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CONSTRUCTION DIRECTORY
UK Construction News Archive for July 2022
29/07/2022
Plans to expand Nottingham Forest's City Ground have been given the green light. The plans were approved by Rushcliffe Borough Council. Leader of Rushcliffe Borough Council Cllr Simon Robinson said: "Both sides have shown commitment to get the application through and do the very best for the club,
29/07/2022
St. Modwen Homes has been selected by Stroud District Coulncil to develop a new canal side community. Initial work will start behind the scenes next month on transforming the former industrial site into a new waterside community including more than 150 new sustainable homes, 30% of which will be af
29/07/2022
Galliford Try has been shortlisted for the 54th Structural Steel Design Awards (SSDA) for the Assembly Bristol, Building A regeneration scheme. Sponsored by the British Constructional Steelwork Association (BCSA), the SSDA shortlist showcases projects that utilise steel-based systems in sustainable
29/07/2022
Proposals for seven new zero carbon council homes in Greenwich Park have been approved by Royal Borough of Greenwich Council. Part of the first phase of the Council's Greenwich Builds programme to create over 750 new homes for local people on housing waiting lists, the development at Bliss Crescent
29/07/2022
HS2 is making significant progress at Euston, as work continues behind the hoardings to make way for Britain's new high-speed railway. To create space for the new HS2 station, HS2's station contractor, Mace Dragados JV (MDjv), has excavated a 20-metre deep 'box' that will be home to a new Traction
29/07/2022
Plans have been approved to develop a new, low-carbon council office at the site of Top Wighay Farm near Hucknall. It follows a meeting of the Nottinghamshire County Council's Planning and Rights of Way Committee, with councillors voting to approve the construction of the flagship building which wi
28/07/2022
Atkins, a member of the SNC-Lavalin Group, has scooped a place on the latest development framework from the London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC). LLDC has awarded Atkins single source status as a multi-disciplinary provider for a range of services focussed on creating places to live, work a
28/07/2022
Galliford Try's Building East Midlands has been appointed by the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) to develop the new Single Living Accommodation (SLA) facility at RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire. The new four-storey will include 94 beds, five new EV charging stations and expanded landscaping
28/07/2022
Wates Smartspace has completed work on a retail fit-out at M&S Bluewater in Dartford. Delivered while maintaining full trading to the food hall, the Wates team created a temporary retail space overnight to allow a seamless and uninterrupted fit-out programme. The project saw Wates Smartspace take
28/07/2022
Britishvolt has announced it is to receive funding from the UK Goovernment for its Battery Cell Gigaplant in Northumberland. The funding will be from the Advanced Propulsion Centre's Automotive Transformation Fund (ATF). It is one of the UK's biggest-ever industrial investments and the largest in
28/07/2022
Work has started on the construction of a new headquarters, training centre and air base for the country's longest-serving air ambulance charity. Lindum Group is now on site at Alconbury Weald where it is building new offices, a dedicated training centre, rest facilities for crew and clinicians and
28/07/2022
NEC, the construction industry's leading procurement contract provider, has launched a podcast series and an app, which brings NEC users, communities and content closer together. The NEC Contracts Community App is designed to support understanding of the NEC family suite of contracts and aims to co
28/07/2022
BAM has launched EV Charging solutions for businesses. BAM Charging Solutions work with developers, local authorities, and organisations to design and install EV charging solutions on single and multiple sites across the UK and Ireland. This includes construction, retail, commercial, leisure, schoo
28/07/2022
Leeds City Council has unveiled a new housing strategy which sets out its ambitions for investment in affordable homes and working in partnership in the city to meet housing needs up to 2027. The strategy's main ambition is to ensure the provision of high-quality affordable homes in thriving and in
28/07/2022
Construction work has commenced on a £926,000 project to build five new homes aimed at helping former rough sleepers in Breckland. Cllr Chapman-Allen, the Leader of Breckland Council, and Cllr Gordon Bambridge, Executive Member for Housing & Homelessness at Breckland Council, joined Michael Newey,
28/07/2022
ilke Homes has craned into place the first factory-built homes on a site in Hereford. The company is currently delivering an affordable housing scheme for housing provider Stonewater. The scheme, which sits on College Road, is being delivered through a £23 million partnership between ilke Homes a
27/07/2022
FORE Partnership has awarded Willmott Dixon a £50 million construction contract to transform an out-of-date 1990s office building next to Tower Bridge in London into one of the UK's most sustainable and healthy offices. FORE announced earlier this year that funds managed by KKR had invested in TBC.
