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CONSTRUCTION DIRECTORY
UK Construction News Archive for May 2021
28/05/2021
Plans for a T Level facility, worth over £2million, have been submitted to Charnwood Borough Council by a team of specialists for Loughborough College. The project team - which includes project manager Thornton Firkin, architects Bond Bryan, M&E consultancy Couch Perry Wilkes (CPW) and structural e
28/05/2021
Mace has completed work on One Crown Place, the latest landmark in London, on behalf of clients MTD Group and CBRE. The development will deliver a total of 246 private apartments and a fully restored Georgian terrace which is being transformed into a 41-room luxury boutique hotel and 140,000 sq ft
28/05/2021
HS2 Ltd has unveiled a new vacuum excavation technique for piling which could have massive benefits for the wider construction industry in the UK and abroad. The innovation, developed by specialist contractors working on HS2, is better for the environment, safer for workers and reduces constructio
28/05/2021
Geo-Environmental has announced its Considerate Contractors Scheme audit is being carried out. Mike Brown, Geo-Environmental Commercial Director, said: "We had our Considerate Contractors Scheme (CCS) audit recently. These are still being done by video conferencing with the auditor at the moment, b
28/05/2021
Higgins Partnerships and Brent Council have signed a charter with Jason Roberts Foundation to form a partnership to work collaboratively in the Stonebridge community. Higgins is committed to working with the local community around all of its projects and the creation of this partnership will enable
28/05/2021
Birmingham City Council has appointed Team GB and Team England triple jumper Nathan Douglas as its Stadium Redevelopment Correspondent. He will chart progress made during the final 12 months of the Alexander Stadium's redevelopment in a series of vlogs for the council. The eight-time British champ
27/05/2021
Housebuilder Durkan has signed an agreement with the University of Cambridge to deliver up to 170 homes at its North West Cambridge Development. The deal will facilitate the delivery of one and two-bedroom apartments and three and four-bedroom homes on a key parcel of the Eddington site. The devel
27/05/2021
Stepnell has started work at Lifestory Group's new independent living community for over 60s in Wooburn Green. The Wooburn Green project, worth around £9.7million, has commenced in two stages, with enabling and demolition works previously carried out by Stepnell’s southern team in November 2020 fol
27/05/2021
EDF Renewables has announced plans to develop a 49.9 MW solar farm, Glassthorpe, between the villages of Flore and Upper Heyford, along the M1 Corridor, which will be capable of generating enough low carbon electricity for the domestic needs of 9,562 households annually. A number of ecological and
27/05/2021
Kier Highways has announced two new appointments to its Highways Senior Leadership Team. Louise McMahon has been promoted from business integration manager to head of strategy and business improvement. Neil Wilson is now also on the Highways Senior Leadership Team as the Kier Highways head of safe
27/05/2021
Oxfordshire County Council has appointed Atkins and Faithful+Gould as its capital transport Delivery partner, tasked with helping to deliver £600million of capital projects over the next four years, including Oxfordshire's Growth Deal and Housing Infrastructure Fund programmes. As the council's del
27/05/2021
Laing O'Rourke has appointed Vicky Bullivant as its first ever Group Head of Sustainability. She will join the company on 21 June from Drax Group plc, where she was Head of Sustainable Business, and will report to Group Director of Legal Madeleina Loughrey-Grant. The appointment comes a month afte
26/05/2021
Henry Brothers has started construction work on a new nursery and forest school being built at Staffordshire University's Leek Road site in Stoke-on-Trent. Due for completion in 2022, the £4.4million building will create more than 50 new nursery places for the local community. It will provide a new
26/05/2021
Hinkley Point C has announced it expects to hire 1,700 people in the next year, helping the South West economy recover from the Covid-19 pandemic. The jobs forecast comes in the latest report into the positive social and economic impact of the new nuclear power station, which will play a key role
26/05/2021
Willmott Dixon has bagged a £16million contract to build Northgate Yard, a mixed-use regeneration project in Bridgwater town centre, Somerset. Appointed by Sedgemoor District Council, the 40,000 square foot scheme provides a seven-screen cinema, eight-lane bowling alley and sports bar and has alrea
26/05/2021
Plans to develop a £54million global glass research and innovation facility located at Saints Retail Park have been given the green light. St Helens Borough Council Planning Committee granted the planning permission. The planning application was prepared and submitted by developer and landowner Ne
