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Th EQ building, previously called Aspire, has been in the works for years Commercial Estates Group (CEG) appointed BAM Construction as its preferred contractor back in 2016 for a 285,000 sq ft speculative office building at 111 Victoria Street, close to Bristol Temple Meads Station. At that time it was described as a £100m project…
BiFab goes into administration
The Scottish and UK governments had said last week that there was no legal route to provide further financial support to BiFab in its current form. Scotland’s economy secretary Fiona Hyslop said yesterday that the Scottish government will work with the administrators and trade unions to secure a new future for the BiFab yards in…
High Wycombe merchant launches takeover drive
CRS Building Supplies operates from 12 branches across Somerset Grant & Stone, based in High Wycombe, was taken over by Cairngorm Capital in November 2019. It has now acquired CRS Building Supplies, based in Wells, Somerset. Established in 2005, CRS Building Supplies provides heavyside building materials to trade and retail customers from 12 branches across…
Progress being made for Long Itchington Wood tunnel drive
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Barratt fined £140k for height safety breach
Southampton Magistrates’ Court heard that on 10th May 2018, workers were carrying out work to lay cabling and ducting in loft spaces at newly built residential properties in Swanmore, Southampton without suitable or sufficient protection from falls at height. A 49-year-old electrician fell through the plasterboard loft flooring sustaining multiple fractures to his ribs, shoulders…
Build-to-rent scheme planned for Birmingham’s Gun Quarter
Design by Claridge Architects The residential-led proposal has been designed by Claridge Architects for Czero Developments. The site is currently a largely undeveloped urban block comprising former warehouses and a car park. Construction of the new property will see the existing buildings demolished and replaced with 203 build-to-rent apartments constructed with street level commercial units…