27/07/2022
The London Legacy Development Company (LLDC) has formed a 50/50 joint venture partnership with Ballymore to transform Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. Together, the pair will deliver the transformation of two waterfront sites, one adjacent to the emerging East Bank community on the site of Queen Eliza
27/07/2022
Speedy has announced it is investing in over 100 early careers trainees across the UK to help boost its skills base and the industry's talent pipeline. The initiative will more than double the number of trainees in the business, creating new opportunities in areas including engineering, hire desk,
27/07/2022
Work has commenced on a new electricity substation that provides the vital infrastructure to power up new homes, business growth, and jobs in Biggleswade, Central Bedfordshire. Central Bedfordshire Council coordinated a traditional 'breaking the ground' event to mark work starting on the National G
27/07/2022
Hull City Council has agreed plans to regenerate the city's Western Docklands area. The report considered proposed using the existing cruise port budget to create a masterplan for the area between Hull Marina and the Daltry Street Flyover, including the Smith & Nephew site, with the potential to lo
27/07/2022
Glenny's Commercial Agency team has announced it is to act as a joint agent for the planned new logistics and industrial space, 'Momentum London' in Rainham. HBD and Barings have secured planning permission for the 20-acre brownfield site in East London which will provide direct access to the Rive
27/07/2022
UK-based Tekmar Group has been awarded a new contract to supply 100 Cable Protection Systems (CPS) for use on multiple offshore wind farms in the Shangdong and Guangdong provinces of China. The contract value is for £1.6 million and the systems are expected to be delivered through 2022. Alasdair
27/07/2022
Cheshire West and Chester Council has announced repair work is to start at St Oswald's Church in Malpas. Following the collapse of the church wall the Council arranged for the temporary repair of the wall to make it safe. Since then work has been undertaken to allow a permanent repair of the wall t
27/07/2022
Ancorite Surface Protection is proud to have been involved in the delivery of the prestigious floor finishes package for Diageo's flagship Johnnie Walker Visitor Experience, located on Princes Street in the heart of Edinburgh. Working with the client's Project team, Architects Simpson & Brown and B
27/07/2022
Tamworth Borough Council has approved plans to develop a second enterprise hub in the mid-19th century section of the former Co-operative Society building in Colehill. The development is part of Tamworth Borough Council's plans to transform the heart of Tamworth town centre. The new Enterprise Cent
26/07/2022
St. Modwen has announced it is planning to deliver up to 350 new all-electric homes on the historic MG Rover site that was once home to the MINI in Birmingham. Powered by a dedicated 'smart grid', electricity will be supplied and tracked across a network of homes to ensure this first phase of homes
26/07/2022
Plans to develop a 75-acre solar farm at Kiln Fields in Heckfield, Hampshire, have been given the green light. Councillors on the Hart District planning committee voted 10-0 in favour of the application from clean energy solutions company Enviromena. The 17.9MW Kiln Farm project will support the U
26/07/2022
Kier Highways is trialling an innovative, hydrogen-powered fuel cell at its National Highways A585 Windy Harbour to Skippool site in Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire. The project is in collaboration with Hydrologiq and is the first hydrogen 110kVA generator deployment undertaken by Kier Highways. The
26/07/2022
Shearer Property Group (SPG) has chosen The Hill Group as its development/funding partner for City Centre South (CCS). The £450 million landmark, mixed-use regeneration scheme will truly transform Coventry City Centre. Hill has committed significant investment into Shearer Property Regen Ltd (SPR)
26/07/2022
Get Living and Watkin Jones have agreed a £71 million forward funding deal to deliver over 200 new rental homes at Randalls Way in Leatherhead. The development will be the first operational BTR scheme in Leatherhead, which offers future residents quality and well-managed rental homes with the green
26/07/2022
Caddick Construction has appointed Paul Dodsworth as its new Managing Director. Caddick Construction and its subsidiaries form the construction division of Caddick Group and Paul will be head of all construction companies. Paul, who joins from Wates Group where he was Regional Managing Director N
26/07/2022
HS2 Ltd is celebrating the very first tunnelling breakthrough on Europe's largest infrastructure project. A 2,000-tonne TBM named 'Dorothy' – after Dorothy Hodgkin, who in 1964 became the first British woman to win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry – has completed its one-mile dig under Long Itchington
26/07/2022
Scell-it UK Ltd (pronounced 'Sell it'), suppliers of an extensive range of quality Construction Fixings, Rivets, Rivnuts and Setting Tools, has launched a brand new website for its UK customers. With a new design and better user experience the site was launched in May and has quickly gained in siz
26/07/2022
Treveth has completed its first commercial real estate transaction as it focuses on growing its commercial activity alongside the delivery of more than 300 new homes currently on site across Cornwall. The portfolio of commercial properties includes 93,432 sq ft of assets in Bodmin, Falmouth, Pool a
26/07/2022
District heat specialist Ener-Vate has appointed a new Head of Service. Pete Nissen will be responsible for delivering low carbon heat to one of Europe's largest mixed-use developments. He leaves his role as District Heat Project Manager at L&Q Energy where he worked on the Barking Riverside Londo
25/07/2022
Sparrows Group has secured a contract worth around £50 million with a major UKCS operator to provide crane management services across its operating assets in the North Sea. The five-year agreement, which also has two, two-year extension options, will see Sparrows deliver crane operations and mainte
25/07/2022
Skanska is trialling a new ground-breaking technology that could be a game changer for the industry. The Ultimate Cell® is an innovative hydrogen device developed by UTIS®. Not much bigger than a can of baked beans the cell increases the efficiency of vehicles and machinery, reducing fuel consum
25/07/2022
Scott Doors has announced their new sample Clean Room Automatic Sliding Door on the Fermoclean 2920/2990 Track / Electronic Kit, recently manufactured and installed at their factory. These doors are ideal for Pharmaceutical and Clean Room applications. In addition to manufacturing, Scott Doors exp
25/07/2022
Staffordshire County Council has renewed its contract with Amey for a further five years. The county council is pushing ahead with its new vision for Staffordshire's roads, and the proposed future partnership between the county council and Amey will make this a reality. The partnership will work t
25/07/2022
Construction work has started at Carter's Quay, a development of 161 new build to rent homes in Poole. Cllr Philip Broadhead, Deputy Leader BCP Council and Portfolio Holder for Development, Growth and Regeneration and Sarah Longthorpe, Director or Regeneration, BCP Council, together with dignitarie
25/07/2022
Wates Construction has appointed Dave Saville as Regional Managing Director (RMD) for the North, as the business continues to grow across the region in support of the Government's levelling up agenda. Reporting to Wates Construction MD Mark Tant, Dave will lead the business’ strategic plans across
25/07/2022
Research shows that there’s more carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere than ever before in human history.