26/05/2021
Hammersmith & Fulham Council has selected Kier Places to deliver a programme of capital works across its 17,000 housing stock. The contract is worth up to £75million and is for an initial five years, with the opportunity to extend it by an additional two years. Under the new capital works contrac
26/05/2021
Bowmer & Kirkland (B+K) has completed work on the Bolder Academy 13 weeks ahead of schedule. Awarded through the Department for Education's National Framework, Bolder Academy is a non-denominational, mixed secondary school in the London Borough of Hounslow. The project involved the construction of
25/05/2021
Cementation Skanska has scooped a major rail deal. Cementation has been appointed by the Skanska Costain STRABAG joint venture working on behalf of HS2. Under the deal, worth £93 million, Cementation will create one of the largest current open-cut retaining boxes in Europe. The near 1km long sit
25/05/2021
Winvic Construction has been awarded the eighth contract to build a net zero carbon industrial warehouse at the 700-acre SEGRO Logistics Park East Midlands Gateway (SLPEMG). It is the first speculative development at the park, which is adjacent to East Midlands Airport and 1.5 miles from the A42/M
25/05/2021
G F Tomlinson has started construction work at Barr's Hill School in Coventry to expand and remodel existing buildings and create a new teaching block for year seven pupils. The school currently offers 655 places for children aged 11-16, plus sixth form students, and has an expansion plan to ensur
25/05/2021
Central Bedfordshire Council has selected Willmott Dixon to develop the new £43million Chiltern Vale Integrated Health and Care Hub as well as 98 homes. Located in Dunstable and procured using the LHC framework, it will bring together care professionals under one roof to deliver health and wellbein
25/05/2021
Elliott has been appointed to the LHC framework for the design, supply and installation of permanent and temporary modular buildings (MB2), which means LHC public sector clients nationwide can now access Elliott products and services more easily. Schools, hospitals, universities and housing associ
25/05/2021
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust has revealed new plans for the Evelina London Children's Hospital, which Bouygues UK is delivering for its sister company and developer, Linkcity. The new plans to extend Evelina London will enable more children and young people to be cared for by creating
25/05/2021
With control high on the national news agenda and decontamination practices more vital than ever before, Guardtech Cleanrooms are ready to heed the call of firms desperate to achieve the highest operating standards possible. The coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the need to maintain safe workin
24/05/2021
Plymouth Community Homes (PCH) is driving forward plans to build approximately 1,000 new affordable homes by 2026 after securing funding from NatWest. PCH will use the £65 million funding package to grow its existing portfolio of more than 16,000 homes. The majority of the new homes will be let at
24/05/2021
Construction work has commenced on CEG's Globe Point development within the Temple district of Leeds. BAM Construction has moved onto site to deliver the 37,800 sq ft seven-storey building on Globe Road. Responding to occupiers' expectations and the new ways of working, Globe Point will deliver som
24/05/2021
Glencar Construction has scooped a contract by Baytree to deliver a new 180,000 sq ft sustainable logistics scheme at a site in Milton Keynes. The 10.4-acre site in Fenny Lock is being developed by Baytree and seeks to be one of the most sustainable logistics developments ever built in the UK. The
24/05/2021
With control high on the national news agenda and decontamination practices more vital than ever before, Guardtech Cleanrooms are ready to heed the call of firms desperate to achieve the highest operating standards possible. The coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the need to maintain safe workin
24/05/2021
Willmott Dixon has completed construction work on a new £16million SEN school in Bridgwater. The school has been officially handed over to Somerset County Council this week. Located on Bower Lane, Polden Bower School will provide a new home for the existing Penrose and Elwood schools. Procured thr
24/05/2021
Kier Highways has been selected to deliver the £190million Area 3 maintenance and response (M&R) contract by Highways England. The contract will run for eight-years to October 2029. The contract which begins on 1 November 2021 comprises the maintenance and operational response for the strategic r
24/05/2021
Plans for the first 300 homes at Meridian Water have been approved by Enfield Council. Regeneration specialist Vistry Partnerships is working in partnership with the council to bring forward the proposals which form part of Meridian One, the first phase of this major regeneration scheme. In total,
20/05/2021
