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
Posted: 1st October, 2019
The Welsh Housing and Local Government Minister, Julie James, announced the allocation of £30M to innovative housing projects in Wales as part of a £90M Innovative Housing Programme fund to test new approaches to social and affordable housing. One of the projects to receive a proportion of the funding includes the construction of 76 homes... Read More
Posted: 1st October, 2019
The construction contractor G F Tomlinson have recently completed delivery of a new state-of-the-art laboratory building for the Natural Sciences Department of Keele University in Staffordshire. Construction began on the development in August 2017 at a cost of £13M as part of the university’s £42M investment into their Faculty of Natural Sciences’ facilities. The building... Read More
Posted: 1st October, 2019
The Scottish Government have created a £30M fund for businesses and technology companies to provide an innovative low carbon solution to household heating. In accordance with the Low Carbon Infrastructure Transition Programme (LCITP), the Scottish Government are encouraging companies to develop technology and devise methods that will reduce the amount of carbon emissions which Scotland... Read More
Posted: 30th September, 2019
The newly constructed coastal defence scheme at Porthcawl Town Beach was recently opened by the Welsh Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs, Lesley Griffiths, in an official ceremony. The new Porthcawl defences consist of five interlocking pre-cast concrete sections which create a terrace, the toe of which is protected by rock armour, while the... Read More
Posted: 30th September, 2019
A route has been confirmed for the new plans to the River Dee’s new A494 bridge between North Wales and the North West of England after 12 weeks of deliberation. The Welsh Transport Minister, Ken Skates, announced that the upgraded bridge would take the new route in a statement which detailed a new river crossing... Read More
Posted: 30th September, 2019
The Welsh Minister for Housing and Local Government, Julie James, has announced the allocation of some £20M to housing associations across Wales for the express purpose of purchasing more land on which homes can be built. The Land for Housing scheme can provide housing associations with loan funding which is to be used to purchase... Read More