25/07/2022
Construction work on a new active travel route for the employment site at Brocastle in Bridgend has started, following to a £2 million investment by the Welsh Government. The route, which is about 3km south-east of Bridgend town centre and runs parallel with the A48, will link the 116 acre site at
25/07/2022
Essential improvement work on a bridge in Oakley, Bedfordshire has commenced. Highfield Road bridge, which carries road traffic over the Midland Main Line between Bedford and Wellingborough, will be reinforced over the coming months with new support for the historic foundations. This will make sur
25/07/2022
XPO Logistics have submitted a planning application for the delivery of a new £40 million logistics hub at a site bounded by Edinburgh Road and Legbrannock Road, Newarthill, Motherwell. The development will serve to address a market-proven requirement for large-scale warehousing facilities in the r
22/07/2022
Sheffield Forgemasters has selected VINCI Building for an early works contract and pre-construction services agreement, worth more than £70 million. The company will construct a new service road, undertake demolition works and services diversions at Brightside Lane to accommodate a new forging line
22/07/2022
MCS Construction has scooped a new project from Woking Borough Council to extend and refurbish the Old Woking Community Centre. Working in collaboration with Synergy Construction & Property Consultants LLP, Macallan Penfold Ltd, Price & Myers and J&B Hopkins Ltd, MCS has been appointed to carry out
22/07/2022
Kier has launched a new tool to track its spend in areas of social deprivation across the UK. The tool, known as Local Multiplier 3 (LM3) has been developed by the New Economic Foundation and will aid the Group's ability to show and improve how it is supporting communities across the UK. LM3 meas
22/07/2022
Construction firm GRAHAM has almost completed work on a new railway station at Marsh Barton in Devon. The station, located on the eastern edge of Marsh Barton near the Energy from Waste plant, is being developed by GRAHAM on behalf of Devon County Council, and is due to open this winter. Partners
22/07/2022
A total of four Galliford Try and Morrison Construction projects have been shortlisted for this years' Education Estates Awards. The awards are part of the 10th annual Education Estates event, the leading exhibition and conference for the education sector, partnered by the Department for Education.
22/07/2022
A fresh wave of innovative companies will be moving into Culham Science Centre after the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) signed a new agreement to build an 8,000 square metre research and development building. A 35-year income strip forward funding agreement with Legal & General was agreed this
21/07/2022
The UK Government has approved planning consent for Sizewell C, a new power station in Suffolk. The Development Consent Order (DCO) application was submitted in May 2020 and sets out the range of measures the project will take to mitigate the effects of construction and maximise the benefits for lo
21/07/2022
Sisk has scooped a contract for the £100 million infrastructure package phase of the York Central masterplan. The design and build contract, gained through the YORCivil framework, includes the construction of a new road bridge and footbridge over the East Coast Main Line, 2km of single carriageway
21/07/2022
Network Rail is to invest £30 million to improve London Victoria station. The work involves creating more space on the concourse and increasing the total number of ticket gates from 86 to 111, including eight new wide (accessible) gates, to speed up people's journeys through the station and improve
21/07/2022
Associated British Ports (ABP) has launched two development sites in Newport to support around 95 acres of regeneration. Since the beginning of the year, ABP has made close to 600 acres of land available to the market as part of its ongoing port-centric manufacturing initiative. Since the beginnin
21/07/2022
Construction work has commenced at Salisbury River Park. The project will better protect homes and businesses in the city from flooding along with making improvements to the environment. This £27 million transformational scheme aims to reduce flood risk to over 350 homes and businesses in Salisbur
21/07/2022
Southwark Council has approved the outline masterplan and Phase 1 work for the Tustin Estate. The masterplan includes 690 homes, with 68 per cent affordable housing (made up of council rent, shared equity, key worker accommodation, and over-55s homes), and homes for private sale to raise funds for
21/07/2022
Mainmark, the global ground engineering specialist, has opened its new Northern Depot in Manchester. The expansion of the Milton Keynes based business will bolster its countrywide service, aid continued efforts to be more environmentally friendly by reducing CO2 emissions through travel and reduci
21/07/2022
Galliford Try has announced that its Environment business has been selected as the preferred contractor to support client Northumbrian Water with additional treatment capacity for the remainder of the AMP7. Northumbrian Water, selected Galliford Try from its Runway 3 Capital Construction Works fram
21/07/2022
Construction work is to begin in early August on three new state-of-the-art units at Dunsbury Park – the first new facilities of this type to be built within the Solent Freeport. The new units will build on the success of Dunsbury Park as a prime southeast employment location with the added benefi
21/07/2022
BAM has started above-ground construction work on the new pathology laboratory at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, which is set to serve patients across West Yorkshire and Harrogate. Based at St James' Hospital, the new facility will become part of the West Yorkshire and Harrogate Pathology Net
20/07/2022
Newcastle City Council has teamed up with EQUANS to support with the delivery of low carbon heating and other energy efficiency measures such as solar panels, LED lighting and improving insulation. The council was awarded £27 million from a government fund to improve the energy efficiency of key pu
20/07/2022
Housing association Catalyst and development partner The Hill Group have submitted a hybrid planning application to Haringey Council for a mixed-use development on a site adjacent to St Ann's Hospital in South Tottenham. When approved, the redevelopment will include up to 995 new homes, 60% of whic