Construction work has commenced on a £7million College and Public Sector Hub facility in Horncastle, Lincolnshire. The mixed-use Public Sector Hub is one of the town's most significant developments to date and will provide further education space for Boston College, alongside acting as East Lindsey
20/05/2021
Darwin Group has started work onsite to deliver a ten-classroom teaching block for Co-op Academy Belle Vue. The new block will be built on the Connell Co-op College campus, east Manchester, and will be used to temporarily house the first intake of pupils while their main site is developed. Darwin G
20/05/2021
Hull City Council has hired a UK specialist to lead the refurbishment of the Hull Arena. The local authority has awarded contracts to Ice Tech UK for a new ice pad and air system at the rink. The building in Kingston Street is home to the region's only Olympic-sized ice rink and hosts semi-profess
20/05/2021
Plans to develop a new solar farm at Christmas Hill near South Wonston in the Winchester district have been given the green light. Winchester Action on Climate Change (WinACC) said it was "delighted" the plans had been approved. The Christmas Hill site is wedged into the v-intersection of main ro
20/05/2021
Construction work has been completed on the UK's largest engineering campus at The University of Manchester. With the conclusion of the base build phase, the Manchester Engineering Campus Development (MECD) was handed over to the University of Manchester on Friday, 14 May. Delivered by a collabor
20/05/2021
A contractor has been appointed to connect 26 tower blocks in Leeds to greener heating. Leeds City Council confirmed the work is to be completed by 2024. The £24million upgrades mean thousands of residents can expect cheaper and more reliable heating as well as warmer and healthier homes. A numbe
19/05/2021
Stepnell has commenced work on site at Lifestory Group's new independent living community for over 60s in High Wycombe, worth over £9million. The Wooburn Green project has commenced in two stages, with enabling and demolition works previously carried out by Stepnell’s southern team in November 2020
19/05/2021
Plans to transform the Emergency Department (ED) at Manchester Royal Infirmary (MRI) have been given the green light by Manchester City Council. The redevelopment will see the facilities modernised to best meet the changing needs of the local population of Manchester. This includes increased capaci
19/05/2021
Manchester-based charity, Embassy,has submitted plans to create a new community and help the city’s homeless and vulnerable men get back on their feet. Embassy has joined forces with regeneration business Peel L&P and CAPITAL&CENTRIC as well as a pro bono team across the Manchester business communi
19/05/2021
Ainscough Crane Hire has announced further details of the £30million first stage of its crane investment programme. A total of 37 new cranes set to be added to its fleet by the end of the year. The new cranes are beginning to arrive now in the UK. Last month the company welcomed the UK's first 650
19/05/2021
Plans to redevelop the former Charlie Ratchford Resource Centre on Belmont Street, London, have been given the go-ahead. Under the proposals, Vistry Partnerships London Developments will replace the redundant building with 115 one, two and three bed homes and a new landscaped courtyard, including c
19/05/2021
Plans for the Skegness Gateway urban extension have been unveiled. The proposals for Skegness Gateway, to be the subject of a Local Development Order (LDO) with East Lindsey District Council later this year, outline an all-encompassing scheme that will provide hundreds of jobs, a new college, ameni
18/05/2021
Vital Energi has scooped a Mechanical Infrastructure and Mechanical Fit Out package, worth over £7million, for Berkeley Homes' West End Gate development. Situated from the neighbourhoods of Marylebone and Little Venice, and just a one minute walk from the nearest tube (Edgware Road), West End Gate
18/05/2021
Plans have been submitted for a new residential development on brownfield land to the east of Warwick Road South in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester. The proposals were put forward by Victor (Old Trafford) Ltd, a joint venture between MC Construction and The McGoff Group. The plans include a new a
18/05/2021
Willmott Dixon has been selected to develop over 100 new homes in Hounslow. Frank Towell Court, a £31.8m housing complex, will create 102 new homes in the borough. Located in Feltham, the project will involve construction of two eight storey residential towers, a four-storey block of flats and sev
18/05/2021
Danaher & Walsh (D&W) has recruited two new apprentices to work with its Anglian Water delivery team. Lewis Uysal and Ben-Jaques Ross joined D&W following completion of a two-year full time course at Grimsby College, run in conjunction with Anglian Water. For the next two years, they will be worki
18/05/2021
