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CONSTRUCTION DIRECTORY
UK Construction News Archive for December 2020
04/12/2020
A number of contracts have been awarded to deliver an extension to the Sunniside Unit at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Gateshead. Procured through national framework provider Pagabo's Professional Services Framework, national project and programme management consultancy Faithful+Gould and leadin
04/12/2020
Significant progress has been made on three education schemes in the southern region. Construction partner Stepnell is continuing to work on Gordon’s School, Canford School and The Woodroffe School. The projects, which all include the development of new facilities for students and staff, have rece
04/12/2020
Over 75 new waste and recycling vehicles have started to roll out on the streets of Birmingham. The 76 vehicles are part of the drive for improved bin collection reliability in the city. The vehicles have been supplied to the city council by West Midlands-based Dennis Eagle and represent an £11 mi
04/12/2020
Skanska UK has achieved a new Kitemark for Innovation Management from BSI. Skanska UK's Head of Innovation, Vaibhav Tyagi received the BSI Kitemark for Innovation Management from Andy Butterfield, Managing Director of BSI, Maureen Sumner Smith, Chief Commercial Officer at BSI and Howard Mitchell, H
04/12/2020
Plans for a new 15-acre ecological and recreational green space together with 150 energy efficient homes in Horwich have been recommended for approval to Bolton Council's Planning Committee. The planning application submitted for land off Victoria Road has been informed by feedback from the communi
04/12/2020
Terry and Julie live on the Isle of Skye, it is fantastic and they love it. But it does come with some challenges and the weather is the biggest challenge. It does what it wants and they just get on with life. Living in an exposed location on the Isle of Skye, which is part of the Inner Hebrides,
04/12/2020
BarrierMart.co.uk has cemented itself as one of the front-runners of today's UK barriers industry. The firm supplies the UK with crash barriers and other protection & safety products including handrails, barriers, guards, fencing, gates, bollards and much, much more. They deliver work on commercia
04/12/2020
Northern Ireland-based specialist excavator attachments manufacturer Hill Engineering has appointed CAME SRL as exclusive dealer for the full range of Hill products to be sold in Italy. CAME will hold stocks of new products and spare parts to support planned growth in the Italian market. CAME des
04/12/2020
Manchester City Council has launched a public consultation which will give people the chance to be part of the Ardwick Green Story. An initial survey over the summer invited local people to give their thoughts on the principles Ardwick Green Neighbourhood Development Framework. Now a full public
04/12/2020
Significant progress has been made to restore and convert a Grade II listed rectory building into separate homes and build new executive properties within its grounds in Clifton Village, with two houses now sold and five available to purchase. Expected for completion in February 2021, works on the
04/12/2020
G F Tomlinson has been selected as a contractor partner for the new Constructing West Midlands (CWM) framework. The contractor will deliver works between the value of £250,000 and £5 million on the framework which will handle up to £2.1 billion of capital works across the West Midlands region. A
03/12/2020
Man Group has signed a £31 million deal with leading modular housing company ilke Homes for 227 factory-built homes in Grantham. The deal will see the delivery of an affordable and inclusive mixed tenure community on Dysart Road. Of the 227 factory-built homes being delivered, 140 will be made ava
03/12/2020
Morgan Sindall Construction has been appointed to develop a new Marina Centre in Great Yarmouth. The work will soon get underway on the famous Golden Mile. Great Yarmouth Council's £26 million investment will be a major boost to the economy and community for decades to come, acting as a catalyst f
03/12/2020
Plans have been approved for a new specialist care home in Biorminham. Exemplar Health Care is investing £4.9 million to open its third care home in May 2021. Blackmoor will be Exemplar Health Care's third home in Birmingham but will be its fifth specialist care home for the West Midlands region.
03/12/2020
Premier wet underfloor heating, liquid screed and concrete specialists, Flowscreed, is continuing to provide innovative, quality flooring solutions.
03/12/2020
Chepstow Plant International (CPI) is to formally launch a new fleet management service, EvoFleet. Launching next month, the service will enable companies to retain capital investment so that they can optimise their assets, develop their staff and drive site efficiencies without tying up vast amoun
03/12/2020
Plans to develop a major business park with the potential to create thousands of new jobs and boost County Durham's economy by £400 million have been given the green light. Durham County Council's Planning committee voted in favour of developing the site at Aykley Heads, however given the significa
03/12/2020
Lovell has started construction work on a new housing development in Brewood, Staffordshire. Located off Engleton Lane, Somerford Park will create a collection of traditional one, two, three and four-bedroom homes. Providing a mix of 43 high-quality homes for open market sale as well as a further
03/12/2020
South Hams District Council has approved plans to develop a new health and wellbeing centre in Dartmouth. Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust can go ahead with the approval process and legal agreements to move the scheme from planning into the building phase. The final sign off by the Trust
03/12/2020
Building work is to get underway on the site of the former Bryn Awel hotel in Mold, Wales, to create a development of over 20 apartments. The homes are being built for housing provider Wales & West Housing by Anwyl Partnerships, specialists in the provision of residential land and build development
03/12/2020
Godwin Developments has acquired a 3.5-acre site in Yaxley, Suffolk, with the aim of transforming it for roadside retail use. The land is located on the A140 trunk road, next to a roundabout currently under construction, which will support the wider improvement of the Eye Airfield area. When comple
02/12/2020
Wates Smartspace has completed work on a £1.6 million project at Worthington Primary School in Chesire. The scheme was delivered through the North West Construction Hub framework on behalf of Trafford Council and has provided four additional classrooms as well as new WC facilities that will enable
02/12/2020
Construction work has commenced on a new £4 million performing arts block and extension at a school in Surrey. The main contractor for the prject at Ash Manor School was appointed through the Orbis Framework by Surrey County Council to deliver the project. It will provide welcome additional teachin
02/12/2020
Portsmouth City Council has appointed BAM Construction to further develop Dunsbury Business Park. BAM Construction and BAM Design have been selected to create the fifth unit at the 45-acre business Park which was formerly farm land. BAM Design is also the masterplan architect for the business park.
02/12/2020
Leicestershire County Council has pledged to lead the way in the fight against climate change. The Council has joined the UK100 coalition of the most ambitious local leaders in the UK and pledged to reach a revised target of achieving ‘net zero’ across the county by 2045 – five years sooner than th
02/12/2020
A public consultation has launched on 'Mexborough Futures' plan in Doncaster. A number of proposals are up for consideration including improving access, enhancing the retail and housing offer and improving the overall look and feel of the area. Ros Jones, Mayor of Doncaster, said: "The 'Mexborough
02/12/2020
Construction firm GRAHAM is sponsoring two new ICE Quest Scholars embarking on a career in civil engineering. The firm has welcomed David Clifton from the University of Sheffield and Aliya Whittaker from the University of Leeds to our civil engineering business. The Scholarship includes a bursary t
02/12/2020
Laing O’Rourke's specialist trading business Select Plant will be the first business in the UK to take delivery of the world's first battery powered crawler crane. The Liebherr LR1250.1 250t lattice jib crawler crane not only produces zero emissions but also has the same performance of its diesel-p
02/12/2020
Work is to commence on a 49 MW Energy Recovery Facility at Peel L&P Environmental's Protos strategic energy and resource hub. It was recently announced that a consortium including Covanta, Green Investment Group and Biffa had reached financial close on the project. The facility will use proven tec
02/12/2020
Construction work on a new Birmingham skatepark is nearing completion. An area of Bournbrook Recreation Ground has been transformed into a skatepark and community garden since March. It is estimated more than 900 hours from volunteers have gone in to getting the skatepark into its current position
02/12/2020
Gunning London has added a new electric vehicle to its fleet. The Polestar joins a Tesla, Audi e-tron and Nissan Leaf to become Gunning’s fourth electric vehicle, with charging points to be installed at the company offices in Dagenham and employees' homes. Matthew Nash, Business Development Man
01/12/2020
Amey has scooped a £180 million Area 12 Maintenance and Response (M&R) contract by Highways England. The eight-year contract worth £22.5m per annum, will commence in June 2021 and will see Amey responsible for the network covering Yorkshire and Humberside, providing all routine and cyclic maintenan
01/12/2020
Barhale has been awarded a contract by Yorkshire Water to complete a £2 million sewer diversion as part of Barnsley Council's The Glass Works regeneration project. The diversion work at Kendray Street is critical to the success of the multi-award-winning £200 million scheme, which includes 25 new r
01/12/2020
Hammerson has selected BAM Construction to deliver major renovation work on the iconic Selfridges building at Bullring. The work has commenced and will be complete during 2022. The store will remain open throughout and trade as normal. BAM is currently behind a quarter of a billion pounds of new
01/12/2020
Hampshire County Council has confirmed that work to improve the junction of Anstey Road/Anstey Lane in Alton is to start in January 2021 Councillor Rob Humby, Deputy Leader of Hampshire County Council and Executive Member for Economy, Transport and Environment, gave the go ahead for the scheme earl
01/12/2020
Contractor Tolent has completed almost £5 million worth of work to transform wards across two Newcastle hospitals in five months. The works completed across two wards at the RVI and one ward at the Freeman hospital have aided the Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to respond to the second wav
01/12/2020
Construction work has started on the converter station for National Grid's Viking Link at Bicker Fen in Lincolnshire with Siemens Energy. Representing a significant step in the UK's journey to net zero, Siemens Energy, lead contractor for the 1400 megawatt interconnector, will supply the technology
01/12/2020
Property developer Taggart Homes has started construction works have on Forest Park, an exclusive 45-home development in Nottinghamshire. Located in the village of Annesley, in the Ashfield district of Nottinghamshire, the development has a prime position on Derby Road in the heart of the village a
01/12/2020
Breedon Group has invested in a new CDE wet processing recycling plant for its North Cave Quarry site. The new washing system will process up to 400 tonnes per hour of sand and gravel and will produce six variable sized clean products, ranging from 2mm to 40mm. The new CDE turnkey solution will be
01/12/2020
Construction firm Kier has been appointed by Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council to deliver a new leisure centre and seven retail units as part of a redevelopment programme for its town centre. The 7,082 sqm development will be built on the town centre's former multi storey car park, and will
01/12/2020
Since the year 2000 Hedgehogs have declined by a third in urban areas and up to 75% in the countryside. Causes of hedgehog declines: • Widespread use of pesticides and slug pellets can poison animals and kills the invertebrates hedgehogs eat • Larger field sizes makes it difficult for hedgehogs t
