local authorities with land to develop to both attract buyers and
20/01/2015
The Mayor of London has announced £145m funding to carry our repair and renovation work on old council homes. Boris Johnson has said the funding will go towards replacing dilapidated roofs, doors and windows, to rewiring, and updating outmoded bathrooms and kitchens. The funds will be used on int
20/01/2015
The Highways Agency is to start work repairing bridges over the M6 in Cheshire. The £3m project, which is due to begin later this week, includes repairs to two bridges which carry Congleton Road and Betchon Road at Malkins Bank over the M6 between junction 16 at Barthomley and junction 17 at Sandba
20/01/2015
Allies and Morrison has been selected by Guildford Borough Council as its town centre masterplanners. The project team also includes transport expertise from Arup and property advice from GVA. The Town Centre Masterplan will adopt a commercial approach whilst reflecting on the work of the Guildfor
19/01/2015
Plans to build an energy development in Norwich have been unveiled. The £325 million project, with a proposed name of Generation Park Norwich, is led by NPH (Norwich) LLP, a partnership which includes the University of East Anglia. The scheme would feature a low carbon, renewable, clean Community
19/01/2015
Construction firm Kier has scooped new contracts in the Middle East worth £145 million. The company has been named preferred bidder for a £100m mixed-use development in Dubai, as well as two infrastructure contracts totalling £15m on a major new leisure park project for the region. In Saudi Arabia
19/01/2015
Phoenix Community Housing is to build its first ever housing development in Lewisham. The firm will construct 60 new 'extra care' homes which will enable more older people to live independently, with a changing package of support as their needs charge. The development next to Hazelhurst Court SE6
19/01/2015
Building firm Britcon has started works on site to deliver a £2.6 million, 30,000 sq. ft. extension to the Langage Science Park in Plymouth. Britcon has been appointed to design and build the project by Plymouth City Council, the owners of the site. Britcon is delivering two new blocks comprisin
19/01/2015
Local Government Secretary, Eric Pickles, has turned down plans to regenerate the Welsh Streets in Liverpool. The Mayor of Liverpool Joe Anderson has condemned the decision despite it being recommended for approval by an independent Planning Inspector. Under the plans, 271 damp and run down homes
19/01/2015
British Gas is to cut gas prices by 5%. Dur to come into effect on 27 February, the price cut reflects the recent fall in wholesale gas prices. Iain Conn, Chief Executive of Centrica, said: "We've been watching the significant moves in the international energy market extremely closely for some ti
19/01/2015
Balfour Beatty has been appointed as the sole contractor to a new UK-wide civil engineering and infrastructure framework for public works, valued at up to £1.5 billion. The framework runs until February 2019 and individual projects are expected to be valued at up to £40 million. The national frame
19/01/2015
London Build 2015, June 18th & 19th, will focus exclusively on London and the South of England. This two day event will feature a 200+ booth exhibition, a CPD accredited conference and training workshops with over 50 top level speakers, an exclusive industry Gala Dinner and the London Construction
19/01/2015
Plans for a 'pop-up' housing scheme have been revealed by Lewisham Council. The development has been put together in collaboration with Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners. Details of the proposed scheme are available online and at Lewisham library. Local residents will have the opportunity to put que
19/01/2015
Construction firm Morgan Sindall has donated high vis jackets to a primary school in Somerset. The jackets will be used by pupils and staff from Holy Trinity Primary School during day trips and walks in the local community, including regular trips to the local Octagon theatre. Morgan Sindall staf
16/01/2015
A non-profitable housing association is to build 570 new homes in Knowsley, Merseyside. The announcement from KHT also includes 251 homes for shared ownership and outright sale, as part of the total 570 new homes being delivered across the borough by the First Ark Group, over the next three years.
