Posted: 20th April, 2021
The UK Government has expanded it plans to deliver next-generation broadband to hundreds of NHS surgeries, schools and other public sites in the hardest-to-reach parts of Scotland. The new funding has come as the Government announced Project Gigabit, an ambitious £5 billion project to roll out top-of-the-range gigabit connections to every corner of the UK,... Read More
Posted: 19th April, 2021
Homes England, the UK Government’s housing agency, has opened a competitive bid round for its latest intake of strategic partnership, it is seeking strategic partners with the ambition and capacity to deliver affordable housing at scale; organisations interested in applying have until 12 noon on 18th May 2021 to submit their proposal online. The strategic... Read More
Posted: 19th April, 2021
Highways England has announced the three companies it has shortlisted for its largest single contract, the £2.3 billion package to build the longest road tunnel in the UK. The road tunnel will sit at the heart of the proposed Lower Thames Crossing, the most ambitious roads project in a generation. The three construction and engineering... Read More
Posted: 16th April, 2021
Plans for a special needs and disabilities (SEND) school in Winnersh are set to move forward with HLM Architects and specialist off-site main contractor Reds10 being appointed to the build. The new Oak Tree School will accommodate 150 pupils in the area and is being set up by the Maiden Erlegh Trust. The school will... Read More
Posted: 16th April, 2021
HS2 has announced the signing of a new contract to create new woods and wetlands as part of early environmental works on the route between the West Midlands and Crewe, known as Phase 2a. The £52 million early environmental works contract HS2 Ltd has signed with Balfour Beatty marks the first stage in extending the... Read More
Posted: 15th April, 2021
Highways England has announced that Taylor Woodrow Plus has been awarded a £328 million contract to design and deliver an upgrade to the A358 between the M5 at Taunton and the Southfields roundabout on the A303. The award follows on from a competitive procurement process via Highways England’s Regional Delivery Partnership framework. Preparatory works have... Read More
Posted: 15th April, 2021
CALA Group is pleased to announce the launch of a Sustainability Strategy to help the business achieve its targets of building housing which is operationally net zero carbon from 2030, and reaching net zero greenhouse gas emissions in line with the Scottish Government’s 2045 target and ahead of the UK Government’s 2050 target. The goals... Read More
Posted: 14th April, 2021
The majority of homes n England are now in the most energy-efficient bands, latest figures show. In the last quarter, 84% of new homes throughout England were given an energy rating of A or B in comparison to 79% in the previous quarter. Statistics also show that 392,000 domestic Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) were lodged... Read More
Posted: 13th April, 2021
Land & Water has been awarded a contract to carry out piling works to an area of Nottingham Canal which forms part of the Island Quarter development in Nottingham. The contract has been awarded on behalf of Sir Robert McAlpine. The project, which started last week, sees Land & Water installing a sheet pile wall... Read More
Posted: 12th April, 2021
New technical guidance into the different methods of measuring moisture in historic buildings which could help to protect them from climate change and its impacts has been published by Historic Environment Scotland (HES). The guidance has been commissioned by HES as an output from a project undertaken at UCL and Oxford University within the SEAHA... Read More