Sheppard Robson has completed work on the 'Hospital Corridor in the Sky' bridge in Manchester. The link bridge will have a major role in connecting Manchester City Centre's hospitals with the wider region. Suspended 18 metres above street-level lies the new Sheppard Robson-designed, 130m-long link
18/05/2021
ENGIE has been selected as the lead constructor for over 60 energy efficient homes and apartments by the Middlesbrough Development Company and development managers Bright Ideas. The £6.5million scheme will consist of six three-bedroom and 10 two-bedroom houses, as well as 45 two-bedroom apartments
18/05/2021
Wates Residential has appointed Andrew Savege as its new Head of Partnerships. Andrew will play a key role in bidding for new developments and maintaining and developing the firm’s long-term relationships with its local authority and housing association partners. Joining with over 30 years' experi
17/05/2021
Severn Trent is to create 2,500 new jobs in the Midlands following Ofwat's announcement that it has received regulatory endorsement to invest £565million in a Green Recovery programme. The Regulator challenged all water companies to support the UK's green recovery post-pandemic. The announcement pr
17/05/2021
Caddick Construction has commenced work on a key brownfield residential scheme to deliver 112 homes on the site of the former Stonebridge Mills in Farnley, Leeds. The work is taking place on behalf of developers Rushbond Plc and Advent Developments. The £25million project called Stonebridge Beck a
17/05/2021
Vaillant has scooped a contract to supply 239 of its low carbon heat pumps to a new build housing development in Swindon, which is being led by Nationwide Building Society. Located on the outskirts of Swindon, the off-gas Oakfield development, a 239-plot development, is being managed by property de
17/05/2021
Wolverhampton Council has secured £1million government funding to demolish an old road bridge which spans a small section of the West Midlands Metro tracks in Bilston. Engineers will start work to take down the disused brick bridge in Arthur Street from Saturday 29 May following the successful bid
17/05/2021
A masterplan for a new Canal Quarter in Cardiff have been revealed. The masterplan for the area has been drawn up by the council which reimagines the east of the city centre as a vibrant and bustling district. Designed to capitalise on the city's re-opening of its hidden, historic waterways - the
17/05/2021
Buckingham Group Contracting (Buckingham) has been appointed to carry out a £100million Metro track dualling scheme in South Tyneside. Buckingham has won a £55million tender for the construction stage of Metro Flow project, which will see an existing freight line upgraded and electrified in South T
14/05/2021
GMI Construction has been appointed as the main contractor to build a new 604-bed purpose-built student accommodation scheme in Leeds. The development situated on Carlton Hill in Leeds will see the demolition of a 20 year-old, 239 -bed student accommodation block to make space for the new developme
14/05/2021
Mace has been appointed by the HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) to deliver the 270,000 sq ft of category B fit-out at the new UK Government Hub in Nottingham. Once completed, up to 4,000 civil servants in HMRC and other departments will move into the new offices, located at Unity Square, adjacent to N
14/05/2021
Laing O’Rourke has been awarded a £600million contract to deliver the new London Olympia. Yoo Capital and Deutsche Finance International (DFI) – together the investors in and developers of the £1.3 billion cultural regeneration of Olympia – have announced two major project milestones. Demolition
14/05/2021
HS2 Ltd has signed an agreement with leading infrastructure research centres in UK universities. The agreement will enable HS2 to access world-leading research capabilities, knowledge and facilities. HS2's agreement with the UK Collaboratorium for Research on Infrastructure and Cities (UKCRIC) wil
14/05/2021
AKW, one of the UK's leading providers of accessibility solutions, has launched the ultimate in easy-to-use smart electric showers – the AKW SmartCare Lever. This new BEAB CARE certified electric shower has all the contemporary styling of the existing SmartCare range, but also comes with an easy-t
14/05/2021
Mr Plant Hire, a UK-based company established in 1981, remained open throughout the pandemic. Hospitals within the London area were preparing for hundreds of potential patients and decided they needed to construct a COVID-19 unit as soon as they could. Working with their customers to meet these ur
13/05/2021
Contractors G F Tomlinson has started work at Barr's Hill School in Coventry to expand and remodel existing buildings and create a new teaching block for year seven pupils. The school has an expansion plan to ensure it provides a total of 900 places in five years’ time. G F Tomlinson is deliverin
13/05/2021