16/01/2015
Five tower blocks in Salford have been transformed. Salix Homes worked with contractor Emanuel Whittaker on the £11m redevelopment in the Greengate area. Greyfriar Court and Riverbank and Newbank Towers has just been finished and last year improvement work was completed at Whitefriar Court, and in
16/01/2015
Construction union UCATT is calling on underpaid workers to contact them after 37 firms were named, shamed and fined for paying workers below the minimum wage. Two construction firms in Scotland were on the list. Wood Joiners & Builders Ltd, Edinburgh, neglected to pay £3,373.19 to four workers a
16/01/2015
Building work has started on new houses in Gateshead. The 99 new homes are being constructed by Gateshead Regeneration Partnership, a combination of house builder Galliford Try, affordable landlord Home Group and Gateshead Council in the Bensham and Saltwell area. The first homes are expected to b
16/01/2015
Personal computer vendor Lenovo has selected Turner & Townsend to provide cost management services for the development of a new Research and Development Centre in China. The firm is currently working on the software firm's newest centre, from design stage to practical completion. Located in Wuhan
16/01/2015
£125,000 of grants have been secured to develop more than 300 new homes on three brownfield sites in North East Lincolnshire. Three winning bids were made by the council in competitions run by the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) and the Planning Advisory Service (PAS) to pilo
16/01/2015
A major housing development in North Reddish is now complete. Stockport Homes' unveiled 51 new homes developed on the former site of Fir Tree Primary School. The Fir Tree development has been part funded by the Homes and Communities Agency and has seen Stockport Homes work with Stockport Council a
16/01/2015
The Federation of Master Builders (FMB) has welcomed the Government's 'Starter Homes' initiative, which aims to allow more new homes to be brought forward. A number of FMB housebuilders have pledged their support for the scheme. Brian Berry, FMB Chief Executive, said: "The Government's recognition
15/01/2015
BAM Construction has been selected to build a new Science and Health Building for Coventry University. The £37 million contract will bring together the Faculty of Health and Life Science's teaching and research facilities into a 'superlab', in February. The five-storey, 120,000 sq ft building on M
15/01/2015
A new construction training academy has officially opened in Downham. The Building Lives Training Academy, located in the Meadows Community Centre, is the first of its kind in Lewisham and will offer a wide range of taster and foundation courses as well as 18-month paid traineeships. The academy
15/01/2015
Residents are invited to give their opinions on the latest plans for the Education and Enterprise Campus in Twickenham, ahead of the planning application being submitted in February 2015. The consultation includes previous feedback from residents and information on how responses have influenced the
15/01/2015
A new development of apartments is to be built at the International Sports Village in Cardiff Bay, Wales. The new framework has been developed by regeneration specialist Bellerophon BPL and can be accessed in Wales via Porthcwlis, a development company owned by Welsh housing association RCT Homes.
15/01/2015
Chesterfield Borough Council is to start an assessment to see if land in Ashgate is suitable to develop new homes. The council is considering selling the land at Linacre Road to housing developers in phases of eight to ten acres. The council has a requirement to build 380 homes each year and curre
15/01/2015
One Vision Housing has been appointed to commission the development 42 new properties in Liverpool. The development, at Seeds Lane in Aintree, includes 8 affordable rent properties comprising of two bedroom apartments, two, three and four bedroom homes and a two bedroom bungalow, as well as 14 shar
15/01/2015
A recycling and resource management company has been fined over £110,000 for a breaching permit at Surrey landfill site. SITA UK Ltd was fined for breaching the conditions of its environmental permit and for failing to comply with an Enforcement Notice for its landfill site at Albury Landfill, Albu
15/01/2015
CES Hire will be exhibiting at the UK Concrete show at the Birmingham National Exhibition Centre (NEC) for the third year in a row this February 25th and 26th. You can visit us over the two days on stand A9, which we are sharing with mixer supplier Baron UK. We can now confirm the machines we ar
14/01/2015
Vinci Environment UK has scooped the AmeyCespa contract to build the energy-from-waste unit in Allerton. The 50/50 joint venture (JV) between Vinci Construction UK and Vinci Environnement, is part of the future multi-process waste centre of the County of North Yorkshire and City of York. The desig
14/01/2015
Construction firm Willmott Dixon has been selected to build Doncaster's fist new primary school in 30 years. The £4.4 million contract to develop Carr Lodge Academy will also include Scape's Sunesis solution. Sunesis is a suite of standardised designs that dramatically reduce the cost and time it
14/01/2015
The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has formed a new Council provide advice on the skills challenges facing construction and help shape the organisation's future direction. The Council's main role will be to advise CITB’s new 8-member Board, which was appointed by Skills Minister Nick B
