Author: California Builder

Avanton’s Coda development in Battersea, recently handed over to A2Dominion Avanton, owned by 37-year-old Omer Weinberger, a former real estate banker-turned-developer, has already begun to assemble a portfolio of build-to-rent pipeline projects. It has an ambition to deliver up to 5,000 build-to-rent (BTR) apartments by 2023. Its new land fund will target the acquisition of…

The Holland Park development will be spread across 433 apartments over four blocks – ranging from six to 19 storeys – as well as to the communal and external space, including a roof terrace. HE Simm said that offsite manufacturing will play its part speeding up the overall installation process and bringing efficiencies in relation…

The Department for Transport said that the money was enough “to fix the equivalent of 10 million potholes”. Today’s funding round is the second of five annual instalments from the £2.5bn potholes fund announced by the chancellor in the 2020 budget. Transport minister Baroness Vere said: “We know potholes are more than just a nuisance…

The council said that its City Mobility Plan has been inspired by forward-thinking cities around the world embracing challenges posed by climate change, poverty and inequality. Subject to approval at a special meeting of Transport & Environment Committee on 19 February, the plan will replace Edinburgh’s Local Transport Strategy. It sets out a strategic approach…

Stephen Tomkins Stephen Tomkins will join the Abergavenny headquartered business from Balfour Beatty, where for the past couple of years he has been regional operations director for the north and midlands. Alun Griffiths (Contractors) was taken over by Tarmac, and its ultimate parent CRH, in January 2018, with company founder Alun Griffiths reaching his 70s…

Now that the Phase 2a bill has been signed into law, HS2 Ltd will be able to start environmental works along the route. Actual construction work is not expected to begin on this section until 2024. In 2017 HS2 Ltd estimated the cost of works at £3.5bn. By the end of 2019, the official cost…