Construction firm GRAHAM has commenced works on the development of a new £16 million railway station in Exeter. The new two-platform station will be delivered in collaboration with Devon County Council, who provided the initial concept design, which GRAHAM then utilized in a Design and Build Contra
13/05/2021
Winvic Construction has topped out of its first hotel project, Hotel La Tour. The luxury hotel which is located at the highest point of central Milton Keynes stands at 50 metres now the roof has been completed. The roof covering programme is now underway and the Winvic team will be moving on to t
13/05/2021
The brickwork of 149 new homes at Knowles House in Harlesden has been completed. Brent Council and Wates Residential gathered to celebrate the topping out of the new council homes. The ceremony was attended by representatives from Brent Council, including Operational Director for Housing, Hakeem O
13/05/2021
Balfour Beatty has appointed Charles Allen, Lord Allen of Kensington, CBE, as the next Chairman and a Non-Executive Director of the company. Lord Allen will join the Board following the Annual General Meeting today, 13 May, as a Non-Executive Director and, after a transition period, will assume the
13/05/2021
A new image has been unveiled revealing the future of East Float, a new community that will form part of the Northbank neighbourhood at Wirral Waters in Merseyside. The image was unveiled by House by Urban Splash and Peel L&P. When complete, East Float will bring 350 homes to Peel L&P’s Wirral Wat
13/05/2021
Orcatina laser safety curtains are Lasermet's answer to providing laser protection for personnel by using a compact and neat curtain system that uses a pantograph structure in the folding mechanism. This guarantees a continuous and consistent pattern of folds that can be used not only to safeguard
12/05/2021
Planning permission has been approved to develop a new £40 million residential led development on Sevenoaks High Street in Kent. DLA Architecture secured full planning consent on behalf of its client Freshwater. Chandlers Place is the proposed redevelopment of a former Tesco store to deliver new h
12/05/2021
Firethorn Trust has started work on Ascent Logistics Park, a 25.5-acre industrial development in Leighton Buzzard. The net-zero scheme is designed to attract a diverse range of occupiers, provide a boost to the local jobs market and bring economic benefits to the wider region. Ascent Logistics Park
12/05/2021
Willmott Dixon has launched a new traineeship programme in Sandwell, Birmingham to help kickstart the careers of construction professionals in the area. The programme, which aims to support Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council’s initiatives to tackle youth unemployment across the district, will be
12/05/2021
Mecalac has launched its new 3.5MDX cabbed site dumper, the latest addition to its state-of-the-art portfolio. Designed from the ground up to set the standards in performance, safety and comfort, the innovative model offers all the benefits of the Mecalac MDX range in a 3.5 tonne capacity. Perfec
12/05/2021
Plans for a protected greenspace have received support from East Devon District Council. At the Council's Strategic Planning Committee, Councillors unanimously gave their backing in support of the Clyst Valley Regional Park, located in the west of the district. With plans to provide benefits for p
11/05/2021
Morgan Sindall Construction has been selected as preferred bidder to develop a new leisure centre in Woolwich for the Royal Borough of Greenwich. The project is being delivered under the Southern Construction Framework (SCF), a quality-managed collaborative construction framework for public bodies
11/05/2021
Construction work on a new government hub in Nottingham has been completed. Unity Square will be home to HM Revenue and Customs' (HMRC) and other government departments. The Grade A office scheme in Queensbridge Road has been eagerly anticipated since it was announced in late 2018 that HMRC, which
11/05/2021
Lonsdale Rail has scooped a £9million contract to fit-out Paddington Square in London. Awarded by Mace, the works will integrate London Underground's existing Bakerloo Line tube station at Paddington, with a new entrance underneath the Paddington Cube building. The new tube entrance is part of a £6
11/05/2021
Construction firm Kier has been appointed by Slough Borough Council to deliver a new £3million project that includes the remodelling and extension of the community building in Britwell, Slough, to include a new GP surgery. The project, procured through SCAPE, one of the UK's leading procurement aut
11/05/2021
Conamar has secured a deal for a major new arts and rehearsal building for Garsington Opera, Wormsley. The £11million building is now undergoing the next stage of design development and procurement of key sub-contractors, with works due to commence on site in June. The Arts and Performance venue
11/05/2021
Best Choice Accountancy (BCA), which offers practical advice and a wide range of accounting and taxation services, has revealed 12 reasons on why it is important to keep digital accounting records.