20/07/2022
HS2 has unveiled the first images of the bridges that will carry rural footpaths and bridleways across the new high speed railway as it passes through Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and West Northants. Made of weathering steel, the sides of the lightweight bridges will lean outwards to maximise views
20/07/2022
Ross-shire Engineering (RSE) has awarded Barhale a key civil engineering package as part of its £55 million rebuilding and refurbishment project at South Staffs Water's Hampton Loade water treatment works. RSE is an engineering group that specialises in the Design, Build and Maintenance of Water T
20/07/2022
Housing association Curo and contractor Clayewater Homes have commenced works to build 20 new affordable homes on the site of a former car garage at Soundwell Road in Bristol. The £5.3 million brownfield development will deliver six homes for social rent and 14 homes for sale through the low-cost h
20/07/2022
Glencar has been appointed by Firethorn Trust to deliver its 93,984 sq ft last-mile logistics scheme, Blueprint Erith in South East London. The project will see the demolition and site clearance of an existing warehouse and external concrete yard, followed by the construction of four modern single
20/07/2022
Willmott Dixon is equipping people with skills to find work in the construction industry through hands-on training at its Stockport Interchange development. The company has created a Building Lives Academy on-site that is providing qualifications including Health & Safety in Construction Level 1 ce
20/07/2022
McGee has been selected to deliver the demolition and enabling works on its 128,000-sq-ft office development at 7 Millbank, in Westminster, London SW1. The firm was appointed by Old Park Lane Management Limited (OPLM). Soft-stripping is anticipated to commence in early/mid August, with scheme comp
20/07/2022
Broxbourne Council has granted outline planning permission for the construction of a world-class studio for film, television and digital production. Land to the west of Waltham Cross was purchased in August 2021 by funds managed by Blackstone and Hudson Pacific Properties for the partners’ first ex
20/07/2022
Mace has appointed Gary Pyle as UK and Europe Regional Lead to drive strategic growth plans for Operate, its facilities management business, across the region. Gary joined Mace in 2021, as mobilisation lead, supporting Operate in the set up and initiation of facilities management contracts. As Regi
19/07/2022
A new £75 million fund has been established to encourage investment and expansion in new nuclear infrastructure while protecting high skilled jobs in the sector. The Nuclear Fuel Fund will seek to award grants to projects that can increase the UK's domestic nuclear fuel sector, reducing the need fo
19/07/2022
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has announced a major boost to investment for the future development of rail services in the north of England. The increase in funding, from £2.9 billion to more than £9 billion, is set to strengthen and Northern Powerhouse Rail, transforming an already ambitious pr
19/07/2022
A new Net Zero Carbon out-of-town office development, commissioned by CEG and delivered by Beard Construction, is "fast taking shape". 1000 Aztec West in South Gloucestershire near Bristol will create a new benchmark for office spaces, and South Gloucestershire council leader Toby Savage has visite
19/07/2022
Modular housing pioneer ilke Homes has craned into place the first factory-built homes on a site in Hereford where the company is delivering an affordable housing scheme for leading housing provider Stonewater. The scheme, which sits on College Road, is being delivered through a £23 million partner
19/07/2022
Award-winning housebuilder Crest Nicholson has unveiled its brand-new Seaton and Winkfield show homes at Henley Gate in Ipswich. Situated within the first of three neighbourhoods that will form the Ipswich Garden Suburb (IGS), the three and four bedroom homes have been carefully designed by leading
19/07/2022
Kier has been awarded the preconstruction services contract to deliver HMP Glasgow, a new prison, which is set to replace Victorian-era HMP Barlinnie, in 2026. Awarded by the Scottish Prison Service (SPS), HMP Glasgow will be a modern facility built on a 54-acre site in Provanmill. SPS intends that
18/07/2022
Wates Construction has commenced work on Coundon Court School in Coventry, the third net-zero school currently being built by the company in the West Midlands, following in the footsteps of Hartshill Academy and Kineton High School. Wates will use pioneering modern methods of construction to ensure
18/07/2022
Mace has completed the second phase of the design and refurbishment of Norfolk's award-winning County Hall, on behalf of client Norfolk County Council who are committed to supporting a diverse and inclusive workforce. Mace's Interiors team modernised 98,000 sq ft of workspace at Norfolk County Hall
18/07/2022
Inland Homes has handed over 46 apartments to Broxbourne based housing association, B3Living, at its Hertfordshire scheme, Cheshunt Lakeside. To mark the occasion, Leader of the Council, Councillor Lewis Cocking and Siobhan Monaghan, Cabinet Member for Housing at Borough of Broxbourne Council atten
18/07/2022
Oldham Council is seeking a development partner as its town centre regeneration is continuing. The Council has published an opportunity to procure a Master Developer Private Sector Partner (PSP) to support the transformation of Oldham town centre. A procurement exercise is now live via The Chest
18/07/2022
A planning application has been approved approved to transform brownfield land and unlock thousands of homes in Red Bank, Manchester. The council will invest in the crucial infrastructure for the development new housing and City River Park in Red Bank – one of the first phases of the major Victoria
18/07/2022
G F Tomlinson and its partners Arc Partnership and Perfect Circle have donated more than £35,000 in services to end-of-life charity partner Treetops Hospice, as part of its Local Communities Partnership Programme. During the last 12 months, G F Tomlinson has been working closely with the hospice to
18/07/2022
