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Offsite construction planned for Dundee housing scheme
Caledonia Housing Association and Discovery Homes are submitting a planning application for the mixed-tenure homes on the site of a former primary school in the city’s Rosebank Street. Voigt Architects has designed a development of 30 properties for social housing and ten for private sale, with a mix of two-, three- and four-bedroom homes over…
Plant business unveils plans for £33.8m leisure development
The leisure-based destination is planned for West Kinfauns, where Morris Leslie has its headquarters. The development would include a four-star hotel, lodge-style cabins and a museum telling the story of transport and vehicles over the last century, with a focus on the impact of those from Scotland on this and more specifically the local area….
Skanska names new EVP legal
Swati Paul Swati Paul, currently general counsel and company secretary for London Luton Airport, is to join Skanska UK in April 2021 as an executive vice president (EVP) and a member of its executive management team, reporting to president and chief executive Gregor Craig. Her new role sees her heading up the legal function of…
Tideway lining landmark for Barhale
The completed secondary lining of the shaft at Tideway’s Victoria Embankment foreshore site Barhale is now ready to start internal shaft work at the Victoria Embankment foreshore. The next steps include the installation of the baffle/divider wall and vortex surround – the two elements that facilitate the flow transfer from the top to the bottom…
Government sets up building products regulator
The construction products regulator will be a division of the Office for Product Safety & Standards within the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy and have an initial £10m to get going. The introduction of a new tier of bureaucracy has been deemed necessary because of the failure of the construction industry to regulate…