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GMI wins £70m Thorpe Park expansion
Thorpe Park is growing Scarborough Group International (SGI) has secured planning consent from Leeds City Council for the development of a 133,118 sq ft headquarters building in addition to a nearby 60,000 sq ft building that was approved earlier this year. With site preparation now started at Thorpe Park, it has appointed GMI Construction to…
Progress being made for Long Itchington Wood tunnel drive
The north portal of the Long Itchington Wood tunnel is under construction A launchpad is being constructed for a tunnel boring machine (TBM) that will dig a one-mile twin bore tunnel under Long Itchington Wood, before the route heads north and swings into Birmingham’s Curzon Street Station. Current work on the one-square-kilometre north portal site…
Speedy deal takes tool hire into more B&Q stores
The trial started in July 2020 with Speedy concessions now at nine B&Q stores: Trafford Park, Stockport, West Thurrock, Beckton, Roneo Corner, Yeading, New Malden, Gillingham and Darnley. A further five outlets are scheduled to open in January. The concessions, typically about 90 sqm in size, give B&Q retail and trade customers the option to…
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…
Ibstock ditches fossil fuel electricity
Chief executive Joe Hudson Brick making is an inherently energy intensive business but switching to a renewable energy supplier puts Ibstock a little nearer its target of a 15% reduction in CO2 per tonne of production by 2025. Total Gas & Power, Ibstock’s energy supplier, says that its Pure Green energy tariff guarantees electricity only…
SEC Group wound up
Rudi Klein SEC Group is an umbrella representative body comprising British Constructional Steelwork Association, Building Engineering Services Association, Electrical Contractors Association, Lift & Escalator Industry Association, Electrical Contractors Association of Scotland, Scottish & Northern Ireland Plumbing Employers’ Federation and the Scaffolding Association. A new engineering services sector alliance is being set up to replace it,…