The last road on the £1.5 billlion upgrade to the A14 in Cambridgeshire has officially opened. Mill Common was opened to the public at the beginning of June. This formed the final road construction part of the upgrade and ends over five and half years of major infrastructure work to boost the local
18/07/2022
Balfour Beatty has become the first construction company in the UK to roll out Automated Cone Laying Machines. Whilst cone laying remains essential to delineate traffic during maintenance works, it also poses one of the biggest risks facing roadworkers and there has been an industry-wide push to tr
18/07/2022
Good decisions about how to apply hybrid working based on accurate data will be what sets apart successful organisations from also rans, says a new book. Managing the New Office Environment is written by Tony Booty, a joint founder of Abintra, which pioneered the use of desk sensor tech to monitor
18/07/2022
Solum Regeneration has completed the sale of its third and final residential block at its Twickenham Gateway scheme to Meadow Partners. Solum has now sold 82 of the 121 residential units available to Meadow Partners, a private real estate investment firm, as well as 4 retail units. The remaining 39
15/07/2022
Contractors Tolent have scooped a new £2.1m contract for the construction of a new ALDI retail store in Kingston Park, Newcastle. The current contract for ALDI is with The Hanro Group, which will include design and construction of a 1,315 square metre retail store. This will be built with a structu
15/07/2022
Barings and LBS have chosen Kier to design and construct their £69m highly sustainable mixed use commercial building at 135 Park Street in Southwark, London. The new 12-storey, 148,486 sq. ft building will provide 131,900 sq. ft of office space, 12,900 sq. ft of affordable workspace, and a further
15/07/2022
Morgan Sindall Construction has begun transforming a disused modular structure into a new £5.8 million resource centre at Fulbourn Hospital in Cembridge. The scheme, which is being delivered for the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust, will see the conversion of the old modular bui
15/07/2022
Housebuilder Crest Nicholson has launched a collection of three, four and five bedroom homes at its new development, Albany Wood, in Hampshire. Located in the market town of Bishops Waltham it is perfect for those looking for extra space and well-connected countryside living. Once complete, Albany
15/07/2022
Peel L&P and Pension Insurance Corporation plc (PIC) has announced the start of construction work at Miller's Quay, the cornerstone investment in what will become the largest regeneration project in the UK, creating up to 20,000 permanent jobs. Miller's Quay is a 500 one-and two-bedroom residential
15/07/2022
Network Rail has completed £10.5 million refurbishment work at the iconic 140-year-old Oxted Viaduct. Engineers have been working around the clock to repair and strengthen the Victorian structure since summer 2020. Katie Frost, Network Rail's Sussex route director, which also covers Surrey and Sou
14/07/2022
Housebuilder Edenstone has acquired a former quarry in Bleadon, Somerset. The eight-acre site benefits from outline planning permission for 42 residential homes and up to 500sqm of flexible use space. It was previously owned by Marshalls, the UK's leading hard landscaping manufacturer. Edenstone,
14/07/2022
Plans for a new school in Dagenham have been approved by the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. Offsite construction specialist Reds10 is the lead contractor, with HLM Architects leading on architecture and interior design, and MAC Consulting on landscape design. The 2700 m2 Pathways School
14/07/2022
Caddick Construction has been selected to deliver an eight-storey 63 apartment development on Kiwi Street in Salford, Manchester. The firm was appointed by The Guinness Partnership. The social housing scheme will see 47 one-bedroomed and 16 two-bedroomed energy-efficient homes, with car and cycle
14/07/2022
G F Tomlinson has been appointed as an approved partner on the new £750m regional framework by SCAPE. The four-year framework will invest in the public sector across the Midlands and East of England, helping local authorities and organisations deliver ambitious, community-focused construction proje
14/07/2022
Willmott Dixon has appointed a head of sustainability for the Midlands to support its ambitious net-zero carbon targets. Maggie Hall, with more than 20 years' experience in sustainability within the construction and telecoms sectors, will lead the contractor's Now or Never strategy across the regio
14/07/2022
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Wates Group David Allen is stepping down. David joined the Wates Group in January 2016 and has been CEO since April 2018. Philip Wainwright, Chief Financial Officer, will become Interim CEO pending the appointment of a permanent successor. Sir James Wates CBE,
13/07/2022
McAleer & Rushe has been selected by Cheyne Capital for a£50 million contract in Westminster. The firm has been appointed to work alongside its in-house development team to deliver a £140m innovative co-living and hotel community-orientated project on the banks of the Grand Union Canal. The mixed-
13/07/2022
ISG has won a £50 million scheme to redevelop and refurbish Woolworth House in London's West End. The mixed-use scheme, for General Projects with Henderson Park, will increase the building's gross area by circa 100,000 sq ft. to over 236,000 sq ft, offering 172,000 sq ft. of lettable space and incr
13/07/2022
Cheshire West and Chester Council, together with its partners, has taken possession of a new transformational £16 milion public services hub to complete the first phase of redevelopment in Ellesmere Port town centre. The building, named The Portal, was designed by leading independent property, cons
13/07/2022
Deanestor has scooped a £4 million fit-out contract for main contractor Midgard for a £260m Moda build-to-rent community in Hove. Designed by Whittam Cox Architects, Sackville Road is an intergenerational urban village on a 9-acre site which will provide 564 apartments for rent to suit all ages, li
13/07/2022
NG Bailey has secured a further deal with battery cell technology pioneer and manufacturer, Britishvolt. The contract will support the next phase of the Britishvolt's 'Battery Corridor', a concept which enhances the UK's existing battery ecosystem and powers the country ahead in the next industria