14/01/2015
A Costain/Skanska UK joint venture (JV) has won the contract to create an underground link between Paddington Station's Crossrail and Bakerloo Line platforms for London Underground Limited (LUL). The contract is worth approximately £20 million to the Costain Group. The 125m-long tunnelled link wi
14/01/2015
The UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) has appointed a new Chief Executive. Julie Hirigoyen will replace Chief Executive Paul King and will assume the position in April 2015. Julie will lead the industry-backed charity as it goes into its eighth year of campaigning for a sustainable built environme
14/01/2015
Road improvement work is to begin on the A12 in Lowestoft on Monday 19th January. The work will be in both directions between St Peters Street and Station Square. The resurfacing project, which includes renewing new road studs and road markings is due to be complete by Friday 6th February. Highwa
14/01/2015
A housing association in Petersborough is carrying out a development programme which will see 500 new homes built every year until 2018. In support of the National Housing Federation's 'End the housing crisis within a generation' campaign, Cross Keys Homes has already built 1,000 new homes and last
14/01/2015
Staff and pupils celebrated the last beam being placed on a £5 million Derbyshire Primary School. The building is to replace the the old school in Blacks Lane. Councillor Kevin Gillott, Cabinet Member for Children and Young People, joined North Wingfield Primary School's headteacher Simon Dormand
14/01/2015
Laing O'Rourke has announced applications are now open for its Apprentice and Cadet programmes. The four-year programme gives participants a formal college education, where they will gain anything from an NVQ 2 up to an HNC, alongside substantial on-the-job training, supported by experienced trades
14/01/2015
When it was discovered that an external concrete staircase was leaking and allowing water ingress into an a swimming pool area below, Cemplas Waterproofing and Concrete Repairs Ltd were called in by Roak and asked to propose a remedial prevention measure. The existing paving and finishes were remov
13/01/2015
Nuclear Management Partners (NMP) has been stripped of a £9 million deal to clean up the nuclear waste at Sellafield, the government has announced. In a statement the NMP said it was "surprised" and "naturally disappointed" about the decision. Iain Irving, NMP General Manager said: "We will be wor
13/01/2015
Big Issue Invest and the Mayor of London have announced a partnership to bring empty properties back into use. Mr Boris Johnson has awarded a £10 million loan from his Housing Covenant to Big Issue Invest who help small community organisation's to renovate empty homes or buildings to convert them i
13/01/2015
Energy firm E.ON is to cut its gas prices by 3.5% with immediate effect. Commenting on the move, Tony Cocker, Chief Executive of E.ON UK, said: "Today's 3.5% cut to our standard gas price and the launch of the UK's cheapest energy tariff, our one year fixed product, demonstrate that we fundamentall
13/01/2015
Two residential developers have been selected by the University of Cambridge to build the market housing on the North West Cambridge Development. Countryside and Hill will deliver 400 homes in the first phase of the development. All 400 market homes as well as the 700 University key worker homes t
13/01/2015
Construction firm Willmott Dixon has completed work on an £11m restoration project on Leicester City Council's headquarters. The contractor began to restore the 1930's building in Charles Street last year. In addition to the sensitive restoration of original Art Deco features, the firm has also cr
13/01/2015
A building firm has been fined after an employee broke his back when he was struck by the bucket on a digger. RMC Building & Civil Engineering Ltd, of Perivale Business Park, Horsenden Lane, Greenford, London, was fined £1,500 and ordered to pay costs of £1,117 after pleading guilty to a single br
13/01/2015
A local innovator with a brilliant new idea for saving energy has released a new IPAD APP called "Energy Review". Chorley based Crowberry Consulting Ltd created the APP to support businesses to achieve the International Energy Management Standard ISO 50001. As a free to download APP, on the Apple St
13/01/2015
Substantial flooding to a subterranean hall with dance floor resulted in severe damage to the walls and floor, which has been rectified by specialist contractor Oak Damp Proofing using materials from Delta Membrane Systems. Water had seeped through the junction of the wall and the floor, at the Bou
12/01/2015
Bouygues UK has been appointed to develop 150 new homes in the London Borough of Westminster. Appointed by Taylor Wimpey, the work on Paddington Exchange, which is due to start this month, will see the transformation of a former car park into a new mixed-use, which will provide a combination of 1,
12/01/2015
Construction firm Eric Wright has been selected to build new headquarters for Cumbria County Council. Approval for the downsizing deal enables the council to go ahead with its Better Places For Work project, which will see office accommodation in the city decrease from 22 buildings to two. It curr
12/01/2015
