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The 76-bed building – which will include office space on the ground floor – will be built on London Road and will join a neighbouring block, also being undertaken by HG Developments. The latest development will replace an existing car wash and will see the delivery of a six-storey block, predominantly in brick, on the…
Argyll & Bute targets 900 new homes
The Strategic Housing Investment Plan 2021/22 – 2025 covers investment priorities for affordable housing, how priorities will be delivered, the resources required and the role of key partners. Councillor Robin Currie, leader of Argyll & Bute Council, said: “We are committed to delivering local affordable housing across Argyll and Bute. Not only will housing help…
Gas explosion results in asbestos prosecution
Salisbury Magistrates’ Court heard how, on 18th October 2017, there was a gas explosion at a flat at Market Place, Chippenham, where construction work had been carried out to develop the property into flats. Following the gas explosion, an investigation by the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) found that Prestige EA Ltd had failed to…
Are you really sure you can’t work from home?
The Construction Leadership Council has put out the message: “Go out to site if you must, but are you sure that you really need to?” It wants us all to get more creative in working from home. Andy Mitchell, the man in charge to the construction of a huge new sewer under London, is the…
Colmore Tang targets cladding remediation
Colmore Tang chief operating officer Steve Underwood The Birmingham-based contractor is targeting building owners, managing agents and surveyors seeking to replace cladding. Colmore Tang has already built several tower blocks since it was launched in 2013, delivering more than 3,500 residential units and a 253-bedroom hotel, as well as 180,000 sq ft of retail space….
Building owner fined after roofer’s fatal fall
The roofer was fatally injured when he fell six metres while working on a replacement roof at a property in Kirkdale, Liverpool. Liverpool Crown Court heard how, on 22nd May 2017, the roofer was completing snagging work on a replacement roof. He had accessed a part of the old roof made of fragile asbestos cement…