13/07/2022
Fronius Solar Energy in Austria has been a pioneer of solar power from day one. The business unit's history began in 1992 and it was quick to gain momentum. Soon after it was founded, the first Fronius Sunrise inverter was introduced onto the market. Since then, the company has been continuously p
11/07/2022
Details of a packed programme of seminars, CPD talks and careers presentations has been announced for UK Construction Week Birmingham (UKCW Birmingham), the UK's largest event for the built environment, which returns to Birmingham's NEC from 04-06 October 2022. Seminars at UKCW will focus on a myri
11/07/2022
Construction at Agar Grove in Camden has reached a new milestone with the 'topping out' of the latest phase of 125 homes. Representatives from Camden Council and The Hill Group took part in the event to mark reaching the highest point of the building's concrete frame. Agar Grove is an award-winning
11/07/2022
Commercial Estates Group (CEG) and property developer HBD have submitted a detailed planning application for circa 412,745 sq. ft. (38,345 sq. m.) of employment space on a 12ha site to the south-east of Penniment Farm, close to Mansfield. The site is allocated within the Mansfield District Council
11/07/2022
Elite GSS has invested in a large new depot and factory space at Entwistle House in Middleton, following a move away from their previous factory in Manchester. It's been busy and exciting where they've grown the business, employed more staff and invested in their vehicle fleet. You might even spot
11/07/2022
Galliford Try has announced that it has agreed to acquire MCS Controls Systems Limited – a leading systems integrator to the industrial and utilities sectors, based in Coventry, West Midlands. MCS Control Systems provides an excellent strategic fit with the Group's enlarged Environment business, br
11/07/2022
London-based real estate investor and developer Dominvs Group has appointed Martin Samworth, the former Chairman and CEO of CBRE's Advisory business in APAC and EMEA, to its Board as a non-executive director. Dominvs is looking to continue to expand its £2.4 billion pipeline across the PBSA, reside
08/07/2022
Construction work has commenced on a new £400million offshore wind facility in Teesside. The facility is set to become the biggest of its kind in the world and will create 750 direct jobs. SeAH Wind Ltd's 1.13million sq ft facility will produce bases for offshore wind turbines and will be based at
08/07/2022
The final development in a major business and industrial park in Warwickshire is set to create hundreds of jobs and scores of new companies in Warwick and Leamington. The Space Business Centre Warwick is being created by developer AC Lloyd Commercial and is designed to attract start-up and expandin
08/07/2022
Sefton Council is urging landowners and developers to suggest sites that may be suitable for a number of potential development projects such as new housing, traveller pitches, employment uses or retail. The Council is looking for land that could be used for habitat improvements or outdoor recreatio
08/07/2022
Cardiff Council has invested over £1.3 million in energy saving upgrades across 11 of its primary, secondary and Special Educational Needs (SEN) schools, as part of its work to be carbon neutral by 2030. The initiatives are set to drastically reduce the council's operational carbon emissions by up
08/07/2022
Leicestershire County Council has announced plans to submit an £18 million bid to the Government's Levelling Up fund to replace an old road bridge. The improvement work on the A6006 at Zouch is seen as a way of bolstering a key, strategic route to the UK's only inland Freeport around East Midlands
08/07/2022
Construction works have commenced on a new library in York. City of York Council, Explore Libraries and Haxby and Wigginton Youth and Community Association are working together to co-locate a new library at Oaken Grove Community Centre. The new facility will replace the old library in Haxby, which
08/07/2022
A housing development in Mansfield has reached a major milestone with the completion of a new spine road. The Lindhurst development is a £250 million site being built in Mansfield, to the south of Berry Hill, which will expand the existing community and provide new homes and jobs for the area. Mor
08/07/2022
The Public Inquiry into Peel L&P's revised plans for transformational investment in Hulton Park, Bolton, will open on October 6, 2022 The Public Inquiry follows Bolton Council's rejection of the revised plans to redevelop and restore the historic estate into an iconic sporting venue and healthy liv
08/07/2022
Galliford Try has started the roll-out of its Net Zero Partners initiative across its businesses, as it continues to make progress towards its net zero carbon targets. The scheme is intended to bring the group's supply chain into closer collaboration with Galliford Try, creating greater understandi
08/07/2022
Sefton Council has submitted plans to develop The Marine Lake Events Centre & Water and Light Show project. The submission follows a detailed public consultation process held by the council, which showed that 84% of residents and businesses in the resort are in favour of the Marine Lake Events Cent
07/07/2022
Plant hire firm, CP Hire, has added five new Yanmar SV26 mini excavators to its growing rental fleet. Supplied by Crumlin Plant Sales, Yanmar Compact Equipment EMEA's dealer for Northern Ireland, the machines were delivered earlier this month and are already operational on sites nationwide. Liver
07/07/2022
Pivot Power, part of EDF Renewables, alongside Oxford City Council, Fastned, Tesla Superchargers and Wenea, has officially opened Europe's most powerful electric vehicle (EV) charging hub, marking the completion of Energy Superhub Oxford. The project is part of a nationwide network of Energy Super
07/07/2022
Plans for two onshore wind farms on the Shetland Islands have moved a step closer to being delivered after receiving long-term Government support. Clean energy specialists Peel NRE has been successful in two bids in the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy's (BEIS) Contracts for
07/07/2022