11/05/2021
Levitt Bernstein has been given the go-ahead for a Passivhaus, affordable housing scheme in LB Newham. The company secured planning permission for Plashet Road, a 100% affordable housing scheme designed to a Passivhaus standard. It will provide 65 homes for social rent, with provision of 39% family
10/05/2021
Mace And Dragados have been appointed to develop Birmingham's new city centre high speed railway station, in a deal that is set to further boost the West Midlands economy. The deal, which is worth up to £570million, will see Mace Dragados work with HS2 Ltd in two stages to finalise the detailed des
10/05/2021
Morgan Sindall Construction has completed work on a new £18million secondary school in Small Heath, Birmingham, five weeks ahead of schedule for Birmingham City Council. Eden Girls' Leadership Academy in Birmingham was procured through Constructing West Midlands - a fully OJEU compliant framework w
10/05/2021
ENGIE has appointed a new Regional Managing Director in the North West. Tim Wood, former Group Commercial Director at United Living, has taken up the role of Regional Managing Director within ENGIE's Places & Communities division. Tim, who has worked in the construction and services sector for 35
10/05/2021
At Archi-Vista our mission is to help achieve property developers' ambition through supporting early marketing campaigns that deliver off plan sales for every project we work on. We fully appreciate the importance of this process in any successful project and have therefore created a one stop solu
10/05/2021
Tuff Waterproofing, the UK's leading supplier of heavy-duty GRP waterproof flat roofing, has launched a new system offering a combination of fast installation, ease of use and high performance which is ideal for the commercial market. Tuff Tech Pro VP/UV is a durable, completely seamless waterproo
10/05/2021
The Local Government Association (LGA) has called for a Planning Bill in the Queen's Speech to confer fresh powers to councils after new analysis reveals that more than 1.1 million homes granted planning permission are yet to be built. Latest figures show that 2,782,300 homes have been granted plan
07/05/2021
BarhaleDoosan JV building on support from Stantec has scooped contracts for the construction of an integrated wetland at Yorkshire Water's Clifton wastewater treatment works. The project will create almost 4,000 sq. m of interconnected ponds planted with a natural slope, using the local impermeable
07/05/2021
HBD, the property development arm of Henry Boot, has acquired City Court, a 26,945 sq ft industrial scheme in Manchester's Ancoats neighbourhood. The developer acquired the Poland Street scheme from Urban Splash and Pears Group for £5.8million. Comprising 13 units, City Court is occupied by a rang
07/05/2021
Mecalac Construction Equipment UK has unveiled new site dumper models at a UK demo event. The company launched a suite of new site dumper models at an exclusive event at its Warwickshire demo ground. The 3.5MDX cabbed site dumper made its global debut, alongside all-new hydrostatic versions of the
07/05/2021
ISO Chemie's thermal insulating and load bearing bracket support system has been used as part of energy efficiency improvements to dozens of residential homes in the West Midlands. The move sees WINFRAMER units being retrofitted under an initiative to bring poorly insulated properties in Coventry u
07/05/2021
GLIL Infrastructure (GLIL) and Arcus Infrastructure Partners (Arcus) have UK energy infrastructure provider Smart Meter Assets 1 Ltd (SMA) from BUUK Infrastructure. SMA is the fifth largest meter asset provider in the UK electricity and gas markets, financing and leasing smart meters to energy supp
07/05/2021
Mr Plant Hire has expanded its scissor lift hire fleet with 16 new JLG scissor lifts. We took delivery of the eight R3246 and eight R2632 models, the first of the rebranded R range, in February. From our modern purpose-built depot and workshop in Enfield, our scissor lift hire can serve customers
06/05/2021
Work is set to start on the new £23million Darley Street Market development in Bradford. Preparations are underway for the demolition of the existing buildings and vehicle access through Piccadilly has been closed. The project will commence next month with the demolition of several vacant properti
06/05/2021
ilke Homes has secured a development site for 165 new homes on Phase 2, Exmouth Junction, Exeter from Eutopia Homes. The scheme, which will be delivered on a brownfield site that has laid vacant for many years, will comprise 165 new homes, comprising a mix of one and two-bed apartments and two, thr
06/05/2021
LNT Care Developments has submitted a planning application for a 66-bed care home in Lydney, Gloucestershire. Using its in-house software, LNT identified an under supply of quality care beds if approved the building will provide a much-needed resource to the local community and create 50 jobs. A p
