Posted: 4th October, 2019
The UK Government’s Office for Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV) will announced the allocation of hundreds of thousands of pounds in funding to nine Welsh local authorities to assist with the cost of installing electric vehicle charge points in residential areas. The nine local authorities which are scheduled to receive funding include Cardiff, Carmarthenshire, Powys, Swansea,... Read More
Posted: 4th October, 2019
Staff onsite at the Ponteland learning and leisure development in Northumberland, representing Kier, as well as Northumberland County Councillors, representatives of Active Northumberland, Ponteland Primary School, and Ponteland High School attended a ceremony marking the completion of the project’s steel frame structure. The project was awarded to Kier at a cost of £43M and will... Read More
Posted: 4th October, 2019
Transport or Greater Manchester have offered their support to KeolisAmey Metrolink (KAM) in repairing the Heaton Park Tramway following the theft of overhead cabling which has left the tramline unusable. The theft took place early last week after the tramline was targeted by thieves who took lengths of copper wiring in the overhead cabling which... Read More
Posted: 3rd October, 2019
According to recent data, retrieved by Glenigan, construction spending by local authority clients has more than doubled in the past year, with 38 local councils featuring among Glenigan’s top 100 highest spending clients in the 12 months building to August 2019. In fact, the total sum of construction contracts in Glenigan’s rankings, that were awarded... Read More
Posted: 3rd October, 2019
Work has commenced at the site of the new BLOC Hotel opposite Birmingham’s Grand Central and New Street Station following the demolition of Gallan House, which formerly occupied the site. Work is being undertaken by the contractor companies Building Services Design (BSD), ICIS Design Ltd, and BrightSPACE Architects who offered electrical and mechanical engineering services,... Read More
Posted: 3rd October, 2019
According to Glenigan construction data, the North West is scheduled to experience an upsurge in construction following a slight downturn in recent months. The Glenigan data provided asserts that the underlying value of project starts in the region has grown consistently since 2016 but has felt a retreat this year, with figures predicted to show... Read More
Posted: 2nd October, 2019
The Transport-Technology Research and Innovation Grant (T-TRIG) has received its tenth round of funding from the Department for Transport to encourage UK transport technology start-up companies to come up with innovative and sustainable modes of alternative transport. The funding will allow start-ups to bid for shares of £960,000 in order to support pioneering projects to... Read More
Posted: 2nd October, 2019
The Warwickshire Rural Housing Association has celebrated the 30 year anniversary of the construction of the first affordable homes at Harold’s Orchard in Stretton on Fosse by constructing a further five. The first affordable homes to be constructed in the village of Stretton on Fosse in Warwickshire were first built in 1989, consisting of ten... Read More
Posted: 2nd October, 2019
Glenigan’s recently published construction data has revealed that there has been a £1Bn boom in spending, by the Scottish Government, on education construction projects following the announcement of the £1Bn Learning Estate Investment programme (LEIP). As part of this new programme 26 schools will be replaced by new campuses, with 11 of these 26 having... Read More
Posted: 2nd October, 2019
Kier employees and East Sussex County Councillors recently celebrated the groundbreaking of the new Uplands Community College site in Wadhurst. Construction began on the new development in August and is predicted to continue until September 2020, in time for the 2020/21 academic year, accommodating a total of 950 students within 3,843sq m of teaching space.... Read More