Construction equipment hire and services provider Speedy has made a multi-million-pound investment in new battery powered assets from Milwaukee's MX Fuel range as it continues to expand its fleet of low and zero carbon equipment. The business will make the 860 cordless electric lighting towers, cut
07/07/2022
HS2 has commenced work on the high speed rail project's pioneering low-carbon Wendover Dean Viaduct, with an expert team sinking the first of more than 50 concrete piles that will form the foundations. Located south of the village of Wendover in Buckinghamshire, the 450m-long viaduct will be the fi
07/07/2022
Shareholders have approved Thames Water's plan for an additional £2 billion of expenditure aimed at improving performance and outcomes for customers, leakage and river health. The Board and shareholders of Thames Water have approved a £11.5 billion business plan for the current regulatory period en
07/07/2022
Peel NRE has partnered with Plastic Free Mersey to protect the future of waterways. The project, led by environmental charities Thames21 and Mersey Rivers Trust strives to improve the water quality of the River Mersey whilst bringing together various areas of the community to create a framework to
07/07/2022
Work to install long life Light Emitting Diode (LED) street lighting in Luton is almost complete. Replacing Luton's 18,000 street lights with LED lighting will keep streets bright and safe for the town's residents. Reducing the energy consumption of Luton's street lighting through LED installation
07/07/2022
It was in the early 1990s that Fronius first decided to focus on solar energy as a "technology of the future". Still not taken seriously back then, the business segment has come to represent the most important pillar of the family company. Since value creation is set to remain in Europe going forw
07/07/2022
The public is being urged to have their say on plans to invest up to £22.5 million in two key roads connecting Leeds and Wakefield, the A61 and the A639. Leeds City Council, Wakefield Council and the West Yorkshire Combined Authority (WYCA) have developed plans to improve the two roads by: • Makin
06/07/2022
RED Construction South West has been selected to develop the £20 million net zero carbon ZEAL Hotel in Exeter. It is the third project that the RED SW management team have delivered for the client, and will be the first ZEAL Hotel. Established in 2012 with the specific aim of developing hotels in
06/07/2022
Natural resources and energy company Peel NRE, part of regeneration business Peel L&P, has acquired the Fiddler's Ferry Power Station from energy company SSE Thermal ahead of producing a 10 to 15-year mixed-use masterplan for the 820-acre site. The power station and its eight cooling towers sits ne
06/07/2022
Construction work is progressing well on the third phase of the Castleward development in Derby city centre. The scheme is part of a £100 million regeneration project. Regeneration specialist Compendium Living, Derby City Council, Lovell and Riverside marked the occasion with a breaking-ground c
06/07/2022
Wates Smartspace has been chosen to deliver a full-line fit-out on behalf of Marks and Spencer (M&S) at the new £60 million Stane Retail Park in Colchester. The new contract adds to Wates Smartspace's existing project portfolio on behalf of M&S, which to-date has seen the business deliver 220 food
06/07/2022
Goodman has announced plans to redevelop the 60-acre brownfield site into a state-of-the-art commercial park, providing space for customers operating across the manufacturing, distribution and logistics sectors. Adjacent to Junction 11A of the M1 and just 17 miles from the M25, the site's strategi
06/07/2022
HS2 has unveiled updated designs for the Amersham vent shaft headhouse, one of five structures that will provide ventilation and emergency access to the high-speed rail line's 10 mile-long Chiltern tunnel. Set in the middle of a road junction just outside the town, the new designs will see the heig
06/07/2022
A ceramic tile firm has officially opened an eco-friendly design hub at Liverpool Waters. All The Shapes Tile & Co. have opened a 9,000 sq ft showroom which aims to be at the forefront of material innovation and the sustainable design movement. Founder James Lambert's vision was to create a 'futur
06/07/2022
We Are Pioneer Group (WAPG) has announced a new virtual Corporate Power Purchase Agreement (CPPA) with Ray Valley Solar, an Oxfordshire-based solar farm. The agreement sees four locations from the WAPG portfolio become the first science parks in the UK to source green electricity from a single, de
06/07/2022
EnduroSat, one of the fastest growing companies in the aerospace industry on the continent, takes an innovative approach to the office fit-out and refurbishment of their new HQ. They have 3,200 sq.m. of office space, including a 700 sq.m. laboratory for testing and assembling nanosatellites. The i
06/07/2022
Construction work is to commence on the next phase of a project to improve safety and reduce congestion on the M11 at Junction 8 near Bishops Stortford. Following completion of preliminary investigatory work, the existing A120 roundabout will now be removed. This is ahead of the construction of a n
05/07/2022
Vinci has started construction work on a world-class GenesisCare cancer centre and research hub in Surrey. The centre is being developed in partnership with GenesisCare and Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust on the site of Royal Surrey County Hospital. Made possible by investment from Assura, this
05/07/2022
As St Arthur Homes prepares for the launch of its second phase of homes at Whiteley Meadows, Winchester, the company has acquired a further 118 homes at the development in a deal in excess of £44 million. Combining a selection of mainly family houses and some apartments, St Arthur Homes’ latest ac
05/07/2022
BAM FM has secured a place on a major services framework. The firm has been named as a Crown Commercial Service's (CCS) Total Facilities Management, Hard FM and Soft FM supplier for the Facilities Management and Workplace Services framework RM6232. CCS supports the public sector to achieve maxim
05/07/2022
Network Rail engineers have completed work on a £2.28 million project to prevent landslips in the Fareham area. Work began on Friday, 24 June, and South Western Railway (SWR) services on the line from Eastleigh to Fareham were replaced by buses right until the railway reopened on Monday, 03 July.
05/07/2022
Marlborough Highways has scooped a £32 million five-year Term Service Highway Works Contract by the London Borough of Islington. The deal will deliver significant social value by supporting Islington Council's net zero carbon ambitions, while securing local employment. It started on 01 July 2022, w
05/07/2022
Construction firm Kier has been appointed to work with inmates at HMP Ranby Prison in Retford, Nottinghamshire as part of its Making Ground scheme. Serving prisoners will benefit from improved learning facilities, as well as training carried out by the Construction Skills Programme, leading to gre
05/07/2022
The addition of a flat roof extension to your property can provide a great a space for entertaining, an additional bedroom, a home office, kids playroom, dining room or one of many other uses. Whatever the reason for your extension you will want to ensure that the room is well lit, feels bright an
05/07/2022
Bouygues UK completed work on the Translational Research Hub at Cardiff University on the Cardiff Innovation Campus. The Translational Research Hub (TRH) will house two world-leading scientific research establishments; the Institute for Compound Semiconductors and Cardiff Catalysis Institute. Desi
05/07/2022
The UK Construction industry is looking to recruit quarter of a million new workers by 2026 to keep pace with demand according to Construction Industry Training Board (CITB). Construction and labour productivity has not kept pace with other industries, and across the UK there is a need to refresh t
05/07/2022
Places for People has appointed Steve Ashton as its first Group Partnerships Director. Steve will lead Places for People’s strategy for everything related to mergers, acquisitions, contract negotiations and Group-level partnerships. Steve has over 20 years' experience of partner management in regu
04/07/2022
Construction work is continuing at a new 75,000 sq ft factory for CMR Surgical (CMR) in Cambridge. The CMR Surgical factory – which is being built by principal contractor Clegg Group – is in Ely, Cambridgeshire. The facility will enable upscaled manufacturing processes to meet the increasing global
04/07/2022
Construction of the new landmark bridge for Barnsley Town Centre will begin this month. It follows months of work building large sections of the bridge off-site. Work has been progressing well off-site since February, with large steel sections already complete. Contractor Keltbray is now ready to
04/07/2022
Swindon Borough Council is to submit an £8 million bid to the Government's Levelling Up Fund to help bring forward plans to reopen the Oasis Leisure Centre. Plans to build a new leisure facility on the Oasis site were submitted by landlords SevenCapital last year, but these were put to one side whe
04/07/2022
Building on the success of the past 18 months, PermaRoof Commercial, part of PermaGroup, has grown tenfold after making several key hires in response to demand. Since its inception in December 2020, PermaRoof Commercial has gone from strength to strength, completing a total of 62 projects, equallin
04/07/2022
ACS Construction Group has been awarded Investors in People Gold (IIP) for the fourth consecutive time, retaining the gold standard for a decade. ACS achieved advanced level practices on 7/9 indicators and an overall employee score of 747/900. The employee score was 20 points higher than the averag
04/07/2022
Western Power Distribution, Cadent, UK Power Networks, CECA, Last Mile, Sopra Steria, Linewatch, ISPA, John Robinson Associates, MUJV, Winvic and Network Plus, are just some of the big names supporting National Safe Digging Week which kicked off today, 4th July. The week, designed to raise awarenes
01/07/2022
Notting Hill Genesis has chosen 146 consultants and contractors to help deliver more than £2.8 billion of new homes in London. The contractors and consultants were selected through a rigorous selection process with emphasis on quality, as well as equality and diversity. Its partners in the framewo
01/07/2022
Phoenix Hire and Sales Ltd, Yanmar's official dealer for South Wales, Gloucestershire and Bristol, has opened a new workshop facility at its depot in Newport. As one of the country's largest tool, plant and powered access specialists, the state-of-the-art development will support the company's con
01/07/2022
Transport for London (TfL) has appointed Costain to design critical upgrades to the signalling infrastructure on the Piccadilly line. As design partner, Costain will work collaboratively with TfL's design team to ensure that the signalling system in West London between Heathrow Airport and Baron's
01/07/2022
Keltbray has won a contract to deliver improvement works on the £49.8m M621 Junctions 1 to 7 Scheme on behalf of National Highways. The works encompass the improvement of the M621 route to improve both the safety of motorists whilst also reducing the risk of congestion. The M621 is an urban motorwa
01/07/2022
A multi-billion-pound rail upgrade in West Yorkshire has now been given the go-ahead. The improvement work will bring a faster, greener, better-connected railway one step closer for passengers in the North of England. It's the biggest milestone the Transpennine Route Upgrade has ever achieved. Net
01/07/2022
Edenstone Homes is preparing plans to expand across the South West of England with its first development in Somerset. The homebuilder, part of the Edenstone Group, has unconditionally exchanged a deal with Dorset-based strategic land investor and promoter LVA to purchase land in the village of East
01/07/2022
Nottinghamshire County Council is getting ready to put forward a bid worth approximately £40 million to fund the planned Toton Link Road as part of the government's 'Levelling Up' agenda. It follows the council formally taking the key decision to apply to the Levelling Up Fund for the multi-millio
01/07/2022
Over 110 roads across Derbyshire will be resurfaced over the coming year. The work starts in mid-July, with 6 roads in the north west and north east of the county. In addition, contractors are just finishing the surface dressing programme, where more than 80 roads have been improved since May. Sur