06/05/2021
Contractor Kilnbridge has transitioned to become an employee-owned business. Dermot McDermott, who founded the business and grew it as a privately-owned company for 30 years, has transferred his entire holding into an Employee-Owned Trust (EOT). The shares in the company are now held, collectively,
06/05/2021
Walk through tours are becoming a valuable tool for real estate agents, museums, businesses, and other people who want to show off their property. They are an innovative way for people to discover more about a building before they even step foot inside. In fact, they are able to solve a lot of iss
06/05/2021
Homebuilder Northstone, part of Peel L&P, has welcomed two new recruits to its sales and customer experience team. Daniel Hewins joins as Customer Experience Manager and has worked in customer services for the past 16 years across the construction, hospitality and aviation sectors. His previous ro
05/05/2021
ISG has scooped a further £48million framework wins with the Department of Education (DfE). The latest group of wins includes three Special Education Needs (SEN) schools - Grand Union Village in Northolt, Portsmouth SEN and Two Bridges in Bristol, as well as the Sixth Form College Harris Academy Ra
05/05/2021
The founders of Keltbray Lagan Power have completed a management buyout of the business. The acquisition is effective from 30 April 2021 with directors Emmet Lagan and Stephen Lagan acquiring the majority shareholding from Keltbray Group (Holdings) Limited. The company will now trade as Lagan Energy
05/05/2021
Kier has won a contract to deliver Braintree District Council's £14.7million enterprise centre. The centre will be based at the new Horizon 120 Business and Innovation Park near Great Notley. The three-storey centre will offer shared meeting rooms, flexible workspaces, conference and training faci
05/05/2021
Construction works has commenced at one of the UK's largest entertainment arenas in Manchester. The building work started a wave of economic activity and job creation across Greater Manchester. Co-op Live is being built by Salford-based BAM construction, who has revealed that almost £150million of
05/05/2021
Planning permission to develop a new 2,000,000 sq ft distribution warehouse at Wakefield Hub has been given the go-ahead. The joint application was made by Newmarket Lane Ltd and Mountpark and the decision allows for works to start on site in May, which will include a new spine road through the sch
05/05/2021
Mace has appointed new regional leads to its facilities management business. The move comes as the business continues to increase its service offer globally with workplace clients. Following a year of transformation for the facilities management business, CEO for Operate Ross Abbate has announced
04/05/2021
Main contractor G F Tomlinson has completed construction work on a new multi-million-pound neighbourhood centre at Blythe Valley Park (BVP) in Solihull. The £7.5million project, on behalf of client IM Properties, involved the construction of four mixed-use, high quality apartment buildings to act a
04/05/2021
Triton Construction has scooped a contract worth over £6million to deliver the second and final phase of development at Mersey Reach in Liverpool. The deal includes the design and build of 12 new buildings ranging from 4,036 sq ft to 29,719 sq ft. to include internal offices and yard space. Triton
04/05/2021
Plans for the world's first pure Octagon tower in Birmingham have been given the go-ahead. Acting on behalf of Argent, Turley provided Planning, EIA, Heritage & Townscape, Economics and Development Viability services for the 49-storey, 155 metre (510 feet) tall tower which will create a new Birming
04/05/2021
ACS Construction Group has successfully completed and handed over a major new 5,000m2 military manufacturing facility after overcoming significant challenges arising from the COVID pandemic. The site will play a key role in supporting the Ministry of Defence's military capability for the 21st cent
04/05/2021
Henry Boot is to start work on one of its largest development projects in the West Midlands. Phoenix 10 has given approval at a planning committee subject to a limited number of matters. The Group's property development business, HBD, is delivering Phoenix 10, a £114million GDV industrial and logi
04/05/2021
Infrared has been given the green light to redevelop the Eastgate Quarter in Basildon. The plans, to redevelop Eastgate Shopping Centre and the surrounding area, have been submitted as an outline planning application which means that they were agreed in principle and require a further reserved matt
04/05/2021
No noise, no smoke, no heat, no material input – Fronius Virtual Welding offers a totally safe and sustainable framework for training new welders. Similar to a flight simulator, 3D glasses and amazing graphics enable a realistic welding experience. The result is high-quality welder training that als
