Posted: 13th December, 2019
The construction and property development company ISG have been appointed to build a premium student accommodation building in Sheffield on behalf of the student housing company Fusion Students, after recently being appointed to a similar project this year in Swansea. The Fusion Students development in Sheffield will be delivered at a cost of £46.5M whereas... Read More
Posted: 12th December, 2019
The construction and property development company ISG have now completed a hybrid steel and concrete frame structure for a mixed-used development on the corner of Princes Street and Rose Street in Edinburgh. The Princes and Rose Street development is worth a total sum of £20M and will include a 136 room Premier Inn, two new... Read More
Posted: 12th December, 2019
The construction and property development company Kier have reached a milestone in their development of the Everards Brewery in Leicester following the installation of brewery vessels through airlifting. In carrying out this essential process on behalf of their client, Everards, Kier employed the use of cranes to lift 16 brewery vessels into place, with the... Read More
Posted: 12th December, 2019
The construction and property development company BAM Construction have completed the construction of the new Paradise office development on Cornwall Street in Birmingham, now handing the property over to the scheduled occupiers PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). The Paradise building overlooks the Birmingham Town Hall, Victorian Council House, and the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, covering seven-storeys and... Read More
Posted: 11th December, 2019
The Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon Project has launched a £1.2M fundraiser to secure planning permission in perpetuity as the project risks being abandoned once the Development Consent Order (DCO) it was awarded in June 2015 expires in June 2020. The Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon would be capable of producing 25GW of energy and would be... Read More
Posted: 11th December, 2019
The construction and property development company Wates has become the first organisation within the built environment sector to appoint an independent social enterprise, named Planet First Energy (PFE), to assist them with reducing the amount of carbon emissions they produce. Planet First Energy will assist Wates with reducing their carbon footprint through the procurement of... Read More
Posted: 11th December, 2019
The contractor and property development company ISG have begun the redevelopment of an office block named Alexandra House on Southcombe Walk in Hulme, South Manchester, on behalf of the Manchester City Council. The Alexandra House redevelopment has cost a total figure of £10.2M and will take a keen focus upon improving the eight-storey building’s energy... Read More
Posted: 10th December, 2019
ISG has been awarded the £89M contract for Cardiff Central Square, which will see the company deliver the Cardiff Transport Interchange scheme for developer, Rightacres. The mixed-use project is one of the largest developments undertaken in the city centre, delivering some 500,000sq ft of new space, which includes the 14-bay bus interchange with a covered... Read More
Posted: 10th December, 2019
Demolition has commenced on the site of the new £95M Erith Park development in South-East London, ahead of the construction of 320 new homes by the construction and property development companies Wates Residential and Orbit. The Erith Park scheme has been commissioned by the London Borough of Bexley Council and will provide 256 affordable homes,... Read More
Posted: 10th December, 2019
The global news and media group Sky have recently announced their intention to construct a 23-acre, state-of-the-art television and film production studio in the North London Borough of Hertsmere, named Sky Studios Elstree. Sky Studios Elstree is expected to create 2,000 jobs while also encouraging £3Bn in production investment into the UK’s creative sector, with... Read More