Lafarge Tarmac has signed an agreement with London Resort Company Holdings (LRCH) to sell land required for the delivery of the proposed London Paramount Entertainment Resort in North Kent. The land, known as Swanscombe Peninsula, covers 388 acres and was formerly the largest cement plant in the U
12/01/2015
Salford has received a £1.6 million New Homes Bonus for bringing empty properties back into use. 220 properties were renovated between October 2013 and 2014. The council, with the help of a £2.5 million grant from government, targeted properties which have lain empty for more than six months, help
12/01/2015
The Welsh Government has announced it is acting to outlaw the use of umbrella firms on its construction projects. Construction union UCATT has welcomed the news as it has been campaigning against the use of umbrella companies since their wide scale introduction into the construction industry in Apr
12/01/2015
Planning permission has been approved for a new £2.6 million pedestrian and cycle bridge in Carlisle. The bridge, to connect Currock and Denton Holme, is scheduled to be open in spring 2016 after work begins this summer. The new bridge is being funded with national money given by the Department fo
12/01/2015
Unite Students has acquired a development site, subject to planning, in the centre of Coventry. It is hoped the site will provide a home for approximately 280 students and is scheduled to be open in time for the 2017/18 academic year. The scheme is expected to achieve returns in line with Unite's
12/01/2015
Artificial grass installation has become more and more popular than in the past where it was deemed unsightly and didn't look as realistic as the artificial grass available on the market today. One of the most common questions we are asked by our customers is how the artificial grass can be kept c
09/01/2015
Sovereign Housing Association has announced it is to develop 85 homes in Bristol. The three sites are at Bath Road, Brislington, Hotwell Road, Hotwells and the old Gas World showroom in Redcliffe. Twenty-six two-bedroom apartments for Shared Ownership will be built on the site of the former Gas Wo
09/01/2015
Plans for a new community fire station in Northumberland have been approved. The go-ahead was given to relocate Hexham Community Fire Station to a site at Hexham General Hospital from the current facility on the Tyne Mills Industrial Estate. The scheme has involved partnership working between Nort
09/01/2015
Hanson Building Products in Accrington have restarted production, 7 years after the firm was forced to close the Lancashire factory. The decision to reopen the factory, following a £1.6 million investment and the creation of over 30 new jobs, comes as the company tries to meet the soaring demand by
09/01/2015
Construction firm Willmott Dixon has appointed former Education Funding Agency (EFA) director as its education sector director. Mr Mike Colman will add further 'fire-power' to Willmott Dixon's ability to create high quality, sustainable schools across England and Wales. His previous experience inc
09/01/2015
Bellway Homes has been appointed to develop new properties for Colne Housing in Uttlesford, Essex. Building work has started on a mixture of 20 properties for affordable rent or part-buy part-rent are being built in Stanley Road, Great Chesterford. There are currently around 1,500 households in Ut
09/01/2015
Cheshire East Council's Cabinet has approved plans to set up a building and planning support consultancy. The new company, owned and controlled by the council, will provide a one-stop shop for people who are seeking advice or planning to make investments. Private sector providers are moving into t
09/01/2015
Work has begun on the second phase to improve a route in north Liverpool, according to the Liverpool Express. It involves the resurfacing of the A59 Rice Lane between Mosedale Road up to and including the Hornby Road junction, along with improvement to traffic signals and footways. The work is par
09/01/2015
A waste management company has been ordered to pay almost £170,000 for safety failings after an employee suffered multiple injuries when he was crushed between a truck and a skip at a site in Essex. Kier MG Ltd, of Tempsford Hall, Sandy, Bedfordshire, was fined a total of £160,000 and ordered to pa
08/01/2015
Keepmoat has secured a further three contract worth an estimated £11 million with Your Homes Newcastle (YHM). Keepmoat will develop 42 bungalows on Ferguson Lane, Newcastle in a bid to bring modern, spacious new homes to older people in the area. The £3.3m project is anticipated to begin in June 20
08/01/2015
The government has announced the areas that have been shortlisted to become the first housing zones in England. A shortlist of 29 areas outside London have been published, each of which have bid to become one of 10 housing zones, where it will be easier and quicker to build new homes on brownfield
08/01/2015
Wates Living Space has scooped two refurbishment contracts worth a total of £5.2m. The firm has been appointed to deliver a £3.2m external refurbishment programme for Nottingham City Homes and a £2m contract to install external wall insulation for over 500 flats and houses on behalf of Gedling Home
08/01/2015
Planning applications have been submitted for two of the first sections of the proposed extension of the Monsal trail from Bakewell to Matlock in Derbyshire. The trail will mainly follow the existing footpath next to the Peak Rail track from Matlock to Rowsley and in most places will be 3m wide.
