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Posted: 17th May, 2019
Mabey Hire is teaming up with BAM Nuttall to install a flood barrier on the River Haven to protect homes in Boston, Lincolnshire. Temporary works specialist Mabey Hire announced the flood barrier which will protect 14,000 homes from tidal floods in Boston. The Boston Barrier project will be led by contractors BAM Nuttall and Mottt... Read More
Posted: 16th May, 2019
Homes England has appointed 13 technical specialists to three national frameworks to release public land for housing. The national frameworks cover land survey, asbestos, and estate management and can provide £30million of services to encourage housing delivery. The Asbestos and Land Survey frameworks will also be available to other public sector bodies and will form part... Read More
Posted: 16th May, 2019
Homes England has signed a deal to provide 3,000 new homes in Nottinghamshire along with 100,000 metres of employment space. The new homes in Nottinghamshire will be built in the Rushcliffe area after the land was acquired through the government’s Land Assembly Fund. The acquisition will see Homes England working with other landowners, CWC and local... Read More
Posted: 16th May, 2019
Modest growth in construction output was experienced by the industry in the first quarter according to the Office of National Statistics (ONS). The figures show that construction output increased by 1.0% in Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2019; this increase was driven by repair and maintenance output, which increased by 2.9%. New work experienced no growth... Read More
Posted: 16th May, 2019
The government has stepped in to speed up cladding replacement on buildings after private firms failed to take action. The government will provide around £200million in funding to provide cladding replacement on unsafe buildings. The Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding will be removed from around 170 privately owned high-rise buildings after they were believed to... Read More
Posted: 16th May, 2019
New data from IHS Markit shows slight growth in the construction sector in April thanks to house building – and the first rise since January. April data pointed to a marginal expansion of UK construction sector output, driven by the fastest rise in house building so far in 2019. Commercial work and civil engineering activity continued... Read More
Posted: 16th May, 2019
Andrew Jones MP visited HS2 Birmingham sites to view progress and the potential opportunities presented in the city by the high-speed rail. Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Transport Andrew Jones MP visited key sites for HS2 Birmingham and discussed the opportunities that the sites will present. Work on the sites is well... Read More
Posted: 8th May, 2019
A new contract has been awarded for the construction of Wellingborough prison in Northamptonshire. Ministers confirmed that a price of £253 million ex VAT has been agreed with Kier for the design and construction of the new Wellingborough prison. The 1,680-place category C resettlement will be at the site of the former HMP Wellingborough which closed... Read More
Posted: 7th May, 2019
A share of £30million will be awarded to winning smart local energy projects in the UK to develop designs. UK organisations can apply for a share of up to £30 million to develop designs for smart local energy systems that make the best use of innovative technologies including cheaper renewables, energy storage, low carbon heat... Read More
Posted: 26th April, 2019
Yorkshire and Humber councils have released information on engineering contracts worth £2billion in new EU adverts. Yorkshire and Humber public sector construction hub YORhub has released an EU advert offering contracts for major civil engineering projects. The contracts will provide large scale infrastructure works with eight contracts expected to be awarded in total. Work will... Read More
