Posted: 5th January, 2021
Stepnell has made significant progress with three of its education building projects in the South of England: Gordons’s School, Canford School and The Woodroffe School. These projects all include development of brand new facilities for both students and staff. The projects have recently reached substantial construction milestones, and are an excellent contribution to Stepnell’s growing... Read More
Posted: 29th December, 2020
Property and construction consultancy firm Gleeds has confirmed its appointment as cost manager for the new £55 million cruise ship terminal at Southampton’s Western Docks. The scheme is the result of a strategic partnership between Associated British Ports (ABP), MSC Cruises and Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings and is to be the port’s fifth dedicated facility... Read More
Posted: 22nd December, 2020
adi Group has set its sights on transforming the UK’s approach to waste management in 2021. The group has been bolstered in expanding its presence, after it was revealed that a local authority in North West England has bought into its innovative concept of underground waste systems. The new framework agreement will give all publicly... Read More
Posted: 18th December, 2020
Pagabo has announced the awards for its £47 billion, five and a half year, developer-led framework which went live on December 15th, 2020. Acting on behalf of Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation trust, Pagabo has established a framework of 29 development companies that are capable of providing developer-led schemes within the UK for... Read More
Posted: 18th December, 2020
Highways England is encouraging smaller companies to play their part in the A303 Stonehenge upgrade, which is the biggest road scheme to be built in the South West in recent years. The transformational A303 Amesbury to Berwick Down scheme past Stonehenge was given the green light last month (November) by Secretary of State for Transport... Read More
Posted: 16th December, 2020
The Health Infrastructure Plan is now under way and provides the construction industry with six confirmed major hospital project opportunities, worth a massive £2.7 billion, to be delivered by 2025. The Plan is the biggest hospital building programme in a generation, and it delivers on the Government’s manifesto commitment. New standards are to be developed... Read More
Posted: 15th December, 2020
The North East of England’s mental heath provision is set for a boost after contracts to deliver an extension to the Sunniside Unit at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Gateshead have been awarded. Procured via the national framework provider Pagabo’s Professional Services Framework, Faithful + Gould and Morris & Spottiswood will deliver an extension to... Read More
Posted: 10th December, 2020
Winvic Construction has secured another round of Innovate UK funding as part of a cross-sector multidisciplinary research group. Winvic, the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol), Edgetrix Ltd and Costain make up the consortium which will use the £800,000 funding to develop the first embodied carbon analytics AI system of its kind over... Read More
Posted: 10th December, 2020
Turner & Townsend has been appointed by the Government of Jersey to deliver the cost managements services for Our Hospital Project, Jersey which will replace the existing Jersey General Hospital with a new, modern facility in St Helier. The professional services company will be able to provide specialist commercial advice from Strategic Outline Business Case... Read More
Posted: 9th December, 2020
Reading and Gloucester are set to benefit from a combined investment of £89 million for the digital futures of both cities, thanks to CityFibre’s plans to upgrade the nation’s legacy networks and gigabit-capable full fibre connectivity. The state-of-the-art infrastructure is expected to boost business productivity and innovation and deliver millions in economic benefits for the... Read More
