Posted: 18th September, 2019
Kier has been contracted to carry out the multi-million pound refurbishment of science facilities and the main school hall at the St Joan of Arc Catholic School in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire. The refurbishment works will commence in November 2019 and will continue until their completion ready for the school year commencing in September 2020, with works... Read More
Posted: 18th September, 2019
Asphalt and concrete provider company, Aggregate Industries, has officially laid their landmark one millionth tonne of material on the Highways England resurfacing project on the A14 between Huntingdon and Cambridge. The Cambridge to Huntingdon Improvement Scheme, upon completion, will feature approximately 21 miles of new road surface provided by Aggregate Industries and laid utilising local... Read More
Posted: 18th September, 2019
The well-known contractor company, Kier, has been appointed to a scheme, funded by the Manchester Metropolitan University and the Greater Manchester Combined Authority, to construct the university’s new School of Digital Arts (SODA). The project will cost a sum of £35M and the building itself will consist of a development measuring five-storeys with an area... Read More
Posted: 17th September, 2019
In accordance with the government’s Infrastructure and Projects Authority, which has forecast that digital infrastructure investment in Britain will be worth £6.1Bn between 2018 and 2021, a target of full fibre broadband coverage by 2033 has been made. This, in turn, has resulted in a government consultation to allow for larger and taller mobile masts... Read More
Posted: 17th September, 2019
The regeneration of urban areas, as part of the government’s Transforming Cities Fund, has helped to sustain the construction subsectors of public and private construction works, with spending through the fund set to increase from £140M in 2018/19 to £355M in 2019/2020. Adding to increases in the Transforming Cities Fund, there has likewise been a... Read More
Posted: 16th September, 2019
According to the most recent Glenigan Construction Review, the East of England is benefitting from an exceptionally healthy construction pipeline, particularly in the cities of Peterborough and Colchester. Specifically, the data provided by Glenigan states that, in regard to industrial construction, planning application in the East of England, during the three months building towards July... Read More
Posted: 13th September, 2019
SCS Railways joint venture has participated in creating a new construction pre-qualification system aimed at cutting inefficiencies currently costing the construction industry up to £1bn a year. Two of the sector’s biggest representative organisations, Build UK and the Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA), joined forces two years ago to deliver the new PQQ system and... Read More
Posted: 13th September, 2019
Plans for a cleaner and healthier Britain have stepped up a gear, with Ministers announcing more than half a billion pounds of investment in green technologies. The Treasury has launched a £400M fund to bolster Britain’s electric vehicle charging infrastructure, with the first £70M allocated for 3,000 charge points – more than doubling the number... Read More
Posted: 13th September, 2019
Bridgend County Borough Council has launched an SBRI competition inviting businesses to develop lower cost heating and water infrastructure in Wales. The Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) competition will identify how innovation in construction and smart technology can be used to cut the capital cost of district heating and water infrastructure as well as improve... Read More
Posted: 13th September, 2019
The company, High Street Residential, have submitted a planning application for a luxury residential development on the Gateshead side of the River Tyne in Newcastle, transforming Brett Wharf and the former site of Brett Oils Depot. High Street Residential, who are responsible for the erection of Hadrian’s Tower (the tallest tower in Newcastle), have laid... Read More
