Posted: 29th November, 2022
Derelict land and brownfield sites to be transformed into new homes in boost for local regeneration. Thousands of new homes will be built on brownfield land to create thriving communities and help level up the country, as £35M in funding is released by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities. The funding will kickstart... Read More
Posted: 24th November, 2022
Pagabo has opened bidding for its latest construction framework – the second generation of its Refit and Refurbishment framework – following the publication of tender documents. The new generation of the framework will run for four years from March 2023, providing a compliant and collaborative route to market for public and private sector clients to... Read More
Posted: 23rd November, 2022
Some £300M will be invested in Blackpool’s regeneration and the creation of a new state-of-the-art court as part of the Levelling Up programme. The funding will be invested alongside £40M of government-funded levelling up monies to relocate Blackpool’s court building to a new, central location, unblocking ambitious town centre regeneration. The significant regeneration project will... Read More
Posted: 22nd November, 2022
Recent evidence from Transport for the North shows that some 470 charge points need to be installed per week by 2025 to support its decarbonisation ambitions. More than 161,000 electric vehicle charge points are needed across the North by 2030, states the TfN, while charging infrastructure disparity that’s left unresolved, could undermine the successful take-up... Read More
Posted: 16th November, 2022
Turner & Townsend has been appointed by the North East and Yorkshire (NEY) Net Zero Hub to drive the decarbonisation of public sector buildings across the region. The decarbonisation of public buildings is crucial to the UK being able to deliver net zero targets, with the most ambitious programme of carbon commitments in progress. Turner... Read More
Posted: 9th November, 2022
Buckinghamshire Council has awarded a £36M eight-year contract to Atkins – a member of the SNC-Lavalin Group – to provide design and professional services for the county’s highways. With the contract beginning in April 2023, Atkins will work in close collaboration with Buckinghamshire Council and its new maintenance contractor Balfour Beatty Living Places, to support... Read More
Posted: 3rd November, 2022
Construction is underway on a state-of-the-art combined court as part of a new development on Fleet Street. Once completed the City of London Law courts provide a modern, efficient and flexible centre for London’s legal services, comprising eight Crown, six civil and four magistrates’ courtrooms. The court will focus on high-level fraud, cyber and economic... Read More
Posted: 3rd November, 2022
East Sussex County Council has awarded a £297M contract for the maintenance of its highways assets and delivery of infrastructure services to Balfour Beatty Living Places. Balfour Beatty Living Places will work alongside East Sussex County Council to maintain the county’s highway network and infrastructure, including roads, pavements, drainage, streetlights, traffic lights and bridges. In... Read More
Posted: 26th October, 2022
Vertically integrated off-site construction specialist Reds10 has recently begun on £60M of construction work across a variety of schemes for the Department for Education (DfE), the Ministry of Defence (MOD) and the Ministry of Justice (MOJ). For the DfE, Reds10 is delivering two new school buildings as part of its ongoing work on the ‘Off-site... Read More
Posted: 25th October, 2022
Plans have been submitted by Kirklees Council for the Cultural Heart project, which will completely revitalise Huddersfield Town Centre, create jobs and attract thousands of new visitors to the area. Following several months of public consultation, full planning permission and associated applications for Listed Building Consents have been sought for the ambitious project, which is... Read More