08/01/2015
The Midas Group has appointed a new director to lead its Devon and Cornwall division. Midas Construction has named Andy McAdam as its new Divisional Director for Devon and Cornwall. Mr McAdam has more than 30 years' experience within the construction industry, 25 of which have been spent in the S
08/01/2015
Primrose Solar is being provided with £60m from M&G Investments to finance five UK solar wind farms. The inflation-linked financing is repayable over 18.5 years and is provided by M&G's clients seeking secure cash flows over the long term. The financing is secured against five solar farms, with a
07/01/2015
Buckingham Group Contracting has been appointed to develop the new Barwell Stand for the Northampton Saints next summer. Work will begin on the Barwell Stand immediately after the end of the current campaign, with the seating and control room expected to be completed in time for the start of the 20
07/01/2015
Rooftop Housing Group has submitted a planning application to Wychavon District Council to build new flats in Evesham. The plans would see 29 flats built on the site of a derelict factory and warehouse and a car repair garage in Brick Kiln Street in Evesham town centre. If the plans get the go ahe
07/01/2015
Construction firm Balfour Beatty has scooped a £32m contract to develop the Baltic Triangle in Liverpool. The project, which is expected to last two years, consists of a three-tower residential development in Liverpool city centre for developer Neptune Investments. Balfour Beatty will develop 324
07/01/2015
The Welsh Government has announced £1.9m in further funding for flood defence improvements in West Rhyl. The investment brings the Welsh Government's funding to £6.3m for the overall scheme which, once completed, will mean a reduced flood risk to more than 2,600 residential homes and commercial pro
07/01/2015
Planning applications have been approved for two new leisure centres in Sheffield. The developments, incorporating swimming pools and gyms as well as health and research facilities as part of the National Centre for Sport and Exercise Medicine (NCSEM), will be built on the site of the current Grave
07/01/2015
After a very successful first year of trading, the Drain Doctor franchise based in Doncaster is now covering Rotherham and Barnsley. The franchise has expanded its fleet of vans equipped with the very latest technology for Jetting and CCTV reporting on new sites and developments. With each new van
06/01/2015
Skanska has announced it has completed the redevelopment of its northern hub, Bentley Works in Doncaster. Bentley Works will accommodate colleagues from across the business. Skanska UK's project development team led the collaboration of the various teams delivering the project. The development p
06/01/2015
An £11 million contract to design, upgrade and install over 40km of cables for London Underground has been awarded to Balfour Beatty's Power Systems business. The project includes the installation of 11kV and 22kV electricity cables, as well as fibre optic pilot cables and the decommissioning of ol
06/01/2015
The Mayor of London is to pump millions of pounds of funding to launch two new schemes to help Londoners into affordable home ownership and speed up the delivery of new homes. Shared ownership helps people on low to medium incomes own a home, requiring lower deposits, and will be given a further fu
06/01/2015
Improvement work on the M50 junction 1 near Twyning Green, Gloucestershire is to begin on 16 January. The work, to be carried out by the Highways Agency includes repairing an embankment and installing a new safety barrier, drainage, road markings and traffic signs. The hard shoulder will be resurfa
06/01/2015
The Grimsby Institute Group (GIG) is one of England's largest providers of further and higher education. The groups Nuns Corner Campus is home to the £20million University Centre, Grimsby, which opened its doors in 2011 and offers a dedicated home for Higher Education programmes in partnerships w
06/01/2015
Building work is now complete on a new £7m college in Liverpool. The Holly Lodge Girls' College in west Derby includes a new main teaching block built comprising new humanities classrooms, arts, music and drama spaces including an activity hall, and a Sixth Form centre with a central atrium and caf
06/01/2015
As part of the underground 'over ground station' refurbishment programme Rail track have recently approved an Apollo designed edge protection bracket that utilises Apollo’s two new design features that offer speed, efficiency and performance improvements over any other known edge protection bracketr
05/01/2015
NG Bailey has been selected to deliver all mechanical and electrical (M&E) design and installation work at an advanced factory for aerospace research. The work is for the University of Sheffield's new £43m Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) Factory 2050. Working alongside construction g
05/01/2015
Planning has been approved for the £52m Bridge Street Quarter scheme in Warrington. Muse Developments has been appointed to deliver the project in partnership with Warrington & Co and Warrington Borough Council. The scheme will provide 25,000 sq ft of retail space, 60,000 sq ft of leisure space, i
05/01/2015
Costain's Chief Executive has received a CBE in the New Year's Honours for services to construction and engineering. Andrew Wyllie is a Chartered Engineer and a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering and the Institution of Civil Engineers. His drive and vision has been instrumental in transform
05/01/2015
Construction firm Bouygues UK is to develop over 80 new homes in the London Borough of Greenwich for housing provider Family Mosaic. The £20m Creek Road development will provide a combination of 83 homes, of which 62 will be for affordable housing. The development will also include 1,800 sq m of co
05/01/2015
A Development Agreement has been signed to develop a new 20,000 capacity stadium for Brentwood Football Club. The agreement, signed by developer Wilmott Dixon and the Club, will also include other community facilities, new homes and shops. In addition, Willmott Dixon will take forward plans for Br
05/01/2015
Recently the importance of selecting appropriate playground surfaces was highlighted when a girl suffered horrendous facial injuries following a fall. DCM Surfaces have always stressed the importance of installing wet pour safety surfaces to absorb falls and minimise the risk of injury. The